Since it began in 2006, JazzFest Denver has always been held in the winter. But this year, it moved to a warmer month and to a new venue: the outdoor amphitheater at City Hall. Festival founder Sterling Kamisky says he likes the venue because it has an open-air feel without…
Seraphim Shock hasn’t gigged all that much over the past few years it seems, so word of a pair of benefit shows the act is doing at Paris Wine Bar (1553 Platte Street) should excite longtime fans. On Thursday and Friday, June 10 and 11, the group is set to…
After a thirty-year run, Denver’s last Trail Dust Steak House closed on Christmas Eve of 2009. (The Trail Dust in Westminster had closed several years earlier, and the building it occupied just literally bit the dust.) Vicky Wagner, whose husband’s family owns the space at 7101 South Clinton Street in…
As part of the 50th Anniversary of the Playboy Club and the Playboy Bunny, Suite Two Hundred (1427 Larimer Street) will be one of fifty clubs in fifty different cities around the world throwing parties. On Friday, June 11, Christina Santiago, Playboy’s 2003 Playmate of the year, will host the…
Mark Oliver Everett, the man sometimes known as E and the guy behind Eels, and his band will hit the Ogden Tuesday, October 5. On the Eels website, Everett says End Times, the band’s most recent album (released in January on Vagrant Records), is a “divorce album” with a modern…
Phil Lesh & Bob Weir’s group Further, who helped kick off things at the 1stBank Center in March, return to the area for a two-night stand at Red Rocks on Friday and Saturday, September 24 and 25. The two Grateful Dead members will be joined by RatDog keyboardist Jeff Chimenti,…
The thick and sludgy new album from the Melvins, The Bride Screamed Murder, released last week on Ipecac, grabbed the top spot at Albums on the Hill and came in fourth at Twist & Shout for the week ending June 6. Jack Johnson’s new platter, To the Sea, meanwhile, released…
While we usually get word of mega shows months in advance, that’s not the case with Paul McCartney, who just added a July 15 stop at the Pepsi Center to his upcoming 2010 Tour. McCartney, who made his Colorado debut with the Beatles at Red Rocks in 1964, last played…
When Vicky Wagner took over the defunct Trail Dust Steak House at 7101 South Clinton Street in Centennial, she knew that she didn’t want to open another steak joint. “When Trail Dust first started it was a unique concept,” she says, “but it just ran its course.” After a thirty-year…
Although the National has been at for a decade, the Brookyn-based indie rock group started gaining some serious traction with the release of 2007’s Boxer. The act’s latest effort, High Violet , debuted in the top five slots around the world, so it’s no surprise that the band, who has…
The Black Keys’ latest effort, Brothers, performed strong for the second week in a row and claimed the top spots at Albums on the Hill and Independent Records, while checking in at number two at Twist & Shout. Widespread Panic’s Dirty Side Down, released last week on ATO, Hank Williams…
As clearly evidenced by their two previous releases, vibraphonist and pianist Greg Harris and his quintet have mastered the art of the groove. While Harris and company dig in on a few tracks, such as “Two Few Minutes Dive” and Blue Heron,” on their latest effort, Glass Gold, they step…
Just a month ago, Chez Cirque Dueling Pianos opened in the Landmark project in Greenwood Village. Now Wild Ivories, another dueling piano bar, is slated to open Friday, June 4, in the former Buca di Beppo space at 1400 Market Street. Caz Bzdek, who’s performed at Sing Sing and the…
Once upon a time not all that long ago, there was a group of badasses from Boulder who played rock and roll like the past three decades had never happened. Those boys, still in high school, rocked the socks right off their fans. Literally. Every time Rose Hill Drive played…
After more than a three-year run, Andrew’s on Lincoln, 1111 Lincoln Street, appears to have closed over the weekend. There’s no word yet on what will happen to the space. Last September, Andrew’s was remodeled and essentially divided into two spaces: one a bar/restaurant and the other dubbed the “Stage,”…
After more than a three-year run, Andrew’s on Lincoln’s appears to have closed over the weekend. There’s no word yet on why the club closed or what will happen to the space. Last September, the space was remodeled, and it was essentially divided it into two spaces: one side a…
Good news for those Juggalos dreading the hike up the brutal stairs of Red Rocks: Live Nation just issued word that Insane Clown Posse’s show originally slated for the Rocks this Monday, May 31 has been moved to the Fillmore Auditorium. Kottonmouth Kings, Coolio, Kittie and Necro still open the…
Fifteen years ago, the sexually charged acid house group Lords of Acid and the legendary industrial act My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult teamed up for the Sextacy Ball tour. The two acts are joining forces again this summer for a reincarnation of that tour which hits the Ogden…
In possibly one of the strangest bills yet, we’ve just learned that KISS is slated to kick off this year’s Cheyenne Frontier Days and rodeo on Friday, July 23. The other acts on the bill, we think you’ll agree, are slightly less incongruous: Brooks & Dunn, Aaron Tippin & Neal…
The Black Keys’ fifth studio disc, Brothers, released last week on Nonesuch, grabbed the top spots at Albums on the Hill and Twist & Shout, while coming in at second at Independent Records. The Rolling Stones’ re-mastered Exile on Main St. , also released last week, was also a strong…
Pitbull’s show at 1stBank Center originally scheduled for Tuesday, May 25 has been postponed to Thursday, July 22 due to scheduling conflicts. Tickets for the May 25 show will be honored for the July 22 show or refunds are available at point of purchase. Reserved tickets also ($32.50-$45) are still…
Classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein, whose 2007 Bach’s Goldberg Variations debuted at the number-one spot on Billboard’s Classical Chart during its first week of sales, says Bach’s piece is probably one of the greatest pieces of music ever written for keyboard. “It’s a huge piece,” she says. “It’s like an epic…
