Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival

Supersized Stooges

AEG's Mile High Music and Arts Festival

Q&A With Be Your Own Pet's Jemina Pearl Abegg

Q&A with M.I.A.

Zevolution

There's more to Z-Trip than the mash-up phenomenon he helped make famous.

Vintage Q&A with the late Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton

Ron Asheton, the mega-influential guitarist with the Stooges, died yesterday at age 60 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It's sad news, but at least Asheton was able to experience some much deserved acclaim in his last few years, when the surviving Stooges reunited for a new album, entitled The Weirdness, a ... More >>

My Bloody Valentine show announced

It was a hell of a big deal when My Bloody Valentine reunited last year after a sixteen-year hiatus for gigs in London, Europe, Japan and America, including the Coachella festival in Indio, California, and the All Tommorow's Parties festival in New York. In addition to playing Coachella again, the s ... More >>

SXSW 2008 Preview

It was a hell of a big deal when My Bloody Valentine reunited last year after a sixteen-year hiatus for gigs in London, Europe, Japan and America, including the Coachella festival in Indio, California, and the All Tommorow's Parties festival in New York. In addition to playing Coachella again, the s ... More >>

Kraftwerk

Wednesday, April 23, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

The members of DeVotchKa found success by following their own muse

Wednesday, April 23, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

M.I.A.

Since reinventing herself as M.I.A., Maya Arulpragasam has hardly been missing in action.

Critic's Choice

Vines

Pop Culture

Vines

Mother's Day

Wolfmother isn't fond of the sounds-like game.

Anger Management

Trent Reznor seems a little less disturbed on his latest effort.

Happy Together

The Pixies are reunited, and it feels so good.

Club Scout

DJ Irene

Raised on Radio

Rooney's power pop infiltrates a valley of angry young men.

Mash It Up

Z-Trip turns the tables and elevates the art of the DJ.

Beauty and the Beat

Nikka Costa has a big, funky voice and a great butt. Which will you notice first?

Mile High Music Fest: Who to watch and what to watch out for

Nikka Costa has a big, funky voice and a great butt. Which will you notice first?

The details of Phish's Festival 8 revealed

 Great news for those of you who missed out on getting tickets for Phish's upcoming four-night stand at Red Rocks next week. Ahem, actually, let us rephrase that -- this is great news for those with disposable income (yeah, we know, what is that, right?), vacation time and frequent flier miles ... More >>

Last Night: Rock the Bells at Red Rocks

Aaron Thackeray​Rock the Bells 2009 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Thursday, August 6, 2009 Better than: ringtone rap, anything associated with Auto-Tune or listening to the self-proclaimed newly anointed "King of Pop," Kanye West, talk about himself endlessly. Since 2003, Rock the Bells has been the pre ... More >>

Faith restored: Coachella 2010 lineup announced

Fucking A. Ask and ye shall receive, eh? (Well, it's not Denver, but close enough.) Just glimpsed the lineup for this year's Coachella. As far as headliners go, you've got your Jay-Z and your LCD Soundsystem and, uh, let's see here, Thom Yorke and ... yada, yada, yada. Whatever, dude. Five words: Fa ... More >>

Bonnaroo 2010 lineup revealed: Chromeo with Daryl Hall, Stevie Wonder, the Avett Brothers, Against Me!, Kings of Leon, Dave Matthews Band and more...

As if we didn't already have enough reason to find our way to Tennesee to catch the Flaming Lips playing Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety, we now have even more incentive -- namely, Chromeo with Daryl Hall and Stevie Wonder!

This Just In: Pavement, Public Image Limited, Sting shows announced

Marcus Roth​It was a hell of a week for show announcements, including rock legends, reunion tours and bit of everything in between. One of the most anticipated tours of the year is Pavement, who played its first show in a decade in New Zealand yesterday (photo of the setlist of that show here) ... More >>

Freeloader: Download a new track from Pretty Light's forthcoming EP in advance of shows this week in Boulder and Denver

​ Derek Vincent Smith, who performs under the Pretty Lights moniker (due tonight at the Boulder Theater), has announced plans to release three new EPs, the first of which, Making Up a Changing Mind, was just posted to his site last week. With three albums already under his belt that have rec ... More >>

Josh Homme on what it's like to play with John Paul Jones and Dave Grohl in Them Crooked Vultures

​ When explaining why there weren't too many rock and roll tunes on Them Crooked Vultures' self-titled debut, singer and guitarist Josh Homme says, "Let's just try to steamroll everybody with dark heavier music." With former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl and ex-Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jo ... More >>

Ralphie does Coachella without credentials

This isn't your daddy's Woodstock, your hippie cousin's Bonnaroo or your yuppie Chicago Uncle's Lollapalooza. This is Coachella, man, and it attracts the most pretentious music fans on the planet, who all choose to gather in grassy polo fields and endure intense desert heat for the same reason. We ... More >>

Global Dance Festival at Red Rocks

Aaron Thackeray​ Global Dance Festival Friday, July 16, 2010 | Red Rocks Amphitheatre Every year, the Global Dance Festival brings some of the best in electronic music to the best outdoor venue on the planet, and Friday night's sold-out show was no exception. Judging from the proliferation o ... More >>

Tokyo Police Club

Tuesday, August 3, Bluebird Theater, 303-377-1666.

