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This Just In 8/21-27
Tue Aug 19, 5:27 PM
Former Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus and his band the Jicks hit the Gothic Theatre November 6. There's an eclectic bunch of shows going on sale this weekend from Old Crow Medicine Show and Grace Potter to the Czech Republics'... More >>
Live Review: Hippie Werewolves at Herman's Hideaway
Tue Aug 19, 4:21 PM
Photo: David Barber Hippie Werewolves frontman Haylar Garcia There was a time when the notion of mating rap with metal seemed vital and groundbreaking. At first, there was an admitted novelty factor attached to hearing unlikely collaborations... More >>
Live Review: To Be Eaten, Dead Child, Munimula, Adai at hi-dive
Tue Aug 19, 12:01 PM
Photo: Tom Murphy Adai To Be Eaten, Dead Child, Munimula, Adai Monday, August 18, 2008 hi-dive Better Than: Most music that entertains the conceit of being heavy. Adai got the evening started off right with pieces of epic, surprisingly... More >>
Public Enemy to perform at Civic Center Park next Tuesday
Mon Aug 18, 5:20 PM
Just confirmed that following its just-announced show the night before at the Boulder Theater, Public Enemy is slated to appear at 2 p.m. at Civic Center Park in the Greek Amphitheater as part of an event sponsored by Recreate... More >>
Features
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Like Jesse Elliott, These United States is constantly moving in new directions.By Crow Jonah NorlanderThursday, August 14Whenever Jesse Elliott and his sister would begin to bicker in the back seat on family trips, their mother would threaten them with campfire... More >> -
Kosmos saved money pressing CDs and poured the profits into better productionBy Jon SolomonThursday, August 14Before forming their band Kosmos, brothers Ben and Tim Tonak grew up listening to Pearl Jam and could play nearly every song in the group's... More >> -
Meet Mike Relm, master of video turntablism.By Cory CasciatoThursday, August 14Mike Relm is a pioneer working in the medium of video turntablism. Mashing up snippets of video and music in a live setting and incorporating the... More >> -
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Scars on BroadwayScars on Broadway
InterscopeBy Michael RobertsThursday, August 14In a wry comment on his reputation as a doctrinaire zealot, System of a Downer Daron Malakian kicks off the side project he shares with SOAD... More >> -
UmConsciousThe Avenue
Self-releasedBy Michael RobertsThursday, August 14The video for this album's title track — a guided tour of Colfax locales such as Casa Bonita — makes it clear that the members of... More >> -
Dan Kaufman Superstar EruptionThe Album of the Century Volume One
Pearsonified RecordsBy Tom MurphyThursday, August 14With a title like this for an album, you'd be excused for thinking that former Thorazine Frisbee mastermind Dan Kaufman has an absurdist,... More >> -
Mini ReviewsThursday, August 14Death in June, The Rule of Thirds (Soleilmoon). Samples aside, you'd almost think this was a record straight out of the modern psych-folk... More >> -
Slightly StoopidFriday, August 15, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, 303-830-8497.By Michael RobertsThursday, August 14A generation of teenagers is actively pissed off that Sublime's Brad Nowell overdosed after making only three albums — and for them,... More >>
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Jeremy Jones XtetSaturday, August 16, Dazzle, 303-839-5100.By Jon SolomonThursday, August 14Jazz drummer Jeremy Jones grew up in Denver, but for the past five years he's lived in Seattle, where he plays in a number of bands, including... More >>
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Natalie Portman's Shaved HeadSunday, August 17, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.By Michael RobertsThursday, August 14For an act whose moniker alludes to the film version of V For Vendetta, graphic novelist Alan Moore's dystopian fantasia about a masked bomber,... More >> -
Tab BenoitTuesday, August 19, Herman's Hideaway, 303-777-5840.By Nick HutchinsonThursday, August 14Named Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year for the past two years by the National Blues Foundation, Tab Benoit rolls into town on a hot... More >>
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Three Cheers Faraday at the hi-diveBy Tom MurphyThursday, August 14It's unfortunate that the town that spawned the likes of Cavity and the VSS is now known mostly for jam bands whose hallmark is self-indulgent... More >> -
Adultnapper at SkylabBy Cory CasciatoThursday, August 14Among all the stars at Skylab, it would be easy to overlook Adultnapper. This would be a mistake. The Brooklyn-based DJ/producer (aka Francis... More >> -
Rub-a-Dubb's PubBy Jon SolomonThursday, August 14The closest I ever came to doing hard time was half an hour in a holding cell in Denver police headquarters after I was busted for shoplifting... More >>
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John Baldwin Gourley looked to his roots and found Portugal. The Man's soundBy James AnthoferThursday, August 07No one would blame John Baldwin Gourley if he never listened to oldies again. That's all the frontman of Portugal. The Man listened to when he... More >> -
