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The ten best concerts in Denver this week

Ready for another solid week of shows? Good. There's plenty to look forward to this week, a diverse batch of offerings from the jammier side of things with the Disco Biscuits, who's setting up shop in Colorado for three nights, to the long and eagerly awaited Denver appearance of Cat Power to a floo ... More >>

Saint Vitus at Bluebird Theater, 10/03/12

SAINT VITUS @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 10/03/12 When Saint Vitus came on stage, the quartet went right into "Blessed Night," with Dave Chandler letting out a wail or siren sound with wah and distortion from his guitar. From there, guitar and bass rumbled together like a high idling engine, as Mark Vasque ... More >>

Photos: Higher Ground Music Festival, 8/25/12

Nestled between abandoned mines, a cemetery, and a towering nosebleed-worthy hill overlooking Central City, the inaugural Higher Ground Music Festival could have hardly taken place in a more atypical locale. But with forty-ish Colorado bands playing to a mostly local crowd of campers and Denver dayt ... More >>

Blair Shehan of the Jealous Sound: "Anything else didn't feel like the right suit to put on"

The Jealous Sound (playing tonight at the Marquis Theater) came together when former Knapsack guitarist and singer Blair Shehan got together with some of his friends who had also been members of melodic punk bands of the '90s, including Padro Benito of Sunday's Best, John McGinnis of Neither Trump ... More >>

Disney jacks Joy Division and other great moments in copyright infringement

It's really hard to be a successful corporate retailer. Not only do you have to sell truckloads of stuff to make money, but you have to keep track of whose stuff it is you're even selling. Sigh. It's even harder when you appropriate a design by a band that's really popular thinking, "that'll sell," ... More >>

Review: Judas Priest at the 1STBANK Center, 11/5/11

Eric GruneisenRob Halford of Judas Priest: Still going strong after nearly 40 years. More Judas Priest Denver photos.JUDAS PRIEST, THIN LIZZY, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY At the 1STBANK CENTER | 11/5/11Somewhere early in the set, Rob Halford told us that the band was going to play material from all roughly ... More >>

Round two with Row 14 exec chef Arik Markus

Lori Midson​ Arik Markus Row 14 891 14th Street 303-825-0100 www.row14denver.com This is part two of my interview with Arik Markus, executive chef of Row 14. In part one of that interview, Markus dishes on crashing kitchens, the day he was fired by Eric Ripert and the echo of Daniel Boulud. ... More >>

Dave Chandler of St. Vitus on the band's early days at SST and what inspired the reunion

Tina-Korhonen​St. Vitus (due tonight at Summit Music Hall) were one of the pioneers of a style of music that took its direct inspiration from the first four, maybe even the first six, Black Sabbath albums. The band's aggressive guitar work flirted with psychedelia but was too heavy to ever be ... More >>

Cullen Omori of Smith Westerns on Chicago and the band's evolving sound

Jaein LeeSmith Westerns​ Yeah, the guys in Smith Westerns (due tonight at Larimer Lounge) are young, and their attitude on stage and in interviews seems to be filled to the brim with youthful exuberance with a touch of bravado. But none of that would matter if this Chicago band didn't write f ... More >>

Air Dubai, T.I., Ebbets Field comp top local sellers in the Mile High City this week

​Air Dubai's Wonder Age knocked Elephant Revival's Break in the Clouds out of the top slot at Albums on the Hill, while both T.I. and the Live at Ebbets Field Vol. 4 comp moved back into the top slots at Independent Records and Twist & Shout for the week ending January 16. See the full breakd ... More >>

Top sellers this week: Elephant Revival back on top at Albums, Mumford & Sons at Twist

​After a month of holding down the number one spot at Albums on the Hill and then being absent from last week's top sellers, Nederland-based Elephant Revival is back on top for the week ending January 9. Mumford & Sons, meanwhile, who have been a strong seller at local stores, took the number ... More >>

Josh McDaniels: Top 10 reasons Broncos fans want Coach McD to be fired

Josh McDaniels.​Broncos owner Pat Bowlen's lukewarm statement about Josh McDaniels's future as the team's coach has done nothing to temper the calls for McD's firing. What with embarrassing losses and video scandals, Broncos boosters are flat-out angry, and it's hard to believe a random win or ... More >>

Sleigh Bells at the Larimer Lounge, 10/23/10

Kyle SmithSleigh Bells: Derek Miller (from left) and Alexis Krauss​ SLEIGH BELLS Pictureplane • Sundelles 10.23.10 | Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO Read interview with Derek Miller of Sleigh Bells Brooklyn newcomers Sundelles opened the show with a sort of surfy garage rock, sounding kind of l ... More >>

Derek Miller of Sleigh Bells talks about past, his creative partnership and the artwork for Treats.

