On April 21, the Denver-based electronic-music producer Michal Menert will release his third album, Space Jazz, on the label he recently founded, Super Best Records. The fifteen-track effort will be available as a free download via michalmenert.com. Menert, whose work has been mostly inspired by soul and funk music, has…
Editor’s note: Each week, illustrator Noah Van Sciver shares his ongoing story of an 80s rocker on a road trip through his past with the readers of Backbeat. You can see more of Van Sciver’s work in his new book SAINT COLE from Fantagraphics books. Last Week’s episode of Rufus…
New York-based Twin Shadow was scheduled to perform tonight at the Bluebird Theater in Denver. The act’s two tour buses were near E-470 on I-70 early this morning when the one holding crew members collided with a semi tractor trailer. The Aurora Police Department reports that rescue workers took twelve…
420 in the Streets 12:00pm @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Jose Gonzalez 8:00pm @ Gothic Theatre Lee “Scratch” Perry 10:30pm @ Cervantes’ Other Side The Infamous Stringdusters 7:00pm @ Boulder Theater Saul Williams 7:00pm @ Marquis Theater Snoop Dogg 5:30pm @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre Billy & the Kids 8:30pm @ Ogden…
Coachella is always thinking of clever ways to make us pick up our damn trash. Their bright-colored, well-labeled trash and recycle bins are everywhere. And in the past, any do-gooder or broke festival-goer could pick up a standard amount of 10 water bottles to trade for a new one to…
Colfax, 4/20 weekend, The Replacements pretty much just got out nearby and there didn’t seem to be much in the way of rowdy after carousing. Other than some curious daytime rush hour action Denver’s streets were pretty mellow and mild with temperatures in the 40s when the time for the…
It’s no secret that Coachella has become a playground for bros, celebutantes and music elitists, but laced within the throngs of entitlement are the survivors who represent the positive side of Coachella culture. Considering the unrepentant cynicism that surrounds Coachella these days, it’s not surprising that our quest took some…
The first Bluebird District Music Festival will take place July 10 to 12 at Bluebird Theater, Goosetown Tavern, Park House, Lost Lake and Southside Bar and Kitchen. This morning, the festival announced its first 22 bands, including a handful of heavy-hitting locals. You can see the list below. A limited number…
Look, not every concert in Denver this weekend is happening because of 4/20. But a hell of a lot are, and some that aren’t directly affiliated with our newfound state plant are…more than coincidental. Either way, it’s a spectacular weekend of live music here in Colorado. Our picks follow. FRIDAY,…
Smack!…Smack!….Smack! “Woooo! Coachellaaaaaaaahhh! Gimmie five!” That’s the sound of a loud, burly Kentucky man high-fiving his way through the sunburned Sunday crowd on weekend one of Coachella. Though he appears to be just another dude with a GA wristband, right now he’s feeling more like one of the beloved performers…
Record Store Day is upon us! This Saturday, April 18, live bands will play in parking lots, fans will fill the aisles of your favorite record shop and, of course, there will be insane releases you never knew you needed. We walked you through a few of your options earlier…
Hey! Everyone that just got back from Coachella! Did you have a great time? Did you hear a ton of excellent music? Did you hit up a bunch of hip pool parties, make out with that mega-babe you met in the beer garden, get your new Reformation outfit onto the…
Darren Kulback and Kevin Wesley had to be bored living in Parker, Colorado as teenagers. But both were aware of truly underground music from a young age. When Kulback was eleven years old he saw that legendary 2002 tour that featured Lighting Bolt, Arab On Radar, The Locust and Blood…
The Disco Biscuits are setting up camp in Denver this weekend, with shows last night, tonight and Saturday at the Ogden and another one at Red Rocks on Friday. That kind of residency is possible thanks to an exceedingly dedicated fan base, which was out in force for the debut…
This year’s Mayhem Festival line-up at Red Rocks on Sunday, July 5 includes Slayer, King Diamond, Hellyeah, the Devil Wears Prada, Whitechapel and They Art is Murder. Tickets ($33.33-$99.99) go on sale on Friday, April 17 at 10 a.m. The KOOL Concert returns to Fiddler’s Green on Sunday, June 14…
SXSW is behind us, along with one weekend of Coachella. But the bulk of festival season lies ahead, including several blowout events this week in Denver in honor of 4/20. We were hoping to have a living, breathing fashion expert talk to us about the really fashionable things you’re supposed…
The eighth and final edition of Communikey Festival gets underway starting at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 16th beginning with Colorado-based ambient artist Radere performing a DJ set at eTown Hall in Boulder. The music and visual art offerings for this year’s festival seems to be something of an amalgam…
Editor’s note: Each week, illustrator Noah Van Sciver shares his ongoing story of an 80s rocker on a road trip through his past with the readers of Backbeat. You can see more of Van Sciver’s work in his new book SAINT COLE from Fantagraphics books…
University of Colorado student Jannick Anderson was hit by a train outside the grounds of the Coachella music festival over the weekend. He died early Saturday morning, according to the Riverside County Coroner’s Office. Anderson, who was 23 years old, was enrolled in a “non-degree unclassified” program at CU. The…
Record Store Day is upon us! This Saturday, April 18, live bands will play in parking lots, fans will fill the aisles of your favorite record shop and, of course, there will be insane releases you never knew you needed — like the Clueless soundtrack on pink vinyl, or a…
Red Bull Sound Select is getting ready to host another show in Denver, and for this one, they’ve enlisted the help local collective Souls In Action. Souls In Action, which bills itself as “a Denver-based collaboration of young, hungry, like-minded individuals creating change through music, art and social activism,” was…
Wax Trax, an iconic record store here in Denver, will have more vinyl than you can browse through this Saturday, but nothing in stock will be an exclusive Record Store Day release. Because the store sold an exclusive release online for Black Friday, they were contacted by the head of Record…
