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Ke$ha

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Street Style: Crystals, positive energy and a less-is-more mentality

    As the season starts to swelter, street fashion takes a more easy-going, laid-back approach. Yet for these individuals, that doesn't mean compromising on style. Take a gander at this week's subjects, who are creating their own looks.

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Ke$ha and the Flaming Lips deliver 2012's most unexpectedly great collaboration

    We expected a lot from the collaboration between Ke$ha and The Flaming Lips -- something rocky, guitar-heavy and feisty, Ke$ha bringing the personality and The Flaming Lips bringing an unmatched quirkiness. What we got, however, was the first decidedly brilliant collaboration Ke$ha has ever done. Ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2012

    Saturday Night Live: The best, worst and most controversial performances

    Update: 10:39 a.m. Sunday The Shins were on Saturday Night Live last night night weekend's musical guests. Being invited to be the musical guest on an episode of SNL has been a benchmark of commercial success for any band of the last forty years. And for good reason: From Andy Kaufman annihilating ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    MTV's The Real World casting call last night in Denver fails to fill the room

    I didn't wake up Tuesday morning thinking I'd stop being polite and start being real, but that's how I ended my day. MTV held an open casting call for the new season of its infamous reality show, The Real World at downtown bar Suite 200 and, against my better judgement, I decided to see if I had tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Nicki Minaj's "Stupid Hoe" takes aim at Gaga and other fellow pop stars

    Forget Lil Kim. At this point in her career, Nicki Minaj's only enemy is herself and "Super Bass." That track, which catapulted Minaj into a mainstream as cross-genre artist and onto the iPods of Taylor Swift fans everywhere, will be her "Lose Yourself" -- the song that defines Minaj's career until ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Ke$ha rules, journalism drools

    Britt ChesterEat it, journalism!​There are two distinct periods in the average American's life: high school and not-high school. For me, the farther I get from those formative ninth-through-twelfth-grade years -- 1994 to 1998 -- the cooler they seem to have been. Today, when I look back at say ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Best Denver concert photos of September, 2011

    Holy crap, there were a lot of shows this month. It was difficult to pick our favorites of the bunch, especially with big-name acts like Taylor Swift, DMX, Blink 182 and Ke$ha rocking the stages in Colorado. We have so many photos, it's tough to sift through them all, which is why we've hand-selecte ... More >>

  • News

    September 8, 2011

    Activist wants Broncos to make an "It Gets Better" video

    Holy crap, there were a lot of shows this month. It was difficult to pick our favorites of the bunch, especially with big-name acts like Taylor Swift, DMX, Blink 182 and Ke$ha rocking the stages in Colorado. We have so many photos, it's tough to sift through them all, which is why we've hand-selecte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Taste of Colorado paints the town -- and the people in it (PHOTOS)

    ​The perfect weather brought out a perfect crowd to this year's Taste of Colorado, and Westword's Dave Ingraham was there to capture snaps of memorable attendees. And other photogs were equally busy. Check out galleries devoted to Phish, Blink-182, Selena Gomez, Ke$ha and more on our overflowi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2011

    Review: Ke$ha at 1STBANK Center, 9/3/11

    KE$HA at 1STBANK CENTER | 09/03/11Brandon MarshallKe$ha, kid tested, mother approved. See more pics in the full Ke$ha at the 1STBANK Center slide show The floor at 1STBANK Center was blanketed with glitter and gold confetti on Saturday night. This was the aftermath of the pop-star hurricane known a ... More >>

  • Articles

    September 1, 2011

    Former band geek Ke$ha explains the $ in her name

    KE$HA at 1STBANK CENTER | 09/03/11Brandon MarshallKe$ha, kid tested, mother approved. See more pics in the full Ke$ha at the 1STBANK Center slide show The floor at 1STBANK Center was blanketed with glitter and gold confetti on Saturday night. This was the aftermath of the pop-star hurricane known a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Despite claims to the contrary, Maroon 5's Adam Levine does not have moves like Jagger

    Earth to Mick: This guy's trying to steal your moves...and unsuccessfully, no less.​LMFAO leads the Billboard Hot 100 again this week, once again blocking Katy Perry from her fifth number one and tying Michael Jackson's record. But we heard all about that last week. This week, the biggest surp ... More >>

