DJ Low Key, the DJ ambassador of all things good music wise, has moved his sushi bar rocking operations to a new location. Well, sort of. This Sunday, his new night, Connected, is taking a trial run at Hai Bair (Sushi Hai), where Low Key will be spinning soul and…
Hot on the heels of SXSW and in the midst of spring break, we sent Sara Century and Tom Murphy on the town for a week of shows and had them report back what they saw/heard, with Sara drawing all of the pretty pictures and Tom stringing all the words…
Looking for Best Monthly Party? (Whomp Truck), Best New Venue (Summit Music Hall) or Best Hip-Hop Album (Mr. Midas’ Son of the Crack Era)? You can find those awards and more in the Best of Denver® 2011: Arts & Entertainment section. For the full Best of Denver® 2011 awards, go…
Things are moving along swimmingly for The Epilogues, due tonight at the Bluebird with fellow locals My Body Sings Electric and Input (both celebrating new CDs this evening), Monroe Monroe and Mr. Right. So swimingly, in fact, that tonight’s appearance was added after the show this Friday (an official Westword…
For a flier to get a nod in this space, it’s either about technique or execution. This week, it’s a little of both. The flier — touting Paper Bird’s show this Saturday with Princess Music and A.Tom Collins at the Gothic Theatre — is so damn adorable, it captured our…
After the untimely passing of G-Funk era staple Nate Dogg, the hip-hop community was once again reminded of its mortality. As is typical during the time of mourning, memorial funds were established for the family and loved ones of the late crooner, followed by an outpouring of benevolent memories…
Just one of the many generations of heavy acts on the Metalliance Tour stopping in Denver tonight, Helmet perfectly represented the era from which it emerged. Formed in 1989, the band first found prominence in the mid-’90s when the “alternative” blanket covered every band from the Afghan Whigs to White…
This past weekend, organizers of the CHUN Capitol Hill People’s Fair, with some help from the fine folks at Doghouse Music, hosted their annual Ultimate Music Experience (aka UMX) auditions at Bender’s Tavern. For two full days, eighty-some acts showcased their wares in hopes of landing a slot to perform…
Colorado has never been short on novelty shows. We’ve had beach parties, fort-building parties, high-concept art-installation shows — you name it, we’ve probably tried it at least once. That said, we’re pretty certain that Sk8Bit, slated to take place on Saturday, June 18, at Rollerland in Fort Collins, is Colorado’s…
Singer-songwriters are a dime a dozen these days. It’s like they’re being churned out on a never-ending assembly line, manufactured with the same blueprint: rough-hewn voice, tattered button-up shirt, handsome face, guitar. Rocky Votolato is like the original of those copies of copies, and he has the lyrical integrity and…
Among the many things happening this past weekend in the Mile High City, the venerable 3 Kings Tavern was celebrating its fifth year in business with Drag the River providing the soundtrack for the evening, which involved lots of drinking and socializing. Ace photographer Aaron Thackeray was on hand to…
CAFFEINE 03.26.11 | 1STBANK Center view full Caffeine slideshow Ah, Caffeine – stronger than a triple espresso but mild enough for mass consumption. With its “spring break” theme, Caffeine feels like a frat party on The Hill — only with much better music and minus the burning couches. Over the…
PURE SUNSHINE Overcasters • the Buckingham Squares • the Purple Fluid The Omens • The Geniuses • Git Some 03.26.11 | Bluebird Theater Git Some kicked off night two of Pure Sunshine last night at the Bluebird Theater. The act’s lyrics are often washed out by the torrent of guitar…
FOODCHAIN Mr. Midas, Pries, Rockie, LKeys 03.25.11 | Rockstar Lounge Last night at Rockstar Lounge, there was a plethora of rappers, instruments and singers on hand for a free show being touted as “history in the making” and featuring LKeys, Pries, Rockie, Midas and the Foodchain, who all brought the…
THERAPY DJ AArta, Brett Starr, Rescue, Sami Tee and Styles Davis 03.25.11 | 2200 Brett Starr and Rescue’s new residency at 2200 (look for them on the last Friday of each month) kicked off with a bang last night; the two rooms housed a spectrum of excellent electronica, with Rescue…
Last night at the Bluebird was night one of Pure Sunshine, the aptly named Rick Kulwicki celebration and benefit. Among Kulwicki’s family, friends, fans and many admirers (with Rick, it seems, none of those terms are mutually exclusive), all of the remaining members of the Fluid were of course on…
A little more than a month ago, I attended the memorial service for a Rick Kulwicki at Fairmount Cemetary, the same place where my grandparents and my favorite aunt happen to be laid to rest. The place doesn’t really hold a lot of fond memories for me. Barely ten years…
Full Flavor Music will host an event the last Friday of each month at Appaloosa Grill, starting this week with West Coast/Detroit techno artist Monty Luke. Luke started producing techno in the early 2000s and made a name for himself by the end of the decade with the tracks “Paranoid”…
Updated: More photos of the 1Up have been added to the end of this post. About a year ago, Jourdan Adler started a quest to collect vintage games. Now he’s got close to thirty original uprights, from Galaga to Pacman to Donkey Kong, and they’re all from 1985 and earlier,…
Kostas, Trajikk and Jontron provided the music for the Spring Break Beach Party on Thursday night, March 24, 2011 at Beta. Nightlife photographer Jonathan Shoup brings back these photos from the party and says: “A very energetic crowd and a progressive house soundtrack. Many ladies sported bikinis in spirit of…
Pulling a page from the Shania Twain handbook on pop country, The JaneDear Girls create glossy, hook-heavy songs with an underlying flavor of Bluegrass. As an accomplished fiddle and electric mandolin player, Susie Brown brings the the hoedown feel to guitarist Danelle Leverett’s traditional rock style, while the duo’s similar…
Tonight after the Nuggets put a beatdown on the Washington Wizards, fans are in for a treat. A crew of local hip-hoppers (The Dendrites, Jane Doed, King FOE, Whygee, 1984, Lamp! and Acezi) will be throwing down at the Pepsi Center during the “5th Quarter.” The show tonight will also…
