Live Reviews

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)

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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.



The Thermals at the Bluebird Theater, 5-11-13 (photos, review)

The Thermals

The Thermals headlined the Bluebird Saturday night, touring in support of the latest release, “Desperate Ground.”



The Meter Men at the Ogden Theatre, 5-10-13 (review)

Photo of the Meters courtesy of the band's website.

The sold out Ogden Theatre throbbed with sweaty revelers as the Meter Men rooted through funk’s most definitive catalogue.



Jason Moran at Dazzle Jazz, 5-10-13 (review)

Photo of Jason Moran courtesy of the artists website.

Toward the end of his set at Dazzle Jazz on Friday night, pianist Jason Moran recounted a story from his days as a music teacher.



Built to Spill at the Fox Theatre, 5-11-13 (review)

Built to Spill

Built to Spill rocked in the classic sense at the Fox Theatre in Boulder on Saturday.