Jello Biafra

Coachella 2013 YouTube schedule and lineup

If you're one of the fortunate ones who's going to Coachella this weekend, feel free to go ahead and skip to the end of this post, where you'll find the full lineup and schedule. If, however, you're a flat broke music lover who'll be attending Couchella, as some clever dude somewhere has coined it, ... More >>

Ministry's Al Jourgensen on his ties to Colorado: living in Breckenridge, attending Greeley High School and his ill-fated attempt at a rodeo career

Chicago is the city that most music fans probably associate with Ministry (due this Sunday, June 17, at the Ogden Theatre), and for good reason, as that's where the band got its start. Before moving to the Windy City, where the Wax Trax! label was headquartered, though, Ministry mastermind Al Jourge ... More >>

Weekend's best live music bets: Sleigh Bells, Cults, Heartless Bastards and more

TGIF! You've worked hard all week, now it's time to coast into weekend. Plenty of great music on tap to help you unwind -- or get wound-up, as the case may be. Tonight at the Ogden, Sleigh Bells assaults the senses, Mojo Nixon kicks off a two-night stand at the Lion's Lair, JJ Grey and Mofro get the ... More >>

Mojo Nixon "un-retires" with Whiskey Rebellion

Mark Bliesener, who gave the Dead Kennedys their name, on how he coined the moniker

​Behold, Untold Stories, another new periodic feature on Backbeat. As you've probably deduced from the name of this feature, Untold Stories will feature first-hand accounts of momentous occasions involving local folks that have never really been highlighted -- thus the Untold part of that equa ... More >>

Marvel vs. Capcom 3 tops our new release picks for this week, February 15

​It's time to spend that Valentine' Day cash you got from grandma, and what better way to do it than to buy something that'll make you feel less lonely? Thankfully, there is plenty to be happy about this week, with new releases that will make you nostalgic, cause you to cry and more. If you're ... More >>

Top 5 failed attempts by musicians to run for political office

​Luther Campbell (aka Uncle Luke, aka 2 Live Crew front man, aka sister-paper Miami New Times columnist), has placed his hat in the race for mayor of Miami-Dade County. Nope, we're not kidding, but he's hoping to make a real change to the system, and he's taking the whole thing incredibly seri ... More >>

The hypnotic and electrifying Indian Jewelry plays the Larimer Lounge on October 20

All the albums we could find in one afternoon from Denver's Bandcamp pages in one place

​Bandcamp is gaining quite a bit of traction here lately with Colorado bands. It has (thankfully) begun to replace Myspace as a primary outlet for bands to network, distribute music and sell albums without the hassle of setting up their own website. If you have all kinds of time on your hand ... More >>

Git Some

Loose Control
Alternative Tentacles

Alternative Tentacles releasing Loose Control, brand new Git Some record

​So Git Some has a brand new record coming out this Tuesday, July 20. We've heard it. It's called Loose Control, and it's about as badass as you'd expect. The thing we completely didn't expect -- and are trying to figure out how the hell we managed to miss hearing about -- was seeing the Alter ... More >>

The Knew bangs out three new songs over a weekend

​If the emphasis on Pulpería (released just a few months ago) was precision, then the focus on the band's new Before it Ends 7-inch was speed. "Pulpería took about six months start to finish," says drummer Patrick Bowden. "So long that we ended up writing a few songs during the tail end of t ... More >>

Slayer top seller at Wax Trax

​Slayer's eleventh studio album, World Painted in Blood, released last week on American recordings grabbed the top at Wax Trax for the week ending November 8. Themselves came in second with CrownsDown while the all-star metal band Shrinebuilder grabbed the third spot with its self-titled debut. Ja ... More >>

Lightning Bolt grabs top spot at Wax Trax

​Noise rock duo Lightning Bolt grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax with Earthly Delights for the week ending November 1. Investigate Witch Cults of The Radio Age, Broadcast and the Focus Group's collaborative mini-album came in at number two while Shrinebuilder's self-titled debut came ... More >>

The creators of the Rocky Mountain Low comp offer an exhaustive document of late '70s Colorado punk

Spinner dubs Boulder's Biafra one of music's 10 biggest geeks

​AOL's music blog, Spinner.com, posted a list late last week titled "Revenge of the Rock Nerds: The 10 Biggest Geeks in Music." Between such dorky songsmiths as Talking Heads' David Byrne (#10) and Weezer's Rivers Cuomo (#1) lies former Dead Kennedys frontman and longtime Bay Area fixture Jello Bi ... More >>

Rocky Mountain Low listening/release party announced

​It's been a couple months since its release, but the double-disc Rocky Mountain Low compilation--an exhaustive overview of the Front Range punk scene of the late '70s, including a rare pre-Dead Kennedys track by a young Jello Biafra, back when he was a long-haired Boulder kid named Eric Boucher-- ... More >>

Todd Snider

Friday, January 30, Boulder Theater, Boulder, 303-786-7030.

DNC Dance Card Is Filling Up

Rock Shots

The '80s return in Chris Deutsch’s photographs.

Beauty and the Bestiality

Quit horsing around, Bob Beauprez!

Making the Band

A few matchmaking suggestions for the also-rans.

The Agency

Pollination Strategies (Self-released)

Take Your Best Shot

Throwing a few back for Katrina relief.

Best Up-and-Coming Band

Constellations

Th' Legendary Shack Shakers

Thursday, February 17, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Off Limits

Name blame

Getting Your Goat

For the Melvins' Buzz Osborne, grunge means never having to say you're sorry.

Jello Shots

Jello Biafra pounds the podium to get out the vote.

The Beatdown

Scenes from SXSW

Kick Astral

Hometown Boy Makes Bad

How Al Jourgensen's years in Colorado helped shape Ministry's unique musical fury.

Jello Biafra

The Big Ka-Boom, Part One (Alternative Tentacles)

Digging Up the Past

Oh, for Frankenchrist's sake! The Dead Kennedys return, sans Jello.

Backwash

16 HP rides high with Hoarse, a new collections of live cuts from local performances.

Best Country Recording

Always Say Please and Thank You
Slim Cessna's Auto Club

Critic's Choice

The Causey Way

Backwash

Slim Cessna has seen the light.

X Marks the Spot

Former SST producer Spot brings underground Celtic sounds into the light.

Backwash

Herman's GM gets back in touch with the music at the Soiled Dove.

Best local recording

Local Shakedown

Off Limits

It's not easy being green.

Backwash

Jello does a shot on the latest local-music compilation.

Off Limits

See you in Telluride.

Backwash

This young whippersnapper is wise beyond his years.

Drag City

Hemi Cuda likes the cars -- and the songs -- that go boom.

Everything's Zen

The punk-soul warfare of Zen Guerrilla.

Playlist

Irons in the Fire

They're punk. They're ska. They're Christian. They're Denver's Five Iron Frenzy.

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