  • News

    June 23, 2011

    Feather earrings annoy fishermen looking for lures

    Earth to Mick: This guy's trying to steal your moves...and unsuccessfully, no less.​LMFAO leads the Billboard Hot 100 again this week, once again blocking Katy Perry from her fifth number one and tying Michael Jackson's record. But we heard all about that last week. This week, the biggest surp ... More >>

  • Music

    April 21, 2011

    Iggy Pop is no more dangerous than a baby seal these days

    Earth to Mick: This guy's trying to steal your moves...and unsuccessfully, no less.​LMFAO leads the Billboard Hot 100 again this week, once again blocking Katy Perry from her fifth number one and tying Michael Jackson's record. But we heard all about that last week. This week, the biggest surp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Lady Gaga's tour chaperoned by Ma'ga: Other acts who could use the watchful eye of mom

    ​In case you haven't heard, Mama Gaga is going on tour with Lady in hopes of preventing her from going on the "drinking diet." Apparently, Ma'ga, concerned about her egg-dwelling offspring, demanded she accompany her daughter on tour. We love the idea. Frankly, we think more parents should tak ... More >>

  • News

    March 3, 2011

    Reader: "The ranch that has been in our family since 1937 would be used for tanks to tear up."

    ​In case you haven't heard, Mama Gaga is going on tour with Lady in hopes of preventing her from going on the "drinking diet." Apparently, Ma'ga, concerned about her egg-dwelling offspring, demanded she accompany her daughter on tour. We love the idea. Frankly, we think more parents should tak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    Adele saves the music industry (for this week, anyway)

    ​Adele, the soulful British pop diva who's had this coming for a long time, has the first blockbuster album of 2011 with 21. She's atop the Billboard charts this week, having sold 350,000-odd copies. This is a welcome development no matter how you look at it: Take a tour through her recent bar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Top 5 Worst Product Placements in Videos

    ​It's understandable to sneak in a little ad placement all up in your video, but when the product makes more appearances than the musician? There's a problem. As of late, advertising in music videos has become disgustingly apparent. It's not just the sweet, sweet jams that are bringing in mill ... More >>

  • News

    February 24, 2011

    Letters: Upcoming state GOP meeting will be for martyrs only

    ​It's understandable to sneak in a little ad placement all up in your video, but when the product makes more appearances than the musician? There's a problem. As of late, advertising in music videos has become disgustingly apparent. It's not just the sweet, sweet jams that are bringing in mill ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Neko Case is right: Women in bands are groupie starved and don't get any action

    For real, Neko. We hear you.​A few days ago, Neko Case sparked an excellent dialog regarding a regular facet of female musicianhood with this simple Twitter statement: "To answer your question, no, ladies in bands don't get ANY action. Actresses have a lean on all the 'pussy' we were supposed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Photos: Ke$ha fans know how to dress

    The real Ke$ha. Now which fan did the best job imitating her look? ​While at least one Westword writer opines that Ke$ha is a garish neon pillar of vapid excess, her fans really, really adore her. Whether it was teased hair, torn fishnet, or glitter suffocating their bodies: the Ke$ha Army kne ... More >>

  • Music

    February 17, 2011

    Ke$ha is today's cock-rocker

    The real Ke$ha. Now which fan did the best job imitating her look? ​While at least one Westword writer opines that Ke$ha is a garish neon pillar of vapid excess, her fans really, really adore her. Whether it was teased hair, torn fishnet, or glitter suffocating their bodies: the Ke$ha Army kne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    3OH!3 cameos on Hellcats with Ashley Tisdale

    So this happened: In case you missed it -- God knows we did -- 3OH!3 recently had a cameo on Hellcats, in which the Boulder boys performed "My First Kiss," with a scantily clad Ashley Tisdale serving as a sultry proxy for Ke$ha. Nice! Uh, what the hell is Hellcats, you ask? Well, let's see, near a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Susan Boyle vs. Ke$ha: Pick your champion

    We'll take Ms. Dollar Sign, thank you.​With two weeks left in the year, Billboard has posted it's 2010 year-end charts. The top single of 2010? Ke$ha's "Tik Tok." Wouldn't necessarily have been our guess, but fair enough -- seems like one of a handful of 2010's defining singles. The album ra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Next Big Sound: Billboard's new "Social 50" chart powered by Boulder music startup

