The Nine Best Concerts in Colorado This Week

It’s another good week for music in Denver — be sure to catch the 303 Choir with Danielle Ate the Sandwich at the King Center tonight. Elsewhere, Best Coast plays the Bluebird, Kraftwerk at Ellie Caulkins and more. See the rest of our picks below.  MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Best Coast…

Why Cloak & Dagger Is More Than Just Another EDM Festival

Going back to the days of early raves in the ’80s or even as far back as “happenings” in San Francisco, strong and creative visuals have been an important component of the concert experience. Every EDM show worth attending has rich, unusual and creative light shows and projections. So it…

How Skylab XXI Is Still Finding Ways to Push the Dance Music Envelope

Skylab 2015 will take place September 18 and Saturday September 19 at the 1STBANK Center. One of the longest, continuously running electronic dance music festivals in the country, Skylab has reflected the current state of the scene since its 1994 debut. In past years, legendary artists such as Rabbit In…

How the Knew Learned to Stop Worrying

The Knew will celebrate its new record, Schmew, with a release show at Ratio Brewery on Saturday, September 19. The band will be playing alongside Wheelchair Sports Camp, High Plains Honky and DJ Clark Continental. For the last ten years, The Knew has been developing the kind of rock music…

Yoni Wolf on Early Alternative Hip-Hop, Clouddead and Going Solo

Yoni Wolf will headline the Impose Stage at Goldrush Music Festival this Saturday, September 19, at Savoy. Wolf has been a leading figure of alternative/avant-garde hip-hop over the last fifteen years, and he is one of the founders of the respected Anticon imprint. Wolf grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and…

Snoop Dogg Loves Colorado and the Cannabis Tax Holiday

The Doggfather himself made a public service announcement wishing everyone in Colorado a happy pot tax holiday. The video was sponsored by Merry Jane media. Mostly celebrating the money rolling into the state, Snoop also reminds youngins’ that recreational marijuana is for those 21 and older. Here’s exactly what he…

Every New Colorado Concert Announcement

Dead and Company, which features Grateful Dead members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir along with John Mayer, headline the 1STBANK Center on Tuesday, November 24 and Wednesday, November 25. Tickets ($75-$99.75) go on sale on Friday, September 18 at 10 a.m.  This year’s Channel 93.3 Not So Silent Night includes…

The Importance of Actual Diversity in Music-Festival Lineups

I’ve spent the last few years arguing that the ’90s were one of the best eras of popular music for women, because as musicians and fans, we seemingly had the same access to mainstream visibility as the men who have always dominated the music industry. As an early teen in…

How Ian Cooke Created the Year’s Most Ambitious Denver Album

Ian Cooke pauses and chuckles when asked where his musical career might be right now if he had never met friend and longtime collaborator Ian O’Dougherty. “I think I may have gone to California and tried to score films,” he guesses. “Singing and songwriting was always something I was planning…

Modern Goon Took the Long Road to a Truly Unique Sound

Categorizing music is inevitable, even necessary in some cases, but the desire to describe a band using predetermined genres sometimes has the effect of creating more questions than answers. Such is the case with Modern Goon, a three-piece Denver band that includes two high-school English teachers and members of now-defunct…

Colorado Missed Connections: Summer Concert Edition

We’ve all been there. Maybe you’re at a sweaty club digging the close, hot vibe when your eyes meet for just a split second. Then it happens again. And again. But you don’t act on your instincts. Or you could be outside under that big, blue sky at Red Rocks,…

Goldrush Music Festival Returns This Weekend: Photo Highlights From the Past

Goldrush Festival recently announced the full schedule (below) for the 2015 festival. Following suit with the model of the 2013 and 2014 festivals, Goldrush 2015 features a headlining act of some significance to the underground experimental music scene. In 2013 Noveller graced the Sidewinder stage on Friday, September 27th and…

Pueblo All-Ages Haven Phil’s Radiator Is Back, With Some Upgrades

The nostalgia for Pueblo’s once-iconic Phil’s Radiator closing was just starting to taper off when the unthinkable happened: the all-ages music venue had been revived. In January, Westword reported on the punk haven closing, which caused the masses to take to social media to express their disappointment and share memories…

The Ten Best Pop-Punk Songs of All Time

There’s no way to deny it at this point, pop-punk is back. Love it or hate it, those high school jams from the first half of the ‘00s have circled back around as part of the current “emo revival.” Get ready to jump, scream, and sing your teenage heart out,…