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Blue Oyster Cult

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2012

    Jon Schaffer of Iced Earth: "The chemistry in the band is better than it's ever been"

    Iced Earth (due tonight at Summit Music Hall) came out of the rich heavy metal scene in Tampa Bay, Florida in the late '80s. At a time when melodic heavy metal, especially the glam variety, was on the wane, Iced Earth came in with the wave of metal that produced a melodic speed metal as well as the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2012

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

    GHOST @ 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. But that enthusiasm was rewarded when the strains of "Masked Ball" by Jocelyn Pook came over the P.A., with its reversed Romania ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Ghost's Ghoul With No Name: "We want to do that whole Halloween thing with a major twist"

    Ghost (due tonight at the Marquis Theater) is a metal band from Sweden that might also be considered a bit of a performance art troupe. With one member dressed as the Satanic counterpart to the Pope and the other five as hooded, essentially faceless acolytes, all decked out in reverse Christian symb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2011

    Review: Dwarves and Nashville Pussy at the Bluebird, 9/23/11

    Tom MurphyBlag Dahlia of Dwarves crowd surfing to the back of the BluebirdThere were no costumes on stage until near the end when some silly fan got up with a shirt over his head like some low-rent imitation of HeWhoCannotBeNamed and sang into the mic. And yet somehow The Dwarves created a spectacle ... More >>

  • Music

    April 21, 2011

    As a "middle-aged punk-rocker," Mike Watt truly is a Hyphenated-Man

    Tom MurphyBlag Dahlia of Dwarves crowd surfing to the back of the BluebirdThere were no costumes on stage until near the end when some silly fan got up with a shirt over his head like some low-rent imitation of HeWhoCannotBeNamed and sang into the mic. And yet somehow The Dwarves created a spectacle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    A first look at Adam Baumeister of Bad Weather California's warped Aerosmith video trilogy

    ​Remember in the '90s when Aerosmith was really old, but somehow still popular? Adam Baumeister of Bad Weather California is helping us all relive those days with a trilogy of re-worked videos from the Get A Grip-era. Only he's made these gratuitously awkward scenes actually tolerable by setti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Jace Lasek of Besnard Lakes explains the recuring spy theme across his band's albums

    ​ Coming from roughly the same Montreal scene that produced bands like the Dears, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Stars, the Besnard Lakes recorded with members of those bands on its Polaris Prize-nominated 2007 album, The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse, at singer/guitarist Jace Lasek's Bre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Ready to get your ass kicked at Knowcase?

    ​The Westword Music Knowcase, that all-music pub quiz we conned Geeks Who Drink into creating so we could kick some asses, is shaping up awesomely -- for us. We've got word that some of the best music minds in Denver are coming to play. Too bad for the rest of you losers they're all playing on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of December 7, 2009

    ​As music critics -- and people who generally think about, talk about, listen to and make music -- the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to right now?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation. For t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2009

    Mile High Music Fest Live Reviews: Day Two

    Brian Landis Folkins See photos of the day's fans and crowds on the slideshow page. We're back for Day 2, which looks to be shaping up a little hotter, and not just because of HoneyHoney's frontwoman (above). Check back throughout the day for more photos and reviews. For coverage from Day One, se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2009

    Q&A with Mike Watt

    Mike Watt is most certainly a man whose thoughts cannot be expressed in a mere 500 or so words. Needless to say, this week's Rough Mixes entry only highlighted excerpts of our recent conversation with punk's elder statesman. While on tour supporting his newest punk rock opera "Hyphenated Man" and in ... More >>

  • Music

    April 30, 2009

    Andy and Kinsey Hamilton built Houses together with some friends

    Mike Watt is most certainly a man whose thoughts cannot be expressed in a mere 500 or so words. Needless to say, this week's Rough Mixes entry only highlighted excerpts of our recent conversation with punk's elder statesman. While on tour supporting his newest punk rock opera "Hyphenated Man" and in ... More >>

  • Music

    January 15, 2009

    Meet Littles Paia, the wizard of awesome re-scored videos

    Mike Watt is most certainly a man whose thoughts cannot be expressed in a mere 500 or so words. Needless to say, this week's Rough Mixes entry only highlighted excerpts of our recent conversation with punk's elder statesman. While on tour supporting his newest punk rock opera "Hyphenated Man" and in ... More >>

  • Music

    May 22, 2008

    Amphibious Jones

    Toad Tavern

  • Home Entertainment

    December 13, 2007

    Almost Famous

    It's never been easier to start your own (fake) band.

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2007

    Last Night: Vonnegut, The Frequent Sea and Stars of Track and Field @ hi-dive

    It's never been easier to start your own (fake) band.

  • Music

    September 13, 2007

    New Ancient Astronauts

    Astronautilus
    Self-released

  • Music

    December 14, 2006

    Big Timber

    Larimer Lounge

  • Music

    December 22, 2005

    Nationalistic 2005

    The rest of the planet generated some good CDs this year, too.

  • Calendar

    September 1, 2005

    Who Needs Sturgis?

    Thunder in the Rockies is ready to exhaust riders.

  • Music

    July 1, 2004

    In Da Club

    Hollywood Legends

  • News

    June 24, 2004

    Westword Music Showcase 2004

    Fifty bands. Ten stages. Five bucks. Be there.

  • Music

    January 2, 2003

    The Home Team

    Local artists put out a wealth of good music this year. Step right up and read all about it.

  • Music

    December 19, 2002

    Squeezin' the Cheese

    Accordion duo Samsonite and Delight-Ya polkatize rock and roll.

  • Music

    May 27, 1999

    The Oblivion Express

    Comeback attempts by acts that should just go away.

  • News

    March 4, 1999

    Star Hustlers

    With the imminent release of The Phantom Menace, Fantastic Media prepares to blast off.

  • Music

    December 11, 1997

    Now They're Cooking

    With the imminent release of The Phantom Menace, Fantastic Media prepares to blast off.

  • News

    October 23, 1997

    Letters

    With the imminent release of The Phantom Menace, Fantastic Media prepares to blast off.

  • Music

    January 30, 1997

    Feedback

    With the imminent release of The Phantom Menace, Fantastic Media prepares to blast off.

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