Now that most of the graffiti has been scrubbed off the walls, no one is likely to ever mistake the hi-dive for CBGB. Nonetheless, for at least one night, the South Broadway bar will summon the spirit of the legendary NYC institution, with a spate of bands paying tribute to…
Smashing Pumpkins fans, rejoice! Billy Corgan and company are coming back to Denver on Monday, October 10 at the Ogden Theatre. As if the Ogden’s calendar for October wasn’t already stacked enough, the Pumpkins have been added to an impressive lineup that month that includes Ladytron, Cut Copy, Chromeo, Hank…
Every week in an effort to pay tribute to the old-school way of promoting shows by hanging up posters, we make our way around the Mile High City to get a gander of the eye candy. Here’s the fliers we spotted this week across the city on random telephone poles…
Not too long after opening in June of 2010, Wild Ivories dueling piano bar hit a few sour notes when Tim Kirkland, one of the club’s partners, discovered that Caz Bzdek, the club’s founder, was running up a bunch of bills with construction, marketing, advertising and vendors. As a result,…
Smoke ’em if you got ’em: After, ahem, cough, cough, blowing folks away at Summit Music Hall this past spring on his Jet Life Tour, Curren$y is coming back to the Mile High City, with Method Man, on the Smokers Club Tour, with Big K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA, Fiend, The Pricks,…
Fresh off the heels of a European tour and with a new album in the can, Down, fronted by Phil Anselmo of Pantera and Superjoint Ritual, is coming back to Denver on Tuesday, September 6…
Correction: DMX performs on September 10 at the Gothic. An earlier version of this post had the incorrect date. Fresh out of the clink, DMX is making his way to the Gothic Theatre on Saturday, September 10. After serving most of a year-long parole violation sentence in Yuma, Arizona, the…
So Pitchfork is reporting this morning that Jay-Z and Kanye West’s highly anticipated Watch the Throne tour, which we told you was coming to Denver on Monday, October 10, is no longer coming to town on that date. The tour has apparently being rerouted due to “overwhelming demand,” says Billboard,…
When Pineapple Express was originally scheduled to be screened at Red Rocks a few weeks ago as part of Film on the Rocks, it was canceled due to a lightning storm. Keith Garcia, programming manager for Denver Film Society, said it was the first time the organization had to cancel…
After Kings of Leon’s trainwreck of a show in Dallas over the weekend, it’s not all that surprising to hear that the band has canceled the rest of its current tour, including a two night stand at Red Rocks on August 31 and September 1. “We are so sorry to…
Chloe Mezze Lounge, Lotus Concepts’ latest endeavor, just opened, as and Mike’s Tavern moved into the former Len & Bill’s space on South Broadway, and there were a string of closures in the month of July, including Twisted Olive, Mind Benders and more. Click through for a full run down…
One of the best parts about living in America is freedom. The freedom to sing, dance, play in the streets, wear duct-tape skirts, paint your face for televised events and, most importantly, worship false idols. That’s right, American Idol has invaded Denver yet again in search of that one voice,…
The Fixx’s show with with Naked Eyes at the Summit on Saturday, August 6 has been canceled. The outfit had to cancel seven dates on the tour between July 23 and August 6, including Denver. While there’s no official word on why the shows were canceled, there were reports that…
Doom metal is alive and well in Denver. And what better time to bask in the realm of doom as we enter into the thick of holiday season than to have an entire evening devoted to downtuned guitars? Precisely. Needless to say, our little hearts were brimming with inextinguishable glee…
It’s hard to believe that Suburban Home Records has been around nearly two decades now. Seriously. Where does the time go? The label — home to heralded bands like the Gamits and Drag the River over the years — has weathered a lot of storms and this coming September, it…
Leave it to the often brilliant, overstimulated, complicated mind of Yonnas Abraham to come up with something completely creative on the fly that nobody else would even remotely have thought of — much less be able to facilitate — to turn what might otherwise be just another show for any…
Update (7/28/11): We just received word from LiveNation that due to an overwhelming demand, additional dates are being added to the Watch the Throne tour, featuring Jay-Z and Kanye West. The tour is slated to hit Denver on Monday, October 10. The additional dates are due be announced on August…
Move over, tryptophan: Thanksgiving has found a much better bedfellow, one that will put you in a trance but won’t necessarily leave you listless, laying on the couch. Behold Otis Taylor’s Trance Blues Jam Festival, featuring Otis Taylor, of course, along with “Steady Rollin” Bob Margolin, Tony Trischka, Don Vappie…
Have you started thinking about New Year’s yet? What? Too soon? Well, yes, now that you mention it, it is only July. Nonetheless, if you’re a fan of Ween, we have a feeling you’re going to want to be at the Fillmore around then to ring in the New Year…
Here’s some nerdtastic news to help hype up your humpday: “Weird Al” Yankovic, the crown prince of parody, is coming back to Denver. While that’s swell in itself, it gets better. Guess where he’s playing? Ready? The Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Uh-huh. How ’bout them apples? Send the tuxedo shirt…
Colorado brewers love their music, whether they are talking about it, naming beers after it or rocking it in the brewhouse at volumes loud enough to malt barley on its own. Boulder Beer recently worked with String Cheese Incident keyboardist and song writer Kyle Hollingsworth on a beer called Hoopla,…
Here’s what’s good in the Mile High City this week: In September, Zac Brown is due at Red Rocks, followed by Jay-Z and Kanye West at the Pepsi Center and Neon Indian at the Bluebird in October. On local radio, Fierce Bad Rabbit, Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, Flashlights and King…
