Subject: Beyonce Knowles

• Poll: Will Denver Embrace Balenciaga's Gold Leggings?

  June 27, 2007

• Ike Turner's Lurid Life and Other Assorted Goodies

  December 17, 2007

• Grammy Suckfest Celebrates Half Century of Lameness

  February 11, 2008

• The Rap-Up: Apostle, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Mos Def, Beyonce

  April 7, 2008

• Friday Rap-Up: Locals Get Radio Play, Foxy Brown, Jay-Z, Beyonce, 50 Cent, Young Buck

  April 11, 2008

• Over the Weekend... Kanye West, Rihanna, N.E.R.D. and Lupe Fiasco @ Pepsi Center

  April 28, 2008

• Delegating Denver #48 of 56: Texas

  June 17, 2008

• Alice Producer Mikey Goldenberg Wants Your Sponsorship

  July 8, 2008

• Annie

  Anniemal (Big Beat Records)

  June 16, 2005

• Friday Rap-Up: ManeLine, Hip-Hop Stars React to Obama win, Shakir Stewart Suicide, Mos Def

  November 7, 2008

• The Fray at the Gothic Theatre

  The Fray Gothic Theatre Tuesday, January 7, 2009 You know you've arrived when you can front-load your set with the hits that you used to save for last, the ones that let you quit your day job. And there they were: three songs into the set, the illustrious "Over My Head (Cable Car)," followed by "How to Save a Life" half a dozen songs later. The set closer these days: the act's current single, "You Found Me," which can also be seen as a testament to the strength of the new material, which is a

  January 7, 2009

• Q&A with Adele

  British singer-songwriter Adele Adkins, who's in town for a sold-out show at the Bluebird Theater tonight, is having a moment. She's been nominated for four Grammy awards, including Song of the Year and Best New Artist, in conjunction with 19, an album named for her age upon the time of its release. But in the following Q&A, conducted for this week's Westword profile, she doesn't put on airs. Indeed, she's consistently funny, boisterous and down to earth enough to admit that she enjoys the tho

  January 22, 2009

• Etta James and The Roots Band

  June 4, 2009

• The Fray covers, uh ... Kanye West?

  Hot on the heels of last week's Valentine's Day challenge in which the Fray reportedly wrote and recorded a love song in 24 hours at the behest of Q Magazine, comes this oddity: Evidently, Isaac Slade and company -- prompted by God only knows what -- recorded a cover of Kanye West's "Heartless" on Radio 1, which he then posted on his blog today (scroll down -- it's toward the bottom of the page). Gotta be honest, didn't see this one coming. Insta-take: far less forced and awkward than the B

  February 17, 2009

• T.I. grabs top spot at Independent Records

  Rapper T.I.'s Grammy-nominated album Paper Trail knocked Bobby Valentino off the number one spot on Independent Records top seller list for the week ending February 22. The Fray moved up to the number two spot from number four, while Lil Wayne and Ludacris still remain in the top ten. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  February 23, 2009

• Best Place to Find a Flirty Frock

  March 25, 2004

• Rie Rie

  May 13, 2004

• Beyoncé

  August 16, 2007

• Tia Fuller Has Sax Appeal

  Find out how this Aurora native wailed her way into Beyonce’s band.

  March 6, 2008

• Wil Key

  February 12, 2009

• Cadillac Records

  Cadillac Records can't handle the truth

  December 4, 2008

• You can leave your (cowboy) hat on at Stampede

  April 16, 2009

• Shakeup in Denver Radio

  Denver radio's getting a shakeup, with more alterations on the horizon. But do any of the switches qualify as improvements?

  March 6, 2008

• Talib Kweli

  Eardrum
  Warner Bros.

  September 6, 2007

• Barricuda's

  Their people make the difference.

  July 19, 2007

• Queens of the Stone Age

  Era Vulgaris
  Interscope

  June 28, 2007

• What a Drag

  Local "ladies" put on a variety show like no other.

