ADAM ANT @ OGDEN THEATRE | WEDS, 7/24/13 Adam Ant, the charismatic post-punk British pop star responsible for a generation of pirate shirts, returns to the U.S. after a long absence. Now 58, he’s picked up more tattoos and a smoking habit since we saw him last. Despite being battle…
TENNIS @ UMS DAY PARTY | SAT, 7/20/13 Just a block off of Broadway, in a nondescript Baker-neighborhood house lived in by Tennis’ sometimes drummer-sometimes bass player Patrick Meese and his wife, we saw a very different side of UMS. The party felt like it was thrown together in a…
STEVE MARTIN & EDIE BRICKELL @ DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS | 7/20/13 Watching Steve Martin riff on stage at the Denver Botanic Gardens’ Chatfield, it was easy to see how he sold out stadiums with his stand-up comedy in the ’70s. Martin came prepared with an arsenal of one-liners and sight…
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Update 10:25 a.m., 7/19/13: Contest is over. Congrats to @nickchavez, @groovycanon and @andsolgo. You and a guest will be our guests at GDF this weekend on the day you specified. Check your email for details on how to claim your tickets. Thanks to everybody else for the other entries. Global…
Propelled by a well-received collaboration with Borgore, Carnage’s stock is steadily rising in the EDM world. He recently headlined the Bass Pod at Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas, and threw some wild parties before and after. In advance of his appearance at Global Dance Festival this weekend, we spoke…
In 1986, 40th Day, reconvening for a show this weekend at the Larimer Lounge, came together when drummer Sid Davis and then guitarist Todd Howell formed the project in the D.U. area, where many of the band members over the years lived. That’s also where the band’s practice space was…
GLOBAL DANCE FESTIVAL @ RED ROCKS | FRI, 7/19/13-SUN, 7/21/13 Going strong for ten years, Global Dance Festival is the premier summer event for EDM fans. Changing things up in the past few years, Triad Dragons has expanded offerings to include acts like Beats Antique, EOTO, Big Gigantic and Empire…
“WEIRD AL” YANKOVIC @ BOULDER THEATER | SUN, 7/21/13 “Weird Al” Yankovic’s zany parodies catapulted him to fame in the ’80s, back when pop culture was in dire need of some deflation. He never got critical props for his oddball iconoclasm, though, and after his 1989 film, UHF tanked at…
I was down on 16th Street mall recently around lunch time, and I couldn’t get over how many freaking people are down there these days. I used to work a few blocks from the mall — of course this was eons ago when the streets were still lined with buggies…
Welcome to Ask Willie D, where the Geto Boys MC answers reader questions about matters, in his own words, “funny, serious or unpredictable.” Something on your mind? Ask Willie D! Dear Willie D, I do quite a bit of entertaining at my home. Usually the closest people to me are…
Born Stuart Goddard in London, Adam Ant was the bass player for a band called Bazooka Joe, an outfit that opened for the Sex Pistols for its first live gig. In 1977, he formed Adam and the Ants, and while early on the group was coming out of punk, after…
After a band have been together with the same lineup for nearly twenty years, it’s understandable (even expected) they’d lose some of the vigor that defined their salad days. But that’s not the case with the members of Jimmy Eat World, who have been together since their teens. See also:…
Well, it’s a wrap. The nineteenth annual Westword Music Showcase Awards are now officially in the books. The Bluebird was packed, and, man, what a good time. Drinks, food, friends — what else do you need? Next to the Showcase itself, this is one of the best nights for local…
Global Dance Festival is a growing, changing phenomenon that’s taken founder Ha Hau to places he probably didn’t foresee when he found himself in an unenviable situation. In 2003, when radio station KTCL canceled Rave on the Rocks — the massive annual dance party held at Red Rocks — Hau…
I told somebody at the kitchen that I work in that it was a ‘mind-over-matter situation,'” says Caleb Tardio, talking about how his band, I Sank Molly Brown, came up with the name for its new EP, Mind Over Mothra. “She was like, ‘Did you say ‘mind over Mothra’? That’s…
For his latest release, A Color Map of the Sun, Derek Vincent Smith ventured outside the box for a unique project in which he created his own samples using handpicked instrumentalists. Here the Pretty Lights maestro explores the foundations of jazz, funk and soul, offering his own modern take using…
Connie Hong shares vocal duties in the five-piece band Reviving Cecilia, but with Ivory Circle, her solo project, she wanted to strip things down. And that’s just what she’s done here, with the help of producer and multi-instrumentalist Chris Beeble. On “Pretend,” the opening cut of Ivory Circle’s five-song debut…
On his latest album as Ancient Mith, Braden Smith has more fully integrated the synthesizer and the noisier end of his beats than he did on previous efforts. “They’ll Always Call at Nine” has the same stark but spine-tingling sound that Wendy Carlos used in her compositions for the Clockwork…
A note of confrontation underlies Bad Brad & the Fat Cats’ latest release, Eyes on the Prize. Brad Stivers kicks off the finger-pointing on “Payin’ My Dues,” the album’s first track: “How does it feel to be stuck?” he challenges as the band plays a standard blues shuffle. “You kept…
Along with booze and a bowl, a metalhead’s favorite pastime is arguing about all things metal — the who, what, where, when, why and how something is the best of the best. These arguments typically end with broken teeth, bloody noses, fat lips and a cold can of beer on…
PETER MURPHY @ SUMMIT MUSIC HALL | 7/16/13 Near the end of his set last night, Peter Murphy paused a moment as the last echo of “She’s In Parties” rang out and the repetitive yet urgent bass line for “Stigmata Martyr” rolled in for a measure or two. Then the…
