Concerts

The Next Denver Band To Make It, Meese, anointed by Atlantic Records way back in October of 2007, yesterday delivered their debut LP Broadcast. They celebrated by playing a free show for maybe a couple hundred of their closest friends at Twist & Shout. The brothers Meese and Co. played…

Headline says it all — as does the eye-catching flier to your left. If you came out to the Westword Music Showcase over the past few years, you already have an idea of what to expect tonight at Bar Standard when Home, Death Hickey Blues, Aloft in the Sundry and…

If you weren’t lucky enough to catch CacheFlowe’s performance of his awesome, dubsteppy cover of Kraftwerk’s “Computer World,” today’s your lucky day because he has released a video of the performance, and we’ve got it for you. Actually, even if you did catch it, you’re still lucky, because along with…

In all the wall-to-wall coverage and rampant speculation in the wake of Michael Jackson’s passing — over the cause of his death, his sexuality, the true paternity of his kids — we couldn’t help but notice that there’s one aspect of Jackson’s persona that been completely overlooked, an eternal burning…

Yesterday, Mile High Music Festival officials released schedule for this year’s two-day concert event on the grounds of Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. From the looks of it, there’s been some substantial changes from last year, the most notable being the addition of another main stage on the east side of…

Another Colorado hip-hop artist has charted on CMJ’s hip-hop chart. Massive props go out to Kid Hum, who checks in this week at number eighteen, just one spot being J Dilla, with his latest effort Offshore Drilling. Certainly a good look for the Kid, who now shares the distinction of…

Here We Go Magic, Vitamins and Achille Lauro Sunday, June 28, 2009 Larimer Lounge Better Than: A straightforward interpretation of a band’s album. This show opened with Denver’s own Vitamins. Since coming to the Mile High City from Greeley two years ago, it seems Vitamins have shed a bit of…

White Rabbits, Crocodiles, The Subjects Friday, June 26, 2009 The Bluebird Better Than: Speeding down a deserted highway on a summer night. You get my bias up front for White Rabbits. These are hometown boys to me, formed in Columbia, Missouri, where I learned to love music. They’d already left…

Just got word that local grindcore band Zombie Hate Brigade have signed with Crash Music, a national label out of Phoenix that focuses on heavy metal and rock. The band’s debut release on Crash will be an expanded, multimedia-enhanced CD of their recent self-released self-titled album. Fans will get the…

As expected, it’s been all-Michael Jackson-all-the-time at most news outlets today, including ours. Over the course of our surfing this morning, we came across several items of interest that we thought we’d post. First, a vintage recording of radio commercial from 1988 touting Jackson’s Bad tour that same year, which…

PULSE Arts, the folks behind the annual Shoe Shine event, are taking their appreciation for art and sneaker culture to another level. This Saturday, June 27, the organization will host their first annual Sneaker Prom at the Denver Athletic Club (1325 Glenarm St.) in an effort to raise money for…

Last night, our counterparts over at the L.A. Weekly posted an exclusive interview with Bob Sanger, Michael Jackson’s attorney for sixteen years. It’s a good read. A candid conversation, the exchange offers some interesting insights about Jackson, like how well read he was, and is fully worth checking out if…

Fresh on the heels of the annual summer solstice, Slim Cessna’s Auto Club has made a change in their ranks. Joining the acclaimed world touring goth country ensemble is the ever talented drummer Chadzilla of Polytoxic and Double Parked fame.Chadzilla’s manager had this to say: “This is a real honor…

Phoenix, Amazing Baby Thursday, June 25, 2009 The Bluebird Better Than: Every show I’ve seen in the past year. Something happened last night at the Bluebird. I’m not sure exactly what the chemistry was, whether it was the world’s trendiest band or the fact that we are all feeling gooey…

By now you’ve heard that Michael Jackson died today at his home in California. Evidently, he had rented a place out in Belaire and was rehearsing for fifty sold out shows at O2 in London, the first four of which he had already reportedly postponed. Dubbed “This Is It,” the…

You’re looking at the first image of Wall Street — the ref-bribing, match-fixing, gabacho jerkoff alter ego of former Machine Gun Blues frontman Aaron Collins. As reported here not so long ago (see the original blog here), Collins has turned his years of of experience abusing his body to a…

A while back there was some talk that Tickle Me Pink was going the way of pager technology. Turns out the dudes were just taking some time off to write some new songs, some of which they’ll be debuting at the Gothic Theatre on Saturday, June 27, in the company…

The Bluebird should be buzzing with energy tonight when Phoenix stops by the Bluebird. Guaranteed to be a show that everyone’s talking about for a good little while — Phoenix is in the midst of riding a substantial buzz right now — the outfit joins Amazing Baby for a sold…

About 700 hip-hop heads came out to Beta Nightclub last night to see twelve producers battle toe-to-toe in Red Bull Big Tune competition. Among the familiar faces that competed included Yonnas of the Pirate Signal, who was surprisingly ousted in the first round by Xperiment of Educated Figures. There were…

On Tuesday night, One Eyed Jacks, which sits on 4th and Sante Fe in the space previously occupied by the Continental Club, was burglarized. According to owner Desiree Gonzalez, the thief (or thieves, as the case may be?) made off with at 15K worth of stuff. In an effort to…