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Music
May 3, 2012
Suckers
Wednesday, May 9, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.
Blogs
April 11, 2012
Accessories transform outfits from mundane to exciting
As the weather heats up, so does Denver style. This week, accessories transform outfits from mundane to exciting. Whether they're smokey neutrals or eye-popping pastels, accessories this spring are the cat's meow -- and hiss as well.
Blogs
March 19, 2012
The Worst Moments from SXSW 2012
The last few days, Village Voice Media's indefatigable music staff has been regaling you with stories of the best from SXSW 2012. In the midst of these discoveries, we've been culling another list: the worst shit. The acts that ranged from huge bore-fests to downright lame. Below, you'll find our cr ... More >>
Blogs
March 6, 2012
Celebrating the life and rhymes of Biggie Smalls
This week, we're celebrating the life of the late, great Christopher Wallace, aka the Notorious B.I.G., who died fifteen years ago this week. One of hip-hop's most important teachers, Biggie Smalls, as he was affectionately known, empowered corner boys everywhere to tell the story of their struggle ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2012
Weekend's best live bets: Icelantic's Winter on the Rocks and more
Are you ready? This is a weekend to remember. Tonight for the first time ever, the famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre will add to its renown by hosting the first ever wintertime concert with Icelantic's Winter on the Rocks with Atmosphere, Common, Grieves and Budo and Get Cryphy. And that's just the tip o ... More >>
Blogs
December 8, 2011
Craigslist ad wants suicide girls for new fetish bar concept?
Found at www.suicidegirls.comSurfing through Craigslist ads is always a fun time, and answering them can be pretty entertaining as well. It's neat -- and telling -- to respond to an ad for a used convection oven and get a middle-aged married man looking for sex, respond to an ad for a part- ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2011
Colorado beer calendar: Open beery holiday treats at local breweries
Holiday beers are on tap all around town, and you'll find some good ones right at the source -- at the breweries that make them. Some of the wintery wonders you can try include Ugly Sweater at Wit's End Brewing, Winter Spice Ale (with star anise, vanilla soaked in rum, ginger and allspice) at Copper ... More >>
Blogs
November 15, 2011
Beastie Boys' Licensed To Ill turns 25
In hindsight Licensed To Ill -- released November 15, 1986 -- came to the table with a virtually infallible recipe: Rick Rubin produced the seminal radio-friendly rap album and Russell Simmons had not only signed Beastie Boys to a then baby Def Jam, but was also managing the three white boys ... More >>
Blogs
October 6, 2011
Guess where I'm eating?
The couple behind us were gushing -- positively gushing, I tell you -- over the green chile that spans the plates at this long-standing Mexican joint. But just like I don't get the hoopla surrounding the frankfurters at Coney Island, I definitely don't understand the obsession with the green chile h ... More >>
Blogs
August 18, 2011
Oh Target, my Target
Home, sweet Target.So, I'm moving out. After a commenter on my post last week about yoga declared that I should really get out of my mother's basement if I ever wanted to write about anything other than stretching and poop, I'm more than on it. Not to give this stalker, I mean reader, too muc ... More >>
Blogs
July 12, 2011
Hunter Hunt-Hendrix of Liturgy on the band's philosophical underpinnings
Brooklyn's Liturgy (due Tuesday, July 12, at the hi-dive with Collapse and Barnacle) started as the solo project of singer/guitarist Hunter Hunt-Hendrix, who started writing the music with a drum machine on which he created the "burst beat" -- a way of taking the blast beat of much grindcore, death ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2011
Medical marijuana dispensary review: Sailing the sea of green at Mayflower Wellness
To me, summer is the season of bike rides to Rockies games, barbecues, disc golf, and smoking joints under beautiful Colorado skies. The latter being one of my favorites, I've been looking for new strains to twist up and enjoy, and after checking out Mayflower Wellness's menu online, I hopped ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2011
Tonight: Sondre Lerche at the Larimer
Norwegian-born singer Sondre Lerche (playing tonight at the Larimer Lounge with Kishi Bashi and Nightlands) knows how to write a catchy melody, but it's his deep catalog of complex chord structures, bossanova beat references and Tom Jones-ish crooning that set him apart. This diversity has also allo ... More >>
Music
May 19, 2011
Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers
Saturday, May 21, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.
