If you ever needed an excuse to head north to Fort Collins besides the many fine breweries there, how about the Bohemian Nights at New West Fest? The free, three day festival is bringing in an eclectic batch of talent, starting with Flobots August 20. They’ll be followed by Earth,…
There are millions of ways to make music in the world — and that’s exactly what the Playground Ensemble and the Front Range Soundpainters are counting on. Seemingly hawked right out of this week’s Fringe Festival in Boulder, soundpainting is the art of live music composition incorporating hundreds of gestures…
So, turns out, Pavement may not be as popular in Denver as once suspected. While initially this notion is admittedly somewhat deflating, this is actually great news if you’re a fan of the band: We just received word that the Pavement show, originally slated to take place on Thursday, September…
Just a year after taking over the Oriental Theater, the owners of 3 Kings Tavern have thrown in the towel and put the historic, 700-person venue at 4335 West 44th Avenue up for sale. Jim Norris, one of those owners — and now also part-owner of the new Rockaway Tavern…
This was one of those occasional weeks where the second we saw this flier, we knew we had our pick. Don’t get us wrong — we still did the homework and looked at every flier we could find, online and off. And, to be honest, there were enough great fliers…
Update, 10/25/10: Read the review from this past weekend’s show at 1STBANK Center. Fresh off his appearance at this past weekend’s Mile High Music Festival, Lorin Ashton, the man behind the electronic project Bassnectar, has announced plans to produce his first-ever arena show at the 1ST BANK Center at the…
Gogol Bordello, who shared a headlining bill with Primus at Red Rocks last week, returns to the area for a two-night stand at the Boulder Theater on Wednesday and Thursday, October 27 and 28. Tickets for this one range between $36 and $41 and go on sale on Friday, August…
Tonight at the Lobby DJ Low Key is helping launch a new night called Lounging at the Lobby, that’s exactly what it sounds like: On the second Thursday of the month at the Lobby (2191 Arapahoe Street), the folks at BiggDizzy.com have organized an adult game night that will include…
Near the end of last year, Lizard’s Bar & Grill at 1920 Blake Street closed after a short run. Mike Hayter and his business partner Mike Refling moved to town from Bozeman, Montana, and took over the space at the beginning of August. Dubbed Hayter’s, the new spot will be…
This week’s flier caught our eye a few days ago, since the main image of it is Adam Reker’s cover art for the new St. Elias CD Altered Beast. It’s a CD cover! It’s a flier! And if you go to the CD release show this Friday at the hi-dive…
Indie troubadour Sufjan Stevens, who’s set up a month-long fall tour that will include some of the country’s most historic theaters and venues, is set to visit the Paramount Theatre on Tuesday, November 2. Stevens will be performing fully realized versions of songs he initially debuted at small clubs late…
Tonight, Thursday, August 5, Quixote’s True Blue — that’s the place to be if you love local hip-hop. Presented by Yoseph of Fly Magazine, Dent and Shedrick Garrett, #COHIPHOP Unity Concert 2 is going down. The aim, as you’ve probably deduced from the name of the event, is to bring…
Oh, man, it’s about to get all sorts of dumb over at Gallery 22 on Saturday afternoons. Just heard that the Radio Bums crew is taking over the patio from 1-6 p.m. for The Radio Bums Hangout. If the flier is to be believed the Bums will be throwing down…
If we weren’t already completely stoked for this weekend’s Warlock Pinchers reunion (and admittedly, we are), this week’s flier would entice us to check it out. The mirrored symmetry and the long, elfin faces of the ladies central to the image are intriguing. The flowers (and the clever way the…
The Absinthe House is slated to open later this month in the former Foundry space at 1109 Walnut Street in Boulder, which has been vacant since November. Its website says it will be serving over forty beers from around the world and boasts the largest selection of genuine absinthe in…
It’s been a hell of a week for show announcements. Aside from getting the word on shows by the Cult, Blitzen Trapper, Bad Religion, the Thermals and Drake, Gorillaz announced a show at the Wells Fargo Theatre on Sunday, October 24. Tickets to see the Damon Albarn-fronted group, which includes…
Computers are chock full of fancy tools to make the task of designing a flier easy. That earns you extra style points when you take the time to sit down with the scissors, a pile of old magazines and some Elmer’s glue to bang up the old-school collage flier (or…
Blonde Redhead, the New York trio who borrowed its moniker from a song by the ’80s no wave group DNA, is set to release Penny Sparkle, its third album for 4AD, September 14 (the album’s opening cut, “Here Sometimes,” is available for streaming and download on the band’s site). The…
In April, Tryst owner Paul Piciocchi closed Tryst for a week, did some remodeling and opened Dive on Fifteenth in its place. Turns out that a lot of people who had been coming to Tryst since it opened six years ago, wanted their old spot back. So Piciocchi’s giving the…
Ween usually puts on the some wacky shows, but we’re guessing things might get super nutty when the band comes to the 1STBANK Center on Halloween. General admission seats ($38.50-$42.50) go on sale this Saturday, July 24 at 10 a.m. at the TicketHorse website or at its kiosks. Ween is…
What happens in your brain in that space between waking and sleep, when thoughts cease to flow but dreams are still yet to arrive? We don’t know, because we’re music bloggers, not brainologists, but we’re thinking it’s some kind of mental test pattern that looks a lot like this week’s…
Way back in 2008, when we first spoke to Luke Bodley about Heaven Fest, the annual Christian music festival he produces was in its infancy. Bodley confided to us that he had difficulty convincing acts to perform at the inagural event. Jeremy Camp and Skillet were his headliners that first…