  March 9, 2006

• Beatbox Thespians

  March 8, 2007

• Spill

  Fat Tuesday is phat.

  May 10, 2007

• Crisis in Suburbia

  May 3, 2007

• Dreamgirls

  Jennifer Hudson nails it as a well-worn tale struggles to transcend the Ray model.

  December 21, 2006

• Beyoncé

  B¹Day (Sony Urban Music/Columbia)

  September 21, 2006

• Dead on Arrival

  Drop Dead, Gorgeous is kid-tested and mother-approved.

  September 28, 2006

• Hip-Hop Sans Hova

  Still no Jigga, but Kanye, some lovable limeys and a great Beyoncé substitute held it down.

  December 29, 2005

• Listen Up

  Fast reviews of recent releases

  October 20, 2005

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  August 18, 2005

• Destiny's Child

  Tuesday, August 23, Pepsi Center, 303-830-8497.

  August 18, 2005

• Various Artists

  NOW 19 (Capitol)

  August 4, 2005

• Destiny's Child

  Destiny Fulfilled (Sony Urban Music/Columbia)

  November 25, 2004

• Soul School

  After fifteen years of the grind, De La Soul is still schooling folks.

  November 4, 2004

• Pop Quiz

  Not So Melo Fellows
  February 19, 2004

  February 19, 2004

• The Gospel Truth

  Temptations fire up the soul of the South.

  September 18, 2003

• Beyoncé

  Dangerously in Love (Columbia)

  July 10, 2003

• Millennium Madness

  Don't hate them because they're buff, drive BMWs and attract girls like flies. The boys of B2K are OK.

  August 29, 2002

• The Latest Noels

  'Tis the season to rate another avalanche of holiday discs.

  December 13, 2001

• Headlines with a keen grasp of the obvious

  ​Today's Denver Post includes an article topped by the banner "Businesses Like Their Tax Breaks" -- a revelation that few observers would have guessed (unless they were awake and paying attention). Here are ten other similarly shocking headlines: 10. "Most Men Find Angelina Jolie Attractive" 9. "Rush Limbaugh Not Expected to Vote for Obama in 2012" 8. "Getting Punched in the Face Hurts" 7. "There's a Moon in the Sky Called the Moon" (Thanks, B-52's.) 6. "Keith Olbermann Probably Will

  August 11, 2009

• Beyond Playlist: Church of Misery and more

  ​Church of Misery Houses of the Unholy (Rise Above/Metal Blade) The Japanese knack for musical mimicry reaches a new peak on the latest by Church of Misery, which sounds so much like the best hard-rock album from 1975 (or 1985) (or 1995) that listeners can be excused for checking their calendar while it's playing. The band's been around in one configuration or another for fourteen years, and in this case, experience counts. On tracks such as the crazed/brutal opener "Padrino," the scorche

  August 26, 2009

• Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of August 31, 2009

  ​As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.

  September 2, 2009

• Frank E: The takeover continues with Madonna, Lil Wayne and Toni Braxton

  ​We never cease to be impressed with the strides that Colorado producer Frank E continues to make. It's like nonstop! And although he's been producing hits for a nice range of hip-hop artists like Chamillionaire, Plies, T-Pain and Flo-Rida, he's doing the pop thing too. Two singles from pop superstars Madonna and Toni Braxton recently leaked online, both of which Frank E produced. The Madonna song, "Revolver," which also features Lil Wayne, we knew was coming thanks to Madge's announcement her

  September 17, 2009

• Joe King making a name for himself apart from the Fray

  ​Perhaps taking a cue from his pal Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic, who's written and produced songs for an array of top shelf pop acts, including Kelly Clarkson, Beyonce and Leona Lewis, Fray guitarist Joe King is steadily making a name for himself as a burgeoning songwriter in his own right. On the just released self-titled debut of Kris Allen, the winner of last season's American Idol, King co-wrote a track called "Alright with Me," which one critic has already pinpointed as the album's standout

  November 18, 2009