Although the National has been at for a decade, the Brookyn-based indie rock group started gaining some serious traction with the release of 2007’s Boxer. The act’s latest effort, High Violet , debuted in the top five slots around the world, so it’s no surprise that the band, who has…
Update: This morning, the Denver Film Society announced the full lineup for this year’s Film on the Rocks. See which acts are slated to perform after the jump. The Film on the Rocks 2010 schedule has been announced. Looks like the Denver Film Society is kicking things off with a…
Arvada, beware! There’s a big-ass, crocodilian kaiju coming for you. Your skyscrapers, supposing you have any, are in serious danger. And don’t let your guard down just because it says those claws are candy. Ahem. We were quite taken with this flier. We’re not sure if the awesome illustration is…
After more than a three-year run, Andrew’s on Lincoln’s appears to have closed over the weekend. There’s no word yet on why the club closed or what will happen to the space. Last September, the space was remodeled, and it was essentially divided it into two spaces: one side a…
Good news for those Juggalos dreading the hike up the brutal stairs of Red Rocks: Live Nation just issued word that Insane Clown Posse’s show originally slated for the Rocks this Monday, May 31 has been moved to the Fillmore Auditorium. Kottonmouth Kings, Coolio, Kittie and Necro still open the…
Do you know way too much about who slept with whom in Fleetwood Mac? Do you long for others to witness your disturbingly thorough knowledge of 80s hair-metal drum solos? Do you know jack shit about music but sort of feel like getting hammered in the presence of a bunch…
File this one under: Worst. News. Ever. Well, unless you don’t count yourself as a fan of U2, that is. We’ve just learned that one of the most highly anticipated concerts of the summer, due at Invesco field on Saturday, June 12, has been postponed until sometime in 2011. Although…
Fifteen years ago, the sexually charged acid house group Lords of Acid and the legendary industrial act My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult teamed up for the Sextacy Ball tour. The two acts are joining forces again this summer for a reincarnation of that tour which hits the Ogden…
In possibly one of the strangest bills yet, we’ve just learned that KISS is slated to kick off this year’s Cheyenne Frontier Days and rodeo on Friday, July 23. The other acts on the bill, we think you’ll agree, are slightly less incongruous: Brooks & Dunn, Aaron Tippin & Neal…
Pitbull’s show at 1stBank Center originally scheduled for Tuesday, May 25 has been postponed to Thursday, July 22 due to scheduling conflicts. Tickets for the May 25 show will be honored for the July 22 show or refunds are available at point of purchase. Reserved tickets also ($32.50-$45) are still…
Can one ever have enough giant ape? Not in our book. We love primates, and the bigger the better. That being the case, there was pretty much no chance this ginormous ape being assembled via a series of derricks and scaffolding wasn’t going to be our flier of the week…
After selling out the Ogden Theatre in March, Vampire Weekend returns to the area for more spacious digs at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Friday, September 3 with Beach House and Dum Dum Girls opening. General admission tickets ($39.50) go on sale Friday, May 21 at noon…
Metal heads and dark rock connoisseurs everywhere are today without one of the most feared vocalists of the genre. Ronnie James Dio — the prolific artist who fronted Black Sabbath (post-Ozzy), Rainbow, Heaven and Hell and, of course, Dio — died Sunday from stomach cancer. He was 67. Born Ronald…
Just when you thought it was safe to lock in your summer plans, the just announced Newhoma Camping and Music Festival might make you pull your calendar back out and reach for your red Sharpie. Georgia jam rockers Outformation, avante garde NYC jazz cats Sex Mob and local jam rock…
The Denver Art Rock Collective is embracing their art rock forebears in early June at D.A.R.C Side of the Moon, a tribute to the music of Pink Floyd. To pull it off, they’re making the “Collective” element of their name a reality, performing as in various configurations featuring a rotating…
The epic dance music festival Electric Daisy Carnival will see its third year in Colorado on June 12. As big as the past two years have been, it looks like this year could be the biggest yet, pulling in top talent from the house, trance and dubstep genres, including Benny…
The browns, beiges and orange-reds of this week’s top flier put us more in mind of autumn than late spring. But looking out the window at the gray sky and scrim of snow sticking to things puts us more in mind of autumn too, so it’s strangely fitting. Perhaps Sun…
The just-announced Black Crowes show the Fillmore on Sunday, August 29 might be the last chance to see them in the area for a while. The group is planning on taking an indefinite hiatus after its “Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys 2010 Tour,” which kicks off in August and…
Nearly a year after Tool’s triumphant headlining set at the Mile High Music Festival, Maynard James Keenan and company return to the area for a two-night stand at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Monday and Tuesday, June 28 and 29. Reserved tickets are $52.50 to $69.50 and go on sale Saturday,…
Great fliers don’t have to always involve meticulous design work, professional illustration and cutting-edge aesthetics. Sometimes, a little, earnest sketch is all it takes. As in today’s flier, which gives us a little sunshine, a little weirdness and a good vibe for a show at the Glob. Who among us…
As part of The Wall’s thirtieth anniversary, Roger Waters is bringing the Pink Floyd rock opera in all its epic glory to the Pepsi Center on Tuesday, November 23 with a new band and a newly-mounted state-of-the-art production. Waters has performed The Wall, which is still among the Top 5…
Below Bar is re-opening tonight as a gay bar with Rockstar Aaron at the decks. Bill Ward has revamped his two-year-old, subterranean spot at 1422 Larimer Street — from changing out some furniture to adding a lot of mirrors — and turned it into a gay bar at the request…
