Blink-182

With No More Wasted Days, Places is enjoying a new phase

The Other F Word is a half-poignant, half-absurd punk-rock-dad doc

Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, December shows by Beats Antique and Pretty Lights were announced. On local radio specialty shows, Veronica, Vices I Admire, INCA and Hazel Miller all got some spins. Meanwhile, at our local record stores, new and re ... More >>

Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, a show at the Paramount Theatre featuring Puscifer was announced, along with a Kulwicki Twins Foundation benefit at the Bluebird Theater in January being headlined by Mudhoney and The Fluid. On local radio specialty ... More >>

Best Denver concert photos of September, 2011

Holy crap, there were a lot of shows this month. It was difficult to pick our favorites of the bunch, especially with big-name acts like Taylor Swift, DMX, Blink 182 and Ke$ha rocking the stages in Colorado. We have so many photos, it's tough to sift through them all, which is why we've hand-selecte ... More >>

Taste of Colorado paints the town -- and the people in it (PHOTOS)

​The perfect weather brought out a perfect crowd to this year's Taste of Colorado, and Westword's Dave Ingraham was there to capture snaps of memorable attendees. And other photogs were equally busy. Check out galleries devoted to Phish, Blink-182, Selena Gomez, Ke$ha and more on our overflowi ... More >>

Review: Blink-182, My Chemical Romance and Rancid at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre, 9/4/11

Blink-182 last night. More photos below.BLINK-182 at COMFORT DENTAL | 9/4/11Seeing Blink-182 live is kind of like viewing a moment suspended in time: The music hasn't changed, and the band's NOFX-knock-off-style masturbation conversations are identical to a decade and a half ago. But consistency is ... More >>

Mile Highlights: This week's concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

Here's what's good in the Mile High City this week: In concert news, TV on the Radio is slated to perform two nights at the Ogden in September, Furthur is making its way back to Colorado for three nights at Red Rocks and blink-182 and My Chemical Romance headline KTCL's Big Gig in September. On lo ... More >>

Left Foot Green

Fun With Vengeance
Self-released

Steel Panther

Friday, December 17, Ogden Theatre, 303-832-1874.

Cops, blackouts, sidewalk sing-a-longs: Hey Monday at the Marquis, 11/12/10

Britt ChesterNo lights, camera, action!​ HEY MONDAY With We Are The In Crowd • the Ready Set • Cartel • This Century 11.12.10 | Marquis Theater If there was any question as to whether this show was sold out, the line snaking past the Gin Mill just before 7 p.m. dispelled any doubts. Ea ... More >>

Greg Graffin of Bad Religion: still straight-edge after all these years

Britt ChesterNo lights, camera, action!​ HEY MONDAY With We Are The In Crowd • the Ready Set • Cartel • This Century 11.12.10 | Marquis Theater If there was any question as to whether this show was sold out, the line snaking past the Gin Mill just before 7 p.m. dispelled any doubts. Ea ... More >>

The Cool Kids on mainstream hip-hop, industry fouls and the misconception about rappers

​ In 2008, the Cool Kids burst out of Chicago with The Bake Sale EP, a ten-track teaser packed with a unique take on modern hip-hop. Part old school Beastie Boys and part EPMD from the future, the Cool Kids bring nothing but the club bangers. Comprised of MCs Sir Michael Rocks and Chuck Ingli ... More >>

Top ten celebrity tweets about Balloon Boy

Simon Pegg's advice for Falcon: Escape! Escape!​ The Twitterspere absolutely exploded yesterday with commentary about accidental-whistle-blowing, Today-show-vomiting Balloon Boy Falcon Heene, with celebrities among the countless thousands exercising their fingers on the topic both before and a ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Ink, Blink, food and drink

Photo by Aaron Thackeray​ You said goodbye to summer with gusto, Denver, with a very ink-y tattoo convention, parties galore, and shows by Blink-182, Ween and Fell. See photos of the festivities at westword.com/slideshow, and reviews of the concerts on the Backbeat blog. And say a little praye ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, September 8 edition

Photo by Aaron ThackerayBlink-182's Tom DeLonge.​Blink and you'll miss it. Today in Backbeat Online: • Over the Weekend: Blink-182 at Fiddler's Green. • Over the Weekend: Fell at Larimer Lounge. • Over the Weekend: Ween at Red Rocks. • Over the Weekend: Warlock Pinchers (almost) reuni ... More >>

