Concerts

EARTH, WIND & FIRE @ NATIONAL WESTERN EVENTS CENTER | 4.28.12 Earth, Wind & Fire is infallible. The band — which has been playing beautifully crafted, soulful pop for more than four decades — can’t have a bad show. Last night at the National Western Events Center, the group proved…

ALTITUDE MUSIC FESTIVAL @ BALCH FIELD HOUSE | 4.28.12See Also: • Altitude Music Festival slide show • Q&A with Gramatik • Snowball Music Festival 2012, Day One and Day Two • CU WelcomeFest 2011 • Sonic Bloom pre-party slideshow featuring GRiZ CU Program Council and Insomniac Events blew the walls…

LAMBCHOP @ FOX THEATRE | 4.28.12 See Also: Q&A with Kurt Wagner of Lambchop No one goes to a Lambchop show expecting a circus. Fans know that taking a ride with frontman Kurt Wagner and his crew will be a slow one. But last night at the Fox, the band…

REAL ESTATE @ GOTHIC THEATRE | 4.27.12 See Also: Q&A with Alex Bleeker of Real Estate “That’s all from us,” Real Estate frontman Martin Courtney told the crowd, which stood nodding before him as the last notes of the encore washed across the Gothic Theatre. His voice conveyed no more…

See Also: • (Photos) Neon Knights at the Meadowlark • Weekend’s best dance/party bets: Communikey, Unified Field, Brown Suga Youth Fest • Best of Denver 2012: Best VJ Team Audio Visual Violence Club • Double//Shadow appeals to the weeping romantic in you For the last year and a half, DJ…

With all that’s going down this weekend between Communikey — which is already well underway, and bringing a legion of talent to Boulder over the next three days — Unified Field, the Sonic Bloom pre-party, Brown Suga Youth Fest, and the various other parties around town being hosted by DJ…

See Also: • Cobraconda goes on Spring Break • Q&A with Alex Bleeker of Real Estate • Q&A with Alex Bleeker of Real Estate • Q&A with Jules Bethea-Rateliff and Joe Sampson • Q&A with Carbon Choir • Q&A with Kurt Wagner of Lambchop Welcome to the weekend! You’ve worked…

See Also: • Warlock Pinchers return to CU more than two decades after being banned • The Warlock Pinchers are still playing devil’s advocate • Warlock Pinchers: An extensive oral history straight from the jokers’ mouth • (Review) Warlock Pinchers at Gothic, 8/6/10 • (Review) Warlock Pinchers at Gothic, 8/7/10…

JEFF MANGUM at OGDEN THEATRE | 4/26/12 See Also: • Jeff Mangum comes to the aid of a distressed fan at Coachella • Neutral Milk Hotel books a room in Denver. • The Apples get set to reap the fruits of their labors Jeff Mangum has not returned to Denver…

See Also: • (Profile) The Epilogues story has a happy ending • (Profile) Cobraconda goes on Spring Break • Snake Rattle Rattle Snake partners with Greater Than Collective • Illegal Pete’s and Greater Than Collective’s Second Annual Starving Artist Showcase Since launching Greater Than — the music cultivating partnership between…

See Also: • Q&A with Sin and Kurt of Primasonic • Former Indie 101.5 music director and Lipgloss co-founder looking to break into Internet radio Sindo Lamas, the former frontman of Primasonic has been involved in radio off and on since the ’80s. He recently launched Clampdown Radio, which grew…

LAURIE ANDERSON @ BOULDER THEATER | 4.25.12 See Also: • Q&A with Laurie Anderson • CMKY brings electronic arts and music to Boulder for a fourth year Laurie Anderson probably could have had a career in comedy if she wanted. Her subtle and playful humor last night definitely balanced the…

See Also: • More than two decades after being banned from CU, Warlock Pinchers officially unbanned • The Warlock Pinchers are still playing devil’s advocate • Warlock Pinchers: An extensive oral history straight from the jokers’ mouth • (Review) Warlock Pinchers at Gothic, 8/6/10 • (Review) Warlock Pinchers at Gothic,…

Individual results may vary.We’ve just rolled out a new and improved calendar of Denver concerts. Our online music listings are now sortable by artist, venue and price. We’ve also got a raw, unadulterated, alphabetical list of upcoming shows in the drop-down menus on the right hand side of that page…

See Also: • Danielle Anderson isn’t easy to forget • Meet Danielle Ate the Sandwich Last year, singer-songwriter Danielle Ate the Sandwich (aka Danielle Anderson) teamed up with Nick Celentano and Ryan Anthony Martin, the guys behind Synthetic PictureHaus, to make the music video for “Where the Good Ones Go.”…

See Also: • Q&A with Nick Zammuto • Q&A with Morton Subtonick • CMKY brings electronic arts and music to Boulder for a fourth year Lustmord (due Saturday, April 28, at the ATLAS Institute during the Communikey Festival) is the long-running project of Brian Williams. In the late ’70s and…

NERO @ OGDEN THEATRE | 4.24.12 See Also: • Levitate Festival at 1STBANK Center, 4/20/12 • Axwell at the Ogden Theatre, 4/19/12 • Last Night review archives As Alana Watson — who handles the vocals on Nero’s drum-and-bass tracks — emerged from the back of the massive boombox, joining her…

See Also: • Q&A with Brian Williams of Lustmord • Q&A with Morton Subtonick • CMKY brings electronic arts and music to Boulder for a fourth year Zammuto (due Thursday, April 26, at Shine for the Communikey Festival) is the latest project from Nick Zammuto, who was one half of…

See Also: • Westword Music Showcase headliners revealed • Baywood added to Westword Music Showcase • Win a VIP upgrade to this year’s Showcase for you and a friend The 2012 edition of the Westword Music Showcase is getting closer and closer. You getting stoked? We are! Even more so…

I wouldn’t put Cobraconda in the same vein as anything in Denver,” says Spencer Foreman. “We get fucking crazy and buck-wild at shows. We’re party animals, man. Fuck-beast mode. This is Godzilla, older and harder than beast mode.” And when provoked, sometimes the Cobra strikes. Just ask Michael Mazzotta. In…

Unless you’ve been to a Larimer Lounge barbecue or perhaps an odd night when the Denver Art Rock Collective invited this band on a bill, chances are you haven’t heard of Mourning Sickness (due this Thursday, April 26, at the Oriental Theater). That’s unfortunate, because the members of this trio,…