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The Matador gets its liquor license -- and could soon be pouring tequila on West 32nd Avenue

The Matador is moving into the original home of Heidi's Deli, at 3496 West 32nd Avenue. But not as quickly as it had wanted to. Initially, the Seattle-based Tex-Mex chain had hoped to open its eighth location (there are four in the Seattle area, two in Portland and one in Boise) by Cinco de Mayo -- ... More >>

You can't hate everything: How Treefort Music Fest changed my mind about music festivals

Before I explain why last weekend's Treefort Music Fest was amazing, I have to say that I hate big/corporate/non-DIY music festivals. Most of those events are just a bloated excuse for bloggers, record-label people and other industry assholes like myself to get drunk in public for days on end, while ... More >>

Animal Collective Denver show postponed

Bad news for Animal Collective fans. We just received word that the band will not be coming to Denver as planned this Friday, March 22. The reason: Avey Tare (aka David Portner) is suffering from a severe case of strep throat and is unable to perform. No word yet on when the date will be rescheduled ... More >>

The Postal Service at Red Rocks on May 30, presale tickets on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m.

Brace yourself, my aging hipster friend: If you haven't heard, your favorite band from nearly a decade ago is back together and playing shows again. While the Coachella date is the one that got everybody hyperventilating, the Postal Service's tour actually kicks off a few days earlier in Reno. After ... More >>

Troy Guard's latest gives people what they want: fun on a bun

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UMS 2012: Bad Weather California delivers an old-fashioned rock show

See Also: People of UMS 2011 Kicked off the first day of UMS by catching Bad Weather California in a very humid 3 Kings Tavern. People were packed in pretty tight in the middle of the room and mostly on the flanks. BWC played a loose, relaxed set like the guys had a group meeting beforehand and all ... More >>

Youth Lagoon's Trevor Powers: "A lot of happy stuff is cheesy to me. When there are bands that are pure happy all the time, I don't believe it."

See Also: Tonight: Youth Lagoon at the Bluebird The best SXSW music 2012 The worst SXSW music 2012 Youth Lagoon (due tonight at the Bluebird Theater) began as the solo project of Trevor Powers, who first started making music while still in high school, and whose early recordings caught the attentio ... More >>

The Melvins counting on Denver to help them earn a spot in the Guinness World Records book

On Wednesday, September 12, you'll have a chance to become part of history and help the Melvins weasel their way into the Guinness World Records book, which they hope to do by playing shows in all fifty states plus one in the District of Columbia in just 51 days. One can only imagine what sparked th ... More >>

Prime Element hits the road with Sweatshop Union and then joins Vans Warped Tour

Prime Element is hitting the road this week, bringing its classic Colorado hip-hop style to the rest of the country. This Friday, the group joins Sweatshop Union for several dates as it kicks off its summer tour in Boise, Idaho, and then throughout the rest of the summer, beginning with the upcoming ... More >>

The Fray at Red Rocks Saturday, May 12: Second show just added. Tix on sale next Friday

The Fray just confirmed another show at Red Rocks. Quincy Magoo probably could've seen that coming, eh? Even less surprising: The date of the second show is Saturday, May 12, the night after the first Red Rocks date -- that is, assuming that Sir Isaac Slade isn't mixing it up with Killers frontman B ... More >>

The Poop Fairy program expands to Boise

Video: Rachel Maddow (and Boise, Idaho) rescoop Jeffco's Poop Fairy campaign

As we reported in Off Limits this week, MSNBC pundit Rachel Maddow highlighted Jefferson County's infamous "There Is No Poop Fairy" public-service campaign campaign again last week. The county created the PSA last summer as a way to remind people who used the county's parks and open spaces to pick u ... More >>

The Lumineers debut full-length due out on Dualtone on April 3

On the heels of rounding a list of the 20 Best New Bands of 2011 compiled by Paste Magazine, The Lumineers have announced plans to release their debut full-length on Dualtone Records, the imprint that's currently home to a half-dozen other artists including Brett Dennen and Guy Clark. While the self ... More >>

The Fray at Red Rocks on Friday, May 11

Update (2/7/12): Isaac Slade and Joe King give a track-by-track breakdown of Scars & Stories, the Fray's new album. On the eve of releasing their third full-length album, Scars and Stories and almost exactly a year after playing at Invesco with U2, the Fray has announced plans to return to Red Rock ... More >>

The Fray posts "The Fighter," another track from new album

​Just before the holidays, the Fray offered another peek of its upcoming album, Scars & Stories, the follow-up to the act's eponymous sophomore release from 2009. While the record's first single, "Heartbeat," debuted this past October and has already charted, the Denver-based quartet recently ... More >>

John Vasquez, Marie Marone allegedly stabbed disabled woman to death for the thrill of it

Big pics below.​The arrest affidavit pertaining to John Vasquez and Marie Marone is one of the most chilling documents you're ever likely to read -- which is appropriate given that their busts may finally close an eleven-year-old cold case. The allegation: that the couple killed a disabled wom ... More >>

Kyle Morton of Typhoon on Nabokov, inspiration and Tender Loving Empire

Founded in Salem, Oregon in 2005, Typhoon (due tonight at the hi-dive with Lord Huron and Sour Boy Bitter Girl) started out as a recording project but quickly evolved into a sprawling live project with over ten members. Two years into its time together, the act essentially went on hiatus before be ... More >>

Bad Weather California to join the Meat Puppets on summer tour

Cory GustasonThis morning, we shared the unfortunate news that Bad Weather California won't be performing at this year's Westword Music Showcase. While this is most certainly sad news for us, it's great news for the band, who will instead be joining Meat Puppets for a string of West Coast tour date ... More >>

Social networking: Denver ranked 3rd in U.S. by Men's Health (eat our hashtags, Portland!)

