Brooklyn

A Trip to Brooklyn -- Via Brooklyn M.C.'s Pizzeria

The weekend before the DNC: Outside the Pepsi Center

Hailing cabs and celeb-stalking? What the hell is going on?

Breaching the CNN barrier

Breaching the CNN barrier

CNN at the DNC: delicious!

CNN at the DNC: delicious!

Heartful Dodgers

The Last Good Season hits a homer

Montell Jordan and Q Da Kid due at Nuggets opener

The Last Good Season hits a homer

Another winner in Fader's vinyl single series

Magazine promotions don't get much cooler than Fader's vinyl single series, produced in conjunction with Southern Comfort, which presses edgy indie music on old-school jukebox 45s. The seventh offering is a case in point. The A-side features Brooklyn-based Telepathe, whose "Heat" raises temperatu ... More >>

Chairlift continues its ascent... upward, of course.

Photo: Jason Klauber All right so how freaking rad is this? The mailman just laid the new copy of Spin on me, the Best of 2008 issue with TV on the Radio on the cover. And as I'm thumbing through it, I notice very few surprises: Black Kids, Vampire Weekend, Deerhunter and Santogold, all receive ... More >>

Stereogum's Xmas gift for you

In an admirable show of Christmas spirit, MP3 blog Stereogum has thoughtfully compiled a list of its top 50 downloaded tracks of the year. Even more thoughtfully, they've zipped all 50 of the files into one conveniently downloadable archive! Among the gems are a radical Diplo deconstruction/remix o ... More >>

Best all-American restaurant

Sam's No. 3

Best Place When You're Feeling Pink, Career-wise

Pink Slip Parties
LH3, Inc.

Q&A with William Elliott Whitmore

"William Elliott Whitmore Stretches the Definition of Hardcore," a profile in the January 22 edition of Westword, only scratches the surface of an enjoyable and revealing Q&A with this deep-voiced roots-and-folk purveyor, who shares more in common with punk rockers than just his record label. (He' ... More >>

Mink Lungs

I'll Take It (Arena Rock Recording Company)

Architecture in Helsinki

Meet a band who wrote its latest record via instant messenger.

Beyond Playlist: Chairlift - Does You Inspire You

Chairlift Does You Inspire You Columbia Records Though it's no fun to watch talented Colorado musicians leave our fair state for glimmering destinations like Portland or Brooklyn, it is fun to watch them succeed. Such is the case for Boulder-founded synth poppers, Chairlift. Shortly after lightin ... More >>

Uncle Monsterface

Monday, July 28, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Superintendent Charlotte Ciancio may have super powers

Monday, July 28, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Adultnapper at Skylab

Monday, July 28, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the week of 1/10/2008

Foxy Brown

Brooklyn's Don Diva
Koch

The Giraffes

Monday, March 17, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Bare Necessities

Sometimes a girl -- even an almost-naked girl -- just needs a mom.

Chairlift

Thursday, July 5, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Ratatat

Classics (XL Recordings)

Cordero

Saturday, May 6, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007; Sunday, May 7, Trilogy Wine Bar, Boulder, 303-473-9463.

Benevento Russo Duo

Friday, April 14, Bluebird Theater, 1-866-468-7621.

Liars

Drum¹s Not Dead (Mute)

Gospel

Thursday, March 30, 15th Street Tavern, 303-572-0822.

Diamond Nights

Friday, November 18, Walnut Room, 303-292-1700.

Radio 4

Sunday, May 8, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra

Thursday, September 23, Fox Theatre, 303-443-3399; Friday, September 24, Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 303-297-1772.

Reality Check

Don Goede is in a New York state of mind.

City of Angles

The cliched Brooklyn uses trickery to market emotion.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

The cliched Brooklyn uses trickery to market emotion.

The Bit Player

Vincent D'Onofrio may be the best actor of his generation, but who would notice?

Baseball's Black Days

Vincent D'Onofrio may be the best actor of his generation, but who would notice?

Johnny on the Spot

Vincent D'Onofrio may be the best actor of his generation, but who would notice?

The Bums Already Sold Out

Vincent D'Onofrio may be the best actor of his generation, but who would notice?

HAM AND YEGGS

Vincent D'Onofrio may be the best actor of his generation, but who would notice?

CRITIC'S CHOICE

Vincent D'Onofrio may be the best actor of his generation, but who would notice?

The Westword.com blog shortcut, April 17 edition

The MC5. Slush, little baby, don't you cry. Today in Backbeat Online: • Record Store Day preview: The MC5 will be kicking out the jams tomorrow. • Beyond Playlist: Dish -- Ma Raison de Vivre Ton Amour. • Brandi Carlile drops in on Gregory Alan Isakov at the Meadowlark. • Tim Pourbaix is Br ... More >>

Q&A with Kevin Devine

Photo by Denny DoesKevin Devine. Singer-songwriter Kevin Devine, the subject of a profile in this week's Westword advancing his Sunday, May 24 gig at the Marquis Theatre with Miniature Tigers, The Rouge and Brian Bonz, is the rarest of interview subjects: a guy who listeners carefully to every ques ... More >>

Denver's Top Ten Diners

Davie's Chuck Wagon Diner, by Brian Butko.​I know from diners; they are my natural habitat. And Colorado has some classics. Johnson's Corner was one of the first places I visited when I first went west of the Mississippi, and it remains a favorite even post-renovation. My recent meals at Silve ... More >>

Q&A with Conrad Keely of ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead

​The past two years have served as a period of transition for ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of the Dead. After splitting with Interscope Records in 2008, the Austin-based sextet started their own label and drew on its own funds to record and release its latest effort, Century of Self, which ... More >>

White Rabbits

Friday, October 30, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Nix Bros. celebrate Denver in hilarious hipster parody

Got a tip on this hilarious video for the band Question Block (nice Nintendo reference, by the way) and their song "All You Haters (Suck My Balls)" and we can't think of a better way to start off a Monday. The song itself is a funny self-parodying blast of hipster-hate, which we can totally get b ... More >>

Telepathe

Friday, December 11, City Hall, 303-832-8628.