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  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Are You Experienced turns 45

    When he came storming onto the scene, Jimi Hendrix made weepy children out of the world's best guitar players, bringing a primal sexuality and grace to his playing that only a true master of the craft could muster. Guitarists like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Pete Townsend had spent nearly the whole ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    R.I.P. Levon Helm, 5/26/40 - 4/19/12

    See Also: At the Helm - A throat cancer survivor, the Band's Levon Helm can't sing anymore -- but the beat goes on Levon Helm, iconic drummer and singer extraordinaire of the Band, died yesterday at the age of 71, after a long and strenuous battle with throat cancer. Helm's imaginative drumming and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    R.I.P. Dick Clark, 11/30/29 - 4/18/12

    See Also: Firefall's Jock Bartley on American Bandstand and the time Dick Clark called the band "Firefly" When Dick Clark died earlier this week from a massive heart attack at the age of 82, he left a musical legacy that's far too comprehensive and broad to easily sum up. Clark may have spent the l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    John Waters on beer, bathroom reading and his signature mustache

    Interviewing some celebrities can be as excruciating as putting out a campfire with your face, but talking to John Waters is a lot like talking to a friend -- that is, if you have friends who have made freaks, gays, drugs, abortions and religion into delightfully irreverent movies that have defined ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    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 November 1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    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 >>

  • Music

    June 23, 2011

    Grant Hart contemplates his losses and the stories behind his music

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2008

    Remembering Rudy Ray Moore: The Westword profile

    ​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 >>

  • Calendar

    April 3, 2008

    JACK Flash

    Folk art hangs at Oskar Blues.

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2007

    Delegating Denver #13 of 56: Georgia

    Folk art hangs at Oskar Blues.

  • Music

    September 6, 2007

    Soda Pop Kids Return

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

  • News

    July 26, 2007

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of 7/26/2007

  • News

    May 19, 2005

    Unhappy Together

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

  • News

    July 1, 2004

    The Message

    It's Alive

  • Music

    November 6, 2003

    No Apologies

    Junior Senior is proud to be a silly dance band.

  • Calendar

    March 27, 2003

    Best Sunday Church Service Without the Church

    Reverend Leon's Revival

  • Music

    January 16, 2003

    Master Blaster

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

  • Culture

    November 21, 2002

    Mojo's a No-Go

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

  • Music

    April 25, 2002

    Dolemite Makes Right

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

  • Music

    October 11, 2001

    Stop Your Sobbing

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

  • Music

    December 9, 1999

    Mos Def

    Black on Both Sides
    (Rawkus)

  • Music

    November 25, 1999

    Hooked on Phonics

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

  • Music

    July 22, 1999

    The Wide World of Rap

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

  • Music

    July 1, 1999

    Songs of the Century

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

  • Music

    November 12, 1998

    Rats Race

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

  • Film

    September 3, 1998

    A Star Is Boring

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

  • Music

    August 13, 1998

    Strip Show

    Musically speaking, the Gaza Strippers put it all on.

  • News

    July 23, 1998

    The Schlong Goodbye

    Musically speaking, the Gaza Strippers put it all on.

  • Music

    June 4, 1998

    Snake Charmers

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

  • Music

    May 21, 1998

    Pussy Whipped

    The pulchritudinous charms of Nashville Pussy.

  • Music

    December 25, 1997

    And the Winners Are ...

    Handing out the trophies for 1997's best albums.

  • Culture

    May 15, 1997

    Do the White Thing

    Handing out the trophies for 1997's best albums.

  • Music

    February 20, 1997

    Playlist

    Handing out the trophies for 1997's best albums.

  • Music

    February 6, 1997

    Whores and Pigs and Ponies--Oh, My!

    Handing out the trophies for 1997's best albums.

  • Music

    November 28, 1996

    Heavy, Man.

    The ten worst concept albums of all time.

  • Film

    February 7, 1996

    POETRY IN MOTION

    The ten worst concept albums of all time.

  • Music

    February 7, 1996

    LEMMY AT FIFTY

    AGING GRACELESSLY WITH LEMMY KILMISTER, THE MAN BEHIND MOTORHEAD.

  • Music

    November 22, 1995

    THE LAZY COWGIRLS GET BUSY

    AGING GRACELESSLY WITH LEMMY KILMISTER, THE MAN BEHIND MOTORHEAD.

  • Calendar

    September 20, 1995

    THRILLS

    AGING GRACELESSLY WITH LEMMY KILMISTER, THE MAN BEHIND MOTORHEAD.

  • Music

    September 13, 1995

    OHIO OR BUST

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

  • Music

    May 3, 1995

    PLAYLIST

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

  • Culture

    February 15, 1995

    AT THE FLOP

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

  • Music

    January 4, 1995

    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.

  • Music

    January 4, 1995

    PLAYLIST

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

  • Film

    December 28, 1994

    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.

  • Music

    December 14, 1994

    PLAYLIST

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

  • Music

    November 23, 1994

    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.

  • Music

    April 13, 1994

    PLAYLIST

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

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