John Cale

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Taking on the Empire

A local lawsuit against the world's largest radio/concert firm threatens to expose the dark side of the entertainment business.

South By So What

Unknown bands can't expect much from SXSW, just ask the Czars' Chris Pearson.

Mink Lungs

I'll Take It (Arena Rock Recording Company)

Pop Culture

I'll Take It (Arena Rock Recording Company)

Alejandro Escovedo

The Boxing Mirror (Back Porch)

Vashti Bunyan

Lookaftering (DiCristina)

John Cale

Sunday, October 30, Bluebird Theater, 303-322-2308.

Skeleton Key

Thursday, August 11, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Spirited

Ghost writer Garland Jeffreys returns to his old haunt: the stage.

Made to Be Broken

From four-track pluck to orchestral ambition, Destroyer keeps busting the mold.

Under Ogre

Shrek offers an amusing, if empty, fractured fairy tale.

Man Out of Time

Elliott Smith has nothing to do with what's happening in the current music scene. Thank goodness.

The Gravity of the Situation

Maids of Gravity frontman Ed Ruscha tries to play the music game his way.

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Maids of Gravity frontman Ed Ruscha tries to play the music game his way.

Seeing Red

Red House Painter Mark Kozelek wants you to know that he isn't suicidal.

Dirty Work

The Dirty Three make instrumental music with plenty to say.

Happy Lou

In concert, Lou Reed takes a walk on the mild side.

UP FROM THE UNDERGROUND

WHY THE VELVET UNDERGROUND MATTERS, WHETHER YOU'RE HIP TO IT OR NOT.

A SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE

DENVER-BASED HARRIET THE SPY LOOKS FOR PUNK IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES.

SOMEBODY IN PARTICULAR

A BEHIND-THE-CURTAINS LOOK AT THE BIGGEST LITTLE PROMOTER IN DENVER.

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

FORMER VELVET UNDERGROUNDER JOHN CALE IS STILL DOING WHATEVER HE DAMN WELL PLEASES.

THRILLS

FORMER VELVET UNDERGROUNDER JOHN CALE IS STILL DOING WHATEVER HE DAMN WELL PLEASES.

IF YOU WERE A RICHMAN...

...YOU'D BE THE CRANKIEST GENIUS IN ROCK AND ROLL.

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...YOU'D BE THE CRANKIEST GENIUS IN ROCK AND ROLL.

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...YOU'D BE THE CRANKIEST GENIUS IN ROCK AND ROLL.

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...YOU'D BE THE CRANKIEST GENIUS IN ROCK AND ROLL.

DEAR IGGY

MEET IGGY POP, THE ABIGAIL VAN BUREN OF THE NINETIES.

AFTER FURTHER REVIEW

YO LA TENGO'S IRA KAPLAN TRIES TO SHED HIS DISREPUTABLE PAST--HE WAS A ROCK CRITIC.

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YO LA TENGO'S IRA KAPLAN TRIES TO SHED HIS DISREPUTABLE PAST--HE WAS A ROCK CRITIC.

Weekend's best live bets: Big Gigantic, Jedi Mind Tricks and more

Denver's best live music bets, weekend of January 20, 2012

Garland Jeffreys on Lou Reed and "living in between"

Danny ClinchGarland Jeffreys Garland Jeffreys (due Saturday, January 21, at the Lion's Lair) should be a household name considering some of the shoulders with which he's rubbed during the course of his long career: He met Lou Reed and Maureen Tucker before the Velvet Underground were properly a ban ... More >>