Concerts

UMS on S. BROADWAY | 07/23-24/11An especially hot summer day made navigating various venues an enervating experience, not to mention the humid heat indoors at times. Nevertheless, it didn’t seem to dampen anyone’s spirits in performing the music, even in the early slots like the one where Mercuria and the…

By now, you’ve probably heard the news — if not, sorry to be the bearer of sad tidings, darkening an otherwise sunny afternoon — Amy Jade Winehouse has passed away at the age of 27. At 4 p.m. London time today, authorities reportedly found the singer dead in her apartment…

Seeing as Fleet Foxes’ own Robin Pecknold dons a Christ-like beard, it would only make sense for his listeners to sport similar face rugs. Westword photographer Brandon Marshall eyeballed enough awe-inspiring beards last night at the Fillmore for us to dust off our fan-beard rating system (FBRS). This system is…

So Chloe’s a lounge and a “fictitious, jet-setting socialite,” according to this week’s Bar Back column, and this photo carries on that marketing concept. The writing’s on the wall — the above lines are supposed to be from the Chloe’s journal. We’ve got more photos below from last night’s preview…

With the UMS in full-swing, Broadway’s got dozens of bands both local and national to choose from throughout the weekend. But the rest of the city’s venues have some good shows happening, too — like tonight at Meadowlark, where the Neon Knights monthly throwdown has been keeping the dance floor…

With UMS taking over the town this weekend — and everyone recovering from Global Dance Festival and Full Moon Gathering last weekend, not to mention Sunshine Jones last night — this week’s Dance Card isn’t quite as full, but between DJ Micro and the all-vinyl House Revival session, you will…

Quick reminder: The hip-hop doesn’t stop in Denver with Kingz of the Mountain Weekend is kicking off tonight and running through Sunday. Embodying the true spirit of hip-hop and exemplifying unity in the community, a number of local hip-hop luminaries and organizers have banded together to produce a series of…

FLEET FOXES at THE FILLMORE | 7/21/11The Fleet Foxes didn’t pull any punches during their two-hour performance at the Fillmore Auditorium on Thursday night. The sextet’s set featured dizzying turns of instrumental skill, carefully layered compositions and fast-paced rhythmic stretches…

So even though it’s barely in the rearview, we just confirmed the date for next year’s Showcase. Got your calendar? Good. Whip out your red Sharpie and put a big old circle around Saturday, June 23. That’s right: Same weekend next year. Don’t worry, you’ll get plenty of reminders between…

It is hard to believe Seattle’s Fleet Foxes (playing the Fillmore Auditorium tonight with Alela Diane) was ever known as Pineapple. Luckily, another local band was using the same moniker, forcing the baroque-folk sextet to come up with something else, and thus Fleet Foxes was born…

Chances are that unless you’re a big record collector, you haven’t heard the name Alex Steinweiss until now. Steinweiss died on July 18 in Sarasota, Florida at age 94. A designer for Columbia records, Steinweiss invented the creative album cover in the 1940s. Before then, albums were usually drab cardboard…

A Tribe Called Quest is a group that will forever go down as one of the greatest hip-hop groups of all time. And its album, The Low End Theory, is among the game’s best and most influential albums. As we approach the twenty-year anniversary of its release, DJ Mu$a is…

Born as a side project for Casey Crescenzo’s work that didn’t quite fit in with the sound of the Receiving End of Sirens, his post-hardcore band, the Dear Hunter (playing Summit Music Hall tonight with Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground, O’Brother and The Outfit), quickly grew into Crescenzo’s main…

When entrepreneur Francois Safieddine started thinking about Chloe, his new venture that opens Thursday, July 21, in the former Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, 1445 Market Street, he researched what the nightlife crowd was looking for downtown — and wasn’t already being offered. “What my research led me to is there was…

Kyle Person doesn’t look like what most people think of when they think “musician,” and that will probably work well in his favor in the long run. He also doesn’t make music like the average musician. Anyone who’s seen his shows these past few years may have witnessed someone who…

Alela Diane was born in the small town of Nevada City, California, where she got a nudge from her friend Joanna Newsom to perform her solo material for the first time. After issuing her debut album, Forest Parade, in 2003, Diane recorded and self-released her followup, 2004’s The Pirate’s Gospel,…

The artist known as Buckethead is an unusual variant on “guitar hero.” He knows six-string constructs like a salamander knows wet leaves, but few know the face, or identity, of Buckethead (due to his ever-present bucket-shaped hood). Buckethead’s style is forged from the metallic assaults of Slayer and Steve Vai,…

The members of Acrassicauda learned about heavy metal from bootleg tapes they were able to get during the regime of Saddam Hussein. And just like many heavy metal bands in America, the group was accused of worshipping Satan. Except that in Iraq, this meant credible death threats. The trials and…