Madonna (Entertainer)

SSION at Larimer Lounge, 10/16/12

SSION @ LARIMER LOUNGE | 10/16/12 SSION's Cody Critcheloe has this ability to bring out the teenage idolatry in his audience; from the clothes to the attitude, there's an energetic desire from his followers to be just like whatever incarnation of himself Critcheloe is wearing at that moment in time ... More >>

What's in your bag? Anne Rice novels and Madonna patches

Fall is almost upon us, which means it's Tori Amos season! As the weather turned, we stumbled upon Eric Garcia, a guy who may have a professional day job, but still has fun with his wardrobe. Continue reading to discover his fashion philosophy, where he shops, and what he keeps in his backpack. S ... More >>

Street Style: "If you feel like a witch, then you should dress like a witch"

On Saturday, when a collision of cultural celebrations -- the Kentucky Derby and Cinco de Mayo -- had people sporting big hats and sombreros all over town, one person's style statement definitely topped all others. Every witch way. Here's a look at this week's Denver street style.

If Britney Spears accepts X Factor job, she could still learn a sexy thing or two from Christina

This time last year, the most contagious pop trend was working with Pitbull, and what a bandwagon trend that was. As much as we're glad the Pitbull days are over, we're not too hot for this new thing, either. And this new thing, somewhat strangely, is serving as a judge for a televised singing compe ... More >>

Beastie Boys Check Your Head turns twenty

See Also: • Prince's Sign of the Times turns 25 • Velvet Underground & Nico turns 45 • More Today in History posts When the '80s became the '90s, everyone stepped up their game. Rap matured lyrically and became more sophisticated sonically, while rock became more intelligent and emotionally r ... More >>

Sacha Heppell: Q&A with the man who tried out to be a Broncos cheerleader

In the two months that 21-year-old Sacha Heppell has taken hip-hop lessons with a private dance instructor, dude has developed some serious moves. So he decided to put them to good use: Yesterday, he got footloose at tryouts for the Denver Broncos cheerleading squad. And while he expected his day to ... More >>

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 >>

Chartbreaker: Madonna's MDNA outsells Lionel Richie's Tuskegee (what year is this again?)

Madonna nabs the top spot on the Billboard 200 with her new album, MDNA. The set, her twelfth studio album, is also her eighth number-one; Madonna is now second only to Barbra Streisand with the number of top albums, and even then Babz only leads by one. MDNA shifted 359,000 copies, nearly 80,000 mo ... More >>

American Idol Top 9: Stevie Nicks helped make this season a competition again

Kudos to Stevie Nicks, this week's guest mentor on American Idol. Last night, she helped turn a two-person race into anyone's game, as all song choices were spot-on --- songs by contestants' personal idols -- and for the first time since this season began, every single contestant brought out their b ... More >>

Chartbreaker: Taylor Swift and The Hunger Games top Adele and One Direction this week

Lots of noise on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the past two weeks, and it hasn't been from Adele...for once. Last week, newcomers One Direction made history as the first British import with a number-one album debut -- neither the Spice Girls nor the Beatles had albums ever debut at number one in ... More >>

Not-so-great moments in drunk tweeting

Win tix to see Memoryhouse tonight at the Larimer Lounge with Brim Liski and STaG

Not all Mondays suck. This one's pretty good so far, at least: Tickets for the Westword Music Showcase went on sale this morning, a reminder that summer is just around the corner, we received word that Jeff Mangum and Madonna are coming to town, and now we've got a couple of pairs of tickets to see ... More >>

MTV's top five greatest on-air moments

A very pregnant Kim Gordon, flanked by band mate Julie Cafritz and KennedyOnce upon a time, before reality TV cheapened television programming as a whole, MTV (thirty years old today) was a bastion of music culture that actually showcased cutting edge artists for the sake of art. Because the network ... More >>

Hard Rock Cafe's 40th Anniversary Memorbilia Tour hits Denver next week

​Hard Rock Cafe's 40th Anniversary Memorabilia Tour bus will be outside the Denver location at 500 16th Street for one day only on Wednesday, June 29, from noon to 7 p.m. The exhibit includes the top forty most iconic pieces of music memorabilia from Hard Rock's collection, including Buddy Hol ... More >>

In honor of Mother's Day this weekend: A list of the music world's top five hottest mamas