    ​In October, we profiled the Boulder start-up Next Big Sound, which seemed poised to shake the struggling music industry by using social media sites like MySpace, Facebook and Twitter to discover break-out bands. Now that Billboard has unveiled its new "Social 50" chart powered by Next Big Sou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Ke$ha and the Decemberists shows announced

    ​As part of her first North American headlining tour, Ke$ha stops at the Fillmore Auditorium on Saturday, February 19. Cannibal, the companion album to her debut, Animal, drops next week and will be available individually and bundled with Animal as a special repackage dubbed Animal Cannibal. ... More >>

  • Music

    August 26, 2010

    Dave Aude at Beta

    ​As part of her first North American headlining tour, Ke$ha stops at the Fillmore Auditorium on Saturday, February 19. Cannibal, the companion album to her debut, Animal, drops next week and will be available individually and bundled with Animal as a special repackage dubbed Animal Cannibal. ... More >>

  • Music

    July 15, 2010

    3OH!3

    Streets of Gold
    Photo Finish Records

  • Music

    July 15, 2010

    Ke$ha

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  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    U2 reschedules its prevously postponed Denver date, Rihanna cancels show this Thursday

    ​A few weeks before U2 was slated to come to the States for another leg of its 360° tour, Bono injured his back while preparing for the dates and had to have emergency surgery, which resulted in the postponement of a number of US dates, including the June 12 show at Invesco Field. Live Nati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Eminem's Emwow and five other (potentially) record-selling spoofs

    The genius of Vince Offer's sales-pitch send-up of Eminem's Recovery -- and of most parodies, really -- is that it forces the record into a ridiculous context (a thing to "put on your hose," among other uses). And though the video may or may not actually help Marshall Mathers' sales figures, it d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    "Hey!" by 3OH!3 and Lil Jon: Another new track from Streets of Gold Crunk Rock.?

    ​ Mystery solved: You won't find "Hey!" on Streets of Gold, and that's because it's on Lil Jon's new album Crunk Rock, released earlier this week. All right, so we already told you about 3OH!3 premiering Streets of Gold's first single, "My First Kiss," featuring Ke$ha on Monday. Evidently, i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    A first look at 3OH!3's "My First Kiss" video

    In case you didn't see it yesterday when it premiered, here's the brand-new video for "My First Kiss" from those white-hot, can't-be-stopped hitmakers of 3OH!3. No big surprises here: A bunch of posturing from the dynamic duo in front of a giant gold hand sign, followed by some soft-core groping a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    3-peat: 3OH!3 is on the cover of AP (again), and continues to dominate the airwaves

    ​ Um, like, ewww and stuff. That's about all we have to say about 3OH!3 latest turn on the cover of AP. If you're keeping track, this is the third time the outfit has graced the cover. For the July edition of the magazine commemorating the Cleveland-based rag's 25th anniversary, the editors c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    B.o.B. (sort of) wins the week

    As expected, B.o.B.'s Adventures of Bobby Ray is the number one album in the country this week. Of course, it only needed to sell 84,000 copies to do it. As Billboard notes, this is the first three-week run of no albums breaking 100,000 since February of last year. Cue alarm bells, death of The I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    3OH!3's new record to be chock full of the kind of shit people blog about

    On June 29, 3OH!3 is slated to release Streets of Gold, the eagerly anticipated and sure to be stupefying follow-up to Want, the act's 2008 Photo Finish debut. What we know about the record thus far, to wit: It will presumably contain a song called "House Party," a tune that's so over the top that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    This Just In: Vans Warped Tour, Rihanna, Broken Bells shows announced

    Pennywise is one of the many bands at this year's Vans Warped Tour​While the Mile High Music Festival was announced yesterday, the Vans Warped Tour is also coming to town. Alkaline Trio, Andrew W.K., Bring Me the Horizon, Dillinger Escape Plan, Every Time I Die, Reel Big Fish, Anti-Flag, Face ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    3OH!3 collab with Ke$ha on new album

    Just caught an interview on MTV with the 3OH!3 dudes about the new album, Streets of Gold. Evidently, Ke$ha, with whom the boys collaborated with on her chartbuster, "Blah Blah Blah," is slated to appear on track from the new record called, "My First Kiss," produced by Dr. Luke and Benny Blanco. A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Who'd have thought Justin Bieber's My World 2.0 would prove an accurate title?

