Subject: Elbow (Musical Group)

• Bloc Party On

  June 7, 2007

• The Lost Lily Allen Interview

  September 13, 2007

• Best of Westword Winners From 1988

  November 7, 2007

• Beyond Playlist: The Pinker Tones and More

  June 6, 2008

• Live Review: Des Tours, the Don'ts and Be Carefuls, Pleistocene at Larimer Lounge

  July 16, 2008

• Genre Divide

  Chicago's post-progressive- math-punk-rock-jazz quartet Sweep the Leg Johnny is a sonic non sequitur.

  September 30, 1999

• Hoax, Lies and Audio

  John Vanderslice is an excellent musician and songwriter. He's also a pretty good prankster.

  March 15, 2001

• Forward Into the Past

  The Futureheads look back in admiration.

  June 9, 2005

• Ideal Fathers seek ideal drummer

  The Ideal Fathers have a fresh, danceable, well-crafted take on post-punk. They have a freshly recorded, yet-to-released EP that's damn good. What they don't have is a drummer, and that's holding them back from capitalizing on those first two things, which is a shame. Their longtime drummer recently succumbed to the economic pressures that threaten us all, leaving them without a crucial part of the rhythm section. They've enlisted a temporary fill-in, but are eagerly seeking a long term solutio

  January 5, 2009

• Hot Congress Show 1 at Moe's Original Barbecue

  Photo: Tom MurphyHot Congress Show 1: The Jim Jims, Lil Slugger, The Pseudo Dates and Vitamins Friday, January 30, 2009 Moe's Original Barbecue, Denver Better Than: A bill where a random group of bands is thrown together. Opening this show was the Jim Jims. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it sure wasn't a good post-punk band that wasn't going for the whole faux-Gang of Four thing. The band's singer reminded me of Sam Mickens from the Dead Science, but instead of a falsetto, his singing

  February 2, 2009

• Q&A with Fucked Up's Damian Abraham

  The February 4 profile "Fucked Up Pushes Punk Into the Future By Understanding the Past" is pretty hefty -- nearly 1,400 words. And yet it only uses a small portion of the quotes offered by Fucked Up frontman Damian Abraham during a sprawling, wide-ranging and hugely entertaining conversation that can be found in its entirety below.

  February 5, 2009

• Fucked Up at the Larimer Lounge

  Photo: David WaldmanFucked Up, Mustangs & Madras, Guns N Rosa Parks Wednesday, February 11, 2009 Larimer Lounge Better than: The G.G. Allin documentary. Right off the bat let's dispense with two things. One: Fucked Up is an awful name for a band. Two: If you are going to name your band Fucked Up, timidity is not going to be one of your strong points. Now that that's out of the way, let's flash forward to the present where Wednesday night, the Larimer Lounge hit a home run by pairing Canada'

  February 12, 2009

• Nationalistic 2005

  The rest of the planet generated some good CDs this year, too.

  December 22, 2005

• Freeloader

  The best in legitimate, artist-approved downloads.

  January 17, 2008

• Nationalistic

  Our music writers pick the year’s national bests.

  December 28, 2006

• Listen Up

  Fast reviews of recent releases

  December 7, 2006

• Andy Partridge

  XTC's fuzzy warbler is a pop genius.

  January 18, 2007

• Where You Been?

  The alt-rock pioneers in Dinosaur Jr. return to the freak scene as seniors.

  April 13, 2006

• Listen Up

  Fast reviews of recent releases

  February 23, 2006

• Hit Pic

  The Photo Atlas prepares to dance its way across the country.

  October 20, 2005

• Four on the Floor

  Post-punk pioneer Gang of Four still loves a man in uniform.

  October 13, 2005

• Art Throb

  Pit er Pat brings a warm pulse to its spare, conceptual pop.

  May 26, 2005

• Gang of Four

  Entertainment! (Warner Bros./Rhino)

  May 19, 2005

• Bloc Party

  Silent Alarm (Vice)

  April 21, 2005

• Marrying the Mainstream

  White men learned to dance, and the emoting was as thick as the eyeliner on the year's best pop-rock records.

  December 30, 2004

• Moovers and Shakers

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

  December 23, 2004

• Fugazi

  Live Series (Self-released)

  July 15, 2004

• Wright of Passage

  Juggling pain, loss, hope and rage, Shannon Wright just wants a little truth.

  June 10, 2004

• Knock 'Em Dead

  Killing Joke's ghoulish rock has the last laugh.

  October 30, 2003

• Shriek and Spell

  Q and Not U deconstructs the ABCs of punk rhetoric.

  September 18, 2003

• Digging Roots

  The Court and Spark unearths country rock's past to find its future.

  September 11, 2003

• Punk of Ages

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

  July 24, 2003

• Watchers

  To the Rooftops (Gern Blandsten)

  May 22, 2003

• Avant Garage

  Nearing thirty years as the most challenging rock band on earth, Pere Ubu waxes enigmatic.

  February 27, 2003

• Boogie Men

  VHS or Beta inspires communal dance ecstasy and has a good beat. But don't call it disco.

  October 17, 2002

• The Lapse of Luxury

  After a four-year hiatus, Girls Against Boys is back in the high life again.

  September 5, 2002

• Red Hot Chili Peppers

  By the Way (Warner Bros.)

  August 8, 2002

• Culture Clash

  As nonprofits fight for SCFD funds, some arts groups could be sqeezed out of the picture.

  April 26, 2001

• Cocked and Loaded

  British punk pioneers the Buzzcocks invade America -- again.

  November 4, 1999

• Jet Boys

  Jets to Brazil is taking off.

  April 1, 1999

• Feedback

  January 28, 1999

• In a Depeche Mode

  Despite personnel shifts and personal problems, the world's most resilient electro band isn't ready to fold yet.

  November 26, 1998

• Feedback

  July 10, 1997

• Feedback

  September 5, 1996

• PLAYLIST

  November 23, 1994

• Q&A with Barney Greenway from Napalm Death

  Photo: Brooke BullardIn this week's Rough Mixes entry focusing on Napalm Death, we only printed highlights of Tom Murphy's recent conversation with Barney Greenway. The two of them actually had a fairly extensive conversation in which Greenway discussed the influence of My Bloody Valentine and other unexpected acts on Napalm Death, how the act has managed to maintain the ferocious level of intensity over the years that the outfit has become known for and more. Before heading to the show tonight

  May 8, 2009