Tag Archives: alternative rock

Switchfoot to play two Colorado shows

[photopress:switchfoot2.jpg,full,pp_image] Switch­foot will play the Black Sheep in Col­orado Springs and the Ogden The­atre in Den­ver in Feb­ru­ary. Spe­cial to The Den­ver Post The Cal­i­for­nia dudes are hit­ting Col­orado in Feb­ru­ary with two shows. Switch­foot is set to play at … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Switchfoot at Rose Bowl, NCAA title game

[photopress:Switchfoot_1_1_2.jpg,full,pp_image] Switch­foot is one of two bands invit­ed to play at the Rose Bowl tonight for the NCAA BCS title game. Pho­to cour­tesy to The Den­ver Post. Don’t look now but Switch­foot is back in the band’s home state of … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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MercyMe hits nail on the head

[photopress:MercyMe__7_.JPG,full,pp_image] Bart Mil­lard of Mer­cyMe. Pho­to by Eliza Marie Somers Have you ever had an injury or ill­ness that sets off a light­bulb in your head that makes you real­ize that you are luck­i­er than most? I went under the … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Free Switchfoot CDs

Still need a Christ­mas present with time run­ning out? I have my hands on Switch­foot’s new release, Hel­lo Hur­ri­cane, and I want to to give them away. Just be among the first to send me a note at lsomers@denverpost.com and … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Heaven Fest needs your vote

[photopress:marymary.JPG,full,pp_image] Mary Mary, at the 2009 Dove Awards in Nashville, Tenn., would make a nice addi­tion to Heav­en Fest. Pho­to by Eliza Marie Somers Heav­en Fest is look­ing to you — the fans — to pick the bands for the … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Skillet gets a sporting chance

[photopress:skilletresize.hn2.JPG,full,pp_image] Skil­let will be at the Para­mount The­atre Fri­day, Nov. 7 for a 7 p.m. show. Tick­ets can be pur­chased at tickethorse.com or 866–461‑6556. Pho­to by Eliza Marie Somers By grab­bing the atten­tion of the NFL, Skil­let is bridg­ing a … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Building 429 constructing lives through music

Build­ing is not a noun it’s a verb, that’s how Jason Roy describes his band’s name Build­ing 429. Build­ing up peo­ple. Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Thousand Foot Krutch’s alter ego, FM Static

[photopress:tfkcrop1.JPG,full,pp_image] Thou­sand Foot Krutch front­man Trevor McNevan per­forms at Faith Bible Chapel in Arva­da as part of the Cre­ation Fes­ti­val: The Tour. The band has toured with KoRn and Sev­en­dust. Pho­to by Eliza Marie Somers If you like your rock … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Free music: B. Reith

[photopress:breith_creationfest09__46_.JPG,full,pp_image] B. Rei­th, who is tour­ing with Cre­ation Fes­ti­val: The Tour, hip-hops his way on stage at Faith Bible Chapel in Arva­da on Fri­day. Pho­to by Eliza Marie Somers To help pro­mote B. Rei­th’s new CD “Now is Not For­ev­er” … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Skillet’s “Monster” No. 1 on AOL music

[photopress:Skillet_HFest_2009.JPG,full,pp_image] Skil­let, play­ing at Heav­en­Fest in Brighton, is find­ing suc­cess with “Mon­ster.” Pho­to by Eliza Marie Somers Skil­let, the hard-rock­­ing Chris­t­ian music band, gar­nered the No. 1 ranked video on AOL Music. In case you missed the band at Heav­en­Fest. … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Idol” Phil Stacey’s soulful release

[photopress:philstacey_1.jpg,full,pp_image] Phil Stacey was a music min­is­ter at a Den­ver Metro area church right after he grad­u­at­ed from col­lege. Pho­to cour­tesy of Prov­i­dent Label Group Yes, that was Phil Stacey you saw on the 16th Street Mall in Den­ver a … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Seth Smith’s Christian faith shows up on ballfield

[photopress:sethdugout.jpg,full,pp_image] Seth Smith relies on his faith to get him through the mine­field of pro­fes­sion­al base­ball. Den­ver Post pho­to by John Ley­ba. A tow­er­ing home run by Seth Smith on Sun­day pushed across the win­ning run in the Rock­ies’ 4–2 … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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HeavenFest: Can you spot yourself?

[photopress:caspergirls.JPG,full,pp_image] Shel­by Ben­nett, 18, left, and Michelle Archule­ta, 17, drove down from Casper, Wyo., to enjoy a week­end of music — first at Heav­en­Fest on Sat­ur­day and at the Warped Tour on Sun­day. The music fans were up front and … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Third Day headlines HeavenFest

[photopress:DSCF0293.JPG,full,pp_image] Mac Pow­ell and Third Day are back in town at Sat­ur­day’s Heav­en­Fest in Brighton. Tick­ets can be pur­chased at King Soop­ers or heavenfest.com. Pho­tos by Eliza Marie Somers Gram­my Award win­ners Third Day will head­line this week­end’s Heav­en­Fest at … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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New Release: Glory Revealed II a gem

b [photopress:gloryII.jpg,full,pp_image] Glo­ry Revealed II is bound for numer­ous Dove Awards, Spe­cial to The Den­ver Post Throw twen­­ty-plus artists in a seclud­ed rus­tic Geor­gia moun­tain lodge and what you get is a CD that is a slice of Amer­i­cana — … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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