    There you have it: Fourteen-year-old Bieber's debut full-length is on top of the Billboard album chart. His debut EP, meanwhile, is at number five. That one's called My World (get it?) -- can't argue with either title. This makes him the youngest chart-topper since Stevie Wonder, yet something te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Hey, DJ! Q&A with DJ Big Styles

    Dave Gaslin Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats (and kittens) behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumble up to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Moving Pictures: 3OH!3 on American Idol performing with Ke$ha

    Just when we thought we'd seen the last of the Coloradoans on this season of American Idol comes this: Somehow, wrapped up with all the South By Southwest-related hubbub last week, we managed to miss 3OH!3 performing "Blah Blah Blah" on Idol with Ke$ha. The props were mildly amusing (score one for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Poptimystic: We Are The World cannot unseat Ke$ha

    Appearing in an episode of The Simple Life and then singing uncredited back-up vocals on the worst single of last year would not appear to be the path to pop enshrinement. But here is Ke$ha, who did exactly that and is now parked on top of the Hot 100. Above is the video for her next single, "Bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    3OH!3 working on new album, calling it Streets of Gold

    Hide your daughters/little sisters: Nat Motte and Sean Foreman are preparing to drop their third third full-length on eager hindquarters everywhere. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Foreman says they're tentatively shooting for a June release date. Aaron Thackeray After a 10-day writin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    3OH!3 makes cameo in Ke$ha's new video for "Blah Blah Blah."

    Ke$ha just finished the video for her next single, "Blah Blah Blah," featuring 3OH!3. The song, which is almost certain to set the airwaves on fire, was written by Ke$ha, Sean Foreman and Benny Blanco, and was reportedly spurred by a conversation the three had in which they discussed who was "more o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Poptimystic: "Follow Me Down" sounds like another hit waiting to happen for 3OH!3

    UPDATE: 3OH!3 just announced that it's upcoming Too Fast For Love tour with Cobra Starship, Travis McCoy (Gym Class Heroes) and I Fight Dragons, which reportedly stops by the Fillmore on May 21, goes on sale on next Saturday, February 13. Follow the jump to see the dudes chatting about it. ​B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Poptimystic: 3OH!3 and Vampire Weekend

    Welcome to Poptimystic, our latest feature where we lead you on a leisurely stroll through the world where pop music actually means popular. This week, hometown goofboys 3OH!3 make a return to the top of the Hot 100, and early returns have Vampire Weekend besting all comers. Huh? ​ The 3OH!3 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    Young Money tops charts at Independent for third week in a row

    ​Although Lil Wayne is heading to prison next month after pleading guilty to gun charges, the rapper's gotta be pretty damn happy with how well Young Money's We Are Young Money is selling. It's number twelve on Billboard's Top 200, and locally, it's on top of Independent's top sellers for the thir ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Weird Wednesday: Ke$ha Listening Party at Sketch

    ​As if Wednesday's aren't awkward enough in their own right, Sketch and DJ Rockstar Aaron bring us Ke$ha's Animal Listening Party. Since none of us can seem to figure out why the hell people are drawn to her in the first place, tomorrow night's event appeals to us, if for no other reason, than ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Hearsay bits: 3OH!3 tops the iTunes charts, Little Fyodor's cassette release

    ​Pop Tart Charts: 3OH!3 is atop the iTunes chart, thanks to their collaboration with Ke$ha. The pop tart's wittily titled "Blah Blah Blah (feat. 3OH!3)" might be "face-shooting pablum" (as we called her work the other day) but this "unholy, completely sexless union of Katy Perry and Lady Gaga" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Ke$ha rules the airwaves -- and makes us want to shoot ourselves in the face

    "Just listened to a "song" from Ke$ha. Fucking shoot me in the face! That was the worst 3min of my life. I am going to kill puppies now." Best. Tweet. Ever. Hands down. Couldn't have said it any better, numberthree. Not only do you swing the sticks with the zest of Papa Zita, clearly you've also bee ... More >>

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