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Nine Inch Nails' Denver date (well, Broomfield) at 1STBANK Center, Wednesday, November 13

After a successful tour with How to Destroy Angels, which made a stop at the Paramount Theatre this past April, Trent Reznor has put the paddles to Nine Inch Nails, and is preparing to hit the road. Yesterday, "Came Back Haunted," a track from NIN's forthcoming album, Hesitation Marks, due out on Se ... More >>

New Smashburger has an updated design, an industry rock star and amazing fried chiles

Tom Ryan, Smashburger's founder and chief concept officer, yesterday hosted the official unveiling of the new, redesigned Smashburger location at 6305 East Hampden Avenue, walking guests through an eight-course menu of Smashburger items as well as a tour of the store. It was a blast, and I discover ... More >>

Videos: Ten TV shows you didn't know were set in Colorado

Quite a few well-known TV series have been set in Colorado over the years, from Mork & Mindy to Everwood to South Park. But what about more obscure Colorado-set shows? Turns out there have been plenty of those, too -- sitcoms, Westerns, animated series and more. The vast majority of them have been ... More >>

Baby Dee: "Don't allow yourself the luxury of feeling even a little bit bad about anything."

Baby Dee (due Tuesday, July 3, at the Walnut Room) has been recording music for over a decade, and her music defies easy classification. A multi-instrumentalist, Dee songs are driven by piano, harp and various other instruments that accompany her unique, sometimes haunting voice, which also manages ... More >>

Bon Iver at Red Rocks, 5/31/12

BON IVER @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE | 5.31.12 Flanked by talented multi-instrumentalists and standing in front of two drummers, both of whom played kits so sprawling they resembled Neil Peart's smaller setups in the '70s, Bon Iver compelled the packed Red Rocks crowd with songs from across its powerf ... More >>

Mastodon, Opeth and Ghost at Fillmore April 23

Aaron Thackeray​This should be pretty killer: In support of their latest albums, Heritage and The Hunter, Opeth and Mastodon -- two acts that recently headlined the Ogden Theatre and are certainly no strangers to the Mile High City -- are preparing to hit the road together on the aptly named H ... More >>

The Black Keys add second show at 1STBANK Center on May 1

Danny Clinch​Bad news: Familiar with that expression, "You snooze, you lose"? Yes? Well, it applies here. If you slept on getting your tickets to see the Black Keys at 1STBANK Center on April 30, you blew it. Show's sold out. D'oh! Luckily for you, though, you'll have another chance to see 'em ... More >>

Nickelback in Denver on June 10 at Pepsi Center

By early June, Denver will long be in the rearview for the Black Keys dudes, who'll play here on Monday, April 30. Too bad. It would've been sweet-ass sweet to witness a good old-fashioned battle royale for ultimate supremacy between them and the Nickelback dudes to settle this whole "rock and roll ... More >>

Black Keys at 1STBANK Center on April 30

Danny Clinch​We've just received word that the Black Keys, on the heels of its highly enjoyable new record, El Camino (we seriously can't pry it from our playlist), are coming to the 1STBANK Center on Monday, April 30, with the Arctic Monkeys. Tickets ($55.00 - $59.50, plus service fees) for t ... More >>

Van Halen in Denver on 5/24 at Pepsi Center

​Oh, hell yeah! Mark your calendars. It's really happening. Van Halen is coming to Denver. It's confirmed, and we finally have a date. Thursday, May 24, at the Pepsi Center, Van Halen will be here with Kool and the Gang. So stoked! Almost as stoked as we are to hear the new record, A Different ... More >>

Five worst moments in Colorado sports history (inspired by Rox's 17-week Sunday losing skid)

Tulowitzki.​The Rockies should have known it wouldn't be their night when Chris Nelson decided to play "Pin the baseball on the coach's face" with Rich Dauer before the game in a gaffe seen in the background of an ESPN live shot. Then the Rockies' unfortunate play was caught by ESPN cameras -- ... More >>

Keep the ski porn coming: Poor Boyz Productions drops trailer for The Grand Bizarre

​We know it's kind of torturous of us to keep showing you the new trailers for this year's forthcoming ski and snowboard porn in the middle of July, but we just can't help ourselves. Keystone and Breckenridge get some love in The Grand Bizarre, this year's film from Poor Boyz Productions, whic ... More >>

The Shrapnelles

Thursday, April 7, Rhinoceropolis, 303-641-9809.

Peter Forsberg to announce retirement after two-game comeback with Colorado Avalanche

Forsberg.​Maybe Peter Forsberg quickly realized his body couldn't handle NHL game action anymore, or maybe he just wanted to get away from the suck that is the Avalanche right now. Either way, Forsberg will reportedly announce his retirement from the NHL at a Pepsi Center press conference mome ... More >>

Local blogger finalist to cover Winter Olympics for Microsoft

​What writer wouldn't want to cover the Olympics? The glitz, the glamor and the high-profile nature of the gig are just about irresistible, regardless of your feelings about winter sports. I mean, I'd jump at the opportunity, and I couldn't care less about skiing, skating and curling. Well, cu ... More >>

Tasteless head games at A Taste of Colorado

​Colleen Don Dero got a taste of Colorado recently, but she didn't like it much. Several decades ago, the Colorado native moved to Phoenix, where she runs a hat and T-shirt company called It's All About the Head. The apparel features the company's name as a slogan alongside a mug of beer over ... More >>

Last Night: Mogwai at the Bluebird

Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite as seen through the lens of Jon SolomonMogwai, Women Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Bluebird Theater Better than: Listening to layered and nuanced instrumental music as background. Instrumental music is not dead. For all the prominence of vocal-driven music in the modern pop scen ... More >>

Women

Wednesday, March 25, Rhinoceropolis, 303-641-9809.

At last, the Avs give Mike Haynes something to scream about

Mike Haynes, as seen in a 2004 photo by Brett Amole. Among the more distressing things about the Colorado Avalanche's mediocre season to date -- the team's currently last in the Northwest Division, a whopping 18 points beyond first-place Calgary -- is the precipitous decline in Altitude TV broadcas ... More >>

Breathe Carolina premiers new video, tours until the end of time

Breathe Carolina, a band that tours so often these days that it almost doesn't seem like a Denver band anymore (seriously, with the exception of April and May, the act is going to be on the road from now until at least the end of August; check out the list of tour dates on the next page), recently p ... More >>

Hot for Teacher

At least the Graland sex scandal gives me something to talk about at holiday parties.

Q&A With DJ Wilson of Scary Kids Scaring Kids

Doubling Up

Twins Tegan and Sara bring separate strengths to their musical partnership.

Nationalistic 2005

The rest of the planet generated some good CDs this year, too.

Mom's Away!

She wanted teenagers to think she was cool, but tricks aren't for kids.

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

The Denver Cycle Sluts celebrate 25 years in the Queen City.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of June 3, 2004

The Message

On the Mike

Fiddlin' Frenzy

Barrage unleashes the high-energy potential of violins.

Slide Rules

An avalanche buried their friend -- and a Denver trio is still digging out.

The Spirit Moves Her

Jamie Korngold, the Adventure Rabbi, seeks the sacred in God's outdoor gym.

Curl Up and Die

A Canadian comedy gets swept away with its obscure sport.

Soul on Ice

Everything you know about the Jamaican bobsled team is more fiction than fact, but the truth is still cool.

The Turning Point

This jump was one for the record books -- even if it was officially illegal.

Breaking the Ice

Letters

The Show Must Go On

And thanks to these Pioneers, it will.

Great Day for a Hike

Seeds of Discontent

Kansas farmers say their weather-modification program causes rain. Colorado farmers say it causes trouble.

Flights of Fancy

Denver pays a consultant big money to get overseas flights for DIA--and goes nowhere.

BOWLEN FOR DOLLARS

DENVER'S FAVORITE CANADIAN MILLIONAIRE WANTS A STADIUM SUBSIDY. HERE'S WHAT HE WON'T TELL YOU ABOUT IT.BRONCO BULLY PAT BOWLEN PLAYS SMASH-MOUTH POLITICS IN HIS QUEST FOR A NEW STADIUM.

SURVIVING THE BULL