What happens in your brain in that space between waking and sleep, when thoughts cease to flow but dreams are still yet to arrive? We don’t know, because we’re music bloggers, not brainologists, but we’re thinking it’s some kind of mental test pattern that looks a lot like this week’s…
Way back in 2008, when we first spoke to Luke Bodley about Heaven Fest, the annual Christian music festival he produces was in its infancy. Bodley confided to us that he had difficulty convincing acts to perform at the inagural event. Jeremy Camp and Skillet were his headliners that first…
For their fourth studio effort I Learned the Hard Way, released on Daptone in April, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings recorded on an eight-track tape machine, which lends the disc an analog warmth that perfectly matches their ’60s-infused soul and funk. Armed with a batch of new songs and a…
Pitbull was originally scheduled to bring his Mr. Worldwide’s Carnaval Tour to the 1stBank Center in May, but had to postpone. The gig was rescheduled for this Thursday, July 22. But he won’t be making that date either as the show has now evidently been canceled due to scheduling conflicts…
In case you missed it, KTCL has announced the lineup for its annual Big Gig: The Smashing Pumpkins, Chevelle, Anberlin, Flobots, Darling Thieves, Tickle Me Pink and the Locals Only Stage, featuring a slew of local acts on the, well, fittingly dubbed Locals Only Stage. Tickets for the show, slated…
The first ever Rock ‘n’ Roll Denver Marathon and Half Marathon, slated to take place on Sunday, October 17, is going to have 26 bands playing at each mile along the 13.1-mile and 26.2-mile courses. So the folks at Competitor Group, who have launched other Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathons at…
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…