​Congratulations, Denver: You have officially been swallowed up whole by the Matrix. Men's Health recently came out with its list of the country's most socially networked cities, and Denver, of all places, came in third. Do we get a prize for this? Like a new FarmVille animal or something?

Jail Cell defecator Abram Boise avoided smearing poop all over Telluride

Holding it. ​Being a reality TV standby best known for getting kicked off his first gig on MTV's Road Rules: South Pacific for attacking a black co-star with widely speculated racist motivations is not exactly the most admirable thing to be known for, but this weekend, Abram Boise managed to s ... More >>

Sh*tty connection between Durango feces spitter Paul Kausalik and MTV bad boy Abram Boise

Big pics below.​It's as if the planets suddenly came into alignment -- but in a truly disgusting way. Yes, friends, we bring you two, count 'em, two thoroughly repulsive stories with Colorado connections involving jails and shit. Paul Kausalik and Abram Boise, come on down!

Today in Stoke: Backcountry Film Festival tonight at Neptune Mountaineering

​The Winter Wildlands Alliance brings its Backcountry Film Festival tour to Boulder's Neptune Mountaineering (633 South Broadway) tonight at 8 p.m.

Boldtype tapped to open Guttermouth tour

​Hey, what do you know? Performing at the Showcase can actually be beneficial to your career. Well, so to speak. In a roundabout way, playing at the Showcase helped the men of Boldtype land an opening slot on the upcoming Guttermouth tour. Well, it sealed the deal, anyway. We'll let drummer Ma ... More >>

Tennis explains how it all began, share personal, ocean-themed letter, announce tour dates

​By now, its no secret: Tennis was born out of months at sea, after which newlyweds Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley came home and made and record. A whirlwind of interest in the band and a deal with Fat Possum Records followed, and now the duo is readying the release of its debut, Cape Dory, i ... More >>

The Chain Gang of 1974 attracts a fair bit of notice at this year's CMJ

Luca Venter​After spending the better part of the past couple years touring with 3OH!3's as a sideman, Kamtin Mohager stepped away from his hired gun duties earlier this year, which has enabled him to focus all of his attention solely on cultivating his own band, the Chain Gang of 1974. To tha ... More >>

Margot and the Nuclear So and So's to tour in support of Buzzard, forthcoming new record

​Ah, yes, what a splendid birthday present (okay, it isn't exactly our birthday, but close enough). It seems one of our favorite bands, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, a group we've long been smitten with since first making its acquaintance at South Park some years ago, has a new album slate ... More >>

Q&A with Eric Gilbert of Finn Riggins

​Eric Gilbert, Lisa Simpson and Cam Bouiss formed Finn Riggins in the small town of Hailey, Idaho, in August of 2006. Since that time, the band has put out five releases. Three of those albums were released on the Portland, Oregon-based Tender Loving Empire label including the act's latest, Vs. Wi ... More >>

For Built to Spill's Doug Martsch, music is a different kind of hoop dream

Update: Cephalic Carnage tours with Mayhem

Update: More shows added, see full list of dates after the jump. In news that's sure to have local metal fans googling airfare before they even finishing reading this post, we just learned that Cephalic Carnage has been tapped to support Mayhem's upcoming North American tour, fittingly dubbed Blacke ... More >>

Breathe Carolina premiers new video, tours until the end of time

Breathe Carolina, a band that tours so often these days that it almost doesn't seem like a Denver band anymore (seriously, with the exception of April and May, the act is going to be on the road from now until at least the end of August; check out the list of tour dates on the next page), recently p ... More >>

Any way you slice it, Brooklyn M.C.'s Pizzeria is the taste of home

A Trip to Brooklyn -- Via Brooklyn M.C.'s Pizzeria

Shmuck of the Week

DeVotchKa on NPR's All Songs Considered and Conan

Looking for Larry #3

Larry Craig Shlepped Here!

Sex marks the spot at these DIA bathrooms.

Delegating Denver #16 of 56: Idaho

How far would you go for a Violet Crumble candy bar?

How far would you go for a Violet Crumble candy bar?

Pushing the Rock

With his hoop dreams quashed, Doug Martsch is back in the game.

Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard

34 Colorado locations

Food, Glorious Food

Denver chefs take a bite of the Big Apple.

Ahead by a Nose

Crazy Asian Cafe cast a smell on me.

Tin Men

Tintin packs an epic, spacious sound into a modest frame.

Nick of Time

Between Mondo Generator and Queens of the Stone Age, Nick Oliveri has the schedule from hell -- and he loves making it worse.

Business Class

Trinity Grille still has the feel -- and the food -- of a men's club.

Best New Kitsch Landmark

The Delicate Arch

Critic's Choice

Caustic Resin

Plugging In to D.C.

How Washington lobbyists--and some politicians--cash in on Colorado's local governments.

Hate State Sets New Record: 365 Days of Rage!