Music brings people to Colfax and is helping to re-establish it as Denver’s true main street. So, keep those bar and venue doors open and continue to fill Colfax with music the likes of Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls.
Greta Van Fleet rolled through Denver last weekend for a pair of sold-out shows at The Fillmore and their rabid fans turned out in droves. I have to admit that I’m a little behind the curve on these guys, having only heard a few songs before the show, but now that I’ve seen them I’ve got to say that I’m not sure what all the fuss is about. There is no doubt that they are talented and charismatic, but if I can be frank here, the music they are playing is so derivative that it’s almost boring.
Do you remember a time when you cranked the stereo up as loud as you could get away with to drown out the world and wallow in your teen angst? A time when Motley Crue was shouting at the devil because Satan could no longer hear them, having been deafened by the emergence of thrash metal? Two of the genre’s biggest names, Slayer and Anthrax, invaded the Fillmore and it was one hell of a night!
On this special Thanksgiving episode of Noise Behind The Sound the guys talk Turkey and all things Thanksgiving then are joined in studio by Tori Pater and CR Gruver from Polytoxic to talk about the history of one of our favorite Denver traditions, The Last Waltz Revisited. Stay tuned after the conversation with Tori and CR for a chance to win FREE TICKETS to the Last Waltz Revisited at The Fillmore on Wednesday.
Ah, the sweet memory of August days spent by a babbling river in Lyons Colorado. This isn’t just a locals festival, it’s a worldwide calling. People drive up from Denver for the weekend, fly in from out of state, and even from out of the country just for this event. In many ways it’s the highlight of many people’s summers and this year’s festival again demonstrated why this festival has worked it’s way into the hearts and minds of so many.
Colfax is the street that doesn’t sleep; open 24 hours there is always something going on. Last week the Gypsy Punk of Gogol Bordello poured out the venue doors of the Ogden Theater. Inside the crowd jumped with fists in the air as front-man Eugene Hütz whipped the crowd up into a frenzy with a stage presence that was very reminiscent of Iggy Pop. A whirling dervish, he moved in and out of the seven other band members as they played.
After a long week of Halloween celebrations, the mood of the crowd at the Fillmore Auditorium last Friday seemed perfect for a downtempo evening of grooving with UK Electronica Producer Bonobo and his highly anticipated live band. No one was complained about the presence of dance floor space–it was cozy, but not claustrophobic, and on Halloween weekend in Denver, that is a rarity. Costumes, of course, abounded, and smiles too as the fans filed in and readied themselves for an evening of soulful music.
Last year, Lotus delivered mind-blowing Colorado performances to capacity crowds at Red Rocks and The Fillmore. As the band’s popularity soars, they set their sights on a return to Red Rocks in 2013 for the unparalleled sonic and visual experience that is Lotus live. A true underground phenomenon, Lotus has built an army of fans worldwide with their show stopping performances and the international success of their albums.
A crowd dressed in scally caps, punk rock T’s, boots, bracers, and the occasional kilt packed the floor of The Fillmore last week when the Dropkick Murphys brought their own brand of Irish drinking music to Denver. They opened up their set with “For Boston,” a cover of the Boston College fight song, as a quick tip of the hat to their hometown and all that it had been through recently with the Boston Marathon bombings and then we were off to the races as they played the hits, both old and new.
