Concerts

The Micro Wrestling Federation threw down at the Oriental on Friday night. See Aaron Thackeray’s photos on the slideshow page…

Houses, The Knew, Action Packed Thrill Ride Saturday, November 14, 2009 Larimer Lounge Better Than: The fireside. It was snowing on Saturday, seriously snowing, hard enough to cover the signs and turn the city into a giant, hushed bobsled track. You would not have known this, though, if you were…

The RE:CONVERGENCE dance-music fest took over Cervantes this weekend. See Aaron Thackeray’s photos on the slideshow page…

(Editor’s note: The author is a moron and forgot his camera. The above video is basically what happened in the Ogden lobby). Ozomatli with the Nathen Maxwell and the Original Bunny Gang Saturday, November 14, 2009 The Ogden Better Than: Whatever you did, unless whatever you did featured a thousand…

Not that there’s any shortage of things going on here in Denver this weekend, but if none of those appeal to you and you don’t mind a little road trip, or you’re one of our friends in Colorado Springs reading this, this weekend offers a chance to check out something…

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The vast and seemingly boundless creativity of the artists in this town never ceases to impress nor inspire us, from the Stand By Your Band series to Mike Marchant’s new songwriter workshops over at the Meadowlark. Recently, we came across another thing that folks are doing that we thought was…

It was just a couple of days ago we were opining about how the future of Pretty Lights was looking brighter and brighter. Now, as if to add credence to our keen observations, Billboard.biz (the online version of Billboard) has gone and featured the outfit as part of an article…

We would hate for you to miss out on all the awesome that happens every weekend in our fair city, so we’ve decided to run down three of the best shows in one easy-to-swallow post, with video and audio. Tell us — and the rest of the world — what…

The first thing that struck me, being an American, is that I got off the plane and it was like this different level of chaos that I’ve never experienced before,” says Aakash Mittal of a trip he took to India a couple years ago. “That first day you’re in the…

In its awkward early phase, it was hard to tell if Six Months to Live (due at the Meadowlark on Saturday, November 14) was an Eric Clapton parody or the real thing. The bizarre publicity photos (see above) that made the band look like the star students of a multi-level…

As the decade drags to a close and music fans are left to make sense of it all, one thing is clear: Amid the massive success that genres such as indie pop, rap and metal have had over the past ten years, Americana is alive, strong and continuing to evolve…

To many, Creedence Clearwater Revival founder John Fogerty is second only to Bruce Springsteen when it comes to roots-fueled Americana. Those folks got a real treat this August when Fogerty released The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again, an album of cover songs that included a duet between him and the…

Provided that CBS isn’t planning a Two and a Half Men marathon, you won’t find a dumber way to spend your Tuesday night than on the Denver stop of LMFAO’s Party Rock Tour. But you might not find a more enjoyable way, either: On its recent major-label debut, these club-rap…

Vital Remains, from Providence, Rhode Island, has been around for twenty years. As pioneers of death metal, these guys aren’t often among the first to be named by fans of the genre. However, the band’s signature mixture of melodic yet punishing music blurs the line between death and black metal…

Memphis songwriter Rich Crook used to be in the Reatards, and Lover!, his latest outfit, reflects a bit of that group’s synthesis of electronic music and rock. But with Lover!, it sounds like Crook and company have learned a great deal from Scottish power pop, ’60s psych-garage and Big Star…

Emerging from an already vibrant hip-hop scene, the aptly dubbed Fresh Breath Committee presents a classic-feeling album filled with fluid grooves, sublime beats, indefatigable hooks and thoughtful wordplay. With a measured confidence in their cadence, the all-star cast of MCs complement each other without detracting from their individual flow, allowing…

The Film Dailies clearly love the heyday of synth pop. Early New Order, Human League, maybe a bit of Tears for Fears or Pet Shop Boys — you can hear all that and more in Staring up at Giants Again. That’s not to say it’s completely retro. There are nods…

Nightmarishly fragmented noise rock wracks the six tracks of Hot White’s debut. Clearly taking some artistic cues from the likes of Lightning Bolt, Chinese Stars and 31G artists in general, this album might sound like thornily organized chaos. Darren Kulback’s powerful and creatively precise drumming grounds each song even as…

“Soup,” the title track on Eufórquestra’s newest album, gives us what amounts to a mission statement in the verse in which Grandma makes her soup and a crowd of ladies gather. They ask what she puts in that soup and she tells them: a little bit of sun and a…

The rest of the country is warming to Xiren. The Denver-based singer, songwriter and guitarist has been performing for almost a decade, and his efforts are beginning to pay off on a wider scale. Earlier this year, “Ship of Fools (Big Enough),” a track that blends layered guitar tracks with…