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Sleeping with Sirens @ Marquis Theatre

| May 1, 2012 | 0 Comments
Sleeping with Sirens @ Marquis Theatre

by Max Giffin Katie Schmoker [email protected] On March 4th, a crowd of young music lovers sold out the Marquis Theatre to see popular post-hardcore band Sleeping With Sirens headline a show with SECRETS, Conditions, and Abandon All Ships. SECRETS opened the show by getting the audience involved with crowd surfing, mosh pits, clapping, singing, and […]

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Less Than Jake @ Summit Music Hall

| April 1, 2012 | 0 Comments
Less Than Jake @ Summit Music Hall

by Tim Wenger Photo Credit: Max Giffin Less Than Jake is not like milk. Even after 20+ years on the ska/punk circuit, they are not yet soured and curdled, and their music can still be used to cool you off a bit when life gets too hot. At the Denver stop of their 20-year anniversary […]

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Venue of the Month-Benders

| April 1, 2012 | 0 Comments
Venue of the Month-Benders

by Ryan Edwards In downtown Denver, at a prime location on 13th and Grant, Bender’s Tavern is known as a venue that allows local musicians to express their talents. Bender’s has landed on the radar for many local and out-of-state bands, looking for a place to play. A few years ago, employees, Luke Schmaltz and […]

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Other Lives: From Bon Iver to Radiohead

| April 1, 2012 | 0 Comments
Other Lives: From Bon Iver to Radiohead

by Steffanie Giesler [email protected] Scalpers lined up in Broomfield hours before the sold-out Radiohead show to sell $200 tickets to fans.  Craigslist ads were written from people begging others who had an extra ticket to take them, in exchange for money, company or both. What would they give to open for them, to tour with […]

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Radiohead, 1st Bank Center, March 13, 2012

| April 1, 2012 | 0 Comments
Radiohead, 1st Bank Center, March 13, 2012

by Allison Diekhoff [email protected] I don’t have to tell you that Radiohead is one hot ticket. Let the review begin… Radiohead transformed the 1st Bank Center on March 13th, making the approximately 6,000-capacity venue feel like a festival of Coachella-sized proportions. The stage: massive. The lights: amazing. It was all I could do not to […]

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Sailor Jerry Plants Fresh Ink on the Crocodiles at SXSW 2012

| April 1, 2012 | 0 Comments
Sailor Jerry Plants Fresh Ink on the Crocodiles at SXSW 2012

Photos by Nate Igor Smith Crocodiles’ front man, Brandon Welchez, swung by the Sailor Jerry Rum Airstream at the Mess With Texas Party along with his wife Dee Dee from the Dum Dum Girls. The pair decided to take their love a few steps further by picking out some classic Sailor Jerry tattoos together. Brandon […]

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JohnnyOsi Rises from the Ashes

| April 1, 2012 | 0 Comments
JohnnyOsi Rises from the Ashes

  by Allison Diekhoff [email protected] I’ve had JohnnyOsi on my radar since the first time I saw him freestyle at a house party in high school. I didn’t know much about him until I saw him rap, but then I was absolutely positive about one thing: this kid was a word artist. He could do […]

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Strength in Numbers tour featuring D.R.U.G.S. Rocks the Marquis

| March 5, 2012 | 0 Comments
Strength in Numbers tour featuring D.R.U.G.S. Rocks the Marquis

By Katie Schmoker Photo Credit: Max Giffin   Craig Owens has a philosophy behind his stage presence: he believes that showing the crowd vulnerability leads to an intimate, sincere, and passionate performance.  When he visited Denver with his latest band D.R.U.G.S. on the Strength in Numbers tour, he delivered this unique energy to a sold […]

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This Means War attacks the Aggie Theatre–Feb. 2

| March 1, 2012 | 0 Comments
This Means War attacks the Aggie Theatre–Feb. 2

  by Katie Schmoker and Max Giffin Photo Credit: Max Giffin A young, diverse crowd packed the Aggie Thursday, February 2, for Attack Attack!’s This Means War Tour. The show was filled with variations of post-hardcore style, featuring Attack Attack!, The Ghost Inside, Sleeping with Sirens, Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!, and Dream on, Dreamer. The […]

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Texas In July-Interview

| March 1, 2012 | 0 Comments
Texas In July-Interview

by Max Giffin The self-described “melodic, heavy-metal band from Pennsylvania,” Texas in July, played a powerful show at the Summit Music Hall on February 7, with August Burns Red, I the Breather, and Silverstein, that left fans breathless and sweaty. Most of the band members consisting of Alex Good (vocals), Ben Witkowski (bass), Adam Gray […]

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