Blink-182, Staind, 3 Doors Down shows announced

As previously reported, the recently reunited Blink-182 is hitting the road again for the first time in five years and is making a stop at Fiddler's Green on Sunday, September 6 with Weezer, Taking Back Sunday and Chester French. While reserved tickets, which go on sale Saturday, June 6 at 10 a.m., ... More >>

Last night: Punk Rocks at Red Rocks

Photos by Aaron Thackeray Check out the full slideshow.Punk Rocks: Offspring, Alkaline Trio, The Vandals, Street Dogs, Frontside FiveRed Rocks AmphitheaterThursday, May 28, 2009 Better than: Attending a purported punk festival at the Pepsi Center. It was an unlikely forum for a punk show. Red Rock ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, May 20 edition

Photo by Denny DoesKevin Devine. Let us infotain you. Today in Backbeat Online: • Q&A with Kevin Devine. • This Just In: blink-182 reuninon tour hits Fiddler's in September. • Undercover and underage at LIFEspot. • Seems like old times: Jason Heller back in Westword and Off the Wall return ... More >>

This Just In: blink-182 reuninon tour hits Fiddler's in September

If the date on the band's MySpace page and the press release we received from the publicist of one of the supporting acts is to be believed, blink-182's much ballyhooed reunion tour is slated to make a stop at Fiddler's Green on Sunday, September 6, with Weezer and Taking Back Sunday in tow. To see ... More >>

A first look at Skyfox's new video

By now you've probably heard that Skyfox is among the latest Denver acts to land a record deal, specifically, the group is the most recent addition to the Crappy Records roster -- a completely fitting association if there ever was one. The label is owned in part by Bowling for Soup frontman Jaret Re ... More >>

Live Review: Weezer, Angels & Airwaves and Toyko Police Club at the Broomfield Event Center

By now you've probably heard that Skyfox is among the latest Denver acts to land a record deal, specifically, the group is the most recent addition to the Crappy Records roster -- a completely fitting association if there ever was one. The label is owned in part by Bowling for Soup frontman Jaret Re ... More >>

Sanity Claus

Separating holiday-music gifts from seasonal disorders.

Ken Andrews

Friday, October 12, Walnut Room, 303-292-1700.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of 9/20/2007

The Pleasures of Your Company

These dudes turned late night into prime time.

+44

Wednesday, December 6, Ogden Theatre, 1-866-468-7621.

Vampires of Moscow

Wednesday, December 6, Ogden Theatre, 1-866-468-7621.

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

Phallic Carnage

Dork finally stops dicking around.

Tumble and Flop

Disney's gymnastics routine can't stick its landing.

Stole Your Woman

Sunday, March 12, Gothic Theatre, 303-788-0984.

Prescription

Epoxy Lips Now! (Self-released)

The Beatdown

South by So What? Not this year, thanks to Vaux and other Denver bands.

Various Artists

Original Soundtrack, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Interscope)
Best of Video Game Music: Hits Vol. 1 (Artemis)

Stereotyperider

Prolonging the Inevitable (Suburban Home)

Good Charlotte

The Chronicles of Life and Death (Epic)

Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards

Viking (Hellcat Records)

R.A.V.E. Review

The R.A.V.E. Act could mean trouble for even legitimate promoters.

Backwash

If this summer’s concert season has an encore, we’d rather skip it.

New Found Glory

Sticks and Stones (MCA)

Hot and Bothered

Breaking from the mold of prefabricated punk, Hot Water Music dares to be smart.

Critic's Choice

Alkaline Trio

Critic's Choice

Q and Not U

The Vandals

Look What I Almost Stepped In (Nitro)

New Bomb Turks

Nightmare Scenario
(Epitaph)

For the Record

MDFMK's Sascha Konietzko on controversy, scapegoating and Columbine.

Modern-Day Calvinism

How a small band of insurgents led by K Records co-founder Calvin Johnson helped fashion a punk revolution.

Sublime's Legacy

The Long Beach Dub All Stars carry on in the wake of Sublime vocalist Bradley Nowell's death.