Lynyrd Skynyrd

Delegating Denver #12 of 56: Florida

Q&A With Hayes Carll

Just the Good Old Boys

Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd rise again.

What Southern-rock band should long-missing Marine Lance Hering join?

Former Marine Lance Hering as he looked at the time of his recent arrest. Lance Hering, the recently arrested Marine whose bizarre disappearance was the subject of the 2007 Adam Cayton-Holland feature article "An Uphill Battle" and yesterday's blog "The End of the Line for AWOL Marine Lance Her ... More >>

The Black Crowes at the Fillmore Auditorium

The Black Crowes, Vetiver Saturday, Dec. 13 Fillmore Auditorium Better than: Revisiting the sounds of '60s soul and '70s rock with a middling bar band. "I swear I've heard that riff before." That was the recurring thought as I watched the Black Crowes and Vetiver perform Saturday, as the solos, the ... More >>

Top ten songs that should be renamed after Barack Obama

Excise "Back." Insert "Barack." The campaign by several Boulder High School students to rename their facility after President Barack Obama was dropped yesterday due to a lack of support, but not before inspiring our satirical blog "Ten More Things That Should Be Named After Barack Obama Other Than ... More >>

I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House

Put Here to Bleed (In Music We Trust)

Drunk of the Week

Goosetown Tavern

Git Some: It's what you get when Lynyrd Skynyrd meets Jesus Lizard

Goosetown Tavern

Family Ties

Los Lonely Boys rock out with Hill Country Revue.

Behold the hard rock and hijinks of Forth Yeer Freshman

Los Lonely Boys rock out with Hill Country Revue.

Q&A with Aaron Howell of Forth Yeer Freshman

Sarah BogerSpeaking with Aaron Howell, the frontman of Forth Yeer Freshman, is a lot like listening to his band's music: the things he says are generally over the top and somewhat ludicrous, yet you get the sense that there's a certain amount of earnestness attached to his sentiments. In advance of ... More >>

Encore Performance

Don't fret. Guitar Hero II kills the opening act.

Drive-By Truckers

Saturday, August 12, Red Rocks, 303-830-8497.

No Kidding Around

Kid rocks, the Colorado Convention Center doesn't.

British Bulldog

A new Stout Street pub with bite.

Shinedown

Wednesday, February 1, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

Unlikely Requiem

On the road to recovery with the Drive By Truckers.

Crowe Flies Home

Elizabethtown is a mess -- not that its director should care.

Cross Canadian Ragweed

Thursday, August 4, Gothic Theatre, 303-788-0984.

Neon Steven

The Neon Steven EP (Self-released)

Widespread Panic With the Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Night of Joy (Widespread Records)

Perfect Landing

A voyage of discovery leads to Han Kang.

Mash It Up

Z-Trip turns the tables and elevates the art of the DJ.

Secrete Admirer

The Glands prepare to deliver more brainy indie pop -- if they can ever get off the road.

Loud and Long

Heritage Square Music Hall pays tribute to three decades of rock and roll.

Holidaze

Unwrapping our annual roundup of musical season's greetings -- and beatings.

The Oblivion Express

Comeback attempts by acts that should just go away.

Hell Raisers

The Hellacopters are ready to take off.

Playlist

The Hellacopters are ready to take off.

I Drink, Therefore I Am

An incomplete history of local barchitecture, undertaken in two sober afternoons.

Quadra-phenia

Despite a recent tragedy, the Quadrajets are still flying high.

Now They're Cooking

Despite a recent tragedy, the Quadrajets are still flying high.

Playlist

Despite a recent tragedy, the Quadrajets are still flying high.

The Shed Spread

This summer's outdoor-concert season was the weakest in years. Doesn't anyone want to hear music outside anymore?

Feedback

This summer's outdoor-concert season was the weakest in years. Doesn't anyone want to hear music outside anymore?

PLAYLIST

This summer's outdoor-concert season was the weakest in years. Doesn't anyone want to hear music outside anymore?

THRILLS

This summer's outdoor-concert season was the weakest in years. Doesn't anyone want to hear music outside anymore?

MIX AND MATCH

HOW TO PICK THE PERFECT SUMMER CONCERT FOR YOU.

PLAYLIST

HOW TO PICK THE PERFECT SUMMER CONCERT FOR YOU.

TED'S WORLD

TED NUGENT OFFERS MORE RUMINATIONS ON THE AMERICAN DREAM.

LETTERS

TED NUGENT OFFERS MORE RUMINATIONS ON THE AMERICAN DREAM.

FOOD & DRINK

TED NUGENT OFFERS MORE RUMINATIONS ON THE AMERICAN DREAM.

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of April 5, 2010

​As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, "What are you listening to right now?" So whether you're looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we've compiled a list of ... 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 >>

Wilco at Jazz Aspen Snowmass - 09.03.10

Jon Solomon​ WILCO 09.03.10 | Jazz Aspen Snowmass "Don't even think about yelling, 'Freebird," Wilco's frontman Jeff Tweedy replied to the guy in the crowd who screamed out the Lynyrd Skynyrd tune early in Wilco's ambitious two-hour set at the Jazz Aspen Snowmass labor day festival. "You can ... More >>

Dead Confederate

Saturday, September 18, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Barry Fey on that time that he held a gun to Axl Rose's head and how the business has changed

​For years, Barry Fey says, music fans have been needling him to write a book. "You know, people have been saying 'When's the book? When's the book?' for fifteen years," Fey notes. "It was daily, wherever I would go out... 'When's the book? Come on, you've got to write a book!'" Well, he final ... More >>

Round two with Mike Peshek, exec chef of Lou's Food Bar

Lori Midson​ Mike Peshek Lou's Food Bar 1851 West 38th Avenue 303-458-0336 www.lousfoodbar This is part two of my interview with Mike Peshek, exec chef of Lou's Food Bar. Part one of my chat with Peshek ran earlier this week. Favorite restaurant in America: Pizzeria Regina in Boston. The ser ... More >>

J. Michael Melton, exec chef of Zydeco's, on destroying candy bars and shi*tin' and spittin' up

Lori Midson​ J. Michael Melton Zydeco's 1730 Wynkoop Street 303-293-2887 www.zydecosdenver.com This is part one of my chat with J. Michael Melton, exec chef of Zydeco's. Part two of our interview will run in this space tomorrow. I got the gift of the Southern double name," drawls J. Michae ... More >>