Liverpool

Camp still rules Tim Burton's Dark Shadows

James McCartney toughs it out in Macca's shadow

Alex Cox, director of Repo Man, joins CU-Boulder's film studies faculty this fall

​Alex Cox, who wrote and directed cult favorites like Repo Man and Sid & Nancy, is joining CU-Boulder's film studies faculty this fall and will teach screenwriting and film production, as the Daily Camera reported. Cox, who grew up England, studied film at UCLA, then lived in Mexico and Spain ... More >>

Orchestral Manoeuvres is enjoying a renaissance of sorts

​Alex Cox, who wrote and directed cult favorites like Repo Man and Sid & Nancy, is joining CU-Boulder's film studies faculty this fall and will teach screenwriting and film production, as the Daily Camera reported. Cox, who grew up England, studied film at UCLA, then lived in Mexico and Spain ... More >>

Andy McClusky of OMD on Dazzle Ships, the influence of '70s Krautrock and Peter Saville

​ Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark (due at the Bluebird Theater on Tuesday, March 22) is perhaps best known for its song "If You Leave," featured in Pretty in Pink, the classic 1986 John Hughes movie. But the band first made waves in its native England with its first two albums, a self-titled ... More >>

John Lennon as a teen: Nowhere Boy is a toe-tapping period drama

​ Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark (due at the Bluebird Theater on Tuesday, March 22) is perhaps best known for its song "If You Leave," featured in Pretty in Pink, the classic 1986 John Hughes movie. But the band first made waves in its native England with its first two albums, a self-titled ... More >>

Flick Pick

​ Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark (due at the Bluebird Theater on Tuesday, March 22) is perhaps best known for its song "If You Leave," featured in Pretty in Pink, the classic 1986 John Hughes movie. But the band first made waves in its native England with its first two albums, a self-titled ... More >>

Beetle Mania: Could annoying noises help save Colorado's trees?

That sound makes me want to bite somebody's freakin' head off!​Some creative researchers at Northern Arizona University have discovered what could be a literally sound solution to saving Colorado's forests that are rapidly dying at the jaws of pine beetles. The answer could lie in the sound o ... More >>

Over the weekend: The Don'ts & Be Carefuls, Pep*Squad, Josephine and the Mousepeople at the Meadowlark

​The Don'ts & Be Carefuls, Pep*Squad, Josephine and the Mousepeople, Lungs They Burn, I Sank Molly Brown Friday, December 4, 2009 The Meadowlark Better Than: Butt Shakin' So it was mostly a big dance party at Denver's Most Intimate Venue, the sort of night where you show your approval with a ... More >>

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of October 5, 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 ... More >>

Life Sucks for Colorado Rapids Fans. But at Least They're Not Dead

​​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 ... More >>

A Polish auteur — and Mike Tyson! — stage comebacks at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.

​​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 ... More >>

Make Tracks

The Rio Grande Scenic Railroad makes it dome.

Best of Denver Winners from 1998

The Rio Grande Scenic Railroad makes it dome.

Heady Metal

With On High, Chris Fogal is shredding again with a vengeance.

Across the Universe

Run for your life if you can, little girl: Julie Taymor’s ’60s-set musical is a bust.

Q&A With Geezer Butler of Heaven and Hell/Black Sabbath

Run for your life if you can, little girl: Julie Taymor’s ’60s-set musical is a bust.

Lost List

Run for your life if you can, little girl: Julie Taymor’s ’60s-set musical is a bust.

Operation Rebound

Gomez finds its footing again with How We Operate.

Scratching the Surface

Hernan Cattaneo

Clinic

Tuesday, May 18, Bluebird Theater, 303-322-2308

Club Scout

DJ Fergie

The Isley Brothers

Body Kiss (T-Neck/Dreamworks)

True Brit

Royal Hilltop is a real neighborhood pub -- in a neighborhood that really needs one.

Space Is the Place

Thank God for Astronauts launches some heavenly pop.

Bearly Necessary

Jungle fever fails to catch hold in this routine sequel.

Shining Story, Wooden Nickleby

A Dickens classic is almost perfectly adapted for the screen.

Let's Clash

Old and new collide to create the next wave of electronica.

Tickle Me, Elmo

Samuel L. Jackson makes light work of a familiar Formula.

With a Bullet

Two years after becoming Britain's surprise It band, Gomez reclaims a spot in the empire.

Gomez

In Our Gun (Virgin)

Big Foot

The Colorado Rush changed the rules of youth soccer -- and stomped the opposition.

Style Child

As Casa Del Soul's resident boy genius, DJ Ty Tek holds down the house.

Here's Mud in Your Ear

Seattle's Mudhoney sometimes wonders what all the fuzz was about.

Preparing for Takeoff

Planes Mistaken for Stars channels the angst of a Rust Belt upbringing into visceral post-hardcore.

Bouncing Back

With the release of Flowers, Echo and the Bunnymen are back in bloom.

Still Fab After All These Years

A spiffed up Hard Day's Night continues to dazzle, with its jump cuts, slow motion and sped-up Beatles antics.

Sounds Like Fun!

Beatle Mania

Gomez

Liquid Skin
(Virgin/EMI)

He Carries That Weight

Julian Lennon returns to music with a new album and new light to shed on his famous father.

Real to Real

Julian Lennon returns to music with a new album and new light to shed on his famous father.

England's Shame

No one told Gomez's Tom Gray that British rock stars are supposed to be loudmouths.

In His Life

Beatles producer George Martin tries to pass along the wisdom of the ages.

From Canada With Love

Ray Condo and His Richochets aren't Americans, but they love American music.

Wilder Thing

Welcome to the wacky world of Webb Wilder.

Of Minor Note

Welcome to the wacky world of Webb Wilder.

THE HELL OF ST. MARY'S

Welcome to the wacky world of Webb Wilder.

THE PREFAB FOUR

Welcome to the wacky world of Webb Wilder.