Chromeo on the new album, Business Casual, and the importance of humor in its music

Tim Saccenti​ Formed by pair of childhood friends, Chromeo first began gaining notoriety with the release of its second album, Fancy Footwork in 2007, and before long the Canadian duo, individually known as P-Thugg and Dave 1, garnered coveted slots at major festivals such as Coachella. The o ... More >>

Tiesto at 1STBANK Center, 11/13/10

TIESTO With Robbie Rivera 11.13.10 | 1STBANK Center Holland's native son, superstar trance DJ and dance music producer Tiesto, boasts a resume that would be hard not to find impressive. Some of its highlights: Headlining Coachella and Bonnaroo; a Grammy nomination for his 2007 album, Elements of ... More >>

The 20 bands that inspire tattoos like no other

An average Misfits fan.​Personally, it's been the "One Bad Album" rule. That's all it takes for a band's musical reputation to be asterisked forever, which makes getting a tattoo of that band, well, risky. You have to wonder how often thirty-somethings across the land hear "Nice Chi' Pep's tat ... More >>

Cue hysteria: Coachella lineups announced

​ So this year's Coachella lineup has been announced. Have you peeped that shit? It's going to be sick, bro. Creed? Nickelback? Limp Bizkit? On the same stage? Be still our beating hearts. Road trip! Can we get a hell yeah? Looks like it's time to hit the LQ, fire up the shaggin' wagon and po ... More >>

The Big 4: Four reasons to extend your stay in Indio after Coachella that rhyme with Metallica

Old school metal fans across the country are no doubt peeing themselves right now over The Big 4 (we certainly are). In case you happened to miss the big announcement on Facebook earlier today, four of the metal's venerable titans are going to be together on the same stage for the first time since ... More >>

Arcade Fire, Bruno Mars, Disco Biscuits shows announced. Tix on sale this weekend.

​Having just won a Grammy for Album of the Year for The Suburbs, the Arcade Fire kicks off its North American tour at the 1STBANK Center on Saturday, April 9, a week before the Montreal-based band headlines Coachella. Local Natives opens the show. General-admission tickets ($40) go on sale thi ... More >>

Mile High Music Festival not happening

​In case you've noticed that the Mile High Music Festival hasn't announced its lineup yet for this year and you've wondered why -- first of all, congratulations on being astute, but secondly, the lineup hasn't been revealed because, well, there is no lineup this year. There is no festival. Aft ... More >>

Snowball Festival's organizers on how it came together and what inspired it

​This weekend's Snowball Festival in the Vail Valley has already surpassed expectations. Barely in its first year, and the festival has put together an impressive lineup that includes acts like Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, the Flaming Lips, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Local Natives and D ... More >>

Foster the People

Wednesday, March 30, Walnut Room, 303-292-0529.

Ellie Goulding at the Fox Theatre, 4/2/11

Photo Britt Chester​ Ellie Goulding with The Knocks The Fox Theatre | 4.2.11 The Fox Theatre sold out last night for rising U.K. singer/songwriter Ellie Goulding. A long line of women, pre-teens to moms, sprinkled with an occasional boyfriend, extended up The Hill in Boulder for the show. Cur ... More >>

Forget Coachella, have you heard of Whoa... Chella?

​So you knew it was bound to happen sooner or later. In the film world, Sundance begat Slam Dance, and in music, South By Southwest spawned South By So What and a dozen other alternate festivals. Now with the rising popularity of this weekend's sold-out Coachella, we've got Whoa... Chella fest ... More >>

The Sword added as a headliner to this year's Westword Music Showcase on June 18!

​The Sword! In case you weren't already completely stoked for this year's Westword Music Showcase on Saturday, June 18, brace yourself: The bill just became even stronger and more kick ass with the addition of these doom merchants from Austin. If you haven't experienced the Sword's corrosive b ... More >>

How does the Shpongletron Experience rank among the other top five electronic stage shows?

​Since the first Shakespearean performance with blaring trumpets, cross-dressed men, confetti poppers and a curtain call, stage spectacles have only gotten better. With technological upgrades allowing music to actually control the visuals, accompanied with professional lighting engineers and a ... More >>

Tonight: Dredg at the Marquis

There isn't much of a way to approach Dredg (who play the Marquis Theater tonight with the Trophy Fire, Balance and Composure and the Dear Hunter) without talking about the band's legacy. Retaining its original lineup since its 1993 formation, the California outfit has weathered stylistic storms wit ... More >>

Scratching the Surface: David Starfire spins on August 20 at Cervantes'

There isn't much of a way to approach Dredg (who play the Marquis Theater tonight with the Trophy Fire, Balance and Composure and the Dear Hunter) without talking about the band's legacy. Retaining its original lineup since its 1993 formation, the California outfit has weathered stylistic storms wit ... More >>

Seven ways to exploit Denver's proposed paid sick leave ordinance -- and your employer

​It wasn't until I found a guide to the definition of "stalking" in Initiative 300, Denver's Paid Sick and Safe Time proposal (Section 18-9-11, page 7) that my interest in the actual wording of the proposal developed into a plan to just plain exploit it. As the newest staffer at Westword, it' ... More >>

JD Samson of MEN on her art and the reaction to her political piece in the Huffington Post

Allison Michael OrensteinMEN​JD Samson of MEN (due Thursday, October 13, at the Bluebird Theater) was once a member of Le Tigre, a band that became synonymous with the electroclash genre. For nearly a decade, Le Tigre wrote some of the most exciting, politically-charged music of all time. Afte ... More >>

Pumped-up hits: Songs we loved until they got played to death

If I hear that song one more time..."Man, I used to really love that song until it got played to death!" How many times have you heard somebody say that? It's a legitimate gripe, especially if you work in place where the radio is played day and night. You inevitably suffer hearing the same goddamn s ... More >>