Crestfallen slated to reunite for Gamits CD release party

Oh, and speaking of reunions, we’ve received word that these dudes are getting back together one more time for old time’s sake. In case you don’t recognize the faces in the above clip or you haven’t deduced from the handy headline: We’re speaking of Crestfallen, featuring our own Jason Heller…

Nathan & Stephen to reconvene next Tuesday at the hi-dive

At one of his shows recently, Dan Craig invited his old Hearts of Palm/Nathan & Stephen bandmate Nathan McGarvey onstage for an acoustic rendition of “Happier.” McGarvey’s better half, the lovely and talented Emily DeRousse was there and happened the captured the moment on film. She shared the footage with…

Gary Numan, Bettye LaVette, Brad Paisley shows announced

Electro-pop legend Gary Numan is making a short sixteen-date trek across North America this fall, which is slated to include a stop at the Gothic Theatre on Thursday, October 28. To commemorate the 30th anniversary of his debut, The Pleasure Principle, Numan will perform the album in its entirety, as…

The weekend in pictures: Lipgloss turns nine!

Nine years ago … trying to think of what the world was like nine years ago. Hmm … let’s see … that would’ve been back before we documented our every movement, breath, thought and whereabouts on Facebook and Twitter, back when the notion of a Smartphone was still pretty foreign,…

Monotonix at Glob

Monotonix July 4th, 2010 Glob Glob was at partial capacity by the time Expiation opened the show with a set of fairly straight-ahead hardcore. You couldn’t fault the musicianship, and the frontman at least seemed as genuinely menacing as he was confrontational: At the end of the set, he threw…

The Weekend Show Down: Monotonix mixes up a molotov of rock

There’s nothing like experiencing the sweat, thump and catharsis of a great show. But it can be tough to decide which one to go to when you live in Denver, the land of embarrassing musical riches, the land of too many shows and too little time. So which ones are…

Anyone up for a little Tennis tonight at the Meadowlark?

Remember Tennis, the great new band we introduced you to last week? What are we saying? Of course you do. Tennis is now your new favorite sport, eh. Well, tonight at the Meadowlark you’ll have a chance to catch the group in person and determine if the husband and wife…

Jonas Brothers cancel Denver show

While Jonas Brothers released a new world tour schedule today that includes additional shows in Latin American and Europe, the band also removed a number of American dates from the current routing, including including their September 11 show at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre. “The Jonas Brothers remain committed to their fans…

Eclectic month-long Biennial of the Americas music series starts today

Kate Lesta of Boulder-based Communikey and JT Root of Aeon Child, who curated The Nature of Things music series with some help from MUTEK’s director Alain Mongeau, have put together what looks like an insanely great and eclectic line-up of thirty artists from around the world performing throughout the month…

Lil Wayne recording from behind bars

Used to be time when a stint in the big house would put a stop to an artist’s recording career. Well, today we have evidence that time has passed. Jailed rapper Lil Wayne guests on the new Drake track “Light Up (Rikers RMX)” alongside Jay Z. Only, we assume Jay…

Yuzo Nieto and the Hand that Rocks the Dreidel calls it quits

One of Denver’s weirdest pop auteurs has dissolved at least one of his various projects: Yuzo Nieto and the Hand that Rocks the Dreidel played its final show this week. The band, led by the eponymous saxophonist Nieto, has been for some years now trafficking in sounds that spanned from…

Liz Clark wins local talent search for Lilith Tour

Singer-songwriter Liz Clark, who divides her time between Colorado and Ireland, was tapped to play the Lilith Tour at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre on Tuesday, July 13. She won the the Denver-local talent search after submitting her tune “Who’s Your Angel” from her 2005 release Hand on the Stove, which you…

2010 Westword Music Showcase Awards wrap up

Whoo boy! What a time we had last night. Every year, I’m always so energized after hosting the awards ceremony — not to mention hungover (more on that in a minute). As I mentioned last night (numerous times, apparently), I’m really in love with this town, with this scene and…

A look at the minimalist music and maximum insanity of Monotonix

He looks like a cross between a young Albert Einstein and a biblical prophet. With a wild mustache and a shock of curls bursting from his head, clothed only in shorts so tiny they look more like a loincloth, Monotonix vocalist Ami Shalev gesticulates like a man possessed as the…

Fingers of the Sun at the Meadowlark

The Pseudo Dates, one of the most promising pop bands of recent years, broke up last year without making an announcement or organizing a final show. Luckily, primary songwriters Nathan Brazil and Suzi Allegra finally came to their senses and realized they wrote great, even timeless songs together, and they…

Josh Gabriel at Beta

The music of Josh Gabriel is hard to escape. As half of the duo Gabriel & Dresden — and, more recently, on his own — his productions and remixes have seen play from some of the industry’s top DJs, including John Digweed, Carl Cox and Danny Howells. His signature work…

All aboard! Leigh Jones turns the Recovery Room into Bar Car

When Leigh Jones moved to Denver a decade ago, she was living in Park Hill, and the Recovery Room (a longtime dive at 819 Colorado Boulevard) was her neighborhood bar. She went on to open several bars and restaurants of her own — including the now-defunct Brasserie Rouge and B-52…