Madison Square Garden

The Nuggets' Fight of Fancy

Rocky Mountain Thunder

A Sporting Chance

Colorado sports went on a downhill slide in '99.

Hunger Strike

Can a non-9/11 benefit album make any noise?

Hoops, Here It Is

Hard-court hardcores are held hostage by the season.

Pop Quiz

January 30, 2003

Backwash

A local band leader urges musicians to give peace music a chance.

Neil Young kicks the year off with a hilarious new single

Neil Young ended 2008 with a bang by performing a marathon two-and-a-half-hour-long set at Madison Square Garden that was not only chock-full of classics but also included a handful of new tracks that Young wrote during his quest to turn one of his antique cars into a viable alternative-fuel vehicle ... More >>

Van Morrison revisits perhaps his finest hour, forty years later

"I believe I've transcended," Van Morrison repeatedly incanted toward the end of the title track from his 1968 album, Astral Weeks, during the second night of a brief November stint at the Hollywood Bowl. Indeed, frequently over the course of those two nights, the famously mercurial, 63-year-old Iri ... More >>

Little Big Men

The Crush is ready for its close-up.

Fade to Black

The Crush is ready for its close-up.

The Message

Pucked Up

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Pucked Up

Phish Out of Water

Jon Fishman gets swept up in Pork Tornado.

Ground Hero

Heroes and zeroes can change places over time, according to a new exhibit.

Dog People

Puttin' on the dog at the Rocky Mountain Classic.

Friday Night Fights

Li'l Stevie Johnston scores a victory for Denver boxing fans.

Stevie Wonder

A hometown fighter gets a title shot.

Nothin' but Net

The NBA tournament begins this week, but the players in the Denver County Jail have their own championship to worry about.

Hoop-De-Doo

The NBA tournament begins this week, but the players in the Denver County Jail have their own championship to worry about.

Quit Making Such a Racquet

The NBA tournament begins this week, but the players in the Denver County Jail have their own championship to worry about.

Avs and Have-Nots: The Year in Review

The NBA tournament begins this week, but the players in the Denver County Jail have their own championship to worry about.

The Shed Spread

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

THE BALLS AND STRIKES OF '95

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

TAKE BACK YOUR RING

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

DON'T GET YOUR HOOPS UP

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

TALE OF TWO CITIES

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

Sports

Mahmoud And His Men

Green Day top seller at Twist and Shout

After coming in second to Steve Earle's Townes last week, Green Day moved took over the top spot with 21st Century Breakdown at Twist & Shout for the week ending May 24. New releases by Tori Amos, Eminem, Iron & Wine and Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood rounded out the top five. See the full ... More >>

Top Model: Lauren Conrad loves Nicole Fox

Nicole Fox.​On episode two of America's Next Top Model's thirteenth cycle, Louisville's own Nicole Fox, who we introduced you to last Thursday, was seldom in the spotlight, but was in no real danger of getting the heave-ho, as happened to not one but two contestants, Rachel and Courtney. She l ... More >>

What Marijuana Means to Colorado: "Beautiful, wonderful, legal ghanja"

Aaron Thackeray​As part of our search for a marijuana-dispensary critic, we asked applicants to write in and tell us what marijuana means to them. In the coming weeks, we'll publish some of our favorites, including this one, from a badass hippie girl from Manhattan.

Ani DiFranco and Buddy Wakefield raise consciousness -- and the roof of the Ogden -- on Earth Day

Ani DiFranco|Buddy Wakefield 04.22.10|Ogden Theatre It's appropriate that Ani DiFranco stopped at the Ogden on Earth Day; she revealed during the show that she has a friend in this locale who showed her some springtime joy. When she tours, she said, normally she walks from "bus to basement to sta ... More >>

Disco Biscuits Aron Magner on making every Bisco show special

​ The Disco Biscuits aren't just about the jam scene - this year's installment of their summer music festival Camp Bisco will feature, among many others, LCD Soundsystem, Method Man, Ghostface Killah & Raekwon and Denver's own Pretty Lights. The Biscuits have actually been incorporating elect ... More >>

Is the entire notion of a band "selling out" even valid anymore in this day and age?

​In a Q&A with GQ posted earlier this week, Steve Albini takes Sonic Youth to task for selling out when they signed to Geffen in 1990. He contends that when Sonic Youth entered the mainstream machine, it encouraged other bands to follow suit. It's kind of confusing logic if you think too lon ... More >>

Ten pop music paradigm shifts in 2010

​Teen dream Justin Bieber is arguably the biggest pop star in the country and Simon Cowell isn't doing American Idol. A lot's changed since last year in the world of pop. Institutions fell, ideas were challenged, and the Black Eyed Peas didn't have the number one song in the country at any poi ... More >>

Dispatch's first show since selling out Madison Square Garden in 2007 due at Red Rocks

Dispatch is back together, and it's playing its first show in four years at Red Rocks. That's a pretty big deal. Dispatch, in case the name isn't immediately familiar, is arguably one of the most successful independent bands of all time. To wit: The band played what was then thought to be its fare ... More >>

Carmelo Anthony trade: NY Knicks back in mix because Nuggets soften on Anthony Randolph?

