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April 13, 2012
Weekend's best live music bets: Sleigh Bells, Cults, Heartless Bastards and more
TGIF! You've worked hard all week, now it's time to coast into weekend. Plenty of great music on tap to help you unwind -- or get wound-up, as the case may be. Tonight at the Ogden, Sleigh Bells assaults the senses, Mojo Nixon kicks off a two-night stand at the Lion's Lair, JJ Grey and Mofro get the ... More >>
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March 30, 2012
Video: Wednesday was Lady Gaga's birthday, but Madonna wishes Nicki Minaj a happy birthday instead... and then the claws came out
Lady Gaga celebrated her 26th birthday earlier this week, and the Interwebz were aflutter with little monsters' birthday wishes to her -- Twitter, YouTube, even Billboard's website were sending their well wishes. One person who didn't tell her happy birthday, however, was Madonna. On the day of all ... More >>
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March 3, 2012
SnowBall Music Festival 2012: Day 1 travelogue
SNOWBALL MUSIC FESTIVAL, DAY 1 @ VAIL VALLEY | 3/2/12It took about four bone-chilling minutes, starting at the opening of gates, to remind me of the frigid misery I signed up for again this year. Did I learn my lesson from last year in regard to snow boots, multiple layers, cash, and festival planni ... More >>
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February 29, 2012
Madonna's "Girl Gone Wild" isn't all that wild
What do you do if the lead single from your new album campaign drops like dead weight down the charts? If you're Madonna, you release another single and hope that the club kids don't notice that you're treading on old territory. Madge's lead single from her hotly-anticipated twelfth album, M.D.N.A. ... More >>
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February 5, 2012
Super Bowl commercials: Elton John, Flavor Flav, Echo and the Bunnymen and more
See also: Top 5 Greatest Super Bowl halftime shows and Video: M.I.A. flips off Super Bowl audience during halftime show So we all know that half the fun of watching the Super Bowl is seeing all the commercials. If you missed them for whatever reason -- your loud mouth buddy was yapping about this ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
America Idol in Portland: The judges were spot on, but the contestants were a mixed bag
If you're going to take on Freddie Mercury's vocal prowess on "Somebody To Love" and use it as an audition piece for American Idol, you better be able to hit those notes. Unfortunately for the baby-faced Ben Harrison, 28, none of the judges loved his take. The falsetto, on blast, would have made Mer ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Chris Brown does his best LMFAO impression with "Turn Up The Music"
Chris Brown singles have always come in two flavors: Sexy & Braggadocious and Song & Dance -- songs that are either about busting a nut or busting a move, regardless of production or tempo. Edgier singles from his catalogue, like "Look at Me Now," "I Can Transform Ya" and even the recent "Strip" fal ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
Look out, Gaga: Madonna's back to get all the "Luvin'" with a potent new drug called M.D.N.A.
Forget Tim Tebow. From now until at least the day after the Super Bowl, everyone's going to be talking about another figure in pop culture who had the religion thing down long before Tebow did: Madonna. Although Lady Gaga may never admit as much, Madge recently acknowledged the similarities between ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
Madonna's new single leaks: Does it deserve any love? Plus a breakdown of this week's charts
Madonna wants all your love, but does she deserve any of it?It was a big week for female pop music. Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Madonna were all in the spotlight this week. Perry's new video for "The One That Got Away" garnerd hit six million YouTube views over the weekend. The song is her sixt ... More >>
Music
April 28, 2011
Upcoming M.I.A.-Chris Brown collaboration proves opposites attract
Madonna wants all your love, but does she deserve any of it?It was a big week for female pop music. Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Madonna were all in the spotlight this week. Perry's new video for "The One That Got Away" garnerd hit six million YouTube views over the weekend. The song is her sixt ... More >>
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March 9, 2011
Top 5 Famous Writer/Musician Feuds
Sometimes hurt feelings and death threats bring people closer together -- that definitely seems to be the case of the former web editor at our sister paper in Los Angeles, Erin Broadley, and shock-rocker Marilyn Manson, who once threatened to kill her. After the two met, they came to the real ... More >>
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January 14, 2011
Liz Phair on Exile, Funstyle and being a studio geek
Darren AnkenmanLiz Phair In the early '90s, Liz Phair (due at the Bluebird Theater this Tuesday) started releasing tapes she called Girly Sound. These early tapes revealed a wide-ranging and playful musical creativity and helped to establish Phair in the underground music scene in Chicago. S ... More >>
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January 6, 2011
Top five foods we're sick of finding truffles in
They deserve so much better. Truffles are the rock stars of the edible universe. They smell like pungent earth, sweaty sex and crushed garlic. A mere shaving of truffle atop a bowl of hot buttered pasta is enough to evoke primal passion and raw emotion in the most stoic of human beings. So ... More >>
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December 27, 2010
10 weirdest music news stories of 2010
2010 has been an aggressively weird year in music news. It seemed like no matter where we turned musicians were saying and doing the strangest damn things. From decrying the most popular thing in the world to talking people off of buildings, it was a wacky year to report. There was so much we ... More >>
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December 7, 2010
Strange Powers on Armageddon and what he's been up to since returning to the Mile High City
Known to early local hip-hop heads as Shag One and, more recently, as Strange Powers, Josh Powers doesn't fit into the mold of a typical hip-hop cat. He embraces his individuality and honors his own unique global view of music and ideology through his creative endeavors - from more traditio ... More >>
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September 30, 2010
Air Dubai, Lil Wayne and DJ Krush fill our playlists this week
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?" 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 al ... More >>
Music
September 16, 2010
OMG! Rusko's stepping into mainstream territory with his new album
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?" 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 al ... More >>
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August 16, 2010
Arcade Fire, Los Lobos top sellers at local stores
Arcade Fire's latest effort, The Suburbs, continues to dominate the local charts, claiming the top spots at Albums on the Hill, Twist & Shout and Wax Trax for the week ending August 15. Los Lobos' Tin Can Trust, released August 3 on Shout! Factory, performed well, as did Wolf Parade's Expo 86 ... More >>
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August 10, 2010
Arcade Fire, the Books top sellers at local stores
The Arcade Fire's The Suburbs, released last week on Merge, claimed the top spots at Albums on the Hill and Twist & Shout while checking in at number five at Independent Records. The Books' latest effort, The Way Out, meanwhile, and the Black Crowes' Croweology, a double album of the band's ... More >>
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July 27, 2010
Big Head Todd & the Monsters, the Books top sellers at local stores
Big Head Todd & the Monsters' ninth studio album, Rocksteady, released last week, took top spots at Albums on the Hill and Twist & Shout, while the Books' latest effort, The Way Out, also issued last week on the Temporary Residence Limited imprint, debuted in top four slots at the two stores, ... More >>
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July 14, 2010
M.I.A.'s /\/\ /\ Y /\ takes some risks that (mostly) pay off
It's inherent to the nature of risk that to take one involves the possibility of failure. On M.I.A.'s latest, /\/\ /\ Y /\ (which is the last time we'll be typing that, by the way), pronounced "Maya," the album's namesake definitely takes some risks. But then, M.I.A. is no stranger to that: ... More >>
Music
June 10, 2010
MGMT
Friday, June 11, Red Rocks, 303-830-8497.
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June 10, 2010
MGMT's Matt Asti on Spacemen 3, '60s psychedelia and playing with Paul McCartney
Not so long ago, MGMT was like many underground bands in America playing small clubs and relatively low key shows. But even by the time of the release of its second album, 2007's Dave Fridmann-produced Oracular Spectacular, the band was already in the midst of its meteoric rise to popularit ... More >>
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May 26, 2010
10 Most WTF Music Videos of 2010 (NSFW)
Above is a screen grab from Lady Gaga's video for her latest single, "Alejandro." Her official website says the full video is "coming soon," and if this Gagapedia entry is to be believed, it will involve deaths, surprise twists, vampire fangs and was directed by fashion photographer Stephen ... More >>
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April 28, 2010
The Chain Gang of 1974, Jónsi, Wire Faces and more top our weekly playlists
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 >>
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April 26, 2010
Yeasayer takes everyone higher at the Bluebird
Sleigh Bells. Photos by Kiernan Maletsky Yeasayer | Sleigh Bells 04.24.10 | The Bluebird Theatre If anyone is getting tired of Brooklyn, it didn't show Saturday -- a pair of the hippest bands from the hippest borough in the world packed the hell out of the Bluebird. We're talking sweaty backs lea ... More >>
Music
April 8, 2010
Major Lazer
Tuesday, April 13, Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 303-297-1772.
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March 18, 2010
Rihanna's "Rude Boy" video: lions and neon and sneers, oh my!
