From underground rapper Mykki Blanco on his developing fan base to the artist who gave Run the Jewels’ Killer Mike a homemade Bernie Sanders/Martin Luther King Jr poster, this week has had been a rich one for music in Denver. In case you missed them, here is a recap of…
John Mayer has announced his Search for Everything World Tour will continue into the summer, and he and his band will be playing Denver on July 19. Mayer’s concert will include a solo set, as well as performances with his full band and the John Mayer Trio. Here is his…
Artopia, Westword’s annual celebration of art, culture and fashion, is at City Hall on Saturday, Lil Wayne headlines the Mile High Smoke Out at the Bellco Theatre tonight, while Hieroglyphics play shows at the Aggie Theatre and Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom. Stewart Copeland, former drummer of the Police, teams up with the Colorado Symphony…
Hip-hop artist Mykki Blanco raps and sings about everything from the ups and downs of drugs and addiction to his shifting gender identity. He has been an icon for hip-hop loving queer youth, as he has lived as a trans woman and a genderqueer person while producing some of the most lyrically devastating, smart and inspiring underground hip-hop songs of the past decade.
The political post-hardcore act Milemarker, which began in 1997 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, defied Maximumrocknroll’s rule that bands with keyboards were not punk. The musicians decided the band was “going to be even more punk and get keyboards and make some music that you couldn’t say wasn’t punk and see…
Ryan Adams, who released Prisoner last week, will headline Red Rocks on Tuesday, June 20, with the Infamous Stringdusters opening. Tckets ($46.50-$55) go on sale on Friday, February 24, at 10 a.m. The Pixies return to the Fillmore Auditorium on Wednesday, October 18. Tickets ($49.75-$55) go on sale on Friday, February 24,…
Chris Brown will be bringing 50 Cent, Fabolous, O.T. Genasis and Kap G on the road for a 33 city tour, including a stop at Denver’s Pepsi Center, in May.
Grammy-winning electro-indie-folk innovator Justin Vernon and his band Bon Iver will headline the 1STBANK Center in April.
Reload Productions, a pioneer of bass-heavy music in Denver, is throwing its eighteenth anniversary party, bringing the Ram Records crew, which is celebrating its 25th Anniversary.
Old Crow Medicine Show will headline Denver’s Paramount Theater in May to perform Bob Dylan’s album Blonde on Blonde in its entirety. The concert will support the release of the band’s album Fifty Years of Blonde on Blonde.
Danny Argote stood toward the back of the Fillmore Auditorium at the Run the Jewels concert. He was wearing a “Fuck Racism” t-shirt from the Afro-punk activist band Fishbone and holding a large poster of Bernie Sanders and Martin Luther King Jr throwing up the hand signs for the hip-hop act Run the Jewels.
The versatile Los Angeles band Los Lobos—with its two iconic singer/guitarists, César Rosas and David Hidalgo—formed in 1973 and entered the national consciousness big-time in 1987 with a faithful cover of “La Bamba,” a surprise hit from the Ritchie Valens biopic.
On Friday, March 3, the Open Media Foundation hosts its next monthly free Open Music Session event, which will feature musical guests El Javi, as well as a set by comedian James Conklin. Last month, the February Open Music Session welcomed Matt Rouch & the Noise Upstairs, a folk-roots-country outfit…
The Reverend Horton Heat, who has already played three shows in Colorado this month, continues his run, joining Jello Biafra for five nights at the Larimer Lounge, Tuesday, February 21, through Saturday, February 25. The Supersuckers and Reno Divorce will provide support on the first three shows and Wayne “The…
The past week had its share of memorable concerts that included monsters, stoners and heartthrobs. Juicy J, Run the Jewels, Lordi and Sting all packed the house. Here’s what it looked like.
The members of the punk band, The Dickies included TV-loving kids who were raised in the Valley, bathed in privilege and swimming pools, with interests not stretching much further than water slides and movie stars.
Classic rockers Styx, REO Speedwagon and Don Felder announced this morning, February 16 that they will be embarking on a summer tour: “United We Rock,” and making a stop in Denver on June 29, at the Pepsi Center.
Los Lobos plays a pair of intimate shows at Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox this weekend, while singer-songwriter Howie Day plays two nights at Soiled Dove. Also on tap is Don’t Panic Fest at various venues on South Broadway, Lotus at the Fillmore Auditorium, Dwight Yoakam at the Paramount Theatre, and Dennis DeYoung singing the music of STYX (the band he used to front) at the Boulder Theater. See the rest of our picks below.
When Sepultura formed in Brazil in 1984, there was little evidence to suggest that the band was ever going to be anything more than your run-of-the-mill death metal outfit. By the second album, Schitzophrenia, people were taking notice. The fourth, 1991’s Arise, catapulted Sepultura into the international spotlight, and then…
The Australian post-punk, environmentalist band Midnight Oil announced its first world tour in more than twenty years, and it will include a Denver stop, at the Paramount Theatre in May.
Sturgill Simpson, who just won a Grammy for Best Country Album, headlines Red Rocks on Monday, September 25; tickets ($45-$55) go on sale on Thursday, February 16, at 10 a.m.
The annual festival Project Pabst Denver announced its lineup today, and rapper Ice Cube will be headlining.
