Butthole Surfers

Bobby Hecksher of the Warlocks on playing with Beck and the Brian Jonestown Massacre

The Warlocks, one of the earlier bands in the new wave of psychedelic rock, formed in 1999 when founder, singer and sole continuous member, guitarist Bobby Hecksher got some encouragement from Anton Newcombe of the Brian Jonestown Massacre to start writing his own songs. The Warlocks took a fairly d ... More >>

Russ Waterhouse of Blues Control on the unlikely influence of New Age music

Blues Control is an experimental rock duo that got started in New York City in 2006 as a kind of side project from their New Age music project Watersports. The greater immediacy and visceral impact of Blues Control connected with audiences, and soon, the side project became the main band of Russ Wat ... More >>

The Vicious Women

Queen of Nothing
Self-released

Gateway acts: How Beck opened up a whole new world to an evangelical boy from the Midwest

Gateway acts is a new ongoing series on Backbeat in which we examine the music that served as an entry point for our burgeoning musical obsessions, a gateway drug that tuned us in and turned us on. Today, Josiah Hesse gives up the goods on his Beck jones. There is no way to listen to the music of ... More >>

Backbeat's top five spins: This is what we're listening to this week. What's on your playlist?

As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it shouldn't be surprising to find that the most common (and mutually favorite) topic of conversation among us is the same: "What are you listening to right now?" Stick a quarter in us, and, boy, wouldn't you know it, off ... More >>

Decollage puts it all together at Rhinoceropolis this weekend

Rob Zombie on Pee-wee's Playhouse, and how he's not on tour to party and to fuck around

Rob Zombie originally came to prominence with his first band, White Zombie. With a penchant for campy horror imagery and music that was the perfect mutant blend of an industrial aesthetic with trashy metal and punk, White Zombie was one in a handful of bands that crossed the alternative-rock world a ... More >>

Critic's Choice: The Skivies, June 25 at the Meadowlark

Scott Banning on the Origins of Itchy-O Marching Band

SW PhotographyItchy-O Marching Band​ During its relatively short life of a little over a year, Itchy-O Marching Band (due Sunday, May 22nd at Sutra) has left quite an impression on anyone who has seen this group of around thirty people in uniforms that make them look like a special unit of in ... More >>

Lollapalooza lineup: The Chain Gang of 1974 and Tennis due at this year's fest in August

​Lollapalooza turns twenty years old this year. Can you believe it? We can't. Doesn't seem like it was two decades ago when Perry Farrell introduced America to his roving festival in 1991. The inaugural version, which made a stop at Fiddler's Green, featured Farrell's band Jane Addiction, alon ... More >>

Warlock Pinchers: An extensive oral history straight from the jokers' mouth

​Few bands in the annals of underground music in Denver have garnered as much notoriety as Warlock Pinchers. Beginning in 1987, the Pinchers made a name for themselves early on as a charmingly obnoxious outfit of musical pranksters whose legacy of creative mischief is as memorable as its shows ... More >>

More than twenty years in, the Warlock Pinchers are still playing devil's advocate to the Denver music scene

Warlock Pinchers

Bomb the Franklin Mint
Self-released

Warlock Pinchers reunion confirmed for August. Listening party for Bomb the Franklin Mint tomorrow night at the Oriental.

​The rumors were true. We've received confirmation from K.C. K-Sum himself that the Warlock Pinchers are indeed planning to reunite this summer -- on Friday August 6 at the Gothic Theatre, if fact. And as reported back in March, Dale Crover of the Melvins is slated to pound the skins for the p ... More >>

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of March 8, 2010

​As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, "What are you listening to right now?" So whether you're looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we've compiled a list of ... More >>

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of February 8, 2010

​As music critics -- and people who generally think about, talk about, listen to and make music -- the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to right now?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation. ... More >>

Over the weekend: Butthole Surfers at the Ogden

Butthole Surfers, Psychic Ills, Circle Number DotFriday, October 9, 2009Ogden Theater, DenverBetter Than: The flash freezing going on outside.Circle Number Dot, who opened this show, didn't sound like they got much more than a mere line check before hitting the stage. It was initially hard to tell ... More >>

Motorhead, Black Crowes, Butthole Surfers shows announced

When Motorhead rocked the Fillmore Auditorium last September, Lemmy and crew had the Misfits in tow. When the band hits the venue again on Saturday, September 26 the metal legends will co-headline with Reverend Horton Heat, and Nashville Pussy gets things warmed up. The Black Crowes also return the ... More >>

Aunt Dracula

Friday, December 5, Rhinoceropolis, 303-641-9809.

Week Five in Hell's Kitchen: Ballroom Blitz

Live Review: Yerkish, The Skivies and New Ancient Astronauts at the Falcon

Last Night...Indian Jewelry, Portamento, Republic Of Thoronia @ Hi-Dive

This Just In…

The latest nightlife news.

Uncle Earl

These g'Earls know how to get the Led out.

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

Skivies

15th Street Tavern

Overlooked in '05

Ten discs that are worthy of your money and your close attention.

Sunshine Superman

World War Spree

The raunchy future is now at Way Beyond Thunderdome.

Apes

Friday, April 22, Rock Island, 303-443-2227.

Gibby Haynes and His Problem

Saturday, September 18, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-0959.

Mink Lungs

I'll Take It (Arena Rock Recording Company)

Pedal Steel Transmission

The Angel of the Squared Circle (Cardboard Sangria)

Critic's Choice

Helios Creed

Zebra Junction

Orange Porridge

Power Play

Still seething, Speedealer stretches out and slows down -- a little.

Critic's Choice

Speedealer

Butthole Surfers

Humpty Dumpty LSD (Latino Buggerveil)

Out of the Blue

The Blue Noise Band's brilliant amalgam of sounds may make jazz purists see red.

X Marks the Spot

Former SST producer Spot brings underground Celtic sounds into the light.

The Soft Machine

The Flaming Lips continue to win their race for the prize.

Getting Out of the Led

Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones goes it alone.

Log On

Doo Rag's Bob Log III proves that he can be outlandish all by himself.

Creep Show

The joys of navigating Creeper Lagoon.

Still Hopping

The Toadies have spread the word by doing it on the road.

PLAYLIST

STATE OF GRACE

SINGER-SONGWRITER JEFF BUCKLEY WEARS HIS AMBITIONS ON HIS SLEEVE.

LETTERS

BORE NONE

THE BOREDOMS ARE AS ALTERNATIVE AS LOLLAPALOOZA '94 GETS.

FANTASTIC VOYAGE