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  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    Scissor Sisters share a "Shady Love" with Azealia Banks, plus a breakdown of the charts

    "Shady Love": the grimiest, dirtiest pop song yet of 2012. And it's by the Scissor Sisters.​The Scissor Sisters have two incarnations: campy, carefree guitar-driven band, as was the case for early cuts like "Take Your Mama" and "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'," and a new, more hedonistic synth band ... More >>

  • Music

    January 5, 2012

    Music fan's "Drake" tattoo takes celebrity worship to a new level

    "Shady Love": the grimiest, dirtiest pop song yet of 2012. And it's by the Scissor Sisters.​The Scissor Sisters have two incarnations: campy, carefree guitar-driven band, as was the case for early cuts like "Take Your Mama" and "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'," and a new, more hedonistic synth band ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Mudhoney, Cattle Decapitation, the Wailers and more this weekend

    Sub Pop / Shawn BrackbillCatch Mudhoney tonight at the Bluebird for the Kulwicki Twins benefit with the Fluid and the Purple Fluid​Even in the early part of January when the concert calendar is typically just barely beginning to ramp back up after the holiday season, there's still plenty of gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Black Keys: "Rock & Roll is dying because of Nickelback"

    Make no mistake, Patrick Carney of the Black Keys (right) does not listen to Nickelback.​Despite the pointed assertion of Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney that rock music is dying because of Nickelback, the genre still appears to be selling quite well. Granted, not quite as well as hip-hop or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Dear Diary: Why won't this ska boy notice me? Where is my Nirvana shirt? I have nothing to wear!

    Actual cover of my actual diary.​Once upon a time in the '90s, I was not the cool blogger I am now. I was just like any other teenager, barely existing on the Internet (save for being a third, observational party to my best friend's chat-room adventures) and living out my writing dreams as a r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    The Fray posts "The Fighter," another track from new album

    ​Just before the holidays, the Fray offered another peek of its upcoming album, Scars & Stories, the follow-up to the act's eponymous sophomore release from 2009. While the record's first single, "Heartbeat," debuted this past October and has already charted, the Denver-based quartet recently ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Mid-Winter Punk Film Festival kicks off on 2/2

    The Day the Country Died kicks off the festival on February 2.​Those looking for a little rowdy cinema to warm up those dreary final months of the season, should look no further than Growler Distro's Mid-Winter Punk Film Festival, which features only the most hardcore selection of underground ... More >>

  • Music

    January 12, 2012

    Fitz & the Tantrums

    Sunday, January 15, Ogden Theatre, 1-888-929-7849.

  • Culture

    January 12, 2012

    Now Showing

    Sunday, January 15, Ogden Theatre, 1-888-929-7849.

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Theater is the new movies: Join Cult Following at the Jones Theatre tonight

    ​ Deep in the bowels of the Denver Performing Arts Complex lies the mysterious little Jones Theatre, which sits on the backside of the complex like an afterthought. But what goes on in there? For one, there's Cult Following, a monthly improv-based (but not exactly) performance serial with this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Jerry Grilly to retire as president and CEO of the Denver Post

    Jerry Grilly.​Jerry Grilly, the president and CEO of the Denver Post, is retiring -- and not for the first time. Grilly had been lured back to the Post three years ago, shortly after the closure of the Rocky Mountain News, which ended the joint operating agreement that yoked the two papers. I ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 29, 2011

    Jurassic Parts

    Jerry Grilly.​Jerry Grilly, the president and CEO of the Denver Post, is retiring -- and not for the first time. Grilly had been lured back to the Post three years ago, shortly after the closure of the Rocky Mountain News, which ended the joint operating agreement that yoked the two papers. I ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2012

    I'm Your Puppet

    Jerry Grilly.​Jerry Grilly, the president and CEO of the Denver Post, is retiring -- and not for the first time. Grilly had been lured back to the Post three years ago, shortly after the closure of the Rocky Mountain News, which ended the joint operating agreement that yoked the two papers. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Look out, Gaga: Madonna's back to get all the "Luvin'" with a potent new drug called M.D.N.A.

    Madonna could push Lady Gaga to the backburner this year, with a new album called M.D.N.A.​Forget Tim Tebow. From now until at least the day after the Superbowl, everyone's going to be talking about another figure in pop culture who had the religion thing down pat long before Tebow did: Madonn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Andrew W.K. in Denver at Bluebird on 3/20

    Aaron ThackerayDon't miss the photos from our day in the life of Andrew W.K. at the Warped Tour in 2010.​Grab your party shoes, kids. Andrew W.K. is coming back to Denver. In honor of the ten year anniversary of I Get Wet (hands up if you can believe it's already been a decade since dude first ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    R.I.P. Etta James

    RIP Etta James, the Genuine Article indeed.​A definitive, earnest and passionate voice in the history of American pop music has gone silent today. Legendary R&B chanteuse Etta James died this morning at the age of 73 in Riverdale, California, reportedly from complications tied to leukemia. Alo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Photo: It looks like the wait for Book of Mormon tickets was worth it

