Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette at the Paramount, 10/10/12

ALANIS MORISSETTE @ PARAMOUNT THEATRE | 10/10/12 When Alanis Morissette first appeared at the Paramount last night, she didn't walk so much as float onto the stage, as if delivered by an invisible chariot. With a backing band that seemed too exuberant to believe, the singer whipped her hair as she ... More >>

New Colorado Concerts: Smashing Pumpkins at 1STBANK, Yonder Mountain at Boulder Theater

Smashing Pumpkins leads this week's new show announcements. The '90s alt rock band fronted by Billy Corgan will make its way to Colorado this October for a show at 1STBANK Center. Tickets for the show go on sale this Friday. Yonder Mountain String Band, Aesop Rock, the Faint and Mayer Hawthorne are ... More >>

New Colorado Concerts: Kreayshawn at the Fox, Sleigh Bells at the Boulder Theater and more

See also: - Alanis Morissette, State Radio, Adventure Club and more - Bruce Springsteen, Waka Flocka Flame, Chevelle and more - Gov't Mule two nights in September, Primus in November and more - The Who, New Order, the Script, Minus the Bear, Cursive and more - Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Odd Future ... More >>

New Denver Concerts: Alanis Morissette, State Radio, Adventure Club and more on sale Friday

See also: - Bruce Springsteen, Waka Flocka Flame, Chevelle and more - Gov't Mule two nights in September, Primus in November and more - The Who, New Order, the Script, Minus the Bear, Cursive lead this week's shows - Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Odd Future, Atmosphere and XX lead this week's shows ... More >>

Fiona Apple at the Paramount Theatre, 7/20/12

FIONA APPLE @ the PARAMOUNT THEATRE | 7.20.12Any Fiona Apple concert is a study in contradiction. The audience last night at the Paramount Theatre show was privy to a vast frontier of human emotion, Apple braiding herself in and out of binary worlds, slipping from robust woman in command of a top-sh ... More >>

A tour doc reveals Katy Perry's essential Katy Perry-ness

Review: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros at the Ogden, 3/21/12

EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS @ OGDEN THEATRE | 3/22/12 Fresh off their stint at South By Southwest, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros delivered a strong dose of their tent-revival mania to Denver last night. Strutting a fine line between sunshine hippie cult and televangelist showmanship, ... More >>

Canada Day: Top 5 reasons to blame Canada -- and thank Canada

​Until 1 p.m. today, the Canadian consulate is hosting Canada Day festivities on the 16th Street Mall between Cleveland and Court streets. Which got us to thinking: What is most worth celebrating about Canada? And what deserves a special musical attack from the South Park boys? These probing q ... More >>

Geocities, we miss you. We want you back.

Internetarcheology.com​Our nostalgia for the Internet of old continues this week, as we have recently discovered the Geocities-izer, a way to make any website look and feel just like it used to. Simply put your URL of choice into the this world wide web throwback processor thingy and voilĂ  -- ... More >>

Ladies’ Night

Bad

Bad
Self-released

Eminem's Emwow and five other (potentially) record-selling spoofs

The genius of Vince Offer's sales-pitch send-up of Eminem's Recovery -- and of most parodies, really -- is that it forces the record into a ridiculous context (a thing to "put on your hose," among other uses). And though the video may or may not actually help Marshall Mathers' sales figures, it d ... More >>

Which Canadian artists caused Northwest pilots to zone out for half a continent?

"I'm in the mood for a little Canuck rock. How 'bout you?"​Back in October, the pilots of a Northwest Airlines flight lost radio contact over Denver, and didn't get back in touch until they'd overshot their destination, Minneapolis, by 150 miles. Shortly thereafter, reports surfaced that the j ... More >>

This Just In 9/25-10/1

Out of This World!

Idolicious

Carina Round

Slow Motion Addict
Weapons of Mass Entertainment/Interscope

Flying the Flannel

Mudhoney still has a gift for the fuzz.

The Dan Band

Saturday, August 27, Gothic Theatre, 303-830-8497.

Sound Bites

Her Way

On her new album, and in her movie debut, Shelby Lynne suits herself.

Just One of Those Biopics

The songs are immortal, even if Porter pic isn't.

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Out of the Darkness (veedee Records)

Just One of Those Biopics

The songs are immortal, even if Porter pic isn't.

Monster Smash

Van Helsing explodes monster-movie legends with hip upgrades.

Filter

The Amalgamut (Reprise)

Muzak to My Ears

Elevator music is looking up.

Hunger Strike

Can a non-9/11 benefit album make any noise?

Shelby Lynne

Love, Shelby (Island)

Stop Imagining

Will freedom of expression be the first casualty in the war on terrorism?

Dave Matthews Band

Everyday (RCA)

Ransom Notes

Can one man convince millions of people to pay for their “free” music?

Best place to turn Jagged Little Pillinto a five-dollar bill

Cheapo Discs

Backwash

This young whippersnapper is wise beyond his years.

Matthew Sweet

Matthew Sweet
In Reverse
(Volcano Records)

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The Major and the Minor

A roundup of big-name recordings that live up (or down) to expectations.

Playlist

Letters

Bargain Basement

The Revenge of Guilty Pleasures

Readers come up with their own list of songs that are so bad they're good.

Feedback

Playlist

The Shed Spread

This summer's outdoor-concert season was the weakest in years. Doesn't anyone want to hear music outside anymore?

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Lush Life

Letters

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum As a Forum graduate, I agree with both sides of Steve Jackson's story on Landmark Education Corporation ("It Happens," April 11). I definitely found value in the seminar: The Forum packages their concepts

THE ENVELOPE PLEASE

HERE'S WHAT GRAMMY HOPEFULS SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR.