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HAVOK @ MARQUIS THEATER | FRI, 6/21/13 Hot on the heels of its European tour with Cephalic Carnage, Suffocation and Fallujah, Havok is preparing for the release its new album, Unnatural Selection, next Tuesday, June 25. The ten-track album, the band's fourth release overall and the followup to 2011' ... More >>

Guy Guthrie, suicidal man with BB gun, dies after being Tased

Update: This weekend, members of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office deployed a Taser against a suicidal man now identified as Guy Guthrie, 55. He was armed, but only with a BB gun -- and died about an hour later. A JCSO spokesman defends the safety of Tasers even as he acknowledges that the outco ... More >>

New shows: Lotus three nights at Boulder Theater, Crystal Castles at the Gothic and more

A perennial favorite in Colorado, Lotus is making its way back to the Centennial state for a trio of shows at the Boulder Theater, while Crystal Castles is set to return for a date at the Gothic Theatre and Anthrax tops the Metal Alliance tour, a stacked bill at the Summit Music Hall this April that ... More >>

Josh Abbott on the Texas/Red Dirt scene and bringing banjo back to country music

Josh Abbott (due at the Grizzly Rose this Friday, June 1) got his start playing country music while attending Texas Tech in Lubbock, spending his nights watching artists like Pat Green, Corey Morrow, Roger Creagor, Eli Young Band and Randy Rogers roll through the local country bar, the Blue Light. A ... More >>

Photos: Return to the raver parking lot at Caffeine Music & Arts Festival 2012

With another Caffeine Music & Arts Festival in the books for 2012, take a look back at last night's parking lot scene outside the 1STBANK Center with the folks who traveled from far (Texas) and near (the Springs) for the all-night, annual party put on the Triad Dragons.

SXSW travelogues: A. Tom Collins checks in from Austin

Tarantulas, Fireballs, and Doppelgängers - SWSX Day One: I had heard a story from a friend of mine about driving through west Texas in the pre-dawn hours. He recounted that after about nine hours on the road heading south from Denver, just before sunrise, he and his co-pilot encountered hundreds, m ... More >>

Readers slam Westword cover subject Corey Donahue

Richard Paul Stewart hospitalized in Texas following Norma Stewart's murder (67)

Big pic below.​Update: We're getting more information about the arrest of Richard Paul Stewart, a person of interest in the slaying of his ex-wife, Norma Stewart, at the Edward Jones branch in Westminster. Granted, some of that info is a bit garbled. However, it's clear that Stewart is current ... More >>

SXSW travelogue: Take to the Oars checks in from Austin

Take to the Oars at the Blind Pig on Sixth Street​ Wednesday March 16 We left Denver on Tuesday at 6 p.m. and drove through the night, taking the most obscure didn't-they-film-children-of-the-corn-here route possible to get to Austin. We made the trek in just over sixteen hours and pulled int ... More >>

Social networking: Denver ranked 3rd in U.S. by Men's Health (eat our hashtags, Portland!)

​Congratulations, Denver: You have officially been swallowed up whole by the Matrix. Men's Health recently came out with its list of the country's most socially networked cities, and Denver, of all places, came in third. Do we get a prize for this? Like a new FarmVille animal or something?

TAG's Brian Melton loves the restaurant industry. Here's why

You can find Brian Melton behind the bar at TAG.​All the talk about "In the Weeds" inspired Brian Melton to send in this missive about the restaurant industry. It's our New Year's Eve gift for everyone in the business --and anyone out on the town tonight who benefits from exemplary workers in ... More >>

Westword Music Showcase headliners: Meet Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights

Texas isn't big enough to contain Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights. After signing with Atlantic records in 2008, the Dallas-based quintet quickly started making a name for itself across the country, touring with high-caliber acts like ZZ Top and the Black Crowes before releasing Pardon Me, i ... More >>

The seasoned men of Horse are making the best music of their life

Pictureplane picked up by Lovepump United, hits road with HEALTH

Photo: Sarah CassThis news will probably come as no surprise to those who were paying attention last summer when HEALTH sang the praises of Pictureplane in Pitchfork: Travis Egedy, who makes music under the Pictureplane moniker, has been picked up by Lovepump United. The New York-based imprint, whi ... More >>

DeVotchKa announces spring tour dates

This Friday night in Philadelphia, DeVotchKa is kicking off a fairly exhaustive eight week tour that will take the band across the country from New York to San Francisco to Austin -- not during South By Southwest, surprisingly -- back up through the midwest before culminating in Cleveland on Saturd ... More >>

Meet Jeff Wilks, new owner of The Wolf, The Mix and KOOL 105

Oh, how times have changed in the Denver radio market. Back in 2000, KXPK/96.5 FM, then known as the Peak, sold to Emmis Communications for $36 million -- a price tag that didn't seem outrageous at the time. Cut to December 2008, when CBS peddled three high-profile Denver FMs -- KWLI/92.5 FM (know ... More >>

Pro and Con

Amadeus Harlan has spent his life playing everyone around him — but not as a Denver Bronco.

Magellan

Edge Gallery

Letters to the Editor

From the week of 12/28/2006

Training Day

This feel-good football tale scores with charm and sincerity.

Dixie Chicks

Taking the Long Way (Columbia)

SuperHeavyGoatAss

Friday, September 2, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Thrift Store Cowboys

Thursday, May 5, Bender's Tavern, 303-861-7070.

Modern Movements

The Colorado Ballet tosses its tutus in a triple bill

End Run

Long shot Arapahoe Park seeks a place in the winner's circle.

Bite Me

In the Suds

Power Play

Still seething, Speedealer stretches out and slows down -- a little.

So Happy Together

Getting back together was a snap for the Flatlanders -- because they've seldom been apart.

Far and Wide

A pair of striking solos at BMoCA display a broad range of styles.

Off Limits

Say goodbye, children

Wrap It Up

Harvesting a summer crop of local releases.

Revenge of the Fanboy

Alex Ross, painter of supermen and superwomen, makes it easy to believe in heroes.

Keep On Rockin', Baby

Guitarist Shannon Curfman brings something new to the teen craze. It's called talent.

Stoner-Rock Royalty

The Queens of the Stone Age find tipped-out serenity in their private desert oasis.

In Sickness and in Health

Dr. Tisha Dowe survived the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing. But can she survive Colorado Springs politics?

A LaFave Rave

Jimmy LaFave upholds American musical tradition one song at a time.

No Mo' REO

Letters

Take It for a Ride!

Who keeps an eye on Colorado's car dealers? The dealers themselves.

Last Hand

For forty years, the La Paz 12 has called this card table home.

Shot Down in Flames

A jury blows away a fired Denver deputy gunning for a big settlement from taxpayers.

She Fired, They Fired

The city doggedly presses its case against a deputy dismissed after a shooting incident.

The Deal's Disputed Line Item

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