Led Zeppelin

Here's what we're all listening to right now: What's on your playlist this week?

Music is life -- or at least it is for us. When we're not writing about it, we're thinking about it, talking about it or listening to it. These are the things that were in heavy rotation for us this week. What are you listening to? What should we be listening to? C'mon now. Sharing is caring. Don't ... More >>

Here's what we're all listening to right now. What's rocking your world this week?

As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it's not surprising that the most common (and favorite) topic of conversation among us is the same: "What are you listening to right now?" Stick a quarter in us, and, boy, wouldn't you know it, off we go, on and on about t ... More >>

New Denver shows: P!NK, Matchbox Twenty, Goo Goo Dolls, Barenaked Ladies, Guster

It's March 2013 -- at least according to the calendar. If you went by the concert calendar for the past few weeks, however, you'd swear it's the mid to late '90s. P!NK, Matchbox Twenty and Goo Goo Dolls, Barenaked Ladies, Ben Folds Five and Guster, Darius Rucker. If you're already nostalgic for the ... More >>

Here's what we're all listening to right now. What's rocking your world this week?

As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it's not surprising that the most common (and favorite) topic of conversation among us is the same: "What are you listening to right now?" Stick a quarter in us, and, boy, wouldn't you know it, off we go, on and on about t ... More >>

Can we get Sirus for minute? It's time to give these six artists their own channel already!

Craig Hlavaty I've had satellite radio in my life since Christmas. Nothing is better than falling asleep on the couch on a Saturday afternoon after a big fat lunch with Willie's Roadhouse playing; waking up every few hours to piss during a Ray Price cut and then falling back to sleep. What I love t ... More >>

Tea Leaf Green's Reed Mathis on the soul of improvisation

Tea Leaf Green's Reed Mathis on how improv is a spirtitual discipline and an emotional art

Reed Mathis talks about improvisation like it's a mystical religion. The current bassist for the San Francisco-based quintet Tea Leaf Green and former frontman of the Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey sees a great deal of power in making music on the spot, and that passion will likely be front and center when ... More >>

New shows: Cat Power, Lucero, Mike Cooley of the Drive-By Truckers solo show and more

It's less than a week now until Christmas. Did you get all your shopping done yet? Ah, don't beat yourself up. Neither have we. If you're like us, you've probably got some people on our list who are just impossible to buy for, yes? If so, here's an idea, one that won't require you to brave the masse ... More >>

Reader: James Holmes theory about music triggering murder foreseen by Tipper Gore

The National Enquirer's story about James Holmes's alleged confession to the theater shooting included the assertion that something in The Dark Knight Rises' soundtrack set off the lethal rampage. One reader believes this tale is possible and connects the concept to Tipper Gore's campaign against mu ... More >>

Win tickets to see Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day next Wednesday night at Northfield

Next Wednesday, Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day is being screened for one night only at Harkins Theatres Northfield. While it won't be quite like seeing the legends before they were legends at their first United States gig at the Auditorium Theater all those years ago, the movie, filmed on location at ... More >>

DJ Carlos brings salsa house to the Beauty Bar on March 23

Adrian Conner talks Justine Bateman movies and her day job as Angus Young in Hell's Belles

​With her own band, Adrian & the Sickness (due tonight at 3 Kings Tavern with BugGirl and Cock N Balls), Adrian Conner gets to be herself on stage and on record. This isn't the case with her day job -- as resident lead guitarist for AC/DC tribute outfit Hell's Belles, Conner channels her inner ... More >>

A $10,000 Led Zeppelin shirt? The next ten highest-selling band T-shirts

​Grab the Guinness Book of World Records, because we've got a ridiculous tale to tell. Earlier this week, a man in Australia purchased a Led Zeppelin T-shirt for $10,000, making it the largest sum anyone has paid for a vintage band shirt. That doesn't mean there aren't shirts that are valued h ... More >>

