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DJ Krush spins February 22 at the Bluebird

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, December shows by Beats Antique and Pretty Lights were announced. On local radio specialty shows, Veronica, Vices I Admire, INCA and Hazel Miller all got some spins. Meanwhile, at our local record stores, new and re ... More >>

Michal Menert discusses board culture and how the destination is in the journey

Michal MenertMichal Menert has parlayed his snowboarding mentality into a music career. It's all about doing what you love because you love doing it, and Menert embodies that in every way, from the dedicated tours to the free distribution of his music. Tonight, Menert joins RJD2 and Doomtree at Red ... More >>

Win free tickets to Dinner at the Thompson's at Cervantes tomorrow night

​What do you get when a New York-born, California-bred songstress and a French-born producer with influences ranging from J. Dilla and DJ Shadow combine forces? The duo known as Dinner at the Thompson's. An electro-funk-soul outfit with enough talent to fill a room twice between them, vocalist ... More >>

Cut Chemist at the Gothic, 12/10/10

Paul LukesCut Chemist on Friday night at the Gothic Theatre.​ CUT CHEMIST J Flash • Skwared 12.10.10 | Gothic Theatre DJ Skwared took the stage at 9 p.m. Surprisingly, the kid in the Tap-Out hat knew his hip-hop. He started his set with Newcleus' "Jam On It," went into Juan Atkins' "Clear" ... More >>

Cut Chemist

Paul LukesCut Chemist on Friday night at the Gothic Theatre.​ CUT CHEMIST J Flash • Skwared 12.10.10 | Gothic Theatre DJ Skwared took the stage at 9 p.m. Surprisingly, the kid in the Tap-Out hat knew his hip-hop. He started his set with Newcleus' "Jam On It," went into Juan Atkins' "Clear" ... More >>

The Glitch Mob at the Fillmore, 10/31/10

Britt Chester​ THE GLITCH MOB With Beats Antique & Prefuse 73 10.31.10 | Fillmore Auditorium LA's Glitch Mob comprises three members -- DJs edIT, Boreta and Ooah (founding member Kraddy left last year) -- who use laptops and MIDI controllers to create the hip-hop influenced, bass-driven elec ... More >>

Six questions with trip-hop producer Emancipator

Britt Chester​ THE GLITCH MOB With Beats Antique & Prefuse 73 10.31.10 | Fillmore Auditorium LA's Glitch Mob comprises three members -- DJs edIT, Boreta and Ooah (founding member Kraddy left last year) -- who use laptops and MIDI controllers to create the hip-hop influenced, bass-driven elec ... More >>

Of Montreal, Kayne West and Air Dubai fill our playlists this week

​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 >>

STS9, the Heavy and Dimmu Borgir shows announced

​After selling out a two-nights at Red Rocks and a show at the Boulder Theater earlier this month, STS9 has announced its return to the area for a three-night stand at the Fillmore Auditorium from Wednesday, December 29 to Friday, December 31. While tickets for the New Year's run go on sale to ... More >>

Bocumast Records takes over Lost Lake with mixed results

Astrophagus kicked off Bocumast Records' month-long residency at Lost Lake​ BOCUMAST RECORDS RESIDENCY 08.05.10 - 08.26.10 | Lost Lake Over the last month, Lost Lake handed over the booking keys for Thursday nights to Bocumast Records. During that time, the imprint was tasked with scheduli ... More >>

An exclusive in-depth Q&A with Jonny 5 of Flobots

​ Jonny 5 is scaring folks in middle America. Literally. But while the Flobots frontman -- better known to folks around here by his government name Jamie Laurie - has devoted the better part of his adult life to becoming a radical force for change, it's not his politics that making folks in t ... More >>

Q&A with Brikabrak and Naeem Oba

AG Photography​Starkville, Mississipi is known for a lot of things: the arrest of Johnny Cash for public drunkenness, which inspired the song "Starkville City Jail." Real life American gangster Machine Gun Kelly lived there while studying agriculture at Mississippi State University. Starkville als ... More >>

This Just In 11/27-12-3

Shawn Colvin joins Hot Rize and Leo Kottke at the RootsFest.  Not too much shaking this week with concert announcements, but there's good news for acoustic and bluegrass fans: tickets for Swallow Hill's RootsFest (known as the Denver Folk & Roots Music Festival for the past two years) conce ... More >>

The Flobots rise and shine

Shawn Colvin joins Hot Rize and Leo Kottke at the RootsFest.  Not too much shaking this week with concert announcements, but there's good news for acoustic and bluegrass fans: tickets for Swallow Hill's RootsFest (known as the Denver Folk & Roots Music Festival for the past two years) conce ... More >>

Vintage N.E.R.D. Profile

Shawn Colvin joins Hot Rize and Leo Kottke at the RootsFest.  Not too much shaking this week with concert announcements, but there's good news for acoustic and bluegrass fans: tickets for Swallow Hill's RootsFest (known as the Denver Folk & Roots Music Festival for the past two years) conce ... More >>

This Weekend: Crown City Rockers, Mighty Underdogs and Blackalicious @ Fox Theatre

Shawn Colvin joins Hot Rize and Leo Kottke at the RootsFest.  Not too much shaking this week with concert announcements, but there's good news for acoustic and bluegrass fans: tickets for Swallow Hill's RootsFest (known as the Denver Folk & Roots Music Festival for the past two years) conce ... More >>

Westword Music Showcase 2006

Be there or be square!

Diaspora Jammin'

The best underground music from the U.S., Brazil, the U.K., the Caribbean and Africa.

Zevolution

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

Westword Music Showcase 2005

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

Pigeon John

Tuesday, April 19, Boulder Theater, 303-786-7030.

Danger Mouse & Jemini

Ghetto Pop Life (Lex Records)

Foreshadowing

DJ Shadow's brooding sound structure is still Quannum leaps ahead.

N.E.R.D. Alert

In Chad Hugo's world, art and commerce co-exist.

Teutonic Twist

Germany's Jazzanova blends hip-hop, funk, soul and house into a smooth redefinition of jazz.

Birds of a Feder

Classical acoustician Janet Feder takes flight with a flock of musical surprises.

Look Out Below

Dark Days sheds light on New York's “mole people.”

Ian Brown

Golden Greats
Interscope Records

And You Don't Stop

These student DJs are hip-hop professors.

Cooking Up Beats in Hell's Kitchen

New York's Ming & FS utilize the rhyme -- and the keyboard, sampler, turntable and guitar -- to create their own hip-hop heaven.

Ghost Story

DJ Spooky is writing one of hip-hop's most mesmerizing chapters.

The Major and the Minor

A roundup of big-name recordings that live up (or down) to expectations.

Leading the Attack

England's Massive Attack is still making the Nineties more interesting.

Playlist

England's Massive Attack is still making the Nineties more interesting.

And the Winners Are ...

Handing out the trophies for 1997's best albums.

Rap Gets Puffy

Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs fathers a return to hip-hop pop.

The Closing of the American Ear

We have more musical choices than ever before. So why are so few of us taking advantage of them?