David Byrne

New Denver shows: Steely Dan, the Geto Boys, Brad Paisley, Selena Gomez, Ride Festival

Steely Dan is making its way back to Colorado for a show at Red Rocks this August, and there's a bunch of other new shows to let you know about, including Brad Paisley at Fiddler's Green, the Geto Boys at Summit Music Hall, Ride Festival and Selena Gomez. Keep reading for the full rundown on these s ... More >>

Denver Botanic Gardens summer concert series line-up: St. Vincent & David Byrne and more

Welp, it's supposed to snow tonight. I know, right? It's April. Happy Monday from your own private rain cloud, eh? Oh well, what are ya gonna do? Happens. Talk to Prince. Sometimes it snows in April, evidently. The good news, though: Summer is coming! Proof? The lineup for the upcoming Denver Botani ... More >>

The ten best music books of 2012

This year, ambitious new books tackled the lives of music legends from Neil Young to Pete Townshend -- and many of these 2012 releases managed to burst through genres to offer significantly more than the average biography. We at Backbeat explored memoirs, historical surveys, ruminations on philosoph ... More >>

Five best live concert films

While infinitely different than being there in the flesh, a live concert film can provide an up-close, multi-angled, cinematically inspired perspective of the music experience -- not to mention a glimpse into history for those who were born decades later. Such will be the case for a majority of the ... 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 >>

I lost the Futurama quiz last light by one @#*&#! point

​Last night's "All Glory to the Hypnoquiz: an all-Futurama Event " at Rackhouse Pub, sponsored by Geeks Who Drink, was a pretty raucous time, and I definitely debunked the myths that geeks can't drink, party, be hot or win things. The evening didn't turn out exactly how I wanted -- my team lo ... More >>

Ten best Beavis and Butt-head music-video riffs

​In honor of MTV's 30th Anniversary this week, we're reflecting on the network's best moments from the past three decades. Today: Our favorite music videos riffed on by Beavis and Butt-head. The duo tackled something around 250 different videos throughout the show's eight seasons, and although ... More >>

Indie collaborations: Are they taking cues from hip-hop?

​The National and Sharon Van Etten recorded a song for the Win Win soundtrack. It leaked yesterday, but Fox Searchlight has pretty well scrubbed the legal-ish streams. Regardless, the two artists are a good fit, Matt Berninger's sleepy baritone makes a seamless companion for Van Etten's own ho ... More >>

Local Natives on Playing a Talking Heads Song In Front of David Byrne and Staying Aware While on Tour

Gareth Jackson​ Some bands require creative tension or mercurial relationships to provide a spark. In our Local Natives Rough Mixes piece this week, we learned that this is not the case for these five So-Cal dudes. They're in a band because they like being around each other, and the music sta ... More >>

Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt!

Thursday, April 8, Rhinoceropolis, 303-641-9809.

tUnE-yArDs

Saturday, March 27, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Deferred Hat Tip - Talking Heads' Fear of Music

​ I've never been a fan of the Talking Heads -- and I mean that in the most endearing way possible. Even as a kid I figured David Byrne was a pretentious turd, hell-bent on proving something. Which, at the time I wasn't particularly fond of. That said, as a pretentious turd myself, I randomly ... More >>

Top ten five blogs by bands

Photo courtesy of Kanyewest.com​ Last week, Kanye christened his new web site with the above photo of his girlfriend, Amber Rose. Then, Thom Yorke announced the name of his latest band on the Radiohead blog. Which got us thinking about the other band blogs we have bookmarked. In our bitchin' ... More >>

Alec Ounsworth

Saturday, February 20, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Spinner dubs Boulder's Biafra one of music's 10 biggest geeks

​AOL's music blog, Spinner.com, posted a list late last week titled "Revenge of the Rock Nerds: The 10 Biggest Geeks in Music." Between such dorky songsmiths as Talking Heads' David Byrne (#10) and Weezer's Rivers Cuomo (#1) lies former Dead Kennedys frontman and longtime Bay Area fixture Jello Bi ... More >>

Leonard Cohen, Chris Cornell, STS9 shows anounced

Leonard Cohen's concert at New York's Beacon Theatre last Thursday marked his first American performance in fifteen years. As he took the stage, AEG Live announced a run of North American dates that, as of now, concludes with a stop at Red Rocks on Tuesday, June 2. It was one of a few Red Rocks show ... More >>

DeVotchKa to open for David Byrne at Red Rocks

DeVotchKa just got tapped to open for David Byrne, who visits Red Rocks Saturday, June 20  as part of his tour playing songs from his collaborations with Brian Eno, including tunes from Life in the Bush of Ghosts and Everything That Happens Will Happen Today. Byrne played a stellar show with th ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, February 23 edition

Wigging out at the Beerdrinker of the Year contest. Welcome back. Today in Cafe Society: • Beerdrinker of the Year: A judge's tale. • Sexy Pizza's sexy facelift. • It's Denver Cupcake Week for Lovely Confections Bakery. • Room for one Pho. • Oodles of noodles and more news from Jet Enter ... More >>

Road to Nowhere

The Motet plays to a Talking Heads fan base.

Live Review: David Byrne at the Temple Buell Theater

Byrne After Reading

David Byrne

David Byrne & Brian Eno

Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
EverythingThatHappens.com

This Just In 8/14-8/20

Teeth Mountain

Sunday, August 10, Rhinoceropolis, 303-641-9809.

Freeloader

Bringing you the best in free, artist-approved downloads.

Creepy, Catchy, Cool: Silence of the Lambs as Dance Pop

Haunted DIA Strikes Again, Befuddles David Byrne’s WiFi

Record Breaking

With the music industry in disarray, local acts seek new ways to release their music.

Brazil '66

Barbez

Wednesday, September 28, Bender's Tavern, 303-861-7070.

Various Artists

Jim White Presents: Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (Luaka Bop)

Off Limits

Walk softly and carry a big shtick

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

David Byrne

Friday, September 3, Ogden Theatre, 1-800-965-4827; Saturday, September 4, Jazz Aspen Snowmass, 1-866-527-8499.

Widespread Panic

Über Cobra (Widespread Records)

Watchers

To the Rooftops (Gern Blandsten)

Flick Pick

Stop Making Sense

Hit Pick

George and Caplin

Remaking Sense

David Byrne comes up big-time in Stop Making Sense.

Critic's Choice

David Byrne

Join the Club

Any Dick or Harry can get funky with the Tom Tom Club's first recording in eight years.

Jim of All Trades

For David Byrne discovery Jim White, music wasn't his first career choice. Or his second. Or his third @

Squawking Head

David Byrne is mad as hell at his former bandmates--and he's not going to take it anymore.

Thrills for the week

Letters

Heads Down

The Heads' Jerry Harrison on the controversial decision to carry on without David Byrne.

THE GOODS

THERE WEREN'T THOUSANDS OF FIRST-RATE RECORDS RELEASED IN 1995. BUT THERE WERE NINETY.

THRILLS

NO ALTERNATIVE

A LOOK AT THE MODERN-ROCK SONGS DENVER RADIO IS DOING TO DEATH.