Concerts

I felt like I was joining Guns N’ Roses and Axl kept trying to teach me ‘Sweet Child of Mine,'” says Brothers O’ Hair bassist Joe Mills, recalling the early days of his band. “I was like, ‘Come on, man, it’s Chinese Democracy time!'” Although the group, fleshed out by…

GHOSTFACE With Sheek Louch • Frank Dukes • Black Pegasus • Liquid Assassin 11.06.10 | Summit Music Hall Ghostface swooped through Denver over the weekend for a performance at Summit Music Hall with Sheek Louch, Black Pegasus and Liquid Assassin. The venue, with its blue lights and dark interior, created…

LOTUS With Infected Mushroom 11.06.10 | Fillmore Auditorium I arrived at the Fillmore a little early to make sure I didn’t miss a beat of Infected Mushroom, an act whose shows I’ve damaged many pairs of dancing shoes at over the years. Founders Erez Eizen and Amit Duvdevani began as…

As host of ¡Chale Vato!, Laru Loud — better known to some as Raul San Miguel, the nightlife photographer who’s shot your band, your fashion show and probably your epic party — brings the bass to the Squire Lounge tonight. This once-a-month gathering is a must for dubstep fans and…

DOOMTREE With Yonnas Abraham 11.05.10 | Marquis Theater Doomtree, the hip-hop consortium out of Minneapolis, rocked the house for a sold out crowd on Friday at the Marquis. There’s seven members of the rap crew (nine, including producers), so what began as individual displays of rap endowment sectioned off in…

Whoever pointed out that the cover of Tennis’s forthcoming Fat Possum debut, Cape Dory, appeared to be an homage to Lisa Hartman’s 1979 album Hold On was right on the money. We caught up with Patrick Riley to get more details on the record, and he confirmed as much. “We…

Earlier this year Thurston Moore made a bit of, ahem, noise when he gave a dissertation on white noise to children between the ages of eight and twelve-years-old in New York City. It looks like he’s now moving on to students a little older for his next round of teaching…

BROKENCYDE With Millionaires, Kill Paradise, and The Hit 11.07.10 | Summit Music Hall, Denver View full slideshow from Brokencyde Last night’s Brokencyde show is the sort of package tour common in the world of teenager-targeted internet music, and the formula is simple: Stick a bunch of similar-sounding (and looking) bands…

YODA’S HOUSE With Married in Berdichev • Hot White • Hideous Men 11.06.10 | Rhinoceropolis Things got started fashionably late at Rhino with Married in Berdichev. The first song sounded for all the world like a Brittany Gould original, with all the gorgeously lush and delicately textured grandeur enveloping you…

YO GABBA GABBA! LIVE 11.07.10 | 1STBANK Center, Broomfield See the full slideshow It would kind of rule if all concerts were split into two half-hour sets with a twenty-minute break between — but unfortunately, not all shows are geared toward four-year-olds. Yesterday’s Yo Gabba Gabba! Live! was, however, and…

KATE NASH With Peggy Sue 11.06.10 | Ogden Theatre Kate Nash, it turns out, is fucking punk rock. Yes, the Kate Nash with a single called “Merry Happy,” the one with the dress-up music videos and glossy studio singles. An understandable first glance might lead you to believe she is…

PAUL OAKENFOLD With Zen Freeman 11.05.10 | Ogden Theatre See the full slideshow Paul Oakenfold, who headlined the Ogden Theatre last night, has been spinning steadily to crowds around the world since the late 1980s. He has quite a track record, having founded the Perfecto imprint in 1989, the responsible…

It’s that time again. Time to start hanging the lights, decking the halls with bells of holly, and rally in a fevered eleventh-hour attempt to even up the Naughty/Nice ratio on Jolly Old Saint Nick’s list. What? Yes, we know it’s not even Thanksgiving yet. Relax. We’re not trying swag…

There is no plausible reason an Ian Cooke show should be only five bucks. But tonight, you can catch Denver’s polished gem at Moe’s Original BBQ — on a lovely first Friday night, no less — for the low price of a cocktail. While we await the release of his…

STEVE AOKI With J Flash • Lond Dungeon • DJ Shares • DJ Mada 11.04.10 | Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Another hit-or-miss Thursday night and another total hit. Steve Aoki, aka Kid Millionaire, shut down Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom last night closing just after the enforced cut-off time for booze service. Braving…

Steve Aoki, the creator of Dim Mak records — the label responsible for pushing MSTRKRFT and Bloody Beatroots into the spotlight, and recently recharging Atari Teenage Riot’s career — does a lot of things, mostly involving highly successful parties. Aoki (aka Kid Millionaire), playing Cervantes tonight, is a remix master,…

BEST COAST With Sonny & The Sunsets 11.03.10 | Bluebird Theater The Twitter Universe is a strange one: The ability for fans to connect with and receive semi-personal information directly from people like Dolly Parton and Just Bieber — or in this case, Bethany Cosentino aka Best Coast — is…

Lil Wayne (aka Lil Tunechi, Weezy, Bird Man Jr., Mr. Carter) — Thank god you’re finally free! It has felt like a decade has passed in the pop world since you’ve been at Rikers. The Black Eyed Peas/Will.I.Am reign of Billboard terror has continued, most recently enveloping one of your…

Two Cow Garage from Columbus, Ohio, makes you forget that a ton of people have done the country-rock thing before — mainly because the band’s songwriting is smart and delivered with un-ironic conviction. Although the act’s recorded output is remarkably strong on its own, on stage Two Cow always seems…

At Casselman’s Monday night, at a listening party for Gypdahip’s latest mixtape, Magic, in a move that surprised everyone — if for no other reason than no one saw it coming — brikAbrak was asked to join GirlGrabbers, the production and beatmaking consortium of Gypdahip and Qknox. For the producer…

Justin Bieber, Anton Dodson — every individual who devoted a special solo dance to Ginuwine’s “Pony” — they all have YouTube to thank for providing a free entertainment platform to millions of viewers. California-bred singer and songwriter Kina Grannis, who plays the Soiled Dove Underground tonight, took advantage of the…