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  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Leonard Cohen, Big Gigantic, Big K.R.I.T. and Thurston Moore lead this week's new shows

    A lot of big concert news this week. Really big. Emphasis on big, both in stature and some literally in name: Leonard Cohen is coming back to Colorado this fall for a date at the 1STBANK Center. Before that, though, Big Gigantic is slated to make its Red Rocks debut in September, Big K.R.I.T. will b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Chris Hrasky of Explosions in the Sky: "We still basically feel like we're amateurs who are still kind of figuring out what we're doing"

    Explosions in the Sky (due tonight at the Boulder Theater) is an instrumental rock band based out of Austin, Texas. For the last thirteen years, the quartet has been creating a kind of anthemic, instrumental guitar rock that sparkles with impressionistic melodies building to a cathartic apex, not un ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Nicole Barille of mr. Gnome: "Between two people, it can fall apart at any second, and that's kind of the fun about it"

    mr. Gnome (due tonight at the Hi-Dive) tours more than most bands. The act's music is often dubbed with the umbrella term "psychedelic." But clearly this Cleveland-based duo isn't really trying to sound like another psychedelic band. From the way Nicole Barille and Sam Meister present themselves in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    Ryan Miller accused of killing teacher Andrea Roan, Richard Leavitt charged as accessory (33)

    While a three-year-old's shooting of a five-year-old may have been the holiday season's most shocking violent death, it was hardly the only one. Another tragic incident involved elementary school teacher Andrea Roan, who was allegedly slain by Ryan Miller, her estranged boyfriend, with Richard Leavi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    UMS Travelogue: Mercuria and the Gem Stars, Zebroids, Bad Luck City, Piña Chulada and more

    Tom MurphyMercuria and the Gem Stars​UMS on S. BROADWAY | 07/23-24/11An especially hot summer day made navigating various venues an enervating experience, not to mention the humid heat indoors at times. Nevertheless, it didn't seem to dampen anyone's spirits in performing the music, even in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Warlock Pinchers: An extensive oral history straight from the jokers' mouth

    ​Few bands in the annals of underground music in Denver have garnered as much notoriety as Warlock Pinchers. Beginning in 1987, the Pinchers made a name for themselves early on as a charmingly obnoxious outfit of musical pranksters whose legacy of creative mischief is as memorable as its shows ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2010

    UMS Night Three Travelogue: Light Travels Faster at TS Board Shop, Murder Pinchers at 3 Kings Tavern and more

    Tom MurphyThe Murder Pinchers at 3 Kings Tavern​ UMS Travelogue, Night Thee 7.24.10 | Baker District/South Broadway The TS Board Shop stage was really an augmented version of the truck that Jeremy Gregory of Bands for Lands and The Construct uses to put on shows anywhere and everywhere. This ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Q&A with Built to Spill's Doug Martsch

    Photo by Autumn DeWildeDoug Martsch, foreground, and the rest of Built to Spill. Doug Martsch, whose band, Built to Spill, headlines this year's Westword Music Showcase on June 12 (click here for more details), is a rarity -- a indie-rock musician who signed to a major label in the mid-'90s who's s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Built to Spill flashback: Our 1997 Doug Martsch interview

    Built to Spill back in the day. Our new profile and Q&A with Built to Spill's Doug Martsch, whose band headlines this Saturday's Westword Music Showcase (click here for more information), are built on a sturdy foundation -- an interview conducted with Martsch back in 1997, shortly after his band, t ... More >>

  • News

    October 23, 2008

    Inside one of the nation's top carnivore sanctuaries

    Built to Spill back in the day. Our new profile and Q&A with Built to Spill's Doug Martsch, whose band headlines this Saturday's Westword Music Showcase (click here for more information), are built on a sturdy foundation -- an interview conducted with Martsch back in 1997, shortly after his band, t ... More >>

  • News

    July 24, 2008

    Going My Way

    Meet us on Alameda, where cultures collide. In a good way.

  • News

    January 3, 2008

    Remembering Sandy Widener

    In journalism, "30" means the end. But after thirty years, it's not easy to let somebody go.

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2007

    The Lost Charlie Louvin Interview

    In journalism, "30" means the end. But after thirty years, it's not easy to let somebody go.

  • News

    May 24, 2007

    Last Call for Ladies’ Nights?

    If Steve Horner gets his way, ladies could be singing the booze.

  • News

    February 15, 2007

    Ladies' Plight

    Rosa Parks didn't surrender to discrimination and take a different bus. So why should Steve Horner go to a different bar?

  • News

    July 14, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of July 14, 2005

  • Music

    July 7, 2005

    The Beatdown

    Matt Kowal is happy about being fat.

  • News

    April 7, 2005

    Grazin' Hell

    Bush put former industry lobbyists in charge of public lands. Now a deal with a Wyoming rancher has the stewards running for cover.

  • Dining

    February 10, 2005

    Bite Me

    The Beast of Denver

  • News

    October 14, 2004

    Chile Today

    Rocky Mountain oysters aside, Denver food is hot.

  • News

    August 19, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of August 19, 2004

  • News

    August 5, 2004

    Slow Ride

    It's Segway or the highway for these Denver filmmakers.

  • News

    January 29, 2004

    Hot and Bothered

    Time to send Tracy Baker to the showers.

  • News

    February 21, 2002

    Going Public

    Colorado Public Radio is selling itself as a kinder, gentler network. But its critics aren't buying it.

  • News

    October 26, 2000

    The Wrong Stuff

    A mislabeled photo, an error-filled column, a missing attribution: The Post is on a hot streak.

  • Music

    June 10, 1999

    Pucker Up

    The Kiss Offs don't mind giving you a little lip.

  • News

    March 4, 1999

    Practice Makes Perfect

    The Kiss Offs don't mind giving you a little lip.

  • News

    September 3, 1998

    Children of the Corn

    The swets brothers' trippy, ten-acre walking maze is stalked by controversy.

  • News

    June 19, 1997

    The Blacktop Jungle

    Are the series of superhighways inching their way around Denver a "beltway"--or a noose?

  • Music

    April 17, 1997

    Road Skalars

    Are the series of superhighways inching their way around Denver a "beltway"--or a noose?

  • News

    November 14, 1996

    Loaded for Bear

    State biologist Tom Beck wants hunters to think before they shoot. It's been a hard sell.

  • Music

    September 26, 1996

    Soul Woman

    Me'Shell Ndegeocello fights the powers that be.

  • News

    April 25, 1996

    Shelling Out

    Tom Strickland's coffers bulge with funds from his law partners and their clients.

  • News

    June 14, 1995

    THE QUIET MAN

    Tom Strickland's coffers bulge with funds from his law partners and their clients.

  • News

    November 23, 1994

    INNOCENCE LOST

    ELEVEN TREATMENT PROGRAMS LATER, TEENAGER SPENCER DAY WAS STILL MOLESTING CHILDREN. NOW HE'S IN PRISON UNTIL 2058.THIS BOY'S LIFE LAST YEAR 17-YEAR-OLD SPENCER DAY MOLESTED THREE MORE BOYS. OLD HABITS ARE HARD TO BREAK.

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