Coldplay

Carbon Choir

Sakhalin
Self-released

Five worst moments in musical plagiarism

How awesome is "Big Pimpin'," by Jay-Z? Really awesome. But some folks argue that its awesomeness comes courtesy of an unlicensed sample, and they'd like to be compensated. A new round of legal claims has been brought against HOV by a handful of heirs and music publishers who argue that the track ... More >>

Video: Chipotle's Grammy commercial with Willie Nelson doing Coldplay: What'd ya think?

Chipotle: It's all about going back to the start.​Ah, yes, Chipotle's new commercial, its first ever, apparently. Completely forgot about this until just now, actually. Last summer, our pal Laura Shunk wrote about this little moving picture on the Cafe Society blog. She dug it. Found it "quirk ... More >>

Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

​​Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, shows from Red Hot Chili Peppers and Icelantic's Winter on the Rocks featuring Atmosphere, Common, Greives Budo and Get Cryphy were announced; the Swayback, Fierce Bad Rabbit, Monroe Monroe and Juno What ... More >>

Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, shows from Phil Lesh, Trey Anastasio, Rusko (Snowball Fest), NEEDTOBREATHE and Dr. Dog were announced; Ian Cooke, Bare Bones and Slim Cessna got spins on local radio; and new releases from Drake, the Rolling Stones ... More >>

Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, shows from moe., the Bag Raiders and Jane's Addiction were announced; Monroe Monroe, Elway, Shel and Fierce Bad Rabbit got spins on local radio; and new releases from Florence and the Machine, Drake, Childish Gambin ... More >>

Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

​Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, shows from Radiohead, Roger Waters, the Descendants and Los Lobos were announced. Nautical Mile, Tennis, Churchill and Dressy Bessy got spins on local radio. And new and recent releases from Tom Waits, Wale a ... More >>

Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

​Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: Brad Paisley's at the Pepsi Center in January, Salt-n-Pepa's at the Gothic in December and Donavon Frankenreiter comes to town in March. Air Dubai, In the Whale, Jen Korte and Saints got spins on local radio. And new and recent re ... More >>

Tastebuds.fm sets you up based on musical tastes, finds Adele fans get messaged but not laid

Jelmer de Haas via Adele.tv ​Online dating, that cesspool of hilarious stories and perhaps even true love. Sure, you could scour OkCupid for witty About Me paragraphs, be completely charmed by his or her fondness for biking in the rain, and then get to the favorites section. Favorite band is T ... 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 >>

Tonight: Civil Twilight at Larimer Lounge

​It has been a long journey for Civil Twilight -- from South Africa to Los Angeles to Nashville, the band has been towing its sweeping, piano-heavy rock compositions along for more than a decade. Even if the band's moniker isn't immediately familiar, its big sound, which has been featured on s ... More >>

D Bar Desserts sweetens the vegetarian food scene

​As adults, we can eat what we want when we want -- which sometimes means dessert for dinner. And those are the times you'll want to head to D Bar Desserts, 1475 East 17th Avenue, where the Food Network's Keegan Gerhard creates beautiful cupcakes and truffle treats for the display case, as wel ... More >>

Top ten most blatant and alleged song heists

Earlier this week, Nick Cave responded to accusations that he nicked the basis of the song "Palaces of Montezuma" from a tune by some guy named Frank Duffy called "Grey Man." It seems absurd someone as versatile as Cave would intentionally borrow a lick or two from another song. Any similarities ... More >>

Thank God "I See You" didn't win at the Golden Globe's

This was not a good year for the "Best Original Song" category at the Golden Globe's. In fact, it's arguably one of the worst in recent memory. We're not certain what this means, if it means anything at all, but it's clear the film industry tossed original music to the wayside in 2009 in favor of li ... More >>

What's So Funny weighs in on this year's Grammy nominations

Week in Review: 1/26/09 - 1/30/09

In terms of music news this was a slower week in the Mile High City. The biggest items were news of Overcasters being invited to perform at South By Southwest on the heels of a particularly harrowing trip to the East Coast a few weeks ago with the Fluid, followed closely by DJ Vajra's inclusion in ... More >>

