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Monolith Festival Live Blog, Day 1

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Sugar Hill Gang

Denver's Dressy Bessy dress down the cynics with a dose of infectious ear candy.

Frank Black and the Catholics

Show Me Your Tears (spinART)

The Pixies

Pixies (Spinart)

Backwash

Homeward bound, Slim Cessna keeps sin alive in a new project.

The Breeders

The Deal sisters are happy to be reproducing again.

The Haunted Windchimes

Verse/Visa
Blank-Tape Records

She Writes the Songs

Boston-based singer/songwriter Melissa Ferrick lets Freedom ring on a new recording.

Black Francis

Boston-based singer/songwriter Melissa Ferrick lets Freedom ring on a new recording.

Black Francis

Wednesday, July 2, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, 303-830-8497.

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Who will be inducted next? Gaze into our crystal ball.

Release Me

A roundup of six local imprints.

Where You Been?

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

Another Look at a Legend

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

Flood Waters

Born in the Flood's passionate rock sets a high-water mark.

Stephen Malkmus/Smog

Face the Truth (Matador)/A River Ain't Too Much to Love (Drag City)

Happy Together

The Pixies are reunited, and it feels so good.

Homeward Sound

After six years in Portland, the Minders revisit the city that put their pop on the map.

Avant Garage

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

The Blackstone Valley Sinners

It's a Sin (Valley Records)

Critic's Choice

Pigface

Soul on Ice

Legendary sideman Moris Tepper fronts his own vision, with chilling results.

Bouncing Back

With the release of Flowers, Echo and the Bunnymen are back in bloom.

Frank Black and the Catholics

Dog in the Sand (What Are Records?)

Stalker Fiction

Joy turned Cracker’s David Lowery into fiction. Too bad he’s real and really angry.

Playlist

Joy turned Cracker’s David Lowery into fiction. Too bad he’s real and really angry.

The Outer Limits

Joy turned Cracker’s David Lowery into fiction. Too bad he’s real and really angry.

Black on Black

Joy turned Cracker’s David Lowery into fiction. Too bad he’s real and really angry.

CRITIC'S CHOICE

Joy turned Cracker’s David Lowery into fiction. Too bad he’s real and really angry.

SO FINE

THE MOST MEMORABLE ALBUMS OF 1994.

WELCOME TO THE CLUB

THE MOST MEMORABLE ALBUMS OF 1994.

HONOR THY AUTHORS

THE MOST MEMORABLE ALBUMS OF 1994.

PLAYLIST

THE MOST MEMORABLE ALBUMS OF 1994.

Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse, Frank Black shows annouced

The Flaming Lips know all about putting on a hell of a show, and the Monolith Festival gig at Red Rocks in 2007 was one most phenomenal things to happen to that venue in the last few years. Lets hope for a repeat performance when the Lips return to Red Rocks Sunday, August 23 with Explosions in the ... More >>

Black Francis

Wednesday, July 29, Walnut Room, 303-292-0529.

Pixies bringing Doolittle tour to Denver in November

​It's true. Mark your calendars: We just received word that the Pixies, one of the world's greatest bands, will return to Denver to perform Doolittle, its classic 1989 platter, in its entirety on Thursday, November 16 at the Fillmore. Although Black Francis (aka Frank Black, aka Charles Thompson) ... More >>

Last Night: Black Francis at the Walnut Room

Jon Solomon​Black FrancisWednesday July 29, 2009The Walnut RoomBetter than: Seeing him at a much bigger venue. Black Francis (aka Frank Black aka Charles Thompson) doesn't tour in a van. Dude's been riding around the country in a big-ass tour deluxe tour bus, which seemed really out of place parke ... More >>

Second Black Francis show added. Win tickets!

​Update: Ticket giveaway is over. Thanks to everyone who submitted answers! Congratulations go out to Crawford Philleo. You're the lucky winner of the last pair of tickets to tonight's show. Two guest list spots will be in your name this evening at the Walnut Room. (The correct answer to the final ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, July 30 edition

Beads? Shit, those are pearls. Pearls and gold, and I painted them rainbow colors because I can. ​ Since when does July transition straight into mid-September? Today in The Latest Word: -Here's your daily installment of the Adventures of Jared Polis. -Singalong with former CU football player. ... More >>

Pixies, Bob Dylan, Yonder Mountain String Band shows announced

​As we reported in July, the Pixies will visit the Fillmore Auditorium Monday, November 16 as part of a nine-city US tour celebrating the twentieth anniversary of act's 1989 watershed album Doolittle. The original line-up of Black Francis, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago and David Lovering will play Dooli ... More >>

Last Night: Pixies at Fillmore Auditorium

Aaron Thackeray​PixiesFillmore AuditoriumMonday, November 16, 2009See more photos on the slideshow page.Better than: having whores in your head.  About six decades before the Pixies released their watershed album Doolittle in 1989, Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel teamed up to make a sixtee ... More >>

Last Night: Pixies at the Fillmore Auditorium (bonus review)

For those with tickets to tonight's Pixies show, here's a bonus review with another perspective, to give you a clear idea of exactly what to expect this evening. If you haven't already check out Jon Solomon's review.Adam Perry​PixiesFillmore AuditoriumMonday, November 16, 2009Better than: having w ... More >>

The Lovely and Talented creates a New American Fable of its own

For those with tickets to tonight's Pixies show, here's a bonus review with another perspective, to give you a clear idea of exactly what to expect this evening. If you haven't already check out Jon Solomon's review.Adam Perry​PixiesFillmore AuditoriumMonday, November 16, 2009Better than: having w ... More >>

Sharon Jones, Erykah Badu top sellers at local record stores

​While there were no clear winners across the board at local record stores, Erykah Badu took the top spot at Albums on the Hill, while Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings' latest effort, I Learned the Hard Way, claimed the top slot at Twist & Shout for the week ending April 11. Dr. Dog's Shame, Sham ... More >>