    Javid RezvaniFrom left to right, Edith Hulings, 22, Emily Westfall, 22, Gina Pierotti, 27, and Allison Haraminau, 30, were excited to be off on their different ways, knowing that they had each secured their tickets to see The Book of Mormon.The online rush to buy tickets for The Book of Mormon nearl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Review: Brad Paisley at the Pepsi Center, 1/21/12

    Eric GruneisenBrad Paisley last night at the Pepsi Center.BRAD PAISLEY @ THE PEPSI CENTER | 1/21/12 It's about three-quarters of the way through "Waiting on a Woman" during Brad Paisley's blues-inflected lead that you arrive at a startling realization, a conclusion that many other far more astute f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    It's Canned Craft Beer Day! Celebrate with Star Bar or by toasting Ska Brewing

    ​Update: The Cheeky Monk is also celebrating Canned Craft Beer Day at its Colfax and Westminster locations. Try two canned beers from Belgium, Wittekerke and Bavik Pils ($5), along with Maui Coconut Porter, Avery IPA and Ska True Blonde ($4). The canned craft beer revolution began ten years a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    60 Minutes in Space: Museum of Nature andScience has an out-of-this-world new series

    ​ What do you get when you combine a super-massive black hole, an eight-year-old Mars Rover, uncharted planets...and a couple of geniuses? 60 Minutes in Space, which debuts at 7 p.m. tonight in the Gates Planetarium at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

  • Culture

    January 26, 2012

    Now Showing

    ​ What do you get when you combine a super-massive black hole, an eight-year-old Mars Rover, uncharted planets...and a couple of geniuses? 60 Minutes in Space, which debuts at 7 p.m. tonight in the Gates Planetarium at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2012

    Turning Japanese

    ​ What do you get when you combine a super-massive black hole, an eight-year-old Mars Rover, uncharted planets...and a couple of geniuses? 60 Minutes in Space, which debuts at 7 p.m. tonight in the Gates Planetarium at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2012

    Writing on the Wall

    ​ What do you get when you combine a super-massive black hole, an eight-year-old Mars Rover, uncharted planets...and a couple of geniuses? 60 Minutes in Space, which debuts at 7 p.m. tonight in the Gates Planetarium at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Bill Stevenson of Descendents: "Maybe it's just all of our fans are paying us back for some good music we've given them "

    Chapman BaehlerDescendents Descendents (due tomorrow night at the Fillmore Auditorium) didn't exactly invent pop punk, but the band's musical influence can be heard throughout that movement whether latter day poppy punk bands know it or not. Starting in 1978, Descendents were early compatriots of w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2012

    Review: Ghost at Marquis Theater, 1/27/12

    Action PRGhostGHOST @ MARQUIS THEATER | 1/27/12Even before Ghost took stage, people started chanting for the band, which was interesting considering this is the outfit's first big tour.

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Reader: The Book of Mormon is going to be the hottest ticket this summer...if you're a scalper

    Jumping for joy over The Book of Mormon tickets.​People are still comparing notes on how long they tried to log on to buy tickets for The Book of Mormon when they were available for a few brief hours on Sunday, January 22. Those who gave up on technology and simply went to the ticket windows a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Impossible Winterbourne's unsanctioned public art goes steampunk

    Photo by Impossible WinterbourneSteamBot, outside Bicycle Cafe​The Impossible Winterbourne, a Denver artist, doesn't consider himself a "street artist" because his art isn't limited to the streets. But like street artists, Winterbourne's installations appear quietly, waiting to be noticed. He' ... More >>

  • Music

    February 2, 2012

    In the Whale

    Cake
    Self-released

  • Culture

    February 2, 2012

    Now Showing

    Cake
    Self-released

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2012

    Hand-Painted China

    Cake
    Self-released

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Weekend's best live bets: Ryan Adams, Lotus and more

    David BlackCatch Ryan Adams tonight at the Temple Buell. What's a little snow? Blizzard schmizzard. There's too much great music this weekend to stay at home. There's Ryan Adams at the Temple Buell, Lotus at the Fillmore (with Denver's own Octopus Nebula opening up), Cass McCombs at the hi-dive, Dr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Top 5 greatest Super Bowl halftime shows

    ​Judging by the voluminous groans echoing across the country, word is spreading that Madonna will be headlining the Super Bowl halftime show, alongside Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. Coincidentally, ahem, both women are featured on Madonna's new single, "Give Me All Your Luvin'," the video of which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Video: Madonna's"Give Me All Your Luvin'" with Nicki Minaj and M.I.A as cheerleaders

    Madonna wants all your L-U-V in the video for new single "Give Me All Your Luvin'."​Madonna's "Give Me All Your Luvin'" video, which premiered only hours ago on her YouTube channel, is proof perfect that she is still the Queen of Pop. The song itself isn't particularly innovative. It's instant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    The Innkeepers director Ti West doesn't try to be subversive, really

