Subject: Hot IQs

• The Beatdown

  July 1, 2004

• The Beatdown

  September 30, 2004

• The Beatdown

  November 4, 2004

• Letters to the Editor

  November 18, 2004

• The Beatdown

  December 9, 2004

• The Beatdown

  December 23, 2004

• Best Debut Release by a Label

  March 24, 2005

• Best Band Name Change

  March 24, 2005

• The Beatdown

  March 31, 2005

• The Beatdown

  June 30, 2005

• The Beatdown

  August 18, 2005

• The Swayback Raises the Bar

  April 3, 2008

• Young Coyotes

  May 14, 2009

• Dialed in: This week's local music radio playlists

  Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190's long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the Colorado Wave, which is syndicated on a number of stations across the country. See the full playlists posted after the jump.

  May 26, 2009

• MP3 Freeloader: Hot IQs final show, tonight at the Bluebird

  As previously reported, tonight's the night when Hot IQs retire their jerseys after an estimable six year run. A distinguished, iconic band that earmarked an era, the outfit is immortalized in the pantheon of local music alongside other dearly departed, homegrown legends such as the Fluid, the Czars, the Gamits and Planes Mistaken for Stars, among others. An outfit that began humbly as the Royal We (or Just Odessa, if you're a trivia buff) before morphing into Hot IQs, the group grew from a grou

  June 19, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, June 19 edition

  On the road again.... Rollin', rollin', rollin'. Today in Cafe Society: • Update: Pad Thai on the go.... • Toke of the town: Mary Jane's Pizza. • First report from the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen. • A free donut for dad. • Huebner off The Bachelorette, back on pizza. • Barbecue this weekend in Frisco, at Randolph's. Today in Backbeat Online: • Last Night's Show: The Church with Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody at the Gothic. • Paper Bird's new EP and Twist & Shout in-store. â€

  June 19, 2009

• Dialed In: This week's local music radio playlists

  Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190's long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the Colorado Wave, which is syndicated on a number of stations across the country. See the full playlists posted after the jump.

  June 23, 2009

• Mile Hi-Fidelity playlist - 06.24.09

  "Ah, man, I love this song!" I must make this remark a lot during the show. Last night, as I was marveling out loud about one of the tunes -- I'm not sure which one, but I think it might've been "Skinny" by Scaffolding -- Andy pointed out the obvious: I should love them, since I pick what we play each week. After all, it stands to reason that I'd play songs I liked. He's got a point. Guess I'm a little dense sometimes. Anyhow, Andy was back last night in the co-host chair, and we had a blast as

  June 25, 2009

• Missed connection: Discount Cinema and Joy Subtraction

  ​Even the lowliest of local bands are used to getting a little groupie action now and then. But it turns out Denver-area musicians don't need to sift through their adoring audiences for a shot at romance; sometimes it's right there onstage. Emily Carter, bassist of Lakewood electro-rock outfit Discount Cinema, recently placed a Missed Connections listing on Craigslist after playing a Larimer Lounge BBQ show on July 12 with Fort Collins' Joy Subtraction (a new group, no website or MySpace yet,

  July 27, 2009

• Line-up for this weekend's Hot IQs BBQ is, well, hot!

  ​Just caught a whiff of the line-up for this weekend's Hot IQs barbecue, and we must say it is absolutely, positively killer, friends. Besides being IQs' very last show ever -- unless, of course, the band plays the seemingly inevitable reunion show in a few years from now -- the line-up equates to nine hours of musical wonderment. Discount Cinema, a newer outfit that's got folks around town talking, headlines a bill that also includes the Kissing Party, Wire Faces, I Sank Molly Brown, Joshua N

  July 31, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, July 31 edition

  Mark Manger​ Today in The Latest Word: -A few hundred pages inside the NFL. -Southwest's prices will probably go up. -Boobs! I dare you not to click that. -Top ten Apatow joints. -101.5 the Pole? Trust me -- click that. Today in Cafe Society: -Boulder Beer Festival. -Half-price cheesecakes. -Best Denver burgers. -Get your weekend started with some margaritas. Today in Backbeat Online: -Sea Kittens at Red Rocks. There you go, Peta. -It's new, it's shiny, it's online-only. Meet Indie303

  July 31, 2009

• The Denver Boot: Hot IQs final show at Larimer Lounge

  ​Without question, Hot IQs, which took the stage for the last time this past weekend at the Larimer Lounge, made its mark on the Mile High City and will be sorely missed. Starting life as the Royal We, the outfit grew ably into its own as songwriters and left us with a slew of outstanding songs, from "Firecracker" to "Duck and Cover" to "Iggy Pop" to "Houndstooth," just to name a few. Those who attended the act's farewell show at the Bluebird this past June were treated to exhilarating renditi

  August 6, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 6 edition

  ​Would you like to sniff the cork? Today in Cafe Society: • Grapes and grilling tonight at Strings. • Guess where I'm drinking? • Martini Ranch and Hiccups III dry up. • And the new, New York Times restaurant critic is... • Tonight's shochu dinner at Elway's Cherry Creek could be the blowout food orgy of the year. Today in Backbeat Online: • The Denver Boot: Hot IQs final show at Larimer Lounge. • NPR's All Songs Considered weighs in on the best music of 2009. • Mile Hi-F

  August 6, 2009

• Accordion Crimes

  October 1, 2009

• Dialed In: This week's local music radio playlists

  ​Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190's Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, 99.5 the Mountain's Homegrown Show*, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the Colorado Wave, which is syndicated on a number of stations across the country. See the full playlists posted after the jump.*Playlist has not been made availa

  October 19, 2009