The Fray's new album panned in Rolling Stone

Well, the first review is in. Two stars. In the brand-new issue of Rolling Stone, which just hit stands over the weekend, the mag gives the Fray's forthcoming full-length, the hotly anticipated, self-titled followup to How to Save a Life, due in stores next Tuesday, two stars out of five. Review hig ... More >>

Top Ten Pop Songs of 2008

Over the next couple of weeks, Backbeat will feature some Top Ten lists from around the Village Voice Media chain. Click here for previous year-in-review coverage from Backbeat and VVM.Pop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Ka ... More >>

Joe Satriani suing Coldplay for plagiarism

Guitar virtuoso/noodler extraordinaire Joe Satriani is suing Coldplay, claiming the band's song "Viva la Vida," title tack from their latest opus, lifts a riff from his 2004 track "If I Could Fly." I can't be the only one who finds this utterly bizarre. Admittedly, my knowledge of both Satriani's gu ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, December 5 edition

Join us for a few cups of blog. Today in Cafe Society: • Izakaya Den (pictured) joins the lunch bunch. • What Denver restaurants would you recommend to Food & Wine? • Charlie Master could be getting back in the game. • Candy Girls sink their teeth into Flake and Curly Wurly bars. Today i ... More >>

Eno, electronic music history and pop songs summarized

Stuck at work or bored at home, these three links should keep you busy for the rest of the day, either way. Fist up, enjoy these one-line summaries of the meaning behind some of the biggest pop songs in history.Second, electronic music pioneer and legendary producer (U2, Talking Heads, Coldplay, et ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Will Smith, Coldplay and various drunk people rock Denver

The weekend has evaporated, as weekends tend to do. After the jump, a user's guide to what you (probably) missed. -- Joe Tone

Coldplay at the Pepsi Center

Photo: Chad Fahnestock Coldplay, Jon Hopkins, Sleeper CarFriday, Nov. 21, 2008Pepsi CenterBetter Than: A rock show where the band stays rooted in one spot.Making an arena rock show personal may seem like an impossible task, especially for any band playing to thousands of fans in the airy expanses of ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, November 24 edition

Round 'em up. Today in Backbeat Online: • Chris Martin, seen here, is at the center of our live review of Coldplay at the Pepsi Center. • Eric Eyl's Mile High Makeout experiences a renaissance. • Hotties provide an important element in Synthetic Elements' new video. Today in Cafe Society: ... More >>

Top Sellers: Twist & Shout

Top Sellers: Twist & Shout

Coldplay

Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
Capitol

Live Review: The Ideal Fathers, I’m a Boy, the Bluebird Equation at Larimer Lounge

Rearview: The Week in Review (7/5/08-7/12/08)

45 Second Reviews: Blind Pilot, Hit the Lights, Killer Mike, the Maine

45 Second Reviews: Inhale Exhale, My Brightest Diamond, Katy Perry, Teddy Thompson

Micky Manor

Backfield in motion.

The Fray Hits the Rocks

Denver's hometown heroes are larger than Life.

The Archive

Larimer Lounge

Umbrellas

Illuminare (The Militia Group)

Snowed In

Snow Patrol climbs out from an avalanche of comparisons.

XLNT

Junkie XL uses Today to get back to basics.

Left Out in the Coldplay

Fiona Apple and Chris Martin have their games down Cold.

Coldplay

Sunday, February 19, Pepsi Center, 303-830-8497.

The Frames

Friday, October 7, Bluebird Theater, 303-322-2308.

Critical Fatwa

Dressed to Kill

Apparently, Dressy Bessy is electrifying compared to Coldplay.

Sound Bites

Coldplay

X&Y (Capitol)

Keane

Friday, May 13, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

The Fray

Reason EP (Self-Released)

Backwash

The last gulp.

Head Trip

Chris Martin expects people to hate him. So why is Coldplay feeling so much love?

Coldplay

A Rush of Blood to the Head (Capitol/Parlophone)

Various artists

Now That's What I Call Music! 6 (Epic)