Ever since the halcyon days of Star Trek (the original series), pop culture has loved the idea of the evil twin. And in our top flier this week, we are given a prime example of evil twin-ness. Using what appears to be a paunchy Stacy Keach as a model, our…
A few weeks before U2 was slated to come to the States for another leg of its 360° tour, Bono injured his back while preparing for the dates and had to have emergency surgery, which resulted in the postponement of a number of US dates, including the June 12 show…
Crowded House, whose new album Intriguer hits stores today, visits the Fillmore Auditorium on Thursday, September 9. Intriguer, the band’s follow-up to 2007’s Time on Earth, will also be released as a two-disc deluxe edition that includes a bonus DVD. Tickets ($39.50 advance, $45 day of show) go on sale…
Superstar DJ Keoki, who’s done his share of gigs in Denver, recently moved back from Los Angeles to Golden. With some help from his business partner John Bogard, he just opened Club Exile at 753 Santa Fe Drive. The space has been renovated, but as of right now, just the…
This week’s top flier inspires a sense of delicate, earthy mysticism that recalls classic children’s books. You know, the kind that hold eternal wisdom among their bright illustrations and simple stories, the ones you return to again and again as you grow older and can’t wait to introduce your own…
Between fronting 16 Horsepower and Wovenhand, David Eugene Edwards has spent a fair amount of time touring Europe. Before opening for Tool recently on seven dates, including Red Rocks last week, Wovenhand was in Europe once again, where Edwards was interviewed on Radio Waves in Prague, Czech Republic…
As it happens, we don’t have a spare $700 or so laying around. Boy, if we did, though, you wouldn’t really have to be the betting type to wager where we’d be on Friday, October 1 through Sunday, October 3. No contest: Matador at 21 in Las Vegas. Have you…
Oh, and speaking of reunions, we’ve received word that these dudes are getting back together one more time for old time’s sake. In case you don’t recognize the faces in the above clip or you haven’t deduced from the handy headline: We’re speaking of Crestfallen, featuring our own Jason Heller…
At one of his shows recently, Dan Craig invited his old Hearts of Palm/Nathan & Stephen bandmate Nathan McGarvey onstage for an acoustic rendition of “Happier.” McGarvey’s better half, the lovely and talented Emily DeRousse was there and happened the captured the moment on film. She shared the footage with…
Electro-pop legend Gary Numan is making a short sixteen-date trek across North America this fall, which is slated to include a stop at the Gothic Theatre on Thursday, October 28. To commemorate the 30th anniversary of his debut, The Pleasure Principle, Numan will perform the album in its entirety, as…
While Jonas Brothers released a new world tour schedule today that includes additional shows in Latin American and Europe, the band also removed a number of American dates from the current routing, including including their September 11 show at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre. “The Jonas Brothers remain committed to their fans…
Great news for The Epilogues: Not only did they win a Westword Music Showcase award last night, but we’ve tallied the votes and they’ve also earned a slot at this year’s Mile High Music Festival. The outfit is slated to play on Sunday, August 15. Congrats, gentlemen!…
Summertime, in our book, is all about fireworks, barbecues and sweaty live music. How fitting then, that this week’s top flier uses one of those things to advertise a great slate of the other two? It’s for one of the Larimer Lounge’s fine summer barbecue events, which are like little…
After opening the subterranean Below Bar at 1422 Larimer Street nearly two and a half years ago, owner Bill Ward did a bit of remodeling to the place, switched around some of the furniture, added a lot more mirrors turned it into a gay bar near the end of April…
Ray LaMontagne and his backing band, the Pariah Dogs, visit the Boulder Theater for an eTown show Thursday, August 12, five days before before his fourth album, God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise hits stores. The live radio show taping hosted by Nick and Helen Forester also includes music…
Back when the Film on the Rocks schedule was announced, fans got a chance to select their favorite John Hughes film for a showing. Well, the fans spoke and overwhelmingly they chose Ferris Bueller’s Day Off over The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles. Ferris grabbed nearly half the vote, leaving…
Thursday nights at Sutra have been banging for a while and now they’ve got a spiffy flier to shout that fact at the world. The weekly event features some of the area’s best dubstep and drum and bass DJs, with a smidgen of fidget and breakbeat thrown in for good…
Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs, touring this summer and fall as “The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue,” visit Red Rocks on Monday, September 27. What will they be playing, you ask? Ah, follow the jump to find out…
Due to a scheduling conflict, Serj Tankian’s show with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra originally scheduled for July 11 at the Denver Botanic Gardens-Chatfield has been canceled. Refunds are available at the point of purchase. Tickets purchased online or by phone will receive a refund within two-three business days. For tickets…
DeVotchKa, who peformed for over 90,000 people when the band opened for Muse in Paris last weekend (see a few pics after the jump), has recently been at Wavelab studio in Tuscon working on the follow-up to its last album, A Mad and Faithful Telling. No word yet on what…
File under: Awesome! Wovenhand, who has been touring Europe for the last month, just got tapped to open for Tool on seven dates before heading back to Europe in July. David Eugene Edwards and company start their stint with Tool in New Orleans this Saturday, June 19 and finish on…
Deep beneath the waters of a lost lake, what would you expect to find? How about some strange, cryptozoological fish like the one that’s the centerpiece of our fine flier of the week? And, not coincidentally, it is a flier for the Lost Lake Lounge! This marriage of flier and…