Calendar
April 28, 2011
Beat of the Drum
Saturday, May 21, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.
Film
March 17, 2011
Indie thriller Monogamy goes beyond stereotypes
Saturday, May 21, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.
Music
January 27, 2011
Raekwon
Saturday January 29, Summit Music Hall, 1-866-468-7621.
Blogs
January 26, 2011
Tonight: Air Waves at the Hi-Dive
Airwaves, the official name of Nicole Schneit and her rotating cast of musicians, began in Brooklyn in 2007 as a full-band extension of Schneit's singer-songwriter beginnings. The minimalist folk-punker's sound didn't change much with the additional instrumentation, as Air Waves still capture ... More >>
Blogs
January 21, 2011
Camel's appeal to hipsters is ironic, but not in a good way
Keeping in line with Camel's historically "urbane" branding strategy, the tobacco company has for the last few months been pushing a series of specially branded cigarette packs commemorating select cities known for their cool: Austin and Seattle, for example, have been highlighted. And while ... More >>
Blogs
December 6, 2010
You are a cave-man: A UCD anthropologist has some unconventional ideas on Neanderthals
Sexy?Some 400,000 years ago, the earliest ancestors of man as we know him migrated out of Africa and into the land that would later become the snootiest place on earth: Western Europe. But that area was not so fancy then; in fact, it was rugged and cruel, and an ice age came that isolated tha ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2010
Epicness is epic: Epic Mickey and more new releases this week, November 30, 2010
As we're nearing the year-end lull, new releases are getting few and far between. That doesn't mean we didn't track down some awesome stuff this week, though -- in fact, if you've got a love for all things Disney, you're in for one hell of a treat, and if you've ever pretended to like physic ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2010
Woodsman and Gauntlet Hair embark on West Coast tour
Woodsman and Gauntlet Hair have joined psychedelic forces for a two-week west coast tour, starting November 5. While the former act has already made a few trips to the closest coast, aligning with its fellow ambient wave crashers in Gauntlet Hair will offer a nice taste of what Colorado has b ... More >>
Dining
September 30, 2010
Drink of the week: The only time a Brooklyn is fancier than a Manhattan
Woodsman and Gauntlet Hair have joined psychedelic forces for a two-week west coast tour, starting November 5. While the former act has already made a few trips to the closest coast, aligning with its fellow ambient wave crashers in Gauntlet Hair will offer a nice taste of what Colorado has b ... More >>
Blogs
September 23, 2010
See Mogwai's Burning tonight at the Bluebird Theater. It's the next best thing to being there
Renowned Scottish post-rock band Mogwai played a sold out, three-day residency at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York in April 2009. Filmmakers Vincent Moon and Nathanael Le Scouarnec were on hand to capture the finest moments of that residency in stark but emotive black and white ... More >>
Blogs
August 31, 2010
Matt and Kim namedrop Denver in new single "Cameras"
Brooklyn-based dance-punk duo Matt and Kim's new single, "Cameras," was released on the group's website today, and -- who doesn't love when this happens? -- they namedrop our home city of Denver in the first few lines of the song ("Sun's going down/let's get to Denver"). Gotta think they'll m ... More >>
News
August 12, 2010
How do Mexicans like their coffee?
