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Here's what we're all listening to right now. What's rocking your world this week?

As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it's not surprising that the most common (and favorite) topic of conversation among us is the same: "What are you listening to right now?" Stick a quarter in us, and, boy, wouldn't you know it, off we go, on and on about t ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Andy and Kinsey Hamilton built Houses together with some friends

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

Amphibious Jones

Toad Tavern

Almost Famous

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

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

New Ancient Astronauts

Astronautilus
Self-released

Big Timber

Larimer Lounge

Nationalistic 2005

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

Who Needs Sturgis?

Thunder in the Rockies is ready to exhaust riders.

In Da Club

Hollywood Legends

Westword Music Showcase 2004

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

The Home Team

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

Squeezin' the Cheese

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

The Oblivion Express

Comeback attempts by acts that should just go away.

Star Hustlers

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

Now They're Cooking

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