Last night’s performance at Red Rocks was one of those rare occasions where I had zero expectations. That’s not to say I wasn’t looking forward to seeing Death Cab For Cutie and Frightened Rabbit. I was looking forward to seeing them, but what I was really looking forward to was the Red Rocks experience. An
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The Power of the Riff kicked off its second year in L.A. with a line-up that would make anyone on the East Coast blind with envy. As if that full day assault of brutal hardcore, metal and crust wasn’t enough, Southern Lord brought their genre and generation crossing festival up the coast with stops in
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Lissie and her band were in Colorado again this week for some promotional gigs with KBCO. A Studio C session was followed by a listener appreciation show at Soiled Dove on Wednesday night. Those that weren’t lucky enough to win tickets to that performance were treated to a free parking lot gig with Bobby Long
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It was July 17th, 1986 when I attended my first concert. Stevie Nicks played the Cal Expo Amphitheater in Sacramento, CA. My dad had won tickets on the radio, as he commonly did, and this time my mom couldn’t make it to the show. I was 9 years old. In my head I pictured Stevie
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What a difference 24 hours can make. Last night’s My Morning Jacket show at Red Rocks was the antithesis of the The Flaming Lips production the night before. The band from Louisville, KY took the stage with nothing more than their instruments and their beards. A little stained-glass to augment the natural background was all
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It might have seemed a little presumptuous when Wayne Coyne took the stage to declare this night as ‘one of the greatest Red Rocks has ever seen‘. It might have seemed that way if you don’t understand Wayne’s personality. He didn’t really mean that this night would top countless legendary performances over decades of music
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Elias Rønnenfelt might resemble Justin Bieber more than Dennis Lyxzén, but when he is literally screaming in your face there is no doubt this kid is pure punk rock! No soundcheck, no soundguy — hell, there isn’t even a stage at Rhinoceropolis — these Danish kids just plugged in and launched a noise and verbal assault on
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‘Seasons change and passions change, but I live in a city with no seasons or passions at all‘ Wesley Eisold‘s first words on Saturday night could not have been further from the truth. Denver is a city of seasons, a city of passions — and passions were running high at the Bluebird when Cold Cave
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Last night I found myself at the Neighborhood Theatre in the NODA section of Charlotte, NC — a cool little venue with a ceiling fan the size of a small city. Black Lips were in town from Atlanta, GA and I had nothing else going on so I figured a little ‘flower punk’ would round
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This year I was unable to dedicate a full weekend to The 11th Annual Underground Music Showcase, but the hours I did spend on Broadway last weekend proved once again that this is one of the best weekends of the year in the Mile High City. Friday night was limited to Sage Francis and a
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