Brooklyn-based dance-punk duo Matt and Kim's new single, "Cameras," was released on the group's website today, and -- who doesn't love when this happens? -- they namedrop our home city of Denver in the first few lines of the song ("Sun's going down/let's get to Denver"). Gotta think they'll m ... More >>
Calendar
July 29, 2010
You Are What You Eat
Brooklyn-based dance-punk duo Matt and Kim's new single, "Cameras," was released on the group's website today, and -- who doesn't love when this happens? -- they namedrop our home city of Denver in the first few lines of the song ("Sun's going down/let's get to Denver"). Gotta think they'll m ... More >>
Blogs
July 2, 2010
Eclectic month-long Biennial of the Americas music series starts today
Overcast SoundKate Lesta of Boulder-based Communikey and JT Root of Aeon Child, who curated The Nature of Things music series with some help from MUTEK's director Alain Mongeau, have put together what looks like an insanely great and eclectic line-up of thirty artists from around the world pe ... More >>
Music
June 17, 2010
Ghostland Observatory tops a stacked bill at this weekend's Westword Music Showcase
Overcast SoundKate Lesta of Boulder-based Communikey and JT Root of Aeon Child, who curated The Nature of Things music series with some help from MUTEK's director Alain Mongeau, have put together what looks like an insanely great and eclectic line-up of thirty artists from around the world pe ... More >>
Dining
June 17, 2010
Another round of cheap, delicious beer at Patrick Carroll's
Overcast SoundKate Lesta of Boulder-based Communikey and JT Root of Aeon Child, who curated The Nature of Things music series with some help from MUTEK's director Alain Mongeau, have put together what looks like an insanely great and eclectic line-up of thirty artists from around the world pe ... More >>
Music
June 3, 2010
Chris McGarry
And the Weary Eyes Reply
Self-released
Blogs
April 26, 2010
Yeasayer takes everyone higher at the Bluebird
Sleigh Bells. Photos by Kiernan Maletsky Yeasayer | Sleigh Bells 04.24.10 | The Bluebird Theatre If anyone is getting tired of Brooklyn, it didn't show Saturday -- a pair of the hippest bands from the hippest borough in the world packed the hell out of the Bluebird. We're talking sweaty backs lea ... More >>
Music
April 15, 2010
The Lumineers
The Lumineers
6cheek Records
Music
March 25, 2010
High Places
Wednesday, March 31, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.
Blogs
March 22, 2010
What are Jay-Z's 99 problems? We know a bitch ain't one.
It's well known an this point that Jay-Z (appearing tonight at the Pepsi Center with Sound Tribe Sector 9, Trey Songz and Young Jeezy) has 99 problems, and a bitch, most certainly, ain't one. Curiously, though, until now, no one's really taken a hard look at just what Hova's 99 problems are ... More >>
Music
February 11, 2010
Holy Ghost at Beta
It's well known an this point that Jay-Z (appearing tonight at the Pepsi Center with Sound Tribe Sector 9, Trey Songz and Young Jeezy) has 99 problems, and a bitch, most certainly, ain't one. Curiously, though, until now, no one's really taken a hard look at just what Hova's 99 problems are ... More >>
Music
February 11, 2010
The Antlers
Saturday, February 13, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-8497.
Blogs
February 2, 2010
An Avalanche of old tunes
On Sunday night we had the chance to watch the Colorado Avalanche get pummeled by the visiting New York Rangers. While we should have been paying more attention to the game, we couldn't help our ears being caught in familiar sounds. The music selections -- and there were many -- were just awful. Co ... More >>
Blogs
January 8, 2010
The Mexican picks the country's favorite Mexican restaurants
The late Stella Cordova at the Original Chubby'sGustavo Arellano, author of Ask a Mexican, is working on a book on the history of Mexican food in the United States, and this past summer he invited readers to "tell me your favorite local Mexican restaurant and what makes it so bueno" -- in 25 ... More >>
Blogs
December 16, 2009
Gastro Gift Guide: Textiles edition
Pet peeve: You go over to someone's house for a dinner party, and you go to the bathroom, and there's a fancy pair of hand towels hanging there with ridiculous embroidered gold snowflakes or something, and you can just tell that even though they're towels, and they're hanging there in the bat ... More >>
Calendar
September 10, 2009
Life Cycles
Are you willing to lose a car and gain a bike at the Tour de Fat?
Calendar
August 13, 2009
Back at Ya
Theatre Reverb makes waves.
Dining
July 23, 2009
Sexy Pizza is good, hot and tasty- natch
Theatre Reverb makes waves.
Calendar
May 21, 2009
Death Vessel
Theatre Reverb makes waves.
Calendar
September 13, 2007
Big Beliefs
Theatre Reverb makes waves.
Calendar
June 14, 2007
Sketched Out
Theatre Reverb makes waves.
Calendar
May 4, 2006
Heads Up
Theatre Reverb makes waves.
Dining
February 20, 2003
Remembrance of Things Pasta
The Bent Noodle is comfortable, if no contender.
Dining
April 4, 1996
Cream Puffs
The Bent Noodle is comfortable, if no contender.
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