Weaving through Denver Music, Art, Culture, and Life
Live reviews of Denver shows, including both local and national acts.
Johnny Marr used guitars and a white shock of hair to mesmerize While he may not cut the most memorable…
Fans celebrate Big Thief’s first record for seminal label 4AD Big Thief – well-known and well-deserving indie darlings of the…
Denver rap artist ITSOKTOCRY is just beginning to hit his stride, producing serious thought-poems rife with angst and mega hooked.
It’s not often you get to spend a few hours in a packed-to-the-rafters Gothic Theatre and hear every note, every tick, every word of every song. Spiritualized created a Leonard Cohen feeling, delivered in a church-like atmosphere.
Durand Jones and the Indications took the stage last Friday night at the Bluebird, serenading a sold out house with some sweet and sultry rhythm and blues.
Conjuring masters like Curtis Mayfield, Al Green, Donny Hathaway, and Marvin Gaye, the Indications are blessed with a contemporary knack for the best soul sounds. They mix them with some serious vocal and instrumental magic, making their throwback soul sound both new and old, and damned sexy.
Missing out on the UMS is like skipping Christmas, sleeping through your birthday, and binge-watching Buffy for the umpteenth time, while all your friends are out in the wild, living life and creating memories they’ll rehash forever. Don’t be that potato.
Two of contemporary music’s heavy hitters – one that’s been a force for a couple of decades, another with just about as much gravity, just across a shorter time span – came together on the same stage.
