Club-rap kings LMFAO throw down a non-stop barrage of infectiously goofy rhymes over slick '80s-inspired tracks that make even less use of nuance than the Black Eyed Peas' later material. While singles from LMFAO's duo, Party Rock, did fairly well on charts around the world, the duo fared much... More >>

Surviving intense drug addiction, poor fashion choices, several breakups and a revolving door of celebrity bassists (Flea, Duff McKagan and TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek), Jane's Addiction continues on. Like musical cockroaches, the band is immune to the bug spray of age and a changing music... More >>

Penelope Houston first made waves in the late '70s as the frontwoman of the San Francisco punk band the Avengers (which reached its apex opening for the Sex Pistols at Winterland, at what was to be the seminal English punk band's last gig), but after that two-year experiment, she spent the... More >>

When you're a writer on the level of Evergreen native (and longtime L.A. denizen) Daniel Pyne, who's sharpened his pen writing scripts for everything from Miami Vice to The Manchurian Candidate, infusing a story about brotherly bonds with a big shot of suspense and an action-packed denouement... More >>

We've seen a lot of punk this spring since MCA Denver and the Colorado Photographic Arts Center rolled out their double-barreled Search & Destroy series of exhibits and events referencing the West Coast Punk ethos. But tonight's Appropriate Punk at Hinterland will swing that exploration into an... More >>

The Teva Mountain Games in Vail this weekend feature two dozen events for cyclists, climbers, runners, fly fishermen, slackliners, kayakers, rafters, paddlers, photographers, filmmakers and even dogs -- yes, dogs -- but the best sport might just be the spectacle, says Vail Valley Foundation... More >>

The Capitol Hill People's Fair customarily kicks off the summer at Civic Center Park, making it one of those tried-and-true traditions that you almost don't want to see change. You go for the walloping local entertainment roster on multiple stages and the quality craft vendors; you bring the... More >>

This year, yoga advocate Erik Vienneau is taking his flagship event, Yoga Rocks the Park, to a whole new level. But current fans of the weekly yoga practice and concert have nothing to fear: The core idea, rotating instructors and musicians who provide a different vibe every week, remains the... More >>

Jenny Morgan: Kith and Kin, at Plus Gallery, will focus first and foremost on the painter's work, but also on her longstanding relationship with Plus. Morgan happens to have been the very first intern at the then-fledgling space in 2003; since then, her relationship with gallery owner Ivar... More >>

Not all bike races are filled with spandex and pelotons: Some are all scraped knees and attitude. Welcome to the world of Denver Chain Chase, which organizer Casey Etheredge started because there weren't enough alley-cat races for people outside the sanctioned world of cycling. Etheredge got... More >>

While The Doors guitarist Robby Krieger has performed as the Roadhouse Rebels with Particle keyboardist Steve Molitz and Oingo Boingo/Mutaytor bassist John Avila, they're also bringing on board Black Crowes' Rich Robinson and his drummer Joe Magistro for a few dates, including tonight's show at... More >>

The Street Rodders for Life car show began five years ago as a way for a few dozen gearheads to talk shop and show off their rides. It has since grown into a full-on contest celebrating a classic American pastime. Today, more than 400 cars, trucks and motorcycles, dating from the 1920s to the... More >>

When Bon Iver won a Grammy for Best New Artist earlier this year, most people who bothered to watch the awards ceremony had probably never heard of the band. But for the past six years, Justin Vernon has been touring and releasing albums with a small group of collaborators. Bon Iver's debut... More >>

Even if more than two people worked at Audio Park Studio, the business would still be 100 percent devoted to the Beatles. That fandom shows itself on the walls, which are peppered with posters of the Fab Four, and in the sheer amount of Beatles memorabilia that co-owner Park Peters has amassed... More >>

At today's Gamma Gallery Street Art Competition, the emphasis is on one thing: lettering style. "Some graffiti artists do a readable style, some do wild style," says Gamma, local muralist and organizer of the event. And their creativity will be what is judged in the competition. KOZE, EMIT,... More >>

Fashion Denver's Brandi Shigley has made the professional transition from retailer to full-time fashion consultant, but she hasn't dropped the curtain on her seasonal, signature fashion markets, where local designers show off their stuff at vendor tables and in mini runway shows. But that... More >>

Over the course of 21 releases since its inception in 2001, Brooklyn's Japanther has evolved its hybrid of noise rock, punk and garage rock into a mutant form of music all its own. Throw in the performance-art aspect of Japanther's shows, and you have a unique live experience often only seen... More >>

In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play, produced by Equinox Theatre and opening tonight at the Bug, is exactly what it sounds like: a play about vibrators. But in this case, the action centers around their use as a treatment for "hysteria," a commonly diagnosed "affliction" in women at the turn... More >>

Welcome to Hogwarts, post-Voldemort: The mythical school has been rebuilt, and the children of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Draco Malfoy are now learning about wizardry and witchcraft themselves. This is the setting for Bovine Metropolis Theater's latest series, a futuristic fan-fiction parody... More >>

Launched seven years ago by a bunch of bike-loving friends who liked to have fun, drink beer and wear silly outfits, the Denver Cruiser Ride has attained true critical mass. Every Wednesday from spring to fall, hundreds of Cruisers navigate the city streets donning wigs, boas and cardboard... More >>

The opera Brundibar has a terrible yet inspirational past: Written in 1938 by Jewish composer Hans Krasa and librettist Adolf Hoffmeister, it was famously performed by children in the Theresienstadt concentration camp with a limited orchestra in 1943. On the surface a fairy tale about a brother... More >>

In 1985, Love was the Cult's breakthrough album, helped along by the single "She Sells Sanctuary" -- but the band switched gears, stripped things down and started rocking out a few years later on the Rick Rubin-produced Electric. Since then, the Cult has been through a few lineup changes and a... More >>

The new Arvada Skate Park, which opened a few months ago, gets an official ribbon-cutting today when pro skaters Mike McGill (originator of the inverted 540-degree McTwist spin), 21-time X Games medalist Andy Macdonald and women's skating superstars Cara-Beth Burnside and Mimi Knoop drop in to... More >>

While Veronica Reeves recognizes that there's a place for calculated, meticulously planned art, that place isn't NEXT Gallery. Not right now. Reeves has organized an entire show, Mindpool 2012, dedicated to creative work that comes from intuition and chance, and celebrating risk over... More >>

Let's face it: When most people think of lizards and snakes, they think of scales, slithering and potential poison. "A lot of people are creeped out by lizards and snakes," says Brian Hostetler, educator for Lizards & Snakes, a new exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. "But it... More >>