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Vampire Weekend, LL Cool J, The Dillinger Escape Plan

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Sound Advice Vampire Weekend Modern Vampires of the City…

Major concerts in Colorado

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Big Gigs Rehab, Black Sheep, May 24 • MeadowGrass Music Festival, feat. Blitzen Trapper, Dawes, Todd Snider, La Foret Conference & Retreat Center, May 24-26 • Logic, Black Sheep, May 25 • Trapt, Black Sheep, May 26 • Escape the Fate, Black Sheep, May 27 • Ivan & Alyosha, Black Sheep, May 28 • Dropkick Murphys, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, May 29 • Beware of Darkness, Black Sheep, May 30 • Scale the Summit, Black Sheep, May 31 • Buddy Whittington with the Atomic Fireballs, Crystola Roadhouse, Woodland Park, May 31 • Bassnectar, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, May 31-June 1 • Atlas Genius, Black Sheep, June 1 • Fleetwood Mac, Pepsi Center, Denver, June 1 • Gina Sicilia, Venue 515, Manitou Springs, June 1 • Taylor Swift, Pepsi Center, Denver, June 2 • The Mowgli's, Black Sheep, June 3 • The xx, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, June 3 • Sting, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, June 5 • Darius Rucker, with Rodney Atkins, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, June 6 • Umphrey's McGee, Dr. Dog, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, June 7 • Celtic Woman, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, June 9 • Logic, with Skizzy Mars, Summit Music Hall, Denver, June 11 • Pitbull/Ke$ha, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, June 11 • Trace Bundy, The Loft, June 14 • DeVotchKa, with the Colorado Symphony, Amanda Palmer, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, June 14 • Fitz & The Tantrums, Gothic Theatre, Englewood, June 14 • Datsik, Ogden Theatre, Denver, June 14-15 • Tim McGraw, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, June 15 • Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, June 17 • Tony Bennett with Antonia Bennett, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, June 18-19 •…

Todd Snider trips the life fantastic

Chris Parker — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

The folk-punk-hippie troubadour gets by with a little help from his drugs by Chris Parker In some ways, closing night MeadowGrass festival headliner Todd Snider is the living embodiment of Richard Linklater's film, Slacker. While a football player at his Beaverton, Ore., high school, Snider literally turned on, tuned in, and dropped out after sampling some psychedelic mushrooms.…

Bar and club gigs in the region

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Playing Around Venue directory 2 South Wine Bar, 2 S. 25th St., 351-2806…

The ballad of Anais Mitchell

Loring Wirbel — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

The MeadowGrass fest artist on the future of Hadestown and the virtues of the past by Loring Wirbel In less than 10 years, Anais Mitchell has launched a traditional folk-music career, diverted to an operatic retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, and released a heartfelt album-long ode to her father. This weekend, she appears at MeadowGrass with former Colorado resident Jefferson Hamer, promoting Child Ballads, a new album devoted to the work of a 19th-century curator of traditional folk tunes.…

Showcase shifts, MeadowGrass firsts, and a timely benefit

Bill Forman — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Reverb by Bill Forman Does Joe Pug look like the kind of guy who would steal songs? Of course he does.…

Opeth's art of metal

L. Kent Wolgamott — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Swedish heavyweights say goodbye to genre conventions by L. Kent Wolgamott It's been well over a year and a half since Opeth released its last album, Heritage, during which Sweden's best-loved progressive death-metal band has been touring more or less non-stop throughout North America, Europe, South America, Japan, Turkey and India. Now the group is finally ready to go back in the studio — but not before one more U.S. tour.…

Bar and club gigs in the region

Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Playing Around Venue directory Adam's Mountain Café, 934 Manitou Ave., #102, Manitou Springs, 685-1430…

Raising Capital Cities

Bill Forman — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

The 'best band in Los Angeles' scores with its 'Safe and Sound' single by Bill Forman If any new band is positioned to pull ahead of the pack this summer, it's Capital Cities. The electro-pop outfit's debut album isn't out until next month, but its highly infectious single, "Safe and Sound," recently reached No. 1 in Germany and has gotten constant airplay on L.A.'s influential alt-rock station KROQ.…

Changing Colors, Burning Maps, and Bullhead*ded make three

Bill Forman — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Colorado Springs artists line up for a weekend of CD release shows. by Bill Forman Everything comes in threes, except, you know, when it doesn't.This weekend, for instance, you can catch three different local CD release shows. Or at least you could, if you had the ability to be in more than one place at the same time.…

Savages, Melvins, Joe Satriani

Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Sound Advice Savages Silence Yourself…

Major concerts in Colorado

Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Big Gigs Imagine Dragons, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, May 16 • Junior Brown, Stargazers Theatre and Event Center, May 18 • Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, May 18 • Limp Bizkit, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, May 18 • Three Legged Fox, Black Sheep, May 18 • Capital Cities, Gold Fields, Black Sheep, May 21 • Rehab, Black Sheep, May 24 • MeadowGrass Music Festival, feat. Blitzen Trapper, Dawes, Todd Snider, La Foret Conference & Retreat Center, May 24-26 • Logic, Black Sheep, May 25 • Trapt, Black Sheep, May 26 • Escape the Fate, Black Sheep, May 27 • Ivan & Alyosha, Black Sheep, May 28 • Dropkick Murphys, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, May 29 • Beware of Darkness, Black Sheep, May 30 • Scale the Summit, Black Sheep, May 31 • Buddy Whittington, with the Atomic Fireballs, Crystola Roadhouse, Woodland Park, May 31 • Bassnectar, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, May 31-June 1 • Atlas Genius, Black Sheep, June 1 • Fleetwood Mac, Pepsi Center, Denver, June 1 • Gina Sicilia, Venue 515, Manitou Springs, June 1 • Taylor Swift, Pepsi Center, Denver, June 2 • The Mowgli's, Black Sheep, June 3 • The xx, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, June 3 • Sting, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, June 5 • Darius Rucker, with Rodney Atkins, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, June 6 • Umphrey's McGee, Dr. Dog, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, June 7 • Celtic Woman, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, June 9 • Logic, with Skizzy Mars, Summit Music Hall, Denver, June 11 • Pitbull, Ke$ha, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, June 11 • DeVotchKa, with the Colorado Symphony, Amanda Palmer, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, June 14 • Fitz & the Tantrums, Gothic Theatre, Englewood, June 14 • Datsik, Ogden Theatre, Denver, June 14-15 • Tim McGraw, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, June 15 • Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, June 17 • Tony Bennett, with Antonia Bennett, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, June 18-19 • The Ultimate Thriller — The Michael Jackson Tribute, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, June 21 • TROOP, Stargazers Theatre and Event Center, June 27 • Josh Turner, Pikes Peak Center, June 27 • Drums Along the Rockies, Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, July 6 • Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch, Mastodon, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, July 7 • David Byrne & St. Vincent, Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, Denver, July 13 • Brandi Carlile, Blind Pilot, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, July 13 • Arlo Guthrie, with the Trishas, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, July 14 • Matchbox Twenty/Goo Goo Dolls, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, July 15 • Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, July 18 • Michael Jackson HIStory II Show, Pikes Peak Center, July 18 • Global Dance Festival, with Beats Antique, EOTO, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, July 19-21 • Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, Denver, July 20 • Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Stargazers Theatre and Event Center, July 21 • Wiz Khalifa, A$ap Rocky, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, July 23 • Elephant Revival and Carolina Chocolate Drops, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, July 24 • Hollywood Undead, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, July 26 • Rodrigo y Gabriela, with the Colorado Symphony, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, July 28 • 311, Cypress Hill, G Love & Special Sauce, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, July 29 • Americanarama Festival of Music, with Bob Dylan and His Band, Wilco, My Morning Jacket, Ryan Bingham, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, July 31 • Knife Party, Diplo, Disclosure, Flosstradamus, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Aug. 1 • Brad Paisley, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, Aug. 1 • Brit Floyd — The World's Greatest Pink Floyd Show, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Aug. 2 • Rush, Pepsi Center, Denver, Aug. 2 • Kid Rock, ZZ Top, Uncle Kracker, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, Aug. 3 • Thievery Corporation, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Aug. 3 • Indigo Girls, with Von Grey, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, Aug. 4 • Gipsy Kings, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, Aug. 5 • Bruce Cockburn and Suzanne Vega, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, Aug. 6 • Grizzly Bear, Ogden Theatre, Denver, Aug. 6 • Amy Helm and the Handsome Strangers, Pikes Peak Center, Aug. 6 • Asleep at the Wheel, Stargazers Theatre and Event Center, Aug. 7 • Jake Shimabukuro, Stargazers Theatre and Event Center, Aug. 9 • Ben Taylor, Pikes Peak Center, Aug. 11

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Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds takes the time to begin again

Tom Lanham — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Vision quest by Tom Lanham When Dan Reynolds went into the studio and sang "It's time to begin, isn't it? / I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit / I'm just the same as I was," he had no idea this stomping chorus for "It's Time" would reverberate with so many people — or that it would become the breakthrough single from his Las Vegas outfit Imagine Dragons.…

Lindsay and Jeremy leave, Son Volt returns

Bill Forman — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Reverb by Bill Forman If you've seen posters around town for Lindsay Weidmann and Jeremy Facknitz's CD release concert this coming Friday at Venue 515, you may have noticed that it's also a farewell show. The two singer-songwriters are getting back in touch with their Midwestern roots with an upcoming move to St. Louis.…

Snoop Lion, Ani DiFranco and !!!

Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Sound Advice Snoop Lion Reincarnated…

Trapped in the matrix with Black Moth Super Rainbow

Chris Parker — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Electronica nihilist Tom Fec snatches chaos from the jaws of victory by Chris Parker Fair warning: This may be your last chance to see Black Moth Super Rainbow. Tom Fec's decade-long psycho-experimentalist pop project is currently out on the road supporting Cobra Juicy, an album that sounds a lot like its title — fierce, strange and impossibly sweet.…

Major concerts in Colorado

Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Big Gigs Armin Van Buuren, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, May 8 • P.O.E. Mobb, Black Sheep, May 9 • Built to Spill, Black Sheep, May 10 • Dakota Blonde, Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, Palmer Lake, May 10 • Llamapalooza, feat. Mac Miller, Wildcat!…

Mane attraction: Tyler Gregory's look and sound echo a fading yesteryear

Chris Parker — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

by Chris Parker Just as Parks & Recreation star Adam Scott's probably tired of being congratulated on his Masters win, Kansas Americana artist Tyler Gregory would rather you not confuse him with Odd Future rapper/producer Tyler Gregory Okonma aka Tyler, the Creator. There's absolutely zero resemblance: One's an urbane Cali-based hip-hop impresario with his own TV show (Loiter Squad), clothing line and controversial Mountain Dew commercials.…

Bar and club gigs in the region

Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Playing Around Venue directory Adam's Mountain Café, 934 Manitou Ave., #102, Manitou Springs, 685-1430…

