Live Reviews

Yo La Tengo at the Boulder Theater, 5-21-13 (photos, review)

Yo La Tengo plays the Boulder Theater on 5/21/13.

Yo La Tengo stepped onto the stage at the Boulder Theater in a unexpectedly quiet manner with just two acoustic guitars and a snare brush.



Vampire Weekend at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 5-20-13 (photos, review)

Vampire Weekend @ Red Rocks 5/20/13

With little ego, Vampire Weekend performed a mix mature new material from “Modern Vampires of the City” along with tested indie-pop hits at Red Rocks.



Telekinesis at the Hi-Dive, 5-20-13 (review)

Telekinesis @ Hi-Dive

Michael Benjamin Lerner and his band Telekinesis drew an unusually large crowd for a Monday night at the Hi-Dive.



Black Moth Super Rainbow at the Bluebird Theater, 5-17-13 (photos, review)

Black Moth Super Rainbow @ the Bluebird Theater 05/17/2013

Pennsylvania’s Black Moth Super Rainbow brought their live show to Denver’s Bluebird Theater Friday, and left the crowd wanting more.



Imagine Dragons at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 5-16-13 (photos, review)

Imagine Dragons Red Rocks

For yet another sold out show, Imagine Dragons performed at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Thursday night.



Fabolous, Pusha-T at the Ogden Theatre, 5-14-13 (review)

Coachella 2013

With a name like Fabolous and a reputation as one of hip-hop’s most ostentatious artists, the rapper kept things subdued at the Ogden Theatre on Tuesday.



Prince at the Ogden Theatre day two, 5-13-13 (review)

Prince Fans @ Ogden Theatre

The Rorschach Test of Prince shows continued Monday night at the Ogden Theatre with an 8 p.m. set that made minor tweaks to the previous nights’ set lists.



Prince at the Ogden Theatre day one, 5-12-13 (photos, review)

Prince Fans @ Ogden Theatre

When the lyrics to Prince’s “Screwdriver” flashed across the Ogden Theatre, “People pay money for the rock and roll,” the phrase rang all too true.



Zac Brown Band at Red Rocks Amphitheatre day three (photos, review)

Zac Brown Band @ Red Rocks 5/10/13

Fans wore “jeans that fit just right” and guzzled “cold beer on a Friday night” at Red Rocks as Zac Brown Band performed its third sold out show.



The Black Angels at the Boulder Theater, 5-10-13 (photos, review)

Black Angels w/ Hanni El Khatib and Black Angels @ Boulder Theater 051013

The Black Angels’ show at the Boulder Theater on Friday kept promising to explode into sweet guitar riffs and hypnotic drones, but it never happened.