So, what is there to do in Des Moines, Iowa on a Tuesday night? Well, you could sit in your hotel room at the Sheraton and reflect on your exciting day at the Iowa’s Bankers Conference. You could hit up the local Applebee’s or Chili’s. You could even get crazy and grab a burger and
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It’s not often I will spend more than $100 to see a show. It’s not often I pay more than $40 for that matter. But when I saw Gorillaz were bringing the Escape to Plastic Beach tour through Denver, I knew this was a show I couldn’t miss. I purchased front section seats for my
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There have always been similarities between Crystal Castles and Sleigh Bells. Both bands make extreme electronic music that leave your ears ringing for hours. Both mix elements of electronica and hip-hop with a DIY punk aesthetic. Both are led by charismatic female vocalists. And now we can add one more similarity to that list…both perform
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I witnessed something pretty special last night. Local indie-folkster Nathaniel Rateliff, straight off his tour of Europe, played the second night of his month-long residency at Lost Lake Lounge. Every Thursday night for the month of October, Nathaniel will be performing selections from Leonard Cohen’s songbook. Evidently he performed Songs of Leonard Cohen and Songs
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Traveling thousands of miles to perform in front of a couple hundred people would put a lot of artists off. Especially when you spend all that time putting on your make-up. But the sparse crowd at the Marquis didn’t seem to bother Switzerland‘s extreme metal pioneer, Tom G. Warrior (and his new band Triptykon) or
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What can I say about The National show on Monday that I haven’t said a million times before? They raise the bar on what a live show should be. They can move you on a physical and emotional level. They incite feelings of bliss while performing songs of utter despair. They are THE band to
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The first time I saw Social Distortion was back in ’95. I was 18 years old and these guys were already punk rock godfathers. Mike Ness was 33 years old on that particular night; the same age I am now. 15 years later, Ness, the only original member of the band, is pushing 50 and
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With so many shows happening in late October, it was hard to get real excited about seeing Menomena at The Bluebird last night. My mind was elsewhere, looking forward to the Lucero/Social D show, The Walkmen w/Japandroids and local indie darlings Tennis and of course, The National on Monday! I saw Menomena a couple times
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It seems like just yesterday the initial line-up for the 2010 Red Rocks season started trickling out and now it’s already over. Alice in Chains, along with Deftones and Mastodon closed out the season with the Blackdiamondskye Tour on Monday night. When we bought the tickets to this show I was already mentally preparing for
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In 2008 I was lucky enough to attend 3 of Tom Waits‘ Glitter and Doom Tour dates…opening night in Phoenix, AZ, a few days later in El Paso, TX and the final night of the US leg in Atlanta, GA. My girlfriend and I flew to Georgia for the 4th of July and caught Tom‘s
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