Meat Puppets

The ten best concerts in Denver this weekend

Welcome to the weekend, friendos! Mere hours away from quitting time, and there's so much great music to look forward to this weekend. We've got some choice grooves on tap from Disco Biscuits, who are closing out their three-night Colorado run tomorrow night at 1STBANK Center, some heavy goodness fr ... More >>

Eye & the Arrow

If by Fire
Self-released

#WMS 2012 recap: