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A '90s Denver band is returning with a vengeance
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (625+ words) Hot times ahead: Fifteen free things to do in Denver (and beyond) this week As the 20th century wound down, Hippie Werewolves heated up, rocking Denver with a killer combination of power and purpose. The group's wicked grooves and visceral riffology…...
Lord Huron turned Red Rocks into a cosmic Western dreamscape
3+ hour, 35+ min ago (104+ words) Westword Lord Huron turned Red Rocks into a cosmic Western dreamscape Lord Huron turned Red Rocks into a widescreen frontier dream on June 10, filling the sandstone cathedral with the band's signature blend of cosmic folk and desert'esque mystique. The sold'out…...
World powers will converge at this new Denver music festival
22+ hour, 13+ min ago (915+ words) Hot times ahead: A dozen free things to do in Denver (and beyond) this week Breaking: We've confirmed that Donny Trump, Vladi Putin and Kimmy Jong Un are going to be in Denver this weekend for the first-ever Flatline Festival,…...
Meet Trouble's Braids, Boulder's coven-country folk band
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (476+ words) Hot times ahead: A dozen free things to do in Denver (and beyond) this week Trouble's Braids is officially a full-blown band. "Each of them came into the picture as we were making the album, and we weren't really sure…...
City Park bandstand set for rebuild after fire in March
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (211+ words) Hot times ahead: Ten free things to do in Denver (and beyond) this week The nearly 100-year-old bandstand may be gone, but a new iteration is headed City Park's way. Denver Parks & Recreation announced the steps to replace the bandstand…...
Robots at Red Rocks? A look behind the venue's sound mitigation
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (301+ words) Hot times ahead: Ten free things to do in Denver (and beyond) this week Robots at Red Rocks sounds like science-fiction, but the reality is that a certain sound system is getting some automated help, thanks to a new partnership…...
Indiewood Street Festival brought the heat (and no shade): Review
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (230+ words) Westword Indiewood Street Festival brought the heat (and no shade): Review When Frail Talk performed at Indiewood, vocalist/guitarist Al Woodcheck took a moment to address the importance of Pride. Seconds later, a butterfly flitted across the stage, eliciting a…...
Catch these free concerts in Denver this June
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (780+ words) Hot times ahead: A dozen free things to do in Denver (and beyond) this weekend With rising prices for gas, groceries and, well, just about everything, everyone's feeling the pressure. And when you're low like this, there's nothing like live…...
All hail Witch Club Satan: Norway's latest black-metal export is heading Denver
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (567+ words) Hot times ahead: A dozen free things to do in Denver (and beyond) this weekend Norwegian witches cloaked in corpse paint and dispelling primitive black metal are laying waste to North American audiences for the first time in history, as…...
How Denver's Trackyon Music is rewriting the rules for independent artists
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (535+ words) June is bustin" out all over: Fifteen free things to do in Denver (and beyond) this week Looking back on their parallel upbringings, it"s amazing that Denver hip-hop artists Hanzo The Phantom and Don Mega Tron didn"t become…...