Rihanna's "Rude Boy" is the number one song in the country. Its accompanying video, meanwhile, is a hot mess, and we have officially never used that expression more accurately. Because we probably like Rihanna more than we should, given that she can't actually sing, and because there's a blind ... More >>
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June 10, 2009
Nostalgia and nausea: Putting together the perfect '80s mix
You've had the experience. You're driving in the car or Pandora-ing or even - gasp! - listening to the radio when that song comes on - the one you can't believe you forgot all about. Instantly, you're transported in time and space - back to that kegger during your freshman year when you got so ... More >>
Music
February 5, 2009
What's So Funny weighs in on this year's Grammy nominations
You've had the experience. You're driving in the car or Pandora-ing or even - gasp! - listening to the radio when that song comes on - the one you can't believe you forgot all about. Instantly, you're transported in time and space - back to that kegger during your freshman year when you got so ... More >>
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December 31, 2008
FM magazine brings on the future at the hi-dive
New Year's Eve means the future is almost here, and to welcome that sci-fi time yet to come, FM magazine and Automatica Media are bringing The Future Party to the hi-dive and Sputnik tonight. "The future is our theme," explains FM's Tuyet Nguyen. "I suppose it sort of plays into New Year's, starti ... More >>
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December 29, 2008
Top Ten Pop Songs of 2008
Over the next couple of weeks, Backbeat will feature some Top Ten lists from around the Village Voice Media chain. Click here for previous year-in-review coverage from Backbeat and VVM.Pop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Ka ... More >>
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December 25, 2008
Bring On the Future
Over the next couple of weeks, Backbeat will feature some Top Ten lists from around the Village Voice Media chain. Click here for previous year-in-review coverage from Backbeat and VVM.Pop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Ka ... More >>
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December 22, 2008
Top Ten Dance Collections of 2008, Both Mixed and Unmixed
Over the next couple of weeks, Backbeat will feature some Top Ten lists from around the Village Voice Media chain. Click here for previous year-in-review coverage from Backbeat and VVM. Any knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddlin ... More >>
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December 1, 2008
Rap-Up: The Pirate Signal offering up mixtape for download
The Pirate Signal are finishing up their nationwide tour with 3OH!3, along with own shows, and will be heading home in a week or two. In the meantime, the group has made their new mixtape, "Of Gods and Gangsters" available for download on Datpiff.com.All you have to do is register and download the m ... More >>
Music
October 23, 2008
Diplo's helping lay the groundwork for the new international underground
The Pirate Signal are finishing up their nationwide tour with 3OH!3, along with own shows, and will be heading home in a week or two. In the meantime, the group has made their new mixtape, "Of Gods and Gangsters" available for download on Datpiff.com.All you have to do is register and download the m ... More >>
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July 17, 2008
Ten Reasons Ween's Better Than Your Favorite Band
The Pirate Signal are finishing up their nationwide tour with 3OH!3, along with own shows, and will be heading home in a week or two. In the meantime, the group has made their new mixtape, "Of Gods and Gangsters" available for download on Datpiff.com.All you have to do is register and download the m ... More >>
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May 19, 2008
Over the Weekend...M.I.A., the Egyptian Love and Low B @ the Fillmore
The Pirate Signal are finishing up their nationwide tour with 3OH!3, along with own shows, and will be heading home in a week or two. In the meantime, the group has made their new mixtape, "Of Gods and Gangsters" available for download on Datpiff.com.All you have to do is register and download the m ... More >>
Music
May 15, 2008
M.I.A.
Since reinventing herself as M.I.A., Maya Arulpragasam has hardly been missing in action.
Blogs
May 14, 2008
Q&A with M.I.A.
Since reinventing herself as M.I.A., Maya Arulpragasam has hardly been missing in action.
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March 24, 2008
Over the Weekend...Justice, Diplo @ Ogden Theater
Since reinventing herself as M.I.A., Maya Arulpragasam has hardly been missing in action.
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December 24, 2007
QOTSA Rock Rehab and Other Assorted Goodies
Since reinventing herself as M.I.A., Maya Arulpragasam has hardly been missing in action.
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November 30, 2007
Last Night ... The Pirate Signal, Digitata, Sims, and Mel Gibson and The Pants
Since reinventing herself as M.I.A., Maya Arulpragasam has hardly been missing in action.
Music
November 29, 2007
Mel Gibson and the Pants
Thursday, November 29, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.
Music
September 6, 2007
M.I.A.
Kala
Interscope Records
Dining
January 4, 2007
World Famous Milo’s
Beer: It’s what’s for breakfast.
Music
December 29, 2005
Electronic Music
The year in review.
Music
December 22, 2005
Nationalistic 2005
The rest of the planet generated some good CDs this year, too.
Music
September 29, 2005
M.I.A.
Saturday, October 1, Gothic Theatre, 303-788-0984.
Music
February 17, 2005
M.I.A.
Arular (XL Recordings)
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