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Aurora theater shooting: Colorado members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns respond to tragedy

The heated gun control debates that have emerged in response to the Aurora theater shooting that left twelve dead have reached elected officials at all different levels of government -- whether they want to talk about it or not. Since Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, arguably the most prominent Colorad ... More >>

Photos: Jesse Williams, John Cho promote Obama in Colorado

Marking one hundred days before Election Day, Barack Obama's campaign held thousands of events across the country on Saturday, asking supporters to take at least one action for the President through an initiative called "It Takes One." As part of that effort, his Colorado team brought not one, but t ... More >>

Harold & Kumar, Grey's Anatomy stars visiting Denver for Obama 2012

Turns out that one half of Harold & Kumar just wasn't enough to get Colorado voters excited about reelecting Barack Obama. In May, Kal Penn, i.e. Kumar, came to a Denver youth summit to promote Obama, and this weekend, John Cho, i.e. Harold, is getting in on the fun and stopping by this key swing ... More >>

Jesse Tabish of Other Lives: "There were about thirty people and half of Radiohead there"

Other Lives (due at 1STBANK Center tonight with Radiohead) started in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 2004 under the name Kunek, but when one of the founding members of the band left, the remaining members switched to their current moniker. The band's orchestral arrangements and its knack for creating tense ... More >>

Shel moves forward after parting ways with Republic Nashville with new five-songEP

​Paging Alexandra Patsavas: Have you met Shel (due at the Bluebird tonight with Elephant Revival) yet? If not, you should definitely make their acquaintance. The music these lovely ladies make genuinely sounds like it was painstakingly crafted in a lab specifically to be played in an episode o ... More >>

Starz Denver Film Festival 2011: Melancholia had me praying for the world to end -- and soon

Big pics below.​Director Lars von Trier's Melancholia, the red-carpet-premiere attraction at the Denver FilmCenter Colfax opening night for the 2011 Starz Denver Film Festival, is a feel-bad movie that's been declared a masterpiece by critics aplenty. So universal has been the acclaim that any ... More >>

Tonight: Joe Purdy at the Bluebird

​ To say that Joe Purdy (due this evening at the Bluebird Theater with The Milk Carton Kids) is prolific would be, well, exactly accurate -- the singer-songwriter has released ten albums in ten years, all while touring. His workman like approach has paid off in the form of devoted fans, and li ... More >>

Marshall LaCount of Dark Dark Dark on its aesthetic and the symbolism of water

Photo by Tod SeelieDark Dark Dark is wet wet wet​Although it's often referred to as a "chamber folk" band, Dark Dark Dark (due tonight at The Walnut Room and tomorrow, April 16, at Odd Fellows Hall in Boulder as part of Communikey) from Minneapolis is a horse of a different color. Yes, its sev ... More >>

Dark Dark Dark

Friday, April 15, Walnut Room, 303-292-0529.

Josh Radin at the Boulder Theater, 2/28/11

​ JOSH RADINWith Laura Jansen and Cary BrothersBoulder Theater | February 28, 2011 "The Radin audience is an audience that loves music," said Laura Jansen in the middle of her opening set. And, I would add, chick flicks, even if, like me, they'd vehemently deny that under oath. But only the ... More >>

Tonight: Josh Radin at the Boulder Theater

​Even if Josh Radin's name isn't immediately recognizable, it is virtually impossible not to have heard his music. His songs have made dozens of appearances in the back and foregrounds of television shows like Scrubs and Grey's Anatomy, and Radin's not-too-sappy love songs come in a satiating ... More >>

Mike Nelson: For 7News forecaster, National Weatherman's Day will be sonny

Mike Nelson​As Jef Otte wrote, tomorrow is National Weatherman's Day. No really. Created for 18th-century weather observer John Jeffries, it honors "men and women who collectively provide Americans with the best weather, water, and climate forecasts and warning services of any nation," the Nat ... More >>

10 teen pop stars who fell from the public's grace

Smile!​Lindsay Lohan may or may not go to prison (again) because she may or may not have assaulted a staff member of the rehab facility she's staying in. Her parents must be so proud. Oh, wait... never mind. Lohan, whose music career was brief and mostly predicated upon cleavage, joins a panth ... More >>

Greg Laswell talks about his songwriting and the turning points of his career.

