Concerts

When I first got going,” recalls Lorin Ashton, “I was into fuckin’ brutal, satanic death metal.” Even with all of his hair, it’s hard to imagine that Ashton, better known in dance circles as Bassnectar, was once enthralled with extreme metal. After all, dubstep, the subgenre he’s essentially helped pioneer,…

Back in the mid-’90s, with the Fluid in limbo after the release of Glue and Roadmouth, Matt Bischoff found himself yearning to get back to playing regularly. He discovered that his friends Dave Stewart, a former bandmate in the Frantix, and Chanin Floyd, who had recently left Twice Wilted, were…

Snoop Dogg is one of the very few performers in hip-hop who can say he’s watched the genre grow old with grace. From his tumultuous times at Death Row Records to a questionable signing with the No Limit label, Snoop has soldiered on through the years to become one of…

Up until the middle part of the last decade, Charles Rowell and Brandon Welchez spent time in underground punk and noisy post-punk bands in San Diego, the most noteworthy of which was the Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower. That act dissolved in 2006; two years later, the duo…

Ani DiFranco has a solid cult following that dates back to the ’90s, when young women found refuge in her defiant, angst-ridden music. Since then, the Buffalo-hailing singer-songwriter and feminist icon has embraced motherhood and revealed a softer, more vulnerable self in her songs. She isn’t as radical as she…

Most bands offer few surprises more than ten years into their career. While people who never liked the Swayback probably won’t be persuaded by this latest offering, the guys really challenged themselves in making an album like this, one that’s diverse yet cohesive. It isn’t all over the place in…

Having teamed up with Madeline Johnston of Mariposa for this new project, called Year of the Dragonfly, Hunter Dragon embraces a more consistent, accessible sound. The duo’s debut release, Pupil, is a chilled-out gem of an album that explores the intimate, comfortably sad sounds of Massive Attack or Kid A-era…

While some guitarists lower their E strings down to D for a chunkier sound, Miner guitarists Jeff Sollohub and Tim Beattie take things a bit further south to get a super-thick and beefy tone on most of the cuts on the band’s six-song EP, Building a Rocket. These guys share…

A long time ago, back in ancient Judea, there was a group of sanctimonious turds called Pharisees whose mission, as the moral authority, was to cram their oppressive values down the throats of everyone else. If you’re familiar with the Bible, you’ll know these guys; they were the ones who…

Magic Cyclops began making himself known to audiences outside of Fort Collins around ten years ago. Whether he was putting on a show or running Championship Karaoke Night at the hi-dive, he always left some kind of impression. Magic’s British accent and spoiled-rock-star stunts alternately made you think that a)…

Mane Rok gives his take on love with a perfect balance of sweet and sour on the entirely Mr. Bostic-produced Saul Amore: A Modern Day Massacre. On “Addicted,” the EP’s opener and one of its best tracks, Mane comes in with a surprisingly controlled, low-toned flow. The cut is impressive…

Berlin producer Alex Krüger’s first major impression on international dance floors was his 2000 hit “I Can’t (Fall in Love With Another One),” under his Dub Taylor alias — and he’s managed to stay cutting-edge relevant in the dozen years since he first helped shape Germany’s deep-house scene. The minimalist…

Some terribly sad news to report this afternoon: The Mile High City has lost another beloved member of our local music scene. If you haven’t heard yet — although based on the outpouring of remembrances on his Facebook page today, the news has already reached a great many of you…

T-PAIN @ OGDEN THEATRE | 2.26.12 In a display of what can only be described as obnoxious, drunken, ego-driven mania, T-Pain performed for nearly three hours last night to a two-thirds-full Ogden Theatre that, by the end of his reign of terror, was more than half empty. The king of…

BLUES TRAVELER / RUTHIE FOSTER @ BOULDER THEATER | 2.26.12 Apart from the band’s annual Fourth of July show at Red Rocks, it’s tough to imagine a better local setting for a Blues Traveler show than the eTown radio concert series on the Boulder Theatre stage. The intimate feel of…

ZOLA JESUS @ LARIMER LOUNGE | 2/25/12There is an implicit capacity for a show to feel like a “religious experience” — when the light is minimal and dramatic, fake smoke is pumped into the tight space and the crowd is thick and moving in unison, they inherently take on the…

Gathering of the Clouds Day 2 @ City Hall | 2/24/12One of the main reasons for the festival was the release of the new Overcasters album, Curses/Prayers and as usual, Overcasters delivered a solid set of music. Bathed in various shades and hues of shifting light over the course of…

Manufactured Superstars stock has just risen dramatically — or their notoriety has, anyway. In case you missed it, the Denver-bred production duo of Brad Roulier and Sean Sabo, known collectively as Manufactured Superstars, made all sorts of headlines yesterday on the interwebs for their work with Paris Hilton (?!) on…

There’s tons of fresh goodness for you to get into this weekend, including a dance performance at Dikeou, reggae galore, an As Nasty As They Wanna Be party at Beauty Bar hosted by Spencer Foreman of Cobraconda and the continuation of #TheSolution5 parties with Art of Records, a super dope…

Get your red solo cup ready: We’ve just received word that Toby Keith is bringing his party to Comfort Dental Amphitheatre on Friday, June 15. Tickets for the show, which also features Brantley Gilbert, go on sale next Saturday, March 3 at 10 a.m. at the Comfort Dental box office…

TGIF! We made it to the weekend! Another fine lineup of live music in store for you in the Mile High City over the next couple days. Tonight, Overcasters play the second night of its three-night stand at City Hall. Dubbed Gathering of the Clouds, the second edition of this…