Carmelo.​Yesterday, we shared reports that a Carmelo Anthony trade is unlikely to happen this week. Now, an organization source hints that with the collapse of a deal with the New Jersey Nets, the Nugs are now seriously looking at shipping Melo to his chosen destination, the New York Knicks, w ... More >>

Grammy winners: The Arcade Fire, Esperanza Spalding and The Grammys

Probably should have seen this coming, actually.​The most derided of the major award shows came and went last night in a flash of epileptic strobe lights, fake fire effects and surprise winners. We're referring, of course, to The Black Keys' win for Best Package. Oh, and some Canadian band on ... More >>

Newest New York Knick Carmelo Anthony gets sandwich salute at Carnegie Deli

Hey, Melo, ingest this!​Former Denver Nuggets superstar Carmelo Anthony touched down in the Big Apple on Monday night as the newest bright light of the New York Knicks, part of a three-team trade that will reward the latest Knick forward, who plays his first game tonight at Madison Square Gar ... More >>

Chauncey Billups: Could he be most valuable Knicks add in Carmelo Anthony trade? (VIDEO)

Billups and Dolan.​The Nuggets issued an apology to Chauncey Billups after dealing him to the New York Knicks as part of the Carmelo Anthony trade -- and he probably deserves another one from the New York media, which treated him like a virtual afterthought at yesterday's intro press conferenc ... More >>

What's your dream Mile High Music Festival lineup? Here's ours.

Cypress Hill getting lifted at last year's MHMF. You'll think we're just as high when you see our list.​Okay so by now you've had a chance to absorb the deflating news that the Mile High Music Festival is being put on ice this year, and you've even offered up with some suggestions of how to ma ... More >>

Brace yourself for the new batch of Justin Biebers: Five heirs to the Bieb's teen-idol throne

​Justin Bieber and his $40,000 hair are making girls swoon all over the world, but this overnight sensation is not alone. Despite the fact that kids everywhere are obsessing and worshipping this pseudo-talented tween, there are more idols in the pipeline. Since kids have the attention spans of ... More >>

Win Butler of Arcade Fire: "Keeping things simple is harder than it sounds"

​Justin Bieber and his $40,000 hair are making girls swoon all over the world, but this overnight sensation is not alone. Despite the fact that kids everywhere are obsessing and worshipping this pseudo-talented tween, there are more idols in the pipeline. Since kids have the attention spans of ... More >>

In honor of Hot Sauce Committee Part Two: A look at the Beastie Boys' top five videos

​The Beastie Boys have been shaking our ear drums with their mind-blowing rap, hilarious and brilliant lyrics, and daring beats since the '80s. Over the weekend, the crew premiered its new album, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (streaming below), at Madison Square Garden, center court. That momen ... More >>

Van Halen in Denver on 5/24 at Pepsi Center

​Oh, hell yeah! Mark your calendars. It's really happening. Van Halen is coming to Denver. It's confirmed, and we finally have a date. Thursday, May 24, at the Pepsi Center, Van Halen will be here with Kool and the Gang. So stoked! Almost as stoked as we are to hear the new record, A Different ... More >>

Black Keys at 1STBANK Center on April 30

Danny Clinch​We've just received word that the Black Keys, on the heels of its highly enjoyable new record, El Camino (we seriously can't pry it from our playlist), are coming to the 1STBANK Center on Monday, April 30, with the Arctic Monkeys. Tickets ($55.00 - $59.50, plus service fees) for t ... More >>

Open question: Do you love the rodeo or hate it?

Not his favorite part of the rodeo. What is yours?​Do you know why the bucking broncos and bulls buck? Well, it depends on: Who. You. Ask. One thing's for sure though: the rodeo is as woven into the fabric of Western culture as just about anything. With the National Western Stock Show back f ... More >>

Nickelback in Denver on June 10 at Pepsi Center

​By early June, Denver will long be in the rearview for the Black Keys dudes, who'll play here on Monday, April 30. Too bad. It would've been sweet-ass sweet to witness a good old-fashioned battle royale for ultimate supremacy between them and the Nickelback dudes to settle this whole "rock an ... More >>

The Black Keys add second show at 1STBANK Center on May 1

Danny Clinch​Bad news: Familiar with that expression, "You snooze, you lose"? Yes? Well, it applies here. If you slept on getting your tickets to see the Black Keys at 1STBANK Center on April 30, you blew it. Show's sold out. D'oh! Luckily for you, though, you'll have another chance to see 'em ... More >>

Jay-Z's come a long way from the Marcy Projects

​What do you know about Jay-Z? Born Shawn Corey Carter in December 1969, the Brooklyn corner boy from the Marcy Housing Projects, who used to flip kilos of coke as fast as he flipped rhymes, turned his life of trial and tragedy into one of triumph and success, making a ton of money and marryin ... More >>