Lauren Dukoff Greg Laswell doesn't have instant name recognition quite yet, but if you watch certain popular television shows like Grey's Anatomy, True Blood, Friday Night Lights and Dollhouse, you've probably heard his music. Laswell came up in the independent music scene in San Diego and Los An ... More >>

Denver Broncos panties and other team tie-ins we could do without

​Last week, Victoria's Secret announced a way for men with football-hating significant others to really piss off their ladies: a line of branded clothing with the logos and colors of the Denver Broncos and a dozen other NFL teams. Okay, so the raciest things among the collection of t-shirts a ... More >>

Grey's Anatomy finale fails the Columbine test

Sarah Drew (April) in the "Grey's Anatomy" season finale.​From a conceptual standpoint, last night's season finale of Grey's Anatomy had a lot in common with the famous it-was-all-a-dream episode of Dallas. Fans haven't been wowed by many of the new characters introduced of late, so Grey's cre ... More >>

Don't Stop Believing ... or do? Is it time to retire the montage?

The television-show-music montage made its debut underneath a radar that no amount of research can seem to muster up. Although the montage's early use in film is evident, the end-of-a-TV-show montage seems to have slipped into the cultural brainstem without leaving a mark at the beginning.

Carbon Choir

High Beams
Self-released

John Eriksson talks about the changing flavors of Peter Bjorn and John

Beyond Playlist: Church of Misery and more

​Church of Misery Houses of the Unholy (Rise Above/Metal Blade) The Japanese knack for musical mimicry reaches a new peak on the latest by Church of Misery, which sounds so much like the best hard-rock album from 1975 (or 1985) (or 1995) that listeners can be excused for checking their calend ... More >>

Meese

Broadcast
Atlantic

Here We Go Magic

Sunday, June 28, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Q&A with The Ideal Fathers

Photo by Jerry GoffThe Ideal Fathers are four guys (singer Jesse Hunsaker, guitarist Adam Rojo, bassist Michael King and drummer Michael Perfetti) who play gloriously chaotic, hyperkinetic dance punk with verve and abandon. If you haven't caught one of their sets or heard any of their songs on one o ... More >>

Meet the Fraysayers

Dull. Boring. Formulaic. Uniformly bland. Uninteresting. Calculated. Inoffensive. Forgettable. These are just a few of the adjectives that various critics from across the country have used to describe the Fray's self-titled sophomore release. As observed in this column last week, the band is clearly ... More >>

Whose opinions hold more weight, those of the critics or those of the fans?

Ingrid Michaelson

Kings of Leon

Only by the Night
RCA

Fiancé

Please, Ambitious, Please
Self-released

Republic Tigers Yearn to Make Music for Movies

Signed to soundtrack supervisor Alexandra Patsavas' Chop Shop label, the act is clearly poised to make that dream a reality.

Summer Movie Preview

The season of big budget bangs uses its brain.

Missy Higgins

This Aussie singer moved to America to try and replicate her success

Augustana

Saturday, May 10, Gothic Theatre, 303-788-0984.

45 Second Reviews: pureNRG, Puscifer, Robyn, Santogold

Ingrid Michaelson

Wednesday, January 16, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.

Northern State

This hip-hop hybrid is no longer on a major label, and it couldn’t be happier.

Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week

Botox Bandit, August 9

TV's Watching Reed Foehl

With over a dozen songs licensed to television, he's ready for his close-up.

Dr. Feelgood

You're not a doctor, but Trauma Center lets you play one on TV.

Frayday

And the winner is…

California Dreaming

Yo, Flaco! says goodbye to Denver.

Cary Brothers

Wednesday, October 11, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Dead on Arrival

Drop Dead, Gorgeous is kid-tested and mother-approved.

Our top DVD picks for the week of September 14, 2006.

Turning Tricks

Anatomy of a Hit

Alexandra Patsavas creates the soundtrack of our lives.

Ghost of a Chance

Let the spirit move you.

Our top DVD picks for the week of February 16.

Say What?

The top WTF moments of 2005.

Teletunes

Indie rock meets prime time in a post-O.C. world.