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…
Monday, March 16 Coal Chamber $25/$28 6:00PM Summit Music Hall New Found Glory $18.50 6:30PM The Black Sheep Tuesday, March 17 Stevie Wonder $39.50-$149.50 8:00PM Pepsi Center Kid Ink $39.50-$55 7:30PM Fillmore Auditorium Chick Corea $39.50-$100 7:30PM Boettcher Concert Hall Pete Rock $15/$20 9:00PM Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Swahili $8 9:30PM…
By definition, “nocturne” is, “a short composition of a romantic or dreamy character suggestive of night, typically for piano.” The Nocturne Jazz & Supper Club epitomizes this definition. Located at 3130 27th Street, across the street from Meadowlark and diagonal from Cold Crush, Nocturne is the latest addition to Denver’s…
At 6:30 a.m., downtown Denver is still dark. The sun won’t rise for another 40 minutes, but a line of people already stretches around the block, waiting to get into Lodo’s Bar & Grill for this year’s Channel 93.3’s Keggs & Eggs. Nearly every other person has a beer in…
Last week, we found this Craigslist ad seeking talented rappers: Need Rappers for booty-centric rap. I have a song I’d like to see get out there. I’d like to make a video of it as well (I have equipment to effect this). I’ve taught writing and poetry for a living…
Friday, March 13 Dada Life$20-$508:00PM1STBANK Center Greensky Bluegrass$22.50-$25/3-DAY PASS $608:30PMBoulder Theater Five Iron Frenzy$19.998:00PMGothic Theatre St. Patrick’s Day Weekend CelebrationTBA2:00PMViewHouse Eatery Bar Inner Oceans$8-$109:00PMHi-dive TICK Keggs and EggsFREE7:00AMLodo’s Bar & Grill Saturday, March 14 Pink Hawks$107:00PMMarquis Theater DRKWAV$20/$259:00PMCervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Sunday, March 15 Cobraconda$109:00PMHi-dive…
It’s nothing new in hip-hop at this point for a line-up to include the musical influences of multiple cultures as that style of music absorbs ideas from around the world more easily than most others. Nor is it unexpected to hear multiple languages in a hip-hop show. But from the…
We held the first Westword Music Awards 21 years ago, in 1995. There were 55 nominees on the ballot that year, including such enduring names as Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, Ron Miles and Tim O’Brien. There was a lot of great music being made in Colorado then, just as there…
“This music is garbage. They aren’t even using real instruments,” my mom said. It was 1994, and I was happy that my favorite song at the time — “The Sign” by Ace of Base — was on the radio. She would try to expose me to the music that she…
In a few short days, over local 120 bands will take over part of Austin’s notorious sixth street to bring a taste of the Colorado music scene to the SXSW music festival. The five day showcase, known as the Colorado Music Party, features not only Denver bands like Rubedo, CRL CRRLL, Steele…
Swallow Hill Music — a Denver-based non-profit focused on music education and performance — has announced its new CEO: Paul M. Lhevine, who formerly served as executive director and director of external affairs for the Aurora Public Schools Foundation. “I am coming to Swallow Hill Music for the opportunity to build…
Welcome to the world of Plume Varia. The Denver dream pop duo, fresh off a performance at the Oriental Theatre with Sound of Ceres, is debuting a new video today on Westword Music. The clip, which features band members Cherie and Shon Cobbs performing a pair of songs, was directed and…
There was never a shortage of diversions at Punch Bowl Social on South Broadway — the restaurant and bar’s offerings include(deep breath) ping-pong, shuffle board, darts, billiards, arcade games, marbles and, of course, bowling. And, as of last month, a pair of private karaoke rooms upstairs. Denver is home to…
Although St. Patrick’s Day is next Wednesday, shamrock-centric festivities are kicking off this weekend. Here’s a guide to a number of local events in bars, clubs and music venues. Lodo’s Bar & Grill: 1946 Market St., Denver, 303-293-8555 Keggs and Eggs, featuring the Dirty Heads, 3OH!3, Brick+Mortar and One Flew…
The Fort Collins Music Experiment (or FoCoMX) has, for the past six years, served as the largest showcase for northern Colorado music. Featuring hundreds of bands throughout the city, FoCoMX continues to grow — the Fort Collins Musicians Association (which organizes the event) has just announced some key details about…
The R&B crooner Kitty Crimes is not to be missed. One moment, she’s getting low to the ground, throwing one hand in the air as she cups the mike with the other; the next, she’s serenading every face in the crowd as she makes her way across the stage with…
Church Fire and Morlox, both from Denver, might seem like unusual collaborators on a split cassette release. The two acts don’t have much in common at first glance: Church Fire could be considered a synth-pop act, and Morlox is more in the realm of IDM. (Each side of the tape…
In 1969, Miles Davis started recording sessions for his landmark jazz-rock fusion album Bitches Brew, using close to twenty musicians over six months. Pianists Herbie Hancock, who spent five years in Davis’s second great quintet, and Chick Corea were both on that album, as well as Davis’s In a Silent…
Garth Brooks is the best-selling solo artist of the 20th century in America, and he’s used plenty of that money for philanthropic goals. He has also been exceedingly giving of his time and gone above and beyond for his fans. These six moments prove that he is one of the most…
The 42nd Telluride Bluegrass Festival will take place from June 18 to 21, 2015. As they often do, four day passes sold out before the lineup was even announced (it took ten minutes for fans from all 50 states and several foreign countries to snatch them all up). You can…
Doro Pesch is performing this Wednesday, March 11th at the Bluebird Theater. Pesch got her start as a rock and roll singer at the age of three when she started singing Little Richard’s “Lucille” around the house. It was a perfect start for a woman who would go on to…
Colorado is set to take over Austin in a month, with the Colorado Music Party, as we originally announced last week. Over 120 bands will flock out of the cold winter, south, to the land of concerts and partying for SXSW 2015. Headling acts include Denver’s Rubedo, The Yawpers, Wheelchair Sports Camp, Kitty…
