Category: concert reviews

It was the first night of spring break, and most people had already vacated the CU campus. I was sitting in my room, contemplating what to do with my evening, when my friend texted me saying she had extra tickets to the Sleigh Bells show at the Gothic Theatre. I’d never heard the band before…

I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to see Angel Olsen perform at the Gothic Theatre in Denver. The evening kicked off with a performance by Chris Cohen, a Californian artist and former member of Deerhoof. Cohen’s band performed with self-assurance, delivering a set of beautifully expansive psychedelic songs that provided an enjoyable introduction…

When I got to the Boulder Theater, I was fifty minutes late and expecting a nice one hour concert. Boy was I wrong. Aqueous was the opener for Twiddle, and they embraced every sound one could think of. The band would be jamming in a bluesy form within the next second they would change to…

Traditionally, we will see a musician or band tour with other bands/artists of similar taste, sound, philosophy, etc. In the fortunate case of Devendra Banhart, his tour-mates included Josiah Steinbrick, H. Hawkline, Gregory Rogov, and Todd Dolhoff, all four of which doubled as Devendra’s band mates. To a frequent(ish) show-goer such as myself, it may…

Boulder’s Fox Theatre presented an evening of soul and funk grooves with three high energy performances from the Sixty Minute Men, Jakübi, and The Suffers. The Sixty Minute Men hail from Boulder, Colorado, playing groovy music to move your body to. Guitarist Zach (no last name listed) and lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Kyle Jay Miller smoothly…

Before departing for the European leg of their tour, New York synthpop band Porches made a quick stop at the Larimer Lounge with a set that was not to be missed. Rivergazer and Japanese Breakfast supported the headliner ensuring the lineup would be chock-full of auto tuned vocals, slight gyrations of the pelvis and the…

Exploring how the worlds of visual art and auditory art collide, First Thursdays is a brand new, once-a-month collaborative event between Radio 1190 and the CU Art Museum.  On September 1st, Radio 1190 kicked off the inaugural FT event by presenting a specially curated playlist to accompany the exhibition Mysterium Tremendum: collecting curiosities.  The playlist was carefully crafted…

All photos taken by Mitch Zonnefeld of KMGLife at Spread The Word Music Festival 2016.

Kontagium have a few really awesome concert videos to check out! These are full shows, so kick back and enjoy (and don’t forget to listen to Kontagium on the station from 7-9PM on Saturdays)! Pigeons Playing Ping Pong Dragondeer

Head to Alabama’s Gulf Shores for an great time and excellent lineup of music. While you’re there, check out Hammock Beach, ride the MegaDrop, and even get married! Read more info at http://hangoutmusicfest.com/ and for media check out Hangout’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/HangOutFestival!

 If you were a fan of Vince Staples’ most recent project, Summertime ’06, when it came out, then you were probably there for the first headlining show that he put on in Denver at Lost Lake. From their newly (at the time) renovated sound system, to the undeniably small venue space, that show was truly something to…

Graveyard is a hard rock/ blues rock four piece from Gothenburg, Sweden. Since the groups inception in 2006 they have been making quality rock in the same vain as groups such as Witchcraft and Kadavar. Graveyard was touring the album Innocence and Decadence which came out on September 25th, 2015 on Nuclear Blast records. Innocence…

by Lane Speas Doors opened at 6:00PM for the Menzingers show at Summit Music Hall on Tuesday November 17th 2015. The show had four acts total with three opening bands leading up to The Menzingers. In order of appearance the opening acts were Restorations, Pianos Become the Teeth, and mewithoutYou. The night consisted of hours…

The Heartless Bastards are a five-piece garage/ country rock band out of Cincinnati, Ohio. The group stopped at the Bluebird theater on Tuesday November 3rd touring the new album Restless Ones out on Partison Records. In accompaniment of the Heartless Bastards was a trio from Brooklyn, New York called Slothrust.  I arrived at the Blue Bird…

The night of October 22, Larimer Lounge was invaded by the casual, relaxed and chilly indifference of Hinds. This garage pop-rock girl band formed in 2011 in Madrid came to Denver as part of their 2015 American tour. Their concert brought me back to my home country, Spain.  It is not that they sang in…

Scary Drugs have proven themselves over the last couple months as one of Denver’s youngest and most formidable live acts. This show was no exception. Cascading guitar lines and vocal melodies swirled around the band as they delivered another spot-on performance. Mathrock, emo, postpunk—Scary Drugs wrap a ton of influences up in a delightfully listenable package.…

Anticipation was high driving from Boulder to Englewood for The Sword at the Gothic theater. The Sword, touring their new album High Country since early September brought a large crowd to the Gothic Theater. High Country takes a step back from the Swords thunderous previous albums such as Age of Winters and Gods of the…

Girlpool are talented. Consisting of Cleo Tucker on guitar and Harmony Trividad on bass (both sing) the two are able to, quite successfully, pluck the listener from the age-diverse and sweaty crowd and plop them right onto their weed-cracked hometown sidewalk. The songs are simple and easy to grasp–not surprising considering the subject matter of the songs and lack…

Being a long time Denver resident I am used to seeing many shows at the Gothic theater in Englewood, Colorado. As usual I arrive on scene about fifteen minutes before the opening set. Walking around the Gothic theater it is easy to see why it is one of my favorite venues in the Denver Metro…