As Mile High Music Fest proved, all the scene needs is a little exposureBy Dave HerreraThursday, August 07Do you remember when people used to say that Denver was a sports town, that music here was an afterthought and that's all it ever would be? Yeah,... More >>
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Git Some: It's what you get when Lynyrd Skynyrd meets Jesus LizardBy Jon SolomonThursday, August 07A Git Some show is a visceral, high-voltage experience. The act is a bundle of frenetic energy on stage, as dangerous as it is magical. The... More >> -
Blue Million Miles is Building Walls, only to tear them down.By Tom MurphyThursday, August 07In November of 2006, the former members of Small Objects recruited a new drummer and adopted the name Blue Million Miles, which they borrowed... More >>
Slideshows >
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Boz Scaggs Belly Up Aspen
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Garrison Keillor's <i>A Prairie Home Companion</i> Red Rocks Amphitheatre
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Bruce Hornsby Chautauqua Auditorium
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Balmorhea Larimer Lounge
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Mostly Bears hi-dive
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Larry Keel & Natural Bridge three20south
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Music in the Meadows Butterfield Crossing Park
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Doc Brown The Q Blues & Jazz Lounge
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Nate Birkey Nissi's
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Sick Puppies Bluebird Theater
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Ricardo Pena Alto
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Ricky Earl Blues Band Jazz@Jack's
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JV Allstars Baker Street Pub & Grill
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Egypt Central Marquis Theater
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David Booker Duo Trios Enoteca
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Revelation Union Herman's Hideaway
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Nina Storey Fox Theatre
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Andy Frasco The Rock N Soul Cafe
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My Friend Autumn Hooked on Colfax Bookstore and Cafe
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Random Tuesday Little Bear
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National
Music from Coast to Coast
Broward - Palm Beach
Rebel Rockers
Fourth Dimension celebrates eight years of creating a conscious reggae party
By Jonathan Cunningham
There's a tough balancing act that comes with being an active reggae band in South Florida.... More >>
Dallas
Stand and Deliver
WIth No Deliverance, The Toadies revert to the bare bones of their past
By Pete Freedman
It was a Big Deal time slot: Lollapalooza co-headliners Wilco and Rage Against the Machine were... More >>
Houston
String-Scraping Rock Stars Two Star Symphony
Classical Gas
By William Michael Smith
When the Rice University Theater kicks off its 2008-09 season with the multimedia laser light... More >>
Kansas City
The 70-band-strong North vs. South Festival brings Minnesota and Texas home to the Midwest
By Richard Gintowt
The North vs. South Festival is one of our region's largest annual music events, yet it remains... More >>
Miami
Sacha Nairobi Is Hot
And she peddles her own tunes online.
By Julienne Gage
It's totally normal to envy up-and-coming Latin alternative pop diva Sacha Nairobi. Her vibrant... More >>
Phoenix
Beards aren’t just for freak-folk rockers anymore
By John Roderick
In 1986, when I first tried to grow a beard, the consensus was that beards were for murderers... More >>
San Francisco
Schedule Outside Lands trip with playlists of our favorite artists
By Tony Ware
Golden Gate Park has seen its share of Human Be-Ins since it was reclaimed from the dunes in... More >>
St. Louis
Dolly Parton brings her pop-and-country-career-spanning "Backwoods Barbie" tour to the Fabulous Fox Theatre
By Kristy Wendt
Dolly Parton's first performance as a thirteen-year-old at the Grand Ole Opry inspired the... More >>
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Rodrigo y Gabriela Prove Their Metal Weaned on Metallica, this duo makes acoustic guitars sound heavy.
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Coming to Terms With Tickle Me Pink's Loss The unexpected death of bassist Johnny Schou is just plain heartbreaking.
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Torche Proves Metal Doesn't Have to Be Generic Drawing equally from the Melvins as it does from My Bloody Valentine, this Florida metal quartet sets itself apart.
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Matmos Makes Quite a Pair Partnered on stage and off, Martin Schmidt and Drew Daniel make beautiful music from strange sounds.
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