​Even though most of our moms aren't rock stars, some of them sure as hell seem like it. With their busy schedules and insane ability to multi-task, they deserve screaming fans and scads of cash. We know it's hard being just a suburban mom trying to juggle work and a family, so we got to think ... More >>

Top five music videos based on movies

​Lil Wayne's delayed "6 Foot 7 Foot" video leaked and subsequently premiered yesterday. If you haven't seen it yet, let's just say director Hype Williams has outdone himself. He uses Inception as a jumping-off point, and in doing so, "6 Foot 7 Foot" joins a long list of music videos inspired b ... More >>

Top Chef Just Desserts , round eight: CelebriTea sweepstakes

Zac's dessert was Inspired by the Pink Panther​I really like this batch of contestants on Top Chef Just Desserts -- well, perhaps not "I focus on me" Morgan, who does seem to be a bully in the kitchen -- and also the general dynamic among them. Several are clearly fond of each other, and almos ... More >>

Tonight: Justice League of Street Food's '80s party

Rebecca Feder​The third Justice League of Street Food party is upon us. Tonight, in a lot behind the ballpark at 29th and Huron Street, the Deluxe Little Orange Rocket, the Inventing Room, Sully's Slice Truck, the Cupcake Truck, Biker Jim's, Steuben's, the Biscuit Bus, Pinche Tacos, Steamin' ... More >>

Crystal Castles

Monday, August 9, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-8497.

Lady Gaga

Wednesday, July 28, Pepsi Center, 303-830-8497.

Five artists who should just go Vegas, baby!

Vegas, baby!​There comes a point in the career of any musical act where the only reasonable thing to do is to follow the trailblazing example of the King. By this we mean: Buy a lot of jumpsuits, move your bloated, fat ass to Las Vegas and basically become an ersatz version of your former glor ... More >>

Robbie Rivera at Beta

Welcome Back, Heller

An old favorite becomes a new club night.

Welcome Back, Heller

An old favorite becomes a new club night.

The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 27 edition

Steamy.​It's not faux. It's Pho. Today in Cafe Society: • Up Close: Pho 95. • What's Cooking? Getting corny in the kitchen with Pete Marczyk. • Spike It: Top six things that could be improved by caffeine. • Guess where I'm eating? • Candy Girls: Twilight Sweethearts, Forbidden Fruit ... More >>

Another weekend, another music format for The Truth

Great White.​The new talk outlet known as The Truth, at 101.5 FM, is playing music on the weekends. But stylistically, the station is a lot less consistent than the right-wing flavor of its syndicated blab. At first, the outlet simply spun the same mix of hard rock and hip-hop as during an int ... More >>

Road to Nowhere

The Motet plays to a Talking Heads fan base.

Danny Tenaglia

N.E.R.D.

DJ Z-Trip

Thursday, June 1, Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 1-866-455-2263.

DJ AM

The Church

Sybil Vane, Prima Donna

Best Drag Troupe

The Alterboys

Club Scout

Oscar G

Chalk It Up

Street painting Italian style will jazz up Larimer Square.

Hunger Strike

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

Devil in the Details

Four years after his baptism by fire, mystical troubadour Jim White returns with a batch of sacrificial “hick-hop.”

The More the Merrier

From Brazil, a lovely bossa-nova fantasy -- with roots in feminist reality.

Richard (Humpty) Vission

Shut the Fuck Up and Dance
(Tommy Boy)

Critic's Choice

And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

Latin Play, Boys

Barrio Babies takes on Hollywood's treatment of Hispanics.

More Songs of the Century

Part two of a pre-millennial trek through a hundred years of pop music.

Something Wild

Former Warlock Pincher Dan Wanush returns with the Wild Canadians.

Leading the Attack

England's Massive Attack is still making the Nineties more interesting.

Are You There, God? It's Me, Tori

Tori Amos on her relationship with higher powers.

Puttin' on the Hits

Erasing the Past

Erasure's Vince Clarke visits America to check on the state of his baby: electronica.

SHE AIN'T HEAVY

SHE'S THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES' N'DEA DAVENPORT, A SOUL SONGSTRESS FOR THE NINETIES.

THE KITTENS' MEOW

CUTTING UP WITH THE CHAINSAW KITTENS.