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The Weekend Showdown: Polytoxic's The Last Waltz Revisited leads our top picks for this weekend

Fri Nov 20, 2:56 PM

We would hate for you to miss out on all the awesome that happens every weekend in our fair city, so we've decided to run down three of the best shows in one easy-to-swallow post. Tell us -- and t... More >>

Hearsay bits: Sean Foreman and Nat Motte put the 'OH!' in 3OH!3 at mtvU's Woodie Awards and more

Fri Nov 20, 1:14 PM

?Some quick news bites from the local scene...Oh my!: Recognize these striking dames? Yeah, us neither. That boa helmet and weird, red, veil, feathery thing kind of obscures any chance we have any... More >>

Freeloader: Blue Million Miles tonight at 3 Kings Tavern

Fri Nov 20, 12:10 PM

?This fine evening, Blue Million Miles is sharing a bill at 3 Kings Tavern with Lion Sized -- whose members will be taking some time off to hangout with kinfolk and write and record a new record, ... More >>

Freaky Friday: "Christian Side Hug"

Fri Nov 20, 11:40 AM

There's nothing wrong with white people doing hip-hop -- if it was ever in question, I think Eminem proved that. And there's certainly nothing wrong with rappers loving Jesus. I mean, how many hi... More >>

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  • A love affair with a well-placed sample gave birth to pH10
    Thursday, November 19
    In the beginning, there was the sample. And the love of that sample led directly to the creation of pH10, an electronic outfit with a hard-edged... More >>
  • Maynard James Keenan rests his Tool in favor of his "Cuntry Boner"
    Thursday, November 19
    Maynard James Keenan describes a show by Puscifer, arguably the oddest sibling in a family of Keenan-connected bands that includes Tool and A... More >>
  • All Time Low reaches an all-time high on its current tour
    Thursday, November 19
    Sleeping with band dudes doesn't make you famous." The words scrawl across a closed door after the stock "band slut" walks in behind the drummer... More >>
  • A shooting at Posh leaves the nightclub's future in question
    Thursday, November 19
    On Halloween, three people were shot outside Posh Ultra Nightclub (4040 East Evans Avenue); one, John Singleton, died a few days later. The... More >>
  • The Alltunators
    Nation of Three
    Self-released
    Thursday, November 19
    If you walk into a restaurant and it's live-music Friday and the Alltunators are playing, you should feel pretty good about that. Their presence... More >>
  • Bank Robber
    Thursday, November 19
    You won't like Vultures if you can't get past its throaty, nearly screamo vocals or the alloy of hardcore and thrash and lyrics that read like an... More >>
  • A Melodic Daydream
    Thursday, November 19
    Putting your heart on your sleeve is one thing — but Fort Collins's A Melodic Daydream takes it a big step further. Fronted by the... More >>
  • The Mighty Eighteen Wheeler
    Stimulus Package
    Fist Music
    Thursday, November 19
    Once a trio churning out reverb-drenched, Stray Cats-infused rockabilly, the Mighty Eighteen Wheeler has gotten progressively heavier with each... More >>
  • Snuggle!
    Tuesday, November 24, Blast-O-Mat, www.myspace.com/blastomat.
    Thursday, November 19
    With pop punk having pretty much become a parody of itself these days, it's difficult to be surprised by anything that anyone playing that kind... More >>
  • The Big Pink
    Monday, November 23, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.
    Thursday, November 19
    London's Big Pink borrowed its name from the Band's classic debut album and set about producing music possessed of vast, swirling horizons and... More >>
  • Japandroids
    Sunday, November 22, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.
    Thursday, November 19
    At first glance, people may have a hard time distinguishing Vancouver's Japandroids from Brooklyn's Japanther. Both are stripped-down, two-piece,... More >>
  • Vandaveer
    Friday, November 20, Walnut Room, 303-292-0529.
    Thursday, November 19
    Not to be confused with fellow art-folk group Vetiver, Washington, D.C.'s Vandaveer sports a smokier yet more straightforward sound that feels... More >>
  • Millions of Brazilians
    Thursday, November 19, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.
    Thursday, November 19
    Looking for a shovel to bury the Aughts with? Millions of Brazilians seem happy to oblige; just do us all a favor and throw the band into the... More >>
  • Lust-Cats of he Gutters at the Denver Creative Co-op Studio
    Thursday, November 19
    Playing unvarnished, catchy tunes as though there had never been any interruption in the development of that strain of punk called riot grrrl,... More >>
  • Savoy at the Bluebird
    Thursday, November 19
    So what are they putting in the water up in Boulder these days? First 3OH!3 takes its ridiculous electro-hop shtick and turns into one of the... More >>
  • Aakash Mittal meshes the music of his father's homeland with classic jazz
    Thursday, November 12
    The first thing that struck me, being an American, is that I got off the plane and it was like this different level of chaos that I've never... More >>
  • Xiren hopes to translate his recent radio success into more local notoriety
    Thursday, November 12
    The rest of the country is warming to Xiren. The Denver-based singer, songwriter and guitarist has been performing for almost a decade, and his... More >>
  • The Mars Volta's Ikey Owens stretches his wings in Free Moral Agents
    Thursday, November 12
    Free Moral Agents is an experimental pop band led by Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, who's better known these days for being the live keyboard player in the... More >>
  • Jazzmatazz gives Denver's good musicians a new place to play
    Thursday, November 12
    "Why are there so many jazz musicians in Denver?" asks Page Fraley, a jazz trumpeter himself, rattling off a list of fine musicians who teach... More >>
  • Fresh Breath Committee
    CPR
    Self-released
    Thursday, November 12
    Emerging from an already vibrant hip-hop scene, the aptly dubbed Fresh Breath Committee presents a classic-feeling album filled with fluid... More >>

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Broward - Palm Beach

Julian Marley Performs With Brothers Stephen and Damian at the Arsht Center on Sunday

Some last names in pop culture resonate beyond just celebrity status. They evoke emotions,... More >>

Dallas

Electronic Music Moves Its Way Into Other Genres

Before we (and the rest of the world) start counting down our favorite albums, songs and trends... More >>

Houston

Papa Gangsta

Houston rapper E.S.G.'s evolution from street thug to family man.
There was some construction being done in the front of the house, so maybe someone knocked over... More >>

Kansas City

Exene Cervenka's new solo record, Somewhere Gone, has strong roots in Missouri

Exene Cervenka is a tireless artist, in every sense of the word. She publishes books of her... More >>

Miami

Julian Marley performs with brothers Stephen and Damian at the Arsht Center Sunday

There are some last names in pop culture that resonate beyond just celebrity status. They evoke... More >>

Phoenix

Meet the Chandails: Young, Unpretentious, Scuzzy, and Great

Listening to "Paper Bag," the scuzzy, shuffling opening track from Phoenix-based garage rockers... More >>

San Francisco

Neon Indian’s warm, retro glow

Mapping out a universe of spongy synth leads and canned beats, Texas tinkerer Alan Palomo has... More >>

Seattle

mr. Gnome: His, Hers

A Cleveland duo unveils its Skeleton stew.
Sam Meister was into Portishead and Björk when he started writing music with Nicole... More >>

St. Louis

Weather With You: Elvis Perkins in Dearland continues to bewitch listeners with its second album

Elvis Perkins is driving into Hurricane Ida outside Tallahassee, Florida. Across the scratchy... More >>
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