Over the Weekend... Warped Tour @ Invesco Field at Mile High
Warped Tour
Sunday, June 29
Invesco Field at Mile High
Loads o' musicians stepped up to the microphone at Warped Tour 2008's Denver stop -- but in a very real way, the day belonged to 3Oh!3. The duo of Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte made a huge impression at last year's Warped show -- so much so that they were placed on the bill for every date of the latest edition. This time around, however, they went from being cult favorites with a growing audience to the group to see -- and Warped organizers clearly weren't prepared for the insanity that resulted.
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Over the Weekend...Widespread Panic @ Red Rocks
Widespread Panic
Friday, June 27, 2008
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Better than: Listening from the Red Rocks parking lots.
I'll just say this straight up, and all you Spreadheads can hate me if you will (and you probably will): I don't like jam bands. More specifically, I don't like jams. They seem so goddamn self-indulgent and most of them don't even go anywhere -- why would I pay good money to listen to a bunch of dudes fuck around on stage, not even playing real songs? The only jam band I can marginally stand is the Grateful Dead. And I hate space jams; they make me want to puncture my eardrums with a blunt object. If I want to hear ambient noise, I'll go to an electronic-music show, thank you very much.
Even so, my husband-to-be loves jam bands. And he LOVES Widespread Panic! And he made me promise that if he could find tickets, I would go with him to a show at Red Rocks this past weekend.
Over the Weekend... SoCo Music Fest @ Coors North Parking Lot
SoCo Music Experience
Saturday, June 28, 2008, Coors Field Parking Lot
Better than: Drinking a shot of SoCo.
So what’s the first thing that pops into your head when someone says, “Let’s go to a fest at Coors Field’s parking lot!” Your response would either be “No,” or “it better be free.” If somebody said “free show” and “Gnarls Barkley,” I would venture to guess that you would say “no-brainer.”
Over the Weekend...Reverend Dead Eye @ Continental Club
Reverend Dead Eye
Friday, June 27, 2008
The Continental Club, Denver
Better Than: You have any reason to expect from a dive bar off Santa Fe.
There might have been any number of other things to see or do on a Friday night in late June, but when Reverend Dead Eye said he was having his actual final show as a resident of Denver and doing two sets, I had to go -- not just because I’m a fan, but also because he’s been an underlooked, undersung, underappreciated talent in his own home town.
Over the Weekend... Moonspeed, Ross Etherton and the Wheel @ hi-dive
Moonspeed, Ross Etherton and the Wheel
Saturday, June 28, 2008
hi-dive
Better Than: Every space rock show I’ve seen since last summer when Bright Channel last played.
Ross Etherton opened the show with a Son House song done in his own earnest, inimitable, dignified style. For a guy who is a natural comedian with a playful, rapier wit, Etherton is capable of performing songs with a surprisingly level of emotional depth, exorcising despair as though he can never quite expunge the memories of life’s lowest moments from his soul. Fortunately for all of us who get to see him perform his music, he does all of this with grace, magically weaving beauty out of existential darkness.
Over the Weekend...Gregory Alan Isakov and Bela Karoli @ Mercury Cafe
From: James Anthofer
To: Herrera, Dave
Subject: Mercury Cafe Show - Gregory Alan Isakov and Bela Karoli
6/30/2008 12:34 AM
Hey Dave --
I didn't get photos for the show, and I'm not sure a review is that useful without them: The Mercury Cafe is still the same, as usual. Gregory Alan Isakov is still pretty awesome -- but Backbeat's said that before.
Rearview: The Week in Review (6/21/08-6/27/08)
Here's a wrap-up of all the great coverage you missed this week on Backbeat Online while you were digesting the news that Amy Winehouse's emphysema may end her singing career (and, eventually, her junkie career as well...).
Friday Rap-Up: Lenny Lenn, Death Row Records, Shaquille O’Neal and Kanye West
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Lenny Lenn is known for the work he put in as a radio personality for various radio stations across Colorado. His biggest claim to fame is being part of the launch team of the now-defunct Denver hip-hop radio station, U102. Lenny then spent some time working behind the scenes on the Lewis & Floorwax show at 103.5 the Fox 103.5 before moving to stints with KISS FM and MEGA, both were at 95.7 on the FM dial, and then 96.1 the Beat down in Colorado Springs. These days, though, radio is something of the past for Lenn.
Mile High Makeout: Hugging It Out
As the dust settles from another Westword Music Showcase Awards ceremony, a whole crew of folks has begun kicking it back up. The final results were posted Thursday morning, just before 6 a.m., and by noon, thirteen different comments had been added. Some of the comments added to the celebratory air of the event, but several disgruntled and righteously indignant readers vented their spleen about Westword as a whole and the results specifically, stopping just short of implying that there’s some sort of conspiracy or cabal that tilts the awards in favor of certain acts. The same kind of dialogue happens every year, in spite of the fact that the results are always determined by reader votes.
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