ROBERT PLANT @ RED ROCKS | WEDS, 7/10/13 Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant returns to town this week with his newest backing band, the Sensational Space Shifters. The lineup features members of his early-’00s band the Strange Sensation and has Plant revisiting both blues-rock and world-music influences after exploring…
By Jason Roche Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant returns to town this week with his newest backing band, the Sensational Space Shifters. The lineup features members of his early-’00s band the Strange Sensation and has Plant revisiting both blues-rock and world-music influences; this after exploring Americana the last few…
In April, we told you about Thornton’s Evan Castle, who faced federal charges — and up to two years in prison — for allegedly grabbing a flight attendant’s butt. Now, Castle has pleaded guilty for the incident — a decision that was likely a factor in a sentence that will…
MAYHEM FESTIVAL @ FIDDLER’S GREEN | SUN, 7/7/13 Established in part by Kevin Lyman, one of the founders of the Warped Tour, this traveling showcase features a stacked lineup that caters to metal fans, with side activities for your downtime throughout the day. With a roster including acts as diverse…
Music is life — or at least it is for us. When we’re not writing about it, we’re thinking about it, talking about it or listening to it. These are the things that were in heavy rotation for us this week. What are you listening to? What should we be…
Foxygen is returning to Denver for a headlining date at the Bluebird Theater on Tuesday, September 24. Tickets for the show go on sale this Saturday, July 6, at 10 a.m. Keep reading to see what other shows are on sale this week, plus a rundown of local radio playlists…
Update: Congrats to kakoivisto! Check your email for details on how to claim your prize. Original post: Last week, world-renowned author Temple Grandin stopped by the Tattered Cover LoDo to sign and read her latest book, The Autistic Brain. Before she did, we caught up with her in an interview…
Last Friday night, a breathless crowd of lucky ticketholders, mostly Denver Art Museum members, took their seats in the DAM’s Ponti Hall for one of the museum’s most anticipated events of the year: an exclusive performance featuring the famed Chicago artist’s Soundsuit creations, wearable art pieces that move to their…
Renegade Brewing celebrated its second anniversary on Saturday with an all-day block party out front on West Ninth Avenue between Santa Fe Drive and Kalamath Street. There were food trucks, live music, lots of beer and so many partiers that the brewery ran out of cups, wrist bands and tickets…
More than two dozen restaurants opened in the metro area in June, with more to come in these hot summer months. The Whittier neighborhood gained the new Whittier Pub (in the longtime home of M&D’s), but lost Frank’s Kitchen. Boulder lost H Burger, but gained Drakes Haus. And Glendale is…
THE AVETT BROTHERS @ RED ROCKS | FRI & SAT, 7/5-7/6 The country is awash in Americana fever as scores of rock-radio favorites dabble in the sounds of yore. Though it might be cute, many of the current banjo-picking types fail to elevate their style beyond gimmick. A huge exception…
Terry Ballowe definitely isn’t the dumbest criminal to win coveted Schmuck of the Week honors. After all, it took two separate trials over a span of four years to finally convict him of torching Creek Side Bed & Breakfast in Black Hawk, presumably for the insurance money — which he…
The Denver Cruisers were poppin’ some tags Wednesday night as they rolled through the city sporting their best thrift-store fashions. No two bikers looked the same, and Westword photographer Kyle Huninghake was there to capture all of the sexy (and some not so sexy) outfits. For more photos from the…
THE OH HELLOS @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | FRI & SAT, 6/28-6/29 Last fall, the Oh Hellos released their first full-length, Through the Deep, Dark Valley. And while that album’s got some solid tunes like “The Valley” and “I Was Wrong,” it’s “Hello My Old Heart,” a track from their self-titled…
With Friday’s release of The Heat (Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy), another buddy cop movie joins a film library filled with explosions, oddball pairings and broad humor. While the genre’s been compacted into a cliche over the years (especially immediately following its heyday in the late ’80s and early ’90s), and…
On Tuesday night Lower Downtown was filled with hundreds of revelers, who needed no urging to follow the suggestion of LoDo Bites that they “sip, sample and stroll” their way through one of Denver’s hottest restaurant neighborhoods. The restaurants that put out samples for this annual event: Bistro Vendome, Backcountry…
Rusko is making his way back to the Mile High City on the Lift Me Up Tour, which is slated to make a stop at the Fillmore Auditorium on Wednesday, November 27, with Roni Size and Dynamite MC. Tickets for the show go on sale this Friday, June 28, at…
SOMM, a documentary about the wine world, will start its theatrical run on Friday, June 28 at the Sie FilmCenter — but the movie will have its Denver premiere today, at a fundraiser that starts with a reception at 5:30 p.m. at the FilmCenter. The evening benefits the Denver Post…
The heat of Saturday’s sun built up quite a thirst. Fortunately, the bar mats here reminded us to “Day Drink Responsibly.” Can you guess where we were day drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where post is entered into a pool — and…
Aleece Raw, who got into Internet marketing in the early 1990s, found her trajectory shifting five years ago when her sister and mother were ill and she decided to go to natural chef school. While in school, Raw interned at Kate’s at 35th Avenue, a restaurant located in a lovely…
The nineteenth annual Westword Music Showcase was an absolute blast. Don’t just take our word for it, though: Relive the best parts of the day vicariously through the keen lenses of other Showcase fans via Instagram — and then be sure to check out the rest of the pics from…
The nineteenth annual Westword Music Showcase is here! Today in the Golden Triangle, more than 150 acts are slated to perform on sixteen stages throughout the neighborhood. Break out your red pen and chart out your course: Here’s the most up-to-date list of who’s playing where and when. Keep reading…
