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Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Snowball Festival's organizers on how it came together and what inspired it

    ​This weekend's Snowball Festival in the Vail Valley has already surpassed expectations. Barely in its first year, and the festival has put together an impressive lineup that includes acts like Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, the Flaming Lips, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Local Natives and D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Top five things Charlie Sheen needs to ingest in order to sober up and get his butt back to work

    He may be getting the fat boot two and a half times.​ Charlie Sheen, our favorite "total friggin' rock star from Mars," has done lost his mind and is hitting the talk-show circuit harder than a bottle and a line of coke right now. His tirades are amusing, to be sure, because when was the las ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Warren Haynes and Cake playing two-night stands at Ogden in May and June

    ​ Good lord, sounds like the Ogden's got some pretty sweet shows lined up in the coming months. Just before he heads off to Bonnaroo and High Sierra, we hear that Warren Haynes is slated for a two-night stand at the Ogden on May 24-25, and we've also confirmed that Cake is playing a two-night ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Mile High Music Festival not happening

    ​In case you've noticed that the Mile High Music Festival hasn't announced its lineup yet for this year and you've wondered why -- first of all, congratulations on being astute, but secondly, the lineup hasn't been revealed because, well, there is no lineup this year. There is no festival. Aft ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Tonight: Justin Townes Earle at the Bluebird

    ​There are too many easy, exterior angles to come at Justin Townes Earle's work -- he's the son of Steve Earle, he was named after Townes Van Zandt and he struggled with a serious drug addiction early in his life. There is truth in that history, which has undoubtedly contributed to his dark so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    The 20 bands that inspire tattoos like no other

    An average Misfits fan.​Personally, it's been the "One Bad Album" rule. That's all it takes for a band's musical reputation to be asterisked forever, which makes getting a tattoo of that band, well, risky. You have to wonder how often thirty-somethings across the land hear "Nice Chi' Pep's tat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    Tiesto at 1STBANK Center, 11/13/10

    TIESTO With Robbie Rivera 11.13.10 | 1STBANK Center Holland's native son, superstar trance DJ and dance music producer Tiesto, boasts a resume that would be hard not to find impressive. Some of its highlights: Headlining Coachella and Bonnaroo; a Grammy nomination for his 2007 album, Elements of ... More >>

  • Music

    August 12, 2010

    Mile Highlights: Five must-see acts at Mile High Music Festival

    TIESTO With Robbie Rivera 11.13.10 | 1STBANK Center Holland's native son, superstar trance DJ and dance music producer Tiesto, boasts a resume that would be hard not to find impressive. Some of its highlights: Headlining Coachella and Bonnaroo; a Grammy nomination for his 2007 album, Elements of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Westword Music Showcase headliners: Getting to know Neon Indian

    ​ Alan Palomo made a name for himself trying to sound like someone else. His breakout, however, didn't come until he settled for just sounding like himself. It was an unlikely break for Palomo, but then his entire career is full of such unlikely things, like Ghosthustler, his previous project, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Ralphie does Coachella without credentials

    This isn't your daddy's Woodstock, your hippie cousin's Bonnaroo or your yuppie Chicago Uncle's Lollapalooza. This is Coachella, man, and it attracts the most pretentious music fans on the planet, who all choose to gather in grassy polo fields and endure intense desert heat for the same reason. We ... More >>

  • Music

    February 11, 2010

    Pete Wernick's banjo playing just won a Grammy for Steve Martin

    This isn't your daddy's Woodstock, your hippie cousin's Bonnaroo or your yuppie Chicago Uncle's Lollapalooza. This is Coachella, man, and it attracts the most pretentious music fans on the planet, who all choose to gather in grassy polo fields and endure intense desert heat for the same reason. We ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    Q&A with Pete Wernick, aka Dr. Banjo

    While our profile on Pete Wernick in this week's issue primarily focused on the duality of his roles in his bluegrass/jazz group Flexigrass and with the traditional bluegrass act Long Road Home, Wernick also discussed a number of other things including: what good bluegrass is, his introduction and t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Bonnaroo 2010 lineup revealed: Chromeo with Daryl Hall, Stevie Wonder, the Avett Brothers, Against Me!, Kings of Leon, Dave Matthews Band and more...

    As if we didn't already have enough reason to find our way to Tennesee to catch the Flaming Lips playing Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety, we now have even more incentive -- namely, Chromeo with Daryl Hall and Stevie Wonder!

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    The Flaming Lips giving Dark Side of the Moon another go at Bonnaroo

    Speaking of festivals: Road trip, anybody? Who's up for making the trek out to Bonnaroo this summer? We've always wanted to go but the date always conflicted with the Westword Music Showcase and even if it didn't, there just didn't seem to be a compelling enough reason to jump in the hoopty and head ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of August 24, 2009

    ​As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Record Store Day preview: Bob Dylan gets obscure on vinyl

    Nice hat, Bob. Note: Record Store Day is an annual event honoring independent record stores -- a onetime retail staple that's becoming an endangered species. In an effort to preserve this important cultural resource, dozens of artists are lending their support to this year's bash on Saturday, April ... More >>

  • Music

    September 11, 2008

    The members of DeVotchKa found success by following their own muse

    Nice hat, Bob. Note: Record Store Day is an annual event honoring independent record stores -- a onetime retail staple that's becoming an endangered species. In an effort to preserve this important cultural resource, dozens of artists are lending their support to this year's bash on Saturday, April ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2008

    Friday Rap-Up: Lenny Lenn, Death Row Records, Shaquille O’Neal and Kanye West

    Nice hat, Bob. Note: Record Store Day is an annual event honoring independent record stores -- a onetime retail staple that's becoming an endangered species. In an effort to preserve this important cultural resource, dozens of artists are lending their support to this year's bash on Saturday, April ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2008

    Showcase LiveSemi-Live Blog

    Nice hat, Bob. Note: Record Store Day is an annual event honoring independent record stores -- a onetime retail staple that's becoming an endangered species. In an effort to preserve this important cultural resource, dozens of artists are lending their support to this year's bash on Saturday, April ... More >>

  • Music

    January 17, 2008

    Xavier Rudd

    Friday, January 18, Boulder Theater, 303-786-7030; Saturday, January 19,Gothic Theatre, 303-830-8497.

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2007

    AEG's Mile High Music and Arts Festival

    Friday, January 18, Boulder Theater, 303-786-7030; Saturday, January 19,Gothic Theatre, 303-830-8497.

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2007

    Q&A: David Murphy of Sound Tribe Sector 9

    Friday, January 18, Boulder Theater, 303-786-7030; Saturday, January 19,Gothic Theatre, 303-830-8497.

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2007

    The Lost Charlie Louvin Interview

    Friday, January 18, Boulder Theater, 303-786-7030; Saturday, January 19,Gothic Theatre, 303-830-8497.

  • Music

    June 14, 2007
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    April 5, 2007

    Charlie Louvin

    This country icon never left -- but he’s coming back anyway.

  • Music

    March 8, 2007
  • Music

    January 11, 2007

    My Morning Jacket

    My Morning Jacket’s road goes on forever.

  • Music

    December 28, 2006

    Nationalistic

    Our music writers pick the year’s national bests.

  • Music

    September 21, 2006

    Motet City Soundtrack

    The Motet has no problem finding fans everywhere it plays.

  • Music

    September 7, 2006

    Play Mikey for Me

    Mike Doughty's fans tend to be a little delusional and obsessive.

  • Music

    July 13, 2006

    DeVotchKa

    Odgen Theatre

  • Music

    December 29, 2005

    Freestyle Fellowship

    Awesome live bands sometimes make magic in the studio, too.

  • Music

    November 10, 2005

    Steel Train

    Friday, November 11, Trilogy Lounge, Boulder, 303-473-9463.

  • Music

    August 11, 2005

    Trey Anastasio & 70 Volt Parade

    Saturday, August 13, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 303-830-8497.

  • Music

    May 26, 2005

    May Daze

    May 26-30, Spanish Lady Ranch, Strasburg, 303-297-1772, www.maydaze.net.

  • Music

    September 9, 2004

    The Beatdown

    Dispatch plays by the numbers.

  • Music

    August 12, 2004

    Warren Haynes

    Live at Bonnaroo (ATO Records)

  • News

    June 24, 2004

    Westword Music Showcase 2004

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

  • Music

    May 27, 2004

    Hacked Off

    Bubbling beneath the sweet-sounding hill music of the Hackensaw Boys is a wellspring of political discontent.

  • Music

    February 13, 2003

    Mash It Up

    Z-Trip turns the tables and elevates the art of the DJ.

  • Music

    June 27, 2002

    Pure Energy

    Particle, L.A.'s newbie jam band, charges up for a journey.

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