    This is what happens when you go into the basement of an old haunted hotel in New England.At only 31 years old, filmmaker Ti West has quickly made a name for himself by challenging audience expectations and assumptions about the horror film genre with movies like 2009's the House of the Devil. His l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Journalism Plus: There is a future for journalism at CU-Boulder after all

    ​I'm three weeks an intern for Westword, and with each day, I'm made more aware of the strengths (and the pitfalls) of my journalism education at CU-Boulder. Nothing scares me more than joining my older brother in his misery caused by the mania surrounding this economic downturn. "Good luck fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Celebrate the life of J. Dilla at Beauty Bar on Tuesday night

    ​Celebrating the life and legacy of J Dilla, the super producer from Detroit, has become a yearly occurrence since his passing from Lupus in 2007. Started by New York DJ Dee Phunk, the Donuts are Forever parties have been going strong for the past five years. Recent Denver transplant, audio en ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Madonna upstaged by M.I.A. and Cee Lo Green during the Super Bowl halftime show

    Cee Lo Green outsings Madonna during the "Like A Prayer" portion of the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show.​Forget the New York Giants and Eli Manning. The true winner of yesterday's Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis was pop music. Heralded in by Queen Madonna herself, the halftime show was truly an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Sounds of Blackness: J Dilla

    Happy birthday, J Dilla!​Ah, J Dilla. His influence and production style brought forth beatmakers carrying their backpacks filled with treasures from the basement into the mainstream. Even more so after his death. A cult-like following surrounds his legacy. Born James Dewitt Yancey in February ... More >>

  • Music

    February 9, 2012

    Bon Iver's Grammy nomination doesn't change the Grammys

    Happy birthday, J Dilla!​Ah, J Dilla. His influence and production style brought forth beatmakers carrying their backpacks filled with treasures from the basement into the mainstream. Even more so after his death. A cult-like following surrounds his legacy. Born James Dewitt Yancey in February ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 9, 2012

    Now Playing

    Happy birthday, J Dilla!​Ah, J Dilla. His influence and production style brought forth beatmakers carrying their backpacks filled with treasures from the basement into the mainstream. Even more so after his death. A cult-like following surrounds his legacy. Born James Dewitt Yancey in February ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 9, 2012

    Now Showing

    Happy birthday, J Dilla!​Ah, J Dilla. His influence and production style brought forth beatmakers carrying their backpacks filled with treasures from the basement into the mainstream. Even more so after his death. A cult-like following surrounds his legacy. Born James Dewitt Yancey in February ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Jay-Z's come a long way from the Marcy Projects

    ​What do you know about Jay-Z? Born Shawn Corey Carter in December 1969, the Brooklyn corner boy from the Marcy Housing Projects, who used to flip kilos of coke as fast as he flipped rhymes, turned his life of trial and tragedy into one of triumph and success, making a ton of money and marryin ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2012

    Beyond the Snowman

    ​What do you know about Jay-Z? Born Shawn Corey Carter in December 1969, the Brooklyn corner boy from the Marcy Housing Projects, who used to flip kilos of coke as fast as he flipped rhymes, turned his life of trial and tragedy into one of triumph and success, making a ton of money and marryin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    The 54th Grammys: who will win (Adele) and who won't (Lady Gaga)

    Anticipate Adele to sweep the Grammys this year, leaving Lady Gaga and Katy Perry in her wake.​From power pop to power ballads, rock anthems to rap staples, the nominees of the 54th Grammy Awards, which airs this Sunday night, sees no dearth of great music. There's little doubt that it will be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Harry Tuft on being inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame

    ​Harry Tuft, slated to be inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame this Sunday, February 12, opened the Denver Folklore Center in 1962 and started promoting concerts a few years later, bringing in Joan Baez to Denver for the first time in 1964 and later bringing her to Red Rocks. In the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Van Halen video: David Lee Roth interviews Eddie and Alex Van Halen

    ​Here's something odd: After all of these years of being Van Halen fans, this is the first time we can remember hearing Eddie Van Halen's voice. It sounds quite a bit different from how we imagined. Same goes for his brother, Alex Van Halen, for that matter. Guess the pair let the music do the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Review: Greensky Bluegrass at the Bluebird Theater, 2/8/12

    Nick CallaioGreensky Bluegrass last night at the Bluebird Theater. GREENSKY BLUEGRASS @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 2/8/12 Greensky Bluegrass played two sets of organic, roots-oriented bluegrass for a packed Bluebird crowd. With more than a decade under its belt and about seven years of consistently tourin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Meet Su Charles, the latest American Idol hopeful from Denver

    Dave HerreraIs Su Charles the next American Idol?​Denver, meet Su Charles (aka SuCh), the latest American Idol hopeful from our city. Aside from having an exceptional voice, Charles has quite an inspiring story. The child of Haitian immigrants, Charles was born in Boston to pastor and a school ... More >>

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