Sleigh Bells is Derek Miller (from left) and Alexis Krauss​ So the story goes: Derek Miller met Alexis Krauss one day when he was serving her and her mother at a restaurant, and Krauss's mom pushed her into working on music with Miller. Until a few years ago, Miller had been living in souther ... More >>

DenverSportsRadio.com prepares to launch ambitious online station

Dino Costa beside the new Denver Sports Radio logo. According to talk-show host Dino Costa, one of the principals behind DenverSportsRadio.com, a new online project that will be introduced at a press conference today in advance of its scheduled Monday, April 20, launch, the sports-radio offerings i ... More >>

For Tauntaun, inspiration didn't strike until the band indulged its inner metal head

Q&A with the Photo Atlas

The February 26 Westword profile on the Photo Atlas only scratched the surface of our interview with singer Alan Andrews Jr., guitarist Bill Threlkeld III, bassist Mark Hawkins and drummer Nick Miles. At the house where the band practices and where Hawkins and Miles live, they spoke at length about ... More >>

KOA's Dave Logan and Alvertis Simmons engage in verbal smackdown over Mullen slurs

Dave Logan. Dave Logan has a lot of irons in the fire. And yesterday, two of them -- his position as football coach at Mullen High School and his gig as co-host of the KOA afternoon-drive show The Ride Home -- combined to burn him. In recent days, controversy has erupted over a basketball game bet ... More >>

Monolith Festival Live Blog, Day 2

Over the Weekend...Justice, Diplo @ Ogden Theater

Delegating Denver #26 of 56: Michigan

The Best of Denver Winners from 1985

Here's Howe

Denver's toughest radio executive talks about (and justifies) past battles and his latest series of ballsy maneuvers.

Sex and the City

New York State of Mind

Dream Team

Not all hopes will be crushed at the Crush open tryouts.

Booze Worthy

Stoli and the Beers brew up a potent batch of rocking, intoxicating punk.

The Beatdown

Losing Dimebag Darrell was never part of the Damageplan.

The Beatdown

In the final tally, Avril is far less Complicated than Britney.

D-Lirious

The coach and the Broncos get ready to test Plan Shanahan.

Lip Service

Grazing in the bluegrass, Split Lip Rayfield keeps pickin' and grinnin'.

Critic's Choice

Obie Trice

Swankly Speaking

The Swanks keep rolling with a new album.

Fools Without Rules

Pro athletes, owners and fans compete to see how low you can go.

Will to Succeed

Early in his career, Will Hoge is making powerful friends.

Consumed

What Are You Smoking?

Back to School

Judd Apatow's Freaks and Geeks grow up, more or less, and move to a dorm.

The Making of a Pundit

Here's how Andrew Cohen became one of the legal biz's foremost talking heads.

Backwash

Whitey on the Moon is one small step for Denver music.

Clone Wars

In The 6th Day, raging ideologies propel a kinder, gentler Arnie into action.

Judgment Day

Backbeat contributors offer up their favorite recordings of 1999.

Just the Good Old Boys

Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd rise again.

A Whiter Shade of Pale

Eminem plays the race cardin reverse.

Booker's Booking

Thanks to the swing trend, David Booker is very much in demand--again.

Coming to Take You Away

Accordion to Whom?

It's the Pits

Mining made history in Victor. But will a new gold rush devour its future?

Where Cheeseheads Meet

The Sun's Ray

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS

NOW DEPARTING: THE FRATERNAL CLUB OF DINING-CAR WAITERS AND PORTERS.ALL ABOARD THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD--AND THEY'VE CHANGED THE FACE OF DENVER IN THE PROCESS.

ROGER WILCO

THANKS TO JEFF TWEEDY AND WILCO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE EMBARRASSED TO LIKE COUNTRY ROCK ANYMORE.