Link Wray

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion at the Bluebird Theater, 6/15/13

JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 6/15/13 Saving one of the most blistering numbers of the show for the end of the set, Jon Spencer and the Blues Explosion cut loose with "Blues X Man." Making his way to the front of the stage amid a squall of sculpted feedback, Spencer offered up a v ... More >>

Eric Phipps of Wampire on why a live band is more exciting than a guy on stage with a laptop

Wampire is a five-piece whose music doesn't seem fixed to a particular musical period, especially the current era. If anything, the band's gently swirling, swaying melodies are buoyed almost imperceptibly by a distinct if informal structure that keeps the music from wandering completely where it wil ... More >>

Review: Pure Sunshine II at BluebirdTheater, 3/02/12

PURE SUNSHINE II @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 3.2.12 It would be hard to have picked the star attraction for this show because the crowd changed and switched throughout the show with some people sticking around for everything. But chances are, no one had seen Spell since its last show in July of 1995. With ... More >>

Keith Morris of OFF!: "I don't see the light at the end of this tunnel"

Review: Dick Dale at the Gothic Theatre, 10/2/11

DICK DALE at GOTHIC THEATRE | 10/2/11"We just made that shit up," said surf rock legend Dick Dale after a mid-tempo blues instrumental about a half an hour into Sunday night set at the Gothic. "That's the story of my life. Everything I do onstage is made up. We never follow a pattern or a list. That ... More >>

Ripley Johnson of Moon Duo on the move to Colorado and the duo's tapestry of sound

Photo courtesy of the Agency Group.Moon Duo​Erik "Ripley" Johnson first came to prominence in the rock underground with his San Francisco-based band, the Wooden Shjips. That project's hypnotically dark, droning psychedelia became a favorite of fans and critics alike. In 2009, Johnson teamed up ... More >>

Live Review: Littles Paia, Slight Harp, Bird Names, Sic Alps and Milton Melvin Croissant III at Glob Glob Glob

Over the Weekend...Robert Plant & Alison Krauss @ Red Rocks

Swift Response

Shaw Business

Dieselhed's Virgil Shaw's on his own these days, and happier than ever.

Death Pool for Cutie

Check the Vegas odds: It's time to predict this year's rock-star deaths.

Link Wray

Monday, May 23, Bluebird Theater, 303-322-2308.

Horsethief

Horsethief (Self-released)

Feel the Noise

If people won't come to the noise, Friends Forever will take the noise to them.

Action Packed

It takes two to tangle with Phantom Trigger's controlled chaos.

Pulp Fiction

By making it up as they go along, the members of Log chop down genre conventions.

Grim Reverb

For Maraca Five-O, instro-rock means catchin' an asphalt wave.

Surfin' Safari

The Beloved Invaders ride the wave.

Never Mind the Bullets

Los Mex Pistols del Norte will put the spaghetti back in your Western.

Taking Wing

The Subdudes may be grounded, but Magpie's flying high.

The Train Rolls On

Rockabilly innovator Paul Burlison is back from a forty-year hiatus.

And the Winners Are ...

Handing out the trophies for 1997's best albums.

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Towering Infernos

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Thrills for the week

The Missing Link

Link Wray virtually invented modern-rock guitar. So why haven't you heard of him?

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On the Skids

Southern Culture on the Skids is finger-lickin' good.

The Little Mermen

Surf music and beyond with California's most animated instrumental rock band.

THE GOODS

THERE WEREN'T THOUSANDS OF FIRST-RATE RECORDS RELEASED IN 1995. BUT THERE WERE NINETY.

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DOGGIE STYLE

THROTTLE UP

LIGHTNING STRIKES AGAIN

ALL HAIL DICK DALE

THE KING OF THE SURF GUITAR IS BACK ON THE BOARD.