Subject: Brian Eno

• Thoughts on Five Songs While I Quietly Freak Out and Try to Work

  March 11, 2008

• Playlist

  October 29, 1998

• Live Review: David Byrne at the Temple Buell Theater

  October 13, 2008

• Q&A with Ryan Hendrix of Colourmusic

  My first interview with Ryan Hendrix, one of the co-founders of Oklahoma's Colourmusic, didn't happen for one reason or another. But he more than made up for it the second time around. He was incredibly generous with his time, and extremely interesting and honest, too. These qualities come through in our profile of the group, timed to advance its December 17 headlining appearance at the hi-dive, as well as the massive Q&A accessible below.

  December 10, 2008

• DeVotchKa to open for David Byrne at Red Rocks

  DeVotchKa just got tapped to open for David Byrne, who visits Red Rocks Saturday, June 20  as part of his tour playing songs from his collaborations with Brian Eno, including tunes from Life in the Bush of Ghosts and Everything That Happens Will Happen Today. Byrne played a stellar show with three encores at the Temple Buell Theater last October. Read Tom Murphy's review of the show here.

  February 23, 2009

• Gravy Train!!!!

  July 5, 2007

• Coldplay

  July 17, 2008

• David Byrne & Brian Eno

  August 28, 2008

• Heavy Rotation, our top five spins for the week of April 13, 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 all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with your own picks after the jump.

  April 14, 2009

• Boy to Man

  Love it or hate it, Scott Walker has made his mark on music.

  March 5, 2009

• Westword's favorite national albums of the year

  December 25, 2008

• David Byrne

  October 2, 2008

• Teeth Mountain

  Sunday, August 10, Rhinoceropolis, 303-641-9809.

  August 7, 2008

• Playlist

  January 29, 1998

• Mini Reviews

  Mini Reviews

  January 10, 2008

• Listen Up

  Fast reviews of recent releases

  May 24, 2007

• Parenthetical Girls

  Friday, November 24, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

  November 23, 2006

• Paul Simon

  Tuesday, October 10, Magness Arena, 303-830-8497.

  October 5, 2006

• Paul Simon

  Surprise (Warner Bros.)

  May 25, 2006

• Like Star Trek With Worms

  February 2, 2006

• Swindled Art

  January 19, 2006

• Various Artists

  OHM+: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music: 1948-1980 (Ellipsis Arts)

  October 20, 2005

• Barbez

  Wednesday, September 28, Bender's Tavern, 303-861-7070.

  September 22, 2005

• Brian Eno

  Another Day on Earth (Hannibal)

  June 30, 2005

• In Bloom

  Blusom was never intended to be a band, but it grew into one anyway.

  June 9, 2005

• The Album Leaf

  In a Safe Place (Sub Pop)

  June 24, 2004

• Improv Impresario

  Fred Frith stays on his unusual path to unusual music.

  February 19, 2004

• Wired Science

  From laptops to insects to wineglasses, j.frede's sonic experiments leave no sound untweaked.

  November 6, 2003

• That's a Wrap-Up

  Backbeat writers sound off on a few of their favorite musical things from 2002.

  December 26, 2002

• Radiohead

  Kid A
  (EMI/Capitol Records)

  October 19, 2000

• Join the Club

  Any Dick or Harry can get funky with the Tom Tom Club's first recording in eight years.

  October 19, 2000

• Not Bryan's Songs

  Roxy Music veteran Bryan Ferry sets the way-back machine for the 1930s.

  November 11, 1999

• Playlist

  July 9, 1998

• The Reich Stuff

  A new boxed set gives minimalist Steve Reich maximum exposure.

  September 4, 1997

• Plugged In

  Just in time for Lollapalooza, a list of the albums you need to understand electronica.

  August 7, 1997

• THE GOODS

  THERE WEREN'T THOUSANDS OF FIRST-RATE RECORDS RELEASED IN 1995. BUT THERE WERE NINETY.

  December 27, 1995

• MUSIC BY FAMOUS PEOPLE

  December 20, 1995

• CRITIC'S CHOICE

  October 11, 1995

• PLAYLIST

  November 2, 1994

• PLAYLIST

  September 28, 1994

• Heavy Rotation, our top five spins for the week of April 20, 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 all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with your own picks after the jump.

  April 20, 2009

• The Jim Jims reinvigorate the past on Bottom of the City

  May 14, 2009

• A love letter to the Jim Jims

  If you've gotten around to reading this week's issue, you might have seen my gushing review of the incredible new record from the Jim Jims. Now, it isn't often that I do this (and by isn't often, I mean I have never done it before and may never do it again), but those 125 words of criticism and commentary were just completely insufficient to capture everything I wanted to say about this record, so I'm going to expound further here.

  May 27, 2009

• Beyond Playlist: The Jonas Brothers and more

  Jonas Brothers Lines, Vines and Trying Times (Hollywood) Of course the Jonai are interested in broadening their demographic appeal. At this point, after all, medical science is unable to prevent girls from aging beyond their twelth birthday. But their approach to sonic maturation is flat-out inexplicable. Late teens and early twenty-somethings are supposed to be enthralled by the corny brass lines and Vegas-lounge arrangement of the opener, "World War III," and the gruesomely mistitled "Much

  June 26, 2009

• Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of August 3, 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 all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.

  August 4, 2009

• Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of October 5, 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 all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.

  October 8, 2009

• Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of October 19, 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 all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.

  October 21, 2009

• Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of October 26, 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 all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.

  October 28, 2009

• Music for snow

  The view out my front door​Ah, snow. I hate it. I am not a skier, not a 'boarder and I sure as fuck don't snowshoe. And it's not because I am some pansy-ass, warm-weather transplant from SoCal or something. I grew up in Wyoming and I've been in Colorado for almost thirteen years, so I am certainly accustomed to the stuff. The only thing -- and I mean only thing -- I find interesting about it is the way it affects my mood -- especially my musical mood.

  October 29, 2009

• Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of November 2, 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. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.

  November 4, 2009