Little Richard

Delegating Denver #13 of 56: Georgia

Q&A With Howlin' Pelle Almqvist of the Hives

Pussy Whipped

The pulchritudinous charms of Nashville Pussy.

The Schlong Goodbye

The pulchritudinous charms of Nashville Pussy.

Strip Show

Musically speaking, the Gaza Strippers put it all on.

Rats Race

The B-Movie Rats want to star as the next monsters of rock.

Songs of the Century

Part one of a pre-millennial salute to the music that made America sing.

Mos Def

Black on Both Sides
(Rawkus)

Remembering Rudy Ray Moore: The Westword profile

Black on Both Sides
(Rawkus)

Unhappy Together

Why doesn't KOOL want Barry Fey's money?

Best Sunday Church Service Without the Church

Reverend Leon's Revival

JACK Flash

Folk art hangs at Oskar Blues.

Soda Pop Kids Return

Ex-members of Kill City Thrillers, Scott Baio Army and Call Sign Cobra come back for a sort of homecoming.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of 7/26/2007

Westword Music Showcase 2007

Saturday, June 16

The Message

It's Alive

No Apologies

Junior Senior is proud to be a silly dance band.

Master Blaster

Hip-hop loyalist and rock-and-roll revivalist Cody ChesnuTT has guitar, headphones -- and will travel to the center of your brain.

Mojo's a No-Go

A grimy group of violent, English losers leaves this critic cold.

Dolemite Makes Right

Rudy Ray Moore, the self-described King of Party Records, is looking for a little respect.

Stop Your Sobbing

In the wake of September 11, Ray Davies reconsiders his past and looks to the future.

Hooked on Phonics

Deke Dickerson and the Ecco-fonics echo the happy days of Fifties rock.

The Wide World of Rap

Exploring the endless variety of today's hip-hop.

A Star Is Boring

Exploring the endless variety of today's hip-hop.

Snake Charmers

Denver's Boa and the Constrictors squeeze new life out of jump blues.

And the Winners Are ...

Handing out the trophies for 1997's best albums.

Do the White Thing

Handing out the trophies for 1997's best albums.

Playlist

Handing out the trophies for 1997's best albums.

Whores and Pigs and Ponies--Oh, My!

Handing out the trophies for 1997's best albums.

Heavy, Man.

The ten worst concept albums of all time.

Green's Day

Al Green no longer separates church from state of mind.

POETRY IN MOTION

Al Green no longer separates church from state of mind.

LEMMY AT FIFTY

AGING GRACELESSLY WITH LEMMY KILMISTER, THE MAN BEHIND MOTORHEAD.

THE LAZY COWGIRLS GET BUSY

AGING GRACELESSLY WITH LEMMY KILMISTER, THE MAN BEHIND MOTORHEAD.

THRILLS

AGING GRACELESSLY WITH LEMMY KILMISTER, THE MAN BEHIND MOTORHEAD.

OHIO OR BUST

THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM: GREAT IDEA OR SIGN THAT THE END IS NEAR?

PLAYLIST

THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM: GREAT IDEA OR SIGN THAT THE END IS NEAR?

AT THE FLOP

THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM: GREAT IDEA OR SIGN THAT THE END IS NEAR?

THE UGLY TRUTH

THE ROCK-AND-ROLLERS WHOSE FACES COULD STOP A CLOCK. UGLY A LOOK AT THE MOST FRIGHTENING FACES IN ROCK AND ROLL.

PLAYLIST

THE ROCK-AND-ROLLERS WHOSE FACES COULD STOP A CLOCK. UGLY A LOOK AT THE MOST FRIGHTENING FACES IN ROCK AND ROLL.

POOR UNCLE ALBERT

THE ROCK-AND-ROLLERS WHOSE FACES COULD STOP A CLOCK. UGLY A LOOK AT THE MOST FRIGHTENING FACES IN ROCK AND ROLL.

PLAYLIST

THE ROCK-AND-ROLLERS WHOSE FACES COULD STOP A CLOCK. UGLY A LOOK AT THE MOST FRIGHTENING FACES IN ROCK AND ROLL.

WELCOME TO THE CLUB

THE ROCK-AND-ROLLERS WHOSE FACES COULD STOP A CLOCK. UGLY A LOOK AT THE MOST FRIGHTENING FACES IN ROCK AND ROLL.

PLAYLIST

THE ROCK-AND-ROLLERS WHOSE FACES COULD STOP A CLOCK. UGLY A LOOK AT THE MOST FRIGHTENING FACES IN ROCK AND ROLL.

Q&A with Vaughn Harris of Nitzer Ebb

​Nitzer Ebb, from Essex, England, helped to define the musical style called EBM with its heavy industrial rhythms and stark vocals. As with emo, another much-maligned genre, EBM started out as a vital and relevant music whose pioneers never chose to name with a blanket term to encompass a music th ... More >>

Q&A with King Khan about reviving dying rats with weird prayers and the source of his blood curdling screams

Megan Cullen​ While this week's profile on King Khan focused primarily on his trip to jail and how he first got into garage music, it only scraped the surface of our interview with the guy. Known for some insanely great live shows both with the Shrines and BBQ Show, Khan gives almost an equal ... More >>

Bootsy Collins on his unique persona and getting his start in funk playing with James Brown

David Carlo​Bootsy Collins (due tonight at The Boulder Theater), a bass player with a larger than life persona, first came to promience in the James Brown band. After leaving Brown's outfit, Collins was convinced by a friend to go to Detroit, where he hooked up with George Clinton, with whom C ... More >>

Grant Hart contemplates his losses and the stories behind his music

David Carlo​Bootsy Collins (due tonight at The Boulder Theater), a bass player with a larger than life persona, first came to promience in the James Brown band. After leaving Brown's outfit, Collins was convinced by a friend to go to Detroit, where he hooked up with George Clinton, with whom C ... More >>

Sesame Street's five best musical cameos

Elvis is everywhere​Elvis Costello finally made his Sesame Street appearance last week with a number-orientated rendition of "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes." The show is a well-tread, 42-year-old road that has included a charmingly sweet Tony Bennett, an unexpectedly fitting LL Cool J, ... More >>

Sounds of Blackness: Jimi Hendrix

​Jimi Hendrix is widely considered to be the greatest electric guitarist in history. Before being gifted with a guitar at the age of fifteen, Hendrix used a broom stick in place of the instrument that would later become his most beloved method of communication. Born Johnny Allen Hendrix in Nov ... More >>