Category: concert reviews

  • Concert Review: Sleigh Bells @ Gothic Theatre

    Concert Review: Sleigh Bells @ Gothic Theatre

    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…

  • Concert Review – Angel Olsen

    Concert Review – Angel Olsen

    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…

  • Concert Review – Twiddle / Aqueous

    Concert Review – Twiddle / Aqueous

    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…

  • Concert Review – Devendra Banhart

    Concert Review – Devendra Banhart

    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…

  • Concert Review – The Suffers @ Fox Theatre

    Concert Review – The Suffers @ Fox Theatre

    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…

  • Porches, Japanese Breakfast and River Grazer @ Larimer Lounge

    Porches, Japanese Breakfast and River Grazer @ Larimer Lounge

    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…

  • First Thursdays at the CU Art Museum + Mysterium Tremendum

    First Thursdays at the CU Art Museum + Mysterium Tremendum

    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…

  • Modern Baseball – A Photo Recap

    Modern Baseball – A Photo Recap

  • Spread The Word: a Photo Recap

    Spread The Word: a Photo Recap

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

  • Kontagium Live Shows – Dragondeer & Pigeons Playing Ping Pong

    Kontagium Live Shows – Dragondeer & Pigeons Playing Ping Pong

    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

  • Hangout Music Festival 2016

    Hangout Music Festival 2016

    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!

  • CONCERT REVIEW: Vince Staples @ The Bluebird – 3.5.16

    CONCERT REVIEW: Vince Staples @ The Bluebird – 3.5.16

     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…

  • Concert Review: Graveyard @ Summit Music Hall, 12/8/15

    Concert Review: Graveyard @ Summit Music Hall, 12/8/15

    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…

  • The Menzingers @ Summit Music Hall – November 17th

    The Menzingers @ Summit Music Hall – November 17th

    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…

  • Heartless Bastards Nov. 3rd @ Bluebird Theater

    Heartless Bastards Nov. 3rd @ Bluebird Theater

    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…

  • Hinds @ Larimer Lounge

    Hinds @ Larimer Lounge

    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…

  • Flaural, Scary Drugs + Freaky North @ The Hi-Dive

    Flaural, Scary Drugs + Freaky North @ The Hi-Dive

    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.…

  • The Sword @ Gothic Theater

    The Sword @ Gothic Theater

    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 – Concert Review

    Girlpool – Concert Review

    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…

  • Saint Motel Concert Review

    Saint Motel Concert Review

    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…