Deep Purple

Multiplying the Cube

Multiplying the Cube

Q&A With the Fluid’s Rick Kulwicki

Mile High Music Fest Live Blog, Day Two

Christmas Packages

The best holiday discs, as well as others that will make you pity the yule.

Good Girls Do

Hard-rocking Kittie specializes in smashing expectations. Starting with yours.

Snake Appeal

Call Sign Cobra has sharpened its sprawling rock to a vicious edge.

Danava at the Larimer Lounge

Photo: Tom Murphy Outer Neon Danava, Space In Time and Outer Neon Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Larimer Lounge, Denver Better Than: A good bulk of the neo-classic heavy rock of late. Opening the night was the mighty, sludgy psych-rock duo Outer Neon from Denver. For someone not paying attention, it ... More >>

Backwash

If this summer’s concert season has an encore, we’d rather skip it.

Best Transplanted Band

Git Some

Letters to the Editor

From the week of September 1, 2005

Space in Time at the Larimer Lounge

From the week of September 1, 2005

Dave Beegle’s Ax Is Sharp

Behold the world-class guitarist behind Acoustic Mayhem.

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

Opeth

Ghost Reveries (Roadrunner)

Reid 'Em and Weep

Is Terry Reid the unluckiest man in rock?

Well Red

Red Sparowes' impressive pedigree has roots in Colorado.

Apes

Friday, April 22, Rock Island, 303-443-2227.

Moovers and Shakers

In 2004, Mootown's best and brightest gave us something to write home about.

Lip Service

Grazing in the bluegrass, Split Lip Rayfield keeps pickin' and grinnin'.

Punk of Ages

Down by Law's Dave Smalley still emits a positive charge.

The Home Team

Local artists put out a wealth of good music this year. Step right up and read all about it.

Steve Watson

Wyoming Radio (Easter)

Just the Ax, Man

The Atomic Bitchwax and Nebula are among a new breed of bands putting the wank back into guitar rock.

Playlist

The Atomic Bitchwax and Nebula are among a new breed of bands putting the wank back into guitar rock.

Breaking Up Is Easy to Do

Local experts offer reasons why so many of Denver's biggest bands are vanishing.

Playlist

Local experts offer reasons why so many of Denver's biggest bands are vanishing.

The Vinyl Solution

Think 45s are a thing of the past? Think again.

In Their Element

Think 45s are a thing of the past? Think again.

DOING PENNANTS

Think 45s are a thing of the past? Think again.

The band retains the name

​In the world of heavy metal, lead singers are as indispensible as riffs and distortion--that is, except for when they get used up and thrown away like yesterday's drumsticks. While frontmen are the face and voice of many bands, they seem particularly prone to quitting, dying or getting fired, lea ... More >>

Danava

Saturday, August 22, Gothic Theatre, 877-598-6659.

Q&A with Steve "Lips" Kudlow from Anvil

Anvil (due this Sunday, January 31 at the Gothic Theatre) wasn't exactly a household name until this past year, despite having exerted considerable influence on bands like Metallica, Guns 'N' Roses and Slayer. In the early '80s, Anvil developed a sound that was faster and more aggressive than most o ... More >>

Pentagram at the Marquis: "It's more like Penta-jam"

Pentagram. Photos by Tom Murphy​ Pentagram • Space in Time • Kingdom of Magic 03.17.10 | Marquis Theatre A night of exceptionally interesting hard rock that ended with '70s metal legends Pentagram began with the new-look Space in Time. They were surprisingly confident and assured. The ba ... More >>

RIP Ronnie James Dio: The metal legend gone at 67. Metallica and others pay tribute

Ronnie James Dio, dead at 67, was one of the great metal voices.​Metal heads and dark rock connoisseurs everywhere are today without one of the most feared vocalists of the genre. Ronnie James Dio -- the prolific artist who fronted Black Sabbath (post-Ozzy), Rainbow, Heaven and Hell and, of co ... More >>

Sleep

Sunday, September 5, Gothic Theatre, 303-830-8497.

In honor of Halloween, here are our five favorite theremin cover songs

The theremin is a choice instrument for making spooky Halloween sounds. Case in point, this collection of theremin cover songs, in which a slew of popular tunes immediately become significantly more creepy after being filtered through the completely awesome but frightening device. It's one of our ... More >>

No more need to hide your weed: Prescription Lock keeps medical pot locked

Lock up your weed​Among the dozens of booths at Kush Con II over the weekend at the Colorado Convention Center, it was easy to spot the common items -- glass pieces, 420 T-shirts and the like -- but new ways to make money off the burgeoning marijuana industry here have cropped up, too. Like " ... More >>

Space in Time

Space in Time
Self-released

Top ten retro metal bands currently melting faces and minds

​The world of heavy metal can be an exercise in absurdity and uninspired imitation played at blistering volume. With the relatively recent (and fading) popularity of "stoner-rock" and "doom metal," as evidenced by tours including the reunited line-ups of Sleep, Saint Vitus (read our recent int ... More >>

Roger Taylor of Duran Duran on writing new music rather than resting on one's laurels

Duran Duran​During the 1980s and into the '90s, Duran Duran (due tonight at the 1STBANK Center with Neon Trees) was one of the most popular and successful rock bands of that time. It was the kind of band for whom people would camp out outside hotel rooms to get autographs. Its music and its mu ... More >>

Rock and Roll Superfriends: Andy Hamilton, Eric Halborg and Chuck French join forces

Andy Hamilton is the sorcerer.​The most intriguing rumor we've heard lately is that Houses frontman Andy Hamilton may be putting together a project with Eric Halborg, long-time frontman and bassist of the Swayback, and Chuck French, lead shredder for Git Some and one-time member of the now-myt ... More >>

Roger Daltry, Howard Jones, Boris, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Dax Riggs and more this weekend

Catch Roger Daltry at 1STBANK on Sunday​Another enticing weekend for music in the Mile High City: Dax Riggs closes out his two night stand at the Larimer Lounge, the Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular illuminates the Fillmore on Friday, Cymbals Eat Guitars crash the hi-dive, Howard Jones plays his f ... More >>

Ghost's Ghoul With No Name: "We want to do that whole Halloween thing with a major twist"

Ghost (due tonight at the Marquis Theater) is a metal band from Sweden that might also be considered a bit of a performance art troupe. With one member dressed as the Satanic counterpart to the Pope and the other five as hooded, essentially faceless acolytes, all decked out in reverse Christian sy ... More >>

Review: Ghost at Marquis Theater, 1/27/12

Action PRGhostGHOST @ MARQUIS THEATER | 1/27/12Even before Ghost took stage, people started chanting for the band, which was interesting considering this is the outfit's first big tour.