Jonathan Richman

Mile High Makeout: Doing It Together, Part Two

Q&A With Kimya Dawson

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Bomb Squad

For Buzz Bomber and the M-80s, raising money is a blast.

Q&A with Matt Wolf, director of Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell, screening at the Denver Film Festival

An image from Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell. The ongoing Denver Film Festival features a great many cinematic attention magnets, several of which have been covered in this space. (Examples include "The Brothers Bloom Flowers to Open the Denver Film Festival," "Grappling with Th ... More >>

Uphollow

Ten Fingers

Best Jukebox

Lion's Lair

Hefner

Boxing Hefner
(Too Pure/Beggars Banquet)

Weird Turn Prose

3 Kings Tavern

1090 Club

Friday, September 15, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Confessions of a Horndog

Caveh Zahedi comes clean in I Am a Sex Addict.

The Brunettes

Tuesday, May 10, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

Fog

10th Avenue Freakout (Lex)

Blood Ties

With its haunting debut, the Arcade Fire keeps it in the family.

Anti-Folk

Hamell on Trial trades electric guitar for an abrasive brand of acoustic punk.

The Thermals

Fuckin A (Sub Pop)

Simple Folk

Bad Weather California whittles indie pop down to the basics.

Jonathan Richman

Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eye Shadow (Vapor)

Buckin' Tradition

Tommy Womack is still rattling Nashville's cage, but in a kinder, gentler way.

Notes From the Underground

Local artists come out from wherever they are.

Greatest Schiz

For Wesley Willis, a mind is a terrible thing to waste.

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For Wesley Willis, a mind is a terrible thing to waste.

Notes From the Underground

Musical crime and punishment with Little Fyodor.

Squawking Head

David Byrne is mad as hell at his former bandmates--and he's not going to take it anymore.

Heads Down

The Heads' Jerry Harrison on the controversial decision to carry on without David Byrne.

Feedback

The Heads' Jerry Harrison on the controversial decision to carry on without David Byrne.

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.

THRILLS

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

GEORGIA ON HIS MIND

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

LESS IS MORPHINE

GETTING LOW WITH MARK SANDMAN, THE MAN BEHIND MORPHINE'S ADDICTIVE SOUND.

FEATS OF THE CLAYMORES

GETTING LOW WITH MARK SANDMAN, THE MAN BEHIND MORPHINE'S ADDICTIVE SOUND.

The Dont's and Be Carefuls at the Meadowlark

GETTING LOW WITH MARK SANDMAN, THE MAN BEHIND MORPHINE'S ADDICTIVE SOUND.

Last night: Jonathan Richman at Lion's Lair

Jonathan RichmanWednesday, July 1, 2009Lion's LairBetter than: Seeing an energetic and earnest singer/songwriter play at the Bluebird or the Fillmore. It seemed perfectly appropriate that Jonathan Richman opted to perform in the cramped confines of the Lion's Lair. The bar's small scope and understa ... More >>

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of August 10, 2009

​As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of ... More >>

Pacific Pride

Vamping in the Key of Niche
Fire Talk

Jux County celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the Lions Lair's first show tonight

​Although the Lions Lair opened in 1967, the bar didn't start hosting live music until Jux County played there in 1991. Since then, the place has brought in a steady stream of local and national acts, including some legends like Graham Parker, John Doe and Jonathan Richman. To celebrate twenty ... More >>

Bearsnail: full of bare-naked sincerity

​Although the Lions Lair opened in 1967, the bar didn't start hosting live music until Jux County played there in 1991. Since then, the place has brought in a steady stream of local and national acts, including some legends like Graham Parker, John Doe and Jonathan Richman. To celebrate twenty ... More >>