Bloodshot Records

Is Parental Advisory sticker still being affixed to albums these days? If so, how effective is it? Actually, was it ever effective?

​ "Parental Advisory. Explicit Content." Remember that little sticker? The little black and white one that used to rest in the corner of only the most bad-ass of cassette tapes? The first albums I remember seeing with this warning were Danzig's self titled album, Soundgarden's Louder than ... More >>

Busted Up

' Til Death Do Us Part

Kirk Rundstrom refuses to go gently into that good night.

Cordero

Saturday, May 6, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007; Sunday, May 7, Trilogy Wine Bar, Boulder, 303-473-9463.

Down-Home Delights

Ten of the best from Nashville and elsewhere.

Robbie Fulks

Friday, July 8, Bender's Tavern, 303-861-7070.

Scars and Bars

Hell-raiser and one-man band Scott H. Biram lays the hammer down.

Split Lip Rayfield

Saturday, February 5, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Lip Service

Grazing in the bluegrass, Split Lip Rayfield keeps pickin' and grinnin'.

Making Radio Waves

Ira Glass tapes in Denver

Kelly's Heroes

Kelly Hogan takes great songs by great artists and makes them her own.

A Special Case

Neko Case has yet to make the Opry, but her reputation as a new country pioneer is grand.

Backwash

A wake of high decibels.

Backwash

We remember the Alamo, but South by Southwest is now a blissful blur.

Country Breakdown

Robbie Fulks may not be a radical, but he has definitely changed the face of good ol'-fashioned C&W.

Backwash

Internet interest at CMJ Music Marathon 2000

Ryan Adams

Heartbreaker (Bloodshot Records)

Chris Mills

Kiss It Goodbye
(Sugar Free Records)

Phil Lee

The Mighty King Of Love
(Shanachie)

Honky-Tonkin'

Two-steppin' through a slew of recent country releases.

Playlist

Poor Little Knitter on the Road and Quasi

Playlist

The Soundies of Yesteryear

The music that time forgot is in a warehouse in Colorado Springs.

Everything Old Is New Again

The Old 97's aren't country rockers. They're country punks.

Westword Music '96 Awards Showcase

1 night, 5 bucks, 7 venues, 39 bands Sunday, September 22 6 P.M.-1A.M. in LoDo