Eric Johnson

This Just In 9/11-9/17

Live Review: Experience Hendrix at the Paramount Theatre

The Black Crowes at the Fillmore Auditorium

The Black Crowes, Vetiver Saturday, Dec. 13 Fillmore Auditorium Better than: Revisiting the sounds of '60s soul and '70s rock with a middling bar band. "I swear I've heard that riff before." That was the recurring thought as I watched the Black Crowes and Vetiver perform Saturday, as the solos, the ... More >>

Fruit Bats

Echolocation (Perishable)

Letters to the Editor

From the week of January 8, 2004

Purple Haze

From the week of January 8, 2004

Bar Back

The latest nightlife news.

Hapi Days

The heart of rock and roll is still beating — in Loveland.

Andy McKee

Wednesday, February 28, Nissi's, 303-665-2757.

For the record

Since 2005 has hit the bricks, here's the final word on last year's finest discs.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of November 3, 2005

Saxon Shore

Sunday, October 30, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Fruit Bats

Spelled in Bones (Sub Pop)

Git Up

Spelled in Bones (Sub Pop)

Digging In

Gravel mining wasn't allowed near their homes in the 1980s. These Jeffco homeowners want to know what's different now.

Letters

Gravel mining wasn't allowed near their homes in the 1980s. These Jeffco homeowners want to know what's different now.

Music for the Holidaze

Digging out from a blizzard of seasonal CD releases.

In the Name of Loaf

Digging out from a blizzard of seasonal CD releases.

Wake-Up Call: There's no place like homeless

​On Friday night, staffers from over a dozen street newspapers -- papers created by and for not just the poor and homeless, but the public that should care about the poor and homeless -- gathered for the North American Street Newspaper Association Awards ceremony. The event was downtown at Ma ... More >>

Fruit Bats

Saturday, August 29, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

This Just In: Alice in Chains, Experience Hendrix, Gov't Mule shows announced

​Alice in Chains hits the road in February in support of Black Gives Way to Blue, its first studio album in fourteen years, and with new singer William DuVall, who took over vocal duties for the band after original singer Layne Staley passed away in 2002. The band hits the Fillmore Auditorium Frid ... More >>

Backbeat writers weigh in on the year's best national releases

​Alice in Chains hits the road in February in support of Black Gives Way to Blue, its first studio album in fourteen years, and with new singer William DuVall, who took over vocal duties for the band after original singer Layne Staley passed away in 2002. The band hits the Fillmore Auditorium Frid ... More >>

Joe Satriani stops by Musician's Superstore next month

​Not only is Joe Satriani a hell of a shredder on the guitar, early in his career he taught a bunch of guitarists like Steve Vai, Metallica's Kirk Hammett and Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello. Now Satriani's giving away free half-hour lessons. Well, the only catch is that you have to buy ... More >>

Experience Hendrix

Sunday, March 14, Paramount Theatre, 1-866-461-6556 (SOLD OUT).

Fruit Bats

Friday, August 20, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

John Denver Tribute Concert and Colorado Hall of Fame induction at 1STBANK Center, 4/21/11

Jim Narcy​ JOHN DENVER'S ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH Olivia Newton-John, Michael Martin Murphey and more 04.21.11 | 1STBANK Center John Denver fans -- and let's be clear, that accounted for pretty much everyone in the building, save for perhaps the odd service employee -- got their money's worth las ... More >>

Mile Highlights: This week's concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

Here's what's good in the Mile High City this week: In concert news, INXS is coming to the Ogden in July, Lil Wayne's coming to Comfort Dental in August and Steve Earle is due at the Ogden in September. On local radio, Force Publique, Signal Path and Bop Skizzum got some spins. Meanwhile, at our l ... More >>

Mile Highlights: This week's concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

Here's what's good in the Mile High City this week: In concert news, INXS is coming to the Ogden in July, Lil Wayne's coming to Comfort Dental in August and Steve Earle is due at the Ogden in September. On local radio, Force Publique, Signal Path and Bop Skizzum got some spins. Meanwhile, at our l ... More >>