Festivus and ten more made-up holidays for the Holidays

​Tomorrow, Rick Gold will host a traditional Fesitvus celebration at the Shag Lounge. There, you can commune around the Festivus pole, air some grievances and perform some feats of strength. There will also be a ($5 maximum) gift exchange. In honor of disillusionment everywhere, we present 10 ... More >>

Dancing Machines

Z-Trip on simultaneously being a DJ, performance artist and well-polished anomaly

​Zach Sciacca, better known as Z-Trip, is widely regarded as the pioneering "godfather of mash ups." Way back before Girl Talk or The Hood Internet were even out of high school, Sciacca was out there mixing everything from Rush and The Beastie Boys to Jane's Addiction and Jay-Z. He spit out hi ... More >>

John Mellencamp, Rose Hill Drive, Tech N9ne shows announced

​Touring in support of his latest effort, No Better Than This, John Mellencamp comes to the Temple Buell Theatre on Wednesday, April 6. Tickets range from $44.50 to $130 and go on sale this Friday, October 29 at 10 a.m. -- and include a digital download of the T Bone Burnett-produced album, wh ... More >>

Hunter Dragon brings raw emotion to Glob, while Bongo Fury transports to another world

Night of Ultraviolence​ Bongo Fury • Night of Ultraviolence • Aenka • Hunter Dragon 05.14.10 | Glob Jason Isaacs is probably better known for his stints in Bio Bitch and Friends Forever, but for this show, he performed as Night of Ultraviolence, a project that's been going on for at le ... More >>

This Just In: Rose Hill Drive to open for Jane's Addiction, second Nick Jonas show added

​After Boulder's Rose Hill Drive played Led Zeppelin II in its entirety at the Boulder Theater last New Year's Eve, the band took a year-long hiatus. The band members made quite a few announcements saying they needed some time off to re-focus. Even so, there was some speculation that the act had b ... More >>

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of December 7, 2009

​As music critics -- and people who generally think about, talk about, listen to and make music -- the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to right now?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation. For t ... More >>

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of October 12, 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 >>

Animal Magnetism

The dating scene can feel like a zoo. Tonight, it is.

The Meat of the Matter

Get saucy at Frisco’s Colorado BBQ Challenge.

Umphrey's McGee at the Fillmore

Photo: Tobin Voggesser Umphrey's McGee Saturday, January 24, 2009Fillmore AuditoriumBetter Than: Saving money and listening to Umphrey's through your earbuds.I'm too young to have seen the Grateful Dead or Led Zeppelin live. Just the same, I'm convinced that my friends and I were conceived in bright ... More >>

Swayback checks in from the studio in Los Angeles

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Saturday, June 21, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, 303-830-8497.

Last Night...Oblio Duo, Vitamins, The Pseudo Dates @ Larimer Lounge

Rock This Way

Beyond Playlist: Lee Burridge and More

Kelly Joe Phelps

Friday, September 14, Swallow Hill Music Association, 303-777-1003.

Leave Britney Alone, September 12

Hawks and Doves

Hawks and Doves
Self-released

Last Night: Lez Zeppelin @ Bluebird Theater

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

Rodrigo y Gabriela

Tuesday, May 1, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-2525.

South Broadway

Dive on in

Earl Greyhound

Cynicism and irony are dead to Earl Greyhound.

All-Inn

RockBar

Old Curtis Street Bar

From stocks to shots

Overseas MP3s

For just pennies a tune, you can build a primo music library and support free enterprise in Russia.

Critic's Choice

Turambar

Now Hear This

Norah Jones

Feels Like Home (Blue Note)

The Mars Volta

De-loused in the Comatorium (Universal)

Alanis Morissette

Under Rug Swept (Maverick)

Backwash

Dire predictions for music in the Y2K.

This Is Only a Test

The programming secrets toies er's old-time formats radio.

Now They're Cooking

LETTERS

COME TOGETHER--AGAIN