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  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Chartbreaker: In a clash of Idols, Adam Lambert unseats Carrie Underwood with Trespassing

    It's a big week for American Idol this week. Besides the crowning of the season 11 winner, Phillip Phillips, the singing talent show sees another of its alums rise to the top of the Billboard 200 chart. The first time in chart history, one Idol is succeeded by another, as Adam Lambert's Trespassi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    Taylor Swift earned more than Adele and Katy Perry combined last year

    You don't want to screw with Taylor Swift. Virtually every confirmed -- or rumored -- romance she has ends up in lyrics to one of her songs. John Mayer? Check. Joe Jonas? Hell, yeah. Yet as much as it may hurt the doe-eyed Swift and her good intentions, having her heart broken -- much like Adele -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Review: Tantric Picasso at BluebirdTheater, 2/2/12

    Tom MurphyTantric Picasso at The Bluebird Theater TANTRIC PICASSO @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 2/2/12 Sometimes when bands come out on stage and look like they dressed for the show it can seem like a put-on. But when Tantric Picasso came on they looked like a band that had stepped out of a door to the ear ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Review: Brad Paisley at the Pepsi Center, 1/21/12

    BRAD PAISLEY @ THE PEPSI CENTER | 1/21/12 It's about three-quarters of the way through "Waiting on a Woman" during Brad Paisley's blues-inflected lead that you arrive at a startling realization, a conclusion that you're sure many far more astute folks have no doubt probably reached long before you: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Review: Taylor Swift at the Pepsi Center, 9/27/11

    TAYLOR SWIFT at THE PEPSI CENTER | 09.27.11Imagine, if you will, a crapload of glitter, teeny tiny dresses, one billion pairs of cowboy boots, free mascara (courtesy of sponsor Cover Girl), and thousands of screaming girls all stuffed into a giant bottle of love - that was the Taylor Swift concert l ... More >>

  • Music

    August 25, 2011

    Madi Diaz was born to play music

    TAYLOR SWIFT at THE PEPSI CENTER | 09.27.11Imagine, if you will, a crapload of glitter, teeny tiny dresses, one billion pairs of cowboy boots, free mascara (courtesy of sponsor Cover Girl), and thousands of screaming girls all stuffed into a giant bottle of love - that was the Taylor Swift concert l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Mile Highlights: This week's concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

    Here's what's good in the Mile High City this week: In concert news, INXS is coming to the Ogden in July, Lil Wayne's coming to Comfort Dental in August and Steve Earle is due at the Ogden in September. On local radio, Force Publique, Signal Path and Bop Skizzum got some spins. Meanwhile, at our l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Mile Highlights: This week's concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

    Here's what's good in the Mile High City this week: In concert news, INXS is coming to the Ogden in July, Lil Wayne's coming to Comfort Dental in August and Steve Earle is due at the Ogden in September. On local radio, Force Publique, Signal Path and Bop Skizzum got some spins. Meanwhile, at our l ... More >>

  • News

    October 14, 2010

    Letters: "How you can sleep at night is beyond me"

    Here's what's good in the Mile High City this week: In concert news, INXS is coming to the Ogden in July, Lil Wayne's coming to Comfort Dental in August and Steve Earle is due at the Ogden in September. On local radio, Force Publique, Signal Path and Bop Skizzum got some spins. Meanwhile, at our l ... More >>

  • Music

    October 7, 2010

    Fueled by venture-capital funding and a love for unknown bands, can Boulder's Next Big Sound predict the next rock star?

    Here's what's good in the Mile High City this week: In concert news, INXS is coming to the Ogden in July, Lil Wayne's coming to Comfort Dental in August and Steve Earle is due at the Ogden in September. On local radio, Force Publique, Signal Path and Bop Skizzum got some spins. Meanwhile, at our l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    At the upcoming CD release, the Say So says so

    ​ You could say the Say So kind of sounds like the Killers in the aggressive drums and quick stabs of guitar, or you might say the band calls to mind At the Drive-In in the vocal acrobatics and the way it plays with tempo-changing breakdowns. You probably would not compare it to a jam band. Y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Vampire Weekend at the Ogden: Shake it, white boy

    ​ Vampire Weekend • The Blow 03.19.10 | The Ogden Theatre A lot of people accuse Vampire Weekend of not being original. "It's Paul Simon but smirkier," they say, or: "It's Afro-pop but whiter." And maybe it is those things. But you know what we're willing to bet no Afro-pop band, Paul Sim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    What are Jay-Z's 99 problems? We know a bitch ain't one.

    ​ It's well known an this point that Jay-Z (appearing tonight at the Pepsi Center with Sound Tribe Sector 9, Trey Songz and Young Jeezy) has 99 problems, and a bitch, most certainly, ain't one. Curiously, though, until now, no one's really taken a hard look at just what Hova's 99 problems are ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 22, 2009

    An evening rolls smoothly at the Squeaky Bean

    ​ It's well known an this point that Jay-Z (appearing tonight at the Pepsi Center with Sound Tribe Sector 9, Trey Songz and Young Jeezy) has 99 problems, and a bitch, most certainly, ain't one. Curiously, though, until now, no one's really taken a hard look at just what Hova's 99 problems are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    HDNet finally available on Comcast

    This 2006 Message column "HDNet Gains" profiled HDNet, billionaire Mark Cuban's high-definition television network. At the time, Cuban and his Denver-based partner, Philip Garvin, were thrilled about adding longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather to HDNet's family. But Garvin remained frustrated that the p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2008

    Monolith Festival Live Blog, Day 1

    This 2006 Message column "HDNet Gains" profiled HDNet, billionaire Mark Cuban's high-definition television network. At the time, Cuban and his Denver-based partner, Philip Garvin, were thrilled about adding longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather to HDNet's family. But Garvin remained frustrated that the p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2008

    Q&A With Former Eagles Guitarist Don Felder

    This 2006 Message column "HDNet Gains" profiled HDNet, billionaire Mark Cuban's high-definition television network. At the time, Cuban and his Denver-based partner, Philip Garvin, were thrilled about adding longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather to HDNet's family. But Garvin remained frustrated that the p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2008

    Q&A With Former Eagles Guitarist Don Felder

    This 2006 Message column "HDNet Gains" profiled HDNet, billionaire Mark Cuban's high-definition television network. At the time, Cuban and his Denver-based partner, Philip Garvin, were thrilled about adding longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather to HDNet's family. But Garvin remained frustrated that the p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2008

    Heaven Fest's Pure Motives

    This 2006 Message column "HDNet Gains" profiled HDNet, billionaire Mark Cuban's high-definition television network. At the time, Cuban and his Denver-based partner, Philip Garvin, were thrilled about adding longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather to HDNet's family. But Garvin remained frustrated that the p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2008

    Mile High Music Fest Live Blog, Day Two

    This 2006 Message column "HDNet Gains" profiled HDNet, billionaire Mark Cuban's high-definition television network. At the time, Cuban and his Denver-based partner, Philip Garvin, were thrilled about adding longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather to HDNet's family. But Garvin remained frustrated that the p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2008

    Q&A With Enon's John Schmersal

    This 2006 Message column "HDNet Gains" profiled HDNet, billionaire Mark Cuban's high-definition television network. At the time, Cuban and his Denver-based partner, Philip Garvin, were thrilled about adding longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather to HDNet's family. But Garvin remained frustrated that the p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2007

    AEG's Mile High Music and Arts Festival

    This 2006 Message column "HDNet Gains" profiled HDNet, billionaire Mark Cuban's high-definition television network. At the time, Cuban and his Denver-based partner, Philip Garvin, were thrilled about adding longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather to HDNet's family. But Garvin remained frustrated that the p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2007

    Delegating Denver #8 of 56: Connecticut

    This 2006 Message column "HDNet Gains" profiled HDNet, billionaire Mark Cuban's high-definition television network. At the time, Cuban and his Denver-based partner, Philip Garvin, were thrilled about adding longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather to HDNet's family. But Garvin remained frustrated that the p ... More >>

  • Music

    December 28, 2006

    Nationalistic

    Our music writers pick the year’s national bests.

  • Music

    July 27, 2006

    She's All That -- And More

    Aubrey Collins deserves to be at least The One.

  • Music

    March 9, 2006

    Fray Time

    Is Denver's most high-profile band in over its head?

  • Music

    September 1, 2005

    Wild Wild West

    Hip-hop's brightest hope occasionally goes off the deep end on his spotty but stellar new LP.

  • News

    June 23, 2005

    Westword Music Showcase 2005

    Hip-hop's brightest hope occasionally goes off the deep end on his spotty but stellar new LP.

  • Music

    August 26, 2004

    Let's Go Crazy...Please!

    Only one man can save us from our own devastating lack of sex appeal.

  • Music

    April 24, 2003

    Yorn Again

    After an auspicious debut, Pete Yorn releases music for a new Day.

  • Music

    September 26, 2002

    This Year's Model

    The Yeah Yeah Yeahs get swept up in the rock-is-back movement.

  • News

    August 22, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of August 22, 2002

  • Music

    March 28, 2002

    Backwash

    Big Head Todd and the Monsters take an old approach to a new album.

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