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Sigur Rós

Saturday, April 6, 1STBANK Center, 866-461-6556.

The best EDM in Denver this weekend

THUGFUCKER @ NORAD | SAT, 3/30/13 The duo collectively known as Thugfucker doesn't take themselves very seriously, despite collaborating to form the Life and Death brand -- a name you might remember from assorted showcases and live shows last year, including a stop at the Afterhours Anonymous annive ... More >>

Photos: Ten famous same-sex couples who've tied the knot

Yesterday, Governor John Hickenlooper signed civil unions into law; for our coverage, click here. In honor of this historic step, we've assembled photos and information about famous same-sex couples who've legally committed to each other, either through marriage ceremonies in areas where doing so is ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 in Denver this weekend (8 free!), March 15-17

This weekend is all about the green of St. Patrick's Day, and you won't have to spend much of your own hard-earned green to have fun. For just ten bucks (or less), you can enjoy everything from a burlesque tribute to the Irish holiday to an experimental film symposium to a comedy show celebrating ba ... More >>

Menswear Mondays: Student Asgeir Baldursson on his U.K. look

Not everyone was interested in the Super Bowl yesterday. Asgeir Baldursson, a Colorado College student, "didn't really care to watch the game, " he told us. But he did sport a fun rock-and-roll look when he met up with friends at the Denver Pavilions. Continue reading to find out his special connect ... More >>

Of Monsters and Men

Thursday, December 13, 1STBANK Center, 303-830-8497.

Jeff Orlowski's Chasing Ice documents the hard reality of global warming

Slow Melt

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, September 28-30, 2012

There are so many fun things to spend money on in the fall, like sweaters and butternut squash soup and fancy lattes. So why spend money on entertaining fun? Fortunately, you won't have to this weekend, since there are many worthwhile events that cost under $10 -- many of them free! From a drag fun ... More >>

Worlds Collide

Top ten outmoded industries Colorado should lure after snagging Blockbuster

If the last time you rented a movie from Blockbuster also happened to be the last time you watched an Eddie Murphy movie, you're not alone. But just in case you did feel like giving up Netflix, Hulu and Redbox, and rewinding that copy of Beverly Hills Cop III you borrowed in 1994, Colorado's got you ... More >>

Mayor Michael Hancock's Denver bucket list for 2012

​Denver has been threatened with doom many times -- when the transcontinental railroad threatened to skip the infant city, when numerous booms went bust, when the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons plant caught fire. Although the homegrown PeaceJam has debunked the latest doomsday scenario -- that th ... More >>

"Mustang:" Is DIA's devil horse the ugliest public art in the world?

​"Mustang" is ready for its close-up -- but don't get too close to the genital area of Luis Jiménez's giant horse, as The Colbert Report did in its hilarious piece on all the phallic symbolism at Denver International Airport. And Blucifer also just made Travel Leisure's list of the "World's ... More >>

The arty, spare Inni follows Iceland's Sigur Ros

Que Bueno celebrates its official grand opening at DIA

For years, Que Bueno -- by gate 52 on Concourse B -- was the best reason to get through security early at Denver International Airport. And when this locally owned joint closed last fall for a rehab and expansion -- from 1,118 square feet to 1,490 square feet, with a full bar -- it left a lot of tra ... More >>

Icelandair has a cool photo contest to launch its Denver International Airport flights

Who put the "international" in Denver International Airport? Not just the Martians living in those underground tunnels at DIA. Next May, Icelandair will introduce non-stop flights from Denver to Reykjavik, Iceland -- and the airline just launched a photo contest for two round-trip tickets on that in ... More >>

Today in Stoke: Must-see action-sports porn at Mountainfilm in Telluride

Sometimes a stump is just a stump. "Life Cycles" is among the action sports porn featured this year at Mountainfilm​The 32nd annual Mountainfilm in Telluride festival kicks off tomorrow night with free outdoor screenings at the Base Camp Outdoor Theater in Telluride Town Park; the full festiva ... More >>

Why does a penis museum need a human specimen? A psychological query

Penis, anyone?​For the last fifteen years, the Phallogical Museum in the tiny fishing town of Husavik, Iceland, has existed for one purpose and for one purpose only: to collect and display a shitload of penises. Is that two purposes? So be it. In any case, the museum's collection features an i ... More >>

Love Is Blind

Inside Job is a stupefying account of the 2008 global economic meltdown

Kría Brekkan on múm, Animal Collective and Uterus Water, her latest album

​Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir was part of the popular Icelandic dream pop group múm, which she fronted with her twin sister Gyða. Before leaving the band in 2006, Valtýsdóttir, also known by her stage name Kría Brekkan, performed on the 2005 Animal Collective album Feels. A talented mul ... More >>

Bianca Casady on CocoRosie's new album, non-Western instumenation and the influence of the Wayans brothers

​ Founded in 2003 in Paris by sisters Bianca "Coco" Casady and Sierra "Rosie" Casady, CocoRosie has been responsible for making music that combines otherwordly electronic pop with organic sounds, hip-hop and conceptual art. As a whole, it's the musical equivalent of a magical-realism novel fe ... More >>

Jonsi versus the volcano.

Wow! Seriously, just freaking wow! Someone finally captured the breathtaking grandeur of Sigur Rós -- or more specifically in this case, jónsi -- with images that are equally as striking. An extremely gifted gentleman from Los Angeles named Sean Stiegemeier blessed his fellow netizens with this ... More >>

Arizona already sending alien substances across border!

​There I was yesterday morning, feeling sorry for all the residents of Arizona who didn't get a chance to vote on that state's show-me-your-papers, anti-illegal immigration legislation and are now feeling as ostracized as Coloradans were after the voters of this state did approve the anti-gay- ... More >>

Pizza Hut gives Iceland the deep freeze

​Pizza Hut, that bastion of American, has largely given up on the 320,000 citizens who inhabit the country of Iceland. The Hut's departure is based purely on economic reasons, and not the fact that it's difficult to deliver pies by dog-sled. Since the economy, like the sun, went south, Icelan ... More >>

Valentine's Day sex, Scandinavian-style

​If zipping off to Canada for some bathroom sex doesn't say "Happy Valentine's Day" to you, how about a fast trip to Scandinavia, where Valentine is one of the most popular saints? Consider these charming Scandinavian customs:

Darkness Falls

Colorado's renewable energy market set to heat up with BLM geothermal leases

A geothermal electric plant in Iceland​Wind energy has been a hot commodity in the state for ten years or more now, but a new source of energy -- geothermal -- is about to get a chance to make its mark in the near future. The Denver Business Journal is reporting that the BLM is set to offer le ... More >>

Scandinavian Film Festival at Starz FilmCenter

Flick Pick

Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

Over the next couple of weeks, Backbeat will feature some Top Ten lists from around the Village Voice Media chain. Click here for previous year-in-review coverage from Backbeat and VVM. Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records t ... More >>

Patrick Marold

The "Windmill Project" creator has a show at Artyard Contemporary Sculpture.

Sigur Rós

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Freeloader

Bringing you the best in artist-approved downloads.

Best 2007 - San Francisco: David Harrington's Foreign Policy

Sex Pistols Shoot Nostalgia Dead, and Other Assorted Goodies

Horror Show

Zombies are attacking this city.

Short 'n' Sweet

A ceiling fan and a potted plant in love? Yep, it's Oscar season.

Twice as Ice

Meet the women behind the men of Iceland's Sigur Rós.

Sushi Den

Sake to them

We're From Japan!

Thursday, September 22, 15th Street Tavern, 303-572-0822.

Januar

The Fall (Self-released)

Múm

Tuesday, June 29, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-2525.

Club Scout

Tim Burgess

Polar Opposites

Norwegian retro-rockers Cato Salsa Experience heat up Scandinavia with a cool sound.

A World of Celebration

The History of New Year's Eve.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Go With the Floe

FEELING BJORKYWHAT THE HELL IS THAT ZANY BJORK SAYING NOW?