The oldest Denver DIY space Rhinoceropolis has been shut down by the Denver Fire Department, deemed “unsafe building.” Prompted by the Oakland Ghostship DIY Venue fire this past week, Denver Police made the call to have the DIY venue in RiNo inspected on the evening of December 8, 2016.
Dead & Company, which features Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, returns to CU Boulder’s Folsom Field on Friday, June 9, and Saturday, June 10. John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti are also part of the group. Tickets ($49.95-$139.50) on sale on Friday, December 16. Neil…
Instead of listening to “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Santa Baby” on repeat on the radio, check out these holiday concerts in Denver this month.
Built in 1926 as the Rialto Theatre, the Fox was also once Ted’s Buff Cafe & Cafeteria, “Boulder’s most modern eating house.”
Kristin Hersh recently released Wyatt at the Coyote Palace, a book of essays and lyrics that includes two albums. Hersh has written two critically acclaimed memoirs: 2015’s Don’t Suck, Don’t Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt was about her friendship with the late, great musician Vic Chesnutt, and 2010’s Rat Girl…
Unless your grandparents are punk rockers, it’s good to know which venues Colorado offers for the more seasoned fans among us.
Denver’s soaring real-estate prices haven’t just affected renters and home buyers. For musicians and artists, affordable spaces to hone their craft are quickly disappearing.
Simulators is the latest project from Bryon Parker and Brian Polk. Parker had a long tenure as the guitarist and frontman of noisy post-punk outfit Accordion Crimes, which fizzled out in summer 2016. Polk still drums in the punk band Joy Subtraction. When putting Simulators together in summer 2016, Parker…
After a series of strange performances, the Summer’s Over Tour continues, hitting Denver’s Fillmore Auditorium on December 6 without its opener, Jeremih.
In August, SubRosa released For This We Fought the Battle of Ages, one of the most fascinating rock albums of the year.
Since Guns N’ Roses frontman Alx Rose reunited with original guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagen at Coachella in April, the band has gone on to to hit the road with Not In This Lifetime Tour, which stops in at Sports Authority Field on Wednesday, August 2, 2017. The tour sold…
When Flux Capacitor opened the first week of December 2014, no one thought it would last more than three months. But the DIY venue has become a staple of the Colorado Springs music scene, with a national reputation for quality, wide-ranging shows and good times. The diversity of musical styles…
Believe it, Beliebers: As part of his first-ever stadium tour across North America, Justin Bieber will perform in Denver on August 17, 2017, at the Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Bieber has kept a relatively low profile in 2016 (read: limited scandals), all the while collecting the most American…
PARTYNEXTDOOR and Jeremih are at the Fillmore tomorrow night, while Alice in Winterland, featuring Fitz & the Tantrums and Gavin DeGraw, is at the venue on Thursday. Producer Illenium (aka Nick Miller) takes over the Ogden Theatre for two nights. This week’s lineup also includes Rooney, the Revivalists and Kristin…
“Protest songs in response to military aggression, Protest songs to try and stop the soldier’s gun, But the battle raged on.” Against Me! – “White People for Peace” From the onset of human endeavor, people have been at war. We as a race have done terrible things to each other…
On Wednesday, November 30, an angel from New Jersey graced the Tattered Cover. Bruce Springsteen stopped by the Colfax Avenue outpost to promote his new book, Born to Run. Tickets to the pictures-only event (no autographs or performances), were hard to come by. But for those lucky ticket-holders, it was…
Ever Saturday starting December 3, Neil Michael Hagerty & the Howling Hex will preform a “Denver brunch” from 4 to 6 p.m. at La Cour Bistro, 1643 South Broadway. What’s a Denver brunch, and why does this particular one start so late? The event encourages attendees to “wake, bake” and stop…
The lineup for this year’s channel 93.3’s Not So Silent Night includes Empire of the Sun, Kaleo, the Strumbellas, JR JR and 888 while Drive-By Truckers’ Mike Cooley is at Larimer Lounge for a two-night performance and Mike Watt & the Secondmen hit Lion’s Lair for two nights. My Morning Jacket’s…
Colorado is host to many unique nonprofits supporting music and making a positive impact in our communities, so with Colorado Gives Day coming up, we’ve compiled a list featuring some of the standouts.
Elton John brings his eleven-city tour in support of his latest album, Wonderful Crazy Night, to the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs on Thursday, March 16. The show will also include classic album tracks from his five-decade-long career. Tickets go on sale on Friday, December 9, at 10 a.m…
At any concert you attend, have you thought that maybe, whilst surrounded by like-minded individuals, you had the opportunity to make a difference? Set up at entrances to festivals like Vertex or Electric Forest and other shows like String Cheese Incident and Sound Tribe Sector 9 across the nation is a booth from Conscious Alliance, a national hunger relief and youth empowered organization.
In a dimly lit studio, Denver artist Jon Shockness is searching among tables full of recording equipment, laptops and headphones. “Where did that palo santo go?” he asks. He finds it, and after burning the fragrant stick in the recording room and making a few adjustments to his headphones, Shockness…