Major concerts in Colorado

Wed, 01 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Big Gigs IAMDYNAMITE, Black Sheep, May 3 • Whiskey Fingers, Stargazers Theatre and Event Center, May 3 • Chris Duarte Group, Crystola Roadhouse, Woodland Park, May 4 • Flobots, Wheelchair Sports Camp, Nathen Maxwell & The Original Bunny Gang, Black Sheep, May 4 • John Prine, Pikes Peak Center, May 4 • Middle Class Rut, Black Sheep, May 6 • Paramore, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, May 7 • Armin Van Buuren, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, May 8 • P.O.E. Mobb, Black Sheep, May 9 • Built to Spill, Black Sheep, May 10 • Stu Hamm, Stargazers Theatre and Event Center, May 11 • Mushroomhead, Black Sheep, May 13 • Fabolous, Pusha T, Ogden Theatre, Denver, May 14 • Imagine Dragons, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, May 16 • Junior Brown, Stargazers Theatre and Event Center, May 18 • Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, May 18 • Limp Bizkit, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, May 18 • Dropkick Murphys, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, May 29 • Buddy Whittington with the Atomic Fireballs, Crystola Roadhouse, Woodland Park, May 31 • Bassnectar, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, May 31-June 1 • Fleetwood Mac, Pepsi Center, Denver, June 1 • Gina Sicilia, Venue 515, Manitou Springs, June 1 • Taylor Swift, Pepsi Center, Denver, June 2 • The xx, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, June 3 • Sting, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, June 5 • Darius Rucker, with Rodney Atkins, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, June 6 • Umphrey's McGee, Dr. Dog, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, June 7 • Celtic Woman, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, June 9 • Logic, with Skizzy Mars, Summit Music Hall, Denver, June 11 • Pitbull/Ke$ha, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, June 11 • DeVotchKa, with the Colorado Symphony, Amanda Palmer, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, June 14 • Fitz & The Tantrums, Gothic Theatre, Englewood, June 14 • Datsik, Ogden Theatre, Denver, June 14-15 • Tim McGraw, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, June 15 • Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, June 17 • Tony Bennett with Antonia Bennett, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, June 18-19 • The Ultimate Thriller — The Michael Jackson Tribute, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, June 21 • Josh Turner, Pikes Peak Center, June 27 • Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch, Mastodon, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, July 7 • David Byrne & St. Vincent, Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, Denver, July 13 • Brandi Carlile, Blind Pilot, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, July 13 • Arlo Guthrie with The Trishas, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, July 14 • Matchbox Twenty, Goo Goo Dolls, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, July 15 • Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, July 18 • Global Dance Festival, with Beats Antique, EOTO, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, July 19-21 • Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers, Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, Denver, July 20 • Gloriana, Cowboys, July 23 • Elephant Revival and Carolina Chocolate Drops, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, July 24 • Hollywood Undead, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, July 26 • Rodrigo y Gabriela, with the Colorado Symphony, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, July 28 • 311, Cypress Hill, G Love & Special Sauce, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, July 29 • Americanarama Festival of Music, with Bob Dylan and His Band, Wilco, My Morning Jacket, Ryan Bingham, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, July 31 • Knife Party, Diplo, Disclosure, Flosstradamus, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Aug. 1 • Brad Paisley, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, Aug. 1 • Rush, Pepsi Center, Denver, Aug. 2 • Kid Rock, ZZ Top, Uncle Kracker, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, Aug. 3 • Thievery Corporation, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Aug. 3 • Indigo Girls with Von Grey, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, Aug. 4 • Gipsy Kings, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, Aug. 5 • Grizzly Bear, Ogden Theatre, Denver, Aug. 6 •

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IAMDYNAMITE daze

Brian Palmer — Wed, 01 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

The Detroit rock duo has more fun than a barrel of Nietzsches. by Brian Palmer Christopher Martin, one-half of the rock 'n roll duo IAMDYNAMITE, wants to clear up any concern there may be over his band taking its name from a quote ("I am not a man, I am dynamite") by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. "We read a little bit on the road sometimes, but we're by no means super intellectual people or anything," Martin assures me. "I don't sit around reading all day long or anything."…

Bar and club gigs in the region

Wed, 01 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Playing Around Venue directory Adam's Mountain Café, 934 Manitou Ave., #102, Manitou Springs, 685-1430…

Paramore picks up the pieces

Tom Lanham — Wed, 01 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Founding frontwoman Hayley Williams beats the odds and tops the charts. by Tom Lanham After being bullied so harshly by teenage classmates that her mother removed her from public school in favor of home schooling, Hayley Williams grew up unsure of herself. And even now at 24, the awkward youth who morphed into the fire-haired frontvixen for pop-punk outfit Paramore still has moments of uncertainty, where she wakes up and feels like she's back in mean-girl high all over again.…

Barb Wire Dolls, Flobots and angels from Montgomery

Bill Forman — Wed, 01 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Reverb by Bill Forman According to my very scientific research, Barb Wire Dolls — who will play the Triple Nickel this coming Friday — are the only band that's been taken under the wings of both glam-rock KROQ personality Rodney Bingenheimer and grunge rock's best-known producer, Steve Albini. L.A.'s mop-topped "Mayor of Sunset Strip" caught on to the Greek band from its very beginning, bringing Barb Wire Dolls over here for a 2010 appearance on his "Rodney on the ROQ" show as well as a sold-out date at the famed Roxy Theatre.…

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Flaming Lips, Iron and Wine

Wed, 01 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Sound advice Yeah Yeah Yeahs Mosquito…