Concerts

Halloween should really be the entire month of October, not just one day. That’s how its celebrated, anyway, with suburban multiplex haunted houses starting up before fall even hits, and pre-Halloween parties in full effect. This Thursday, Neon Knights goes down at the Meadowlark, as a pre-Halloween, post-Gary Numan concert…

THE BLOODY BEETROOTS With Boyhollow 10.26.10 | Ogden Theatre Despite freezing temperatures and a biting wind, fans lined up outside the Ogden for Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77. Instead of scaring people off, the cold weather kept everyone inside and dancing for the entirety of the concert…

RED FANG With the Swindlers, Black Acid Devil and Decay 10.27.10 | 3 Kings Tavern After the Swindlers, a female-fronted power quartet, wrapped up their set, the brilliantly titled Black Acid Devil took the stage to play its own brand of sludgy stoner metal. Black Acid Devil switched back and…

Its hard to tell if a band is as popular in other states as it is in our fair square one — as a music-listening population, Colorado fans are eclectic and devoted, coming out in droves for every style of music imaginable. So it’s no surprise that Horrorpops, taking over…

Mickey Melchiondo keeps getting distracted. Speaking via telephone from his home in New Hope, Pennsylvania, Melchiondo — better known to fans as Dean Ween — has taken several breaks to attend to domestic duties. There’s the screaming tea kettle on the stove that he’s minding for his wife, who stepped…

With Halloween coming right up, there are plenty of ogling opportunities around town. Lotus Entertainment has parties at all four of its clubs, which kick off on Thursday, October 28, at Oak Tavern (1414 Market Street) with the Playboy Halloween Party, featuring 2007 Playboy Playmate Sara Jean Underwood. On Friday,…

My Sister Outlaw was an eclectic, all-female band that played poppy rock music and possessed a stage presence with a theatrical flair. In 2008, when that band broke up, Suzi Bromfield, Jocelyn Holst and Andrea Allen kept in touch and continued to experiment with music together with a new drummer,…

Seemingly hand-picked by Lil Wayne to watch over the Young Money label empire while Weezy did time at Rikers Island, the doe-eyed Drake gladly took the throne, ego and all. After a string of successful mixtapes brought the rapping crooner to the masses — tracks like “Houstalantavegas” and “Best I…

With the release of 2003’s Greetings From Michigan, Sufjan Stevens embarked on an ambitious project of writing a theme album for every state in the union. Five years later, Stevens is releasing The Age of Adz, which, while possessing an interesting theme of its own, leads us to believe that…

As a founding member of Pocahaunted, Bethany Cosentino had a direct hand in that act’s ability to bring together spooky drones and what can best be called “outsider funk.” In 2009, she parted ways with the band and began to write the kind of sunny pop songs heard on Best…

There’s a misconception — particularly regarding local music — that hard work and good intentions ought to be factored in when judging an album. They shouldn’t. All that matters — all that should matter — is the sound that sprouts out of the speakers. Taste is the debut by Boulder’s…

It’s tough to pin a genre on the music made by Technicolor Skies (aka Zachary Martin). Distance is most like a fusion of ambient and old-school techno, with a sprinkling of trance technique to balance it. Playing with rhythm and noise, mashing trance-like buildups with unusual syncopated beats, Martin creates…

Since moving from upstate New York to Denver in the mid-’70s, Vic Cionetti has played his share of gigs with his group. But there were years when he traded playing out for working a day job. Even after releasing Simpatico in 2000 and selling out the Gothic Theatre, he put…

In their hearts, Shane Trostic and Dash Render clearly haven’t lost what is great about hip-hop, as is obvious on every song on this album. The hypnotic beeping of the opening track, “New Voodo,” provides a constant even as the two rappers come in with a slightly frayed delivery, rhyming…

During his more than two decades of playing music, Jon Wirtz has performed with a slew of local acts, including the Sputter, LSW, Matt Morris, Angie Stevens and John Common, who encouraged the thirty-year-old pianist to finally pull the trigger on his solo piano album. Wirtz narrowed the track list…

If you caught Oakland’s Beats Antique at Monolith Music Festival last year, then you’ve experienced the catchy world melodies and danceable rhythms this trio throws down. David Satori and Sidecar Tommy Cappel use a plethora of instruments — guitar, keyboard, electronic banjo, electronic percussion, drums, toy piano, viola, sax and…

Local misfit rock collective Hot Congress will be partaking in the Halloween festivities this Friday, October 29, at the Skylark Lounge, with over a half-dozen of the bands on its roster participating in a gore-themed line-up. The catch? This is no longer Hot Congress, it’s the Rot Congress (cue ghostly…

The role of DJ is an ever-evolving one, and while its old news that sets behind the turntables (or whatever the sonic mode of choice) can be a transformative live experience just like a good old rock n’ roll performance, taking center stage still means putting on a damn good…

Oh my. Looks like we’re going to need a new monitor — or, in the very least, a wet cleanup over here on aisle three. After catching a glimpse of Rockstar Aaron in his Halloween costume, we sprayed everything in sight with a fresh cup of Folgers. Comedy gold. Best…

Best part about living in the Mile High City? Well, aside from the music, the breathtaking beauty, the four seasons and three hundred or so days of sunshine, that is? Easy: The seemingly undying benevolence of the people who live here. We take care of our own. There’s generally no…