Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergOver the next couple of weeks, Backbeat will feature some Top Ten lists from around the Village Voice Media chain. Click here for previous year-in-review coverage from Backbeat and VVM.
Two
young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor
Swift and Carrie Underwood, helped country expand its fan base in these
years of shrinking music sales. Meanwhile, Kenny Chesney, Rascal
Flatts, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley and George
Strait
After a killer two-night stint at the Ogden Theatre last year, the hip-hop duo Atmosphere returns will return to these parts Friday, August 15, when the pair headlines Red Rocks. The British group Bat For Lashes, who mezmorized folks at the Larimer Lounge in 2007, will play the Bluebird this time around Saturday, August 22. Country star Brad Paisley will be at Fiddler's Green Friday, September 18. For a complete rundown of the shows going on sale this weekend and
others that have been announced
Photo by Autumn DeWildeBuilt to Spill.
You think you're so smart....
Today in Backbeat Online:
• Q&A with Built to Spill's Doug Martsch.
• Mini Q&A with the Fluid's John Robinson.
• A first look at FOE and Karma's "Tic-Toc" video.
• Atmosphere, Bat for Lashes, Brad Paisley shows announced.
• MP3 Freeloader, Showcase Edition: Astrophagus -- and MP3s of many other Showcase bands are available at the main link above, too.
Today in Cafe Society:
• Top Denver chefs play with fire for c
On Wednesday, July 22, Live Nation is offering buy one, get one free lawn tickets for Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre shows including Creed, Crue Fest II, Def Leppard with Cheap Trick and Poison, Toby Keith with Trace Adkins, Brad Paisley with Dierks Bentley and Jimmy Wayne, and Rod Stewart. The two-for-one offer also applies to Live Nation shows at Red Rocks including Flogging Molly with Hepcat and Fitz & the Tantrums, Heaven & Hell with Coheed & Cambria, and Judas Priest with Whitesna
