Tonight’s benefit concert for the Denver Public School Foundation will feature some prominent local musicians — including Governor John Hickenlooper. The event, called “Sing It To Me Santa: Colorado Rocks for Teachers,” will donate proceeds to the 501(c) of DPS, a nonprofit whose “purpose is to foster and promote education…
This weekend’s lineup of shows includes an wildly diverse section of acts, including Psychic TV, Jason Isbell, Shpongle, the Dwarves, Trace Bundy and the Infamous Stringdusters. See the full list of our picks below. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11 Psychic TV $2023, 9:23 p.m. Summit Music Hall Shpongle $20, 7 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium…
That’s right, you guessed it — Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats are having the breakout year of their careers thus far, which includes announcing a headlining spot at Red Rocks in the spring, and now this year-end nod from Rolling Stone magazine’s “50 Best Songs of 2015.” The magazine…
There’s no doubt that headbangers enjoyed another banner year in 2015. These last 12 months proved to be a successful for many established, and up-and-coming metal bands from various sub genres. Through it all, we’ve been keeping track of our favorites and the bands that surprised us the most.This was…
Psychic TV is making its first Denver appearance since 1990, but the one-of-a-kind music project has long maintained special connections to Denver. Formed in the wake of the 1981 break-up of foundational industrial band Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV continued to foster a community of like-minded individuals aimed not just at…
After selling out shows around the country and abroad, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats will headline Red Rocks for the first time on Sunday, August 21 with Shovels & Rope opening. Tickets ($40-$45) go on sale on Friday, December 11 at 10 a.m. Elvis Costello brings in solo “Detour”…
Long before Ellis Marsalis Jr. had six sons — four of which went on to be accomplished jazz players, including Wynton, Branford, Delfeayo and Jason — the elder Marsalis played clarinet as a kid while growing up in New Orleans. He switched to tenor saxophone when he got into high…
Trev Rich will perform at his first headlining show this Thursday, December 10, at the Bluebird Theater. Coming off of the success of his fourth studio album Heights 3, Rich just returned home to Denver from a U.S. tour with Joe Budden. Formerly known as Rocky, Trev Rich is a local…
Editor’s Note: The Denver Bootleg is a series chronicling the history of local music venues by longtime Denver cartoonist Karl Christian Krumpholz. Visit Krumpholz’s website to see more of his work…
In case you missed it — and how could you? — it’s the sixth annual Colorado Gives Day. If you want to put your money where the music is, there are a lot of options (more than 200) listed on coloradogives.org. If you want a side of tacos with your…
“Being a white woman in hip-hop has allowed me to be invisible,” says Nicole Cormier, a writer and editor dedicated to Denver’s hip-hop scene. “It has allowed me certain rights that I don’t think a man would have in this community.” Cormier acknowledges that regardless of her identity, being a…
In the mid-2000s, during the height of Denver’s indie-rock era, the members of Somerset Catalog were in some of the city’s more prominent bands. Bryce Merrill, John Kuker and Trevor Trumble were part of Everything Absent or Distorted, whose raucous live shows displayed the influence of Guided by Voices and…
Break out your studded belt and that old pair of Converse signed in marker by Bert McCracken and Kenny Vasoli, because Emo Night LA is coming to Denver. On Tuesday, December 8, twenty-somethings and former scene queens can cry their eyeliner off for Taking Back Tuesday at the Marquis Theatre…
93.3’s Not So Silent Night is an interesting show: basically a mini music festival, featuring five well-known bands, any of which could easily headline of a large room in Denver. This year Amzy, The Wombats, Airborne Toxic Event, Cold War Kids, and Bastille all took to the stage at the…
Over the span of four studio albums, U.K.-based rock band Foals have gone from small-scene indie favorites to an international festival headliner. The group’s latest album, What Went Down, debuted in August this year at #3 on the UK Albums Chart and #58 on the Billboard 200, making it their…
Drummer Brian Blade is town for four nights at Dazzle with the Fellowship Band (and with Bill Frisell and Ron Miles later in the week) and Jason Bonham, son of Led Zeppelin drummer Jason Bonham, brings his Led Zeppelin Experience to the Summit Music Hall while other picks this week…
The Funky Buddha Lounge is moving locations. The cocktail bar and entertainment venue at 776 Lincoln will reopen after the new year at 1033 Broadway in a smaller space next to Bar Standard, according to Doug Bohm, Director of Marking and Promotions for SoCo Nightlife, which promotes Funky Buddha and…
The Open Media Foundation is throwing their 12th Anniversary Party tonight, which is the biggest event in the OMF history. In attendance will be a who’s-who of local musicians with an end-of-the-year First Friday bash celebrating artists who have graced their stage and recording studio over the past year, as…
This weekend’s live music calendar includes a couple good ones, like Channel 93.3’s Not So Silent Night 2015, Elephant Revival, English Beat, Booker T. Jones and Nikki Lane. See the full list of our picks below. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4 Chase Rice $23, 8:30 p.m. Grizzly Rose Elephant Revival $27, 8 p.m. Ogden…
At the Tacocat merch table, between some vinyl and sweatshirts for sale, was an old paper book titled The Woman’s Dress For Success Book. It was priced at $100. It was a partially a joke, but mostly a direct statement. There were a lot of statements, musical and otherwise, from…
Legendary grindcore band Pig Destroyer is co-headlining the Denver Black Sky festival with Skinless at the Gothic Theatre on Saturday, December 5. Based out of Alexandria, Virginia, Pig Destroyer began in 1997 when vocalist J.R. Hayes, formerly of Enemy Soil, and guitarist Scott Hull, formerly of Anal Cunt and Agoraphobic…
It’s no secret on a global scale that ever since recreational cannabis became legalized, people started flooding to Denver, and the city experienced a huge influx of culture, industry and innovation. With this came new musical movements, subcultures and events, and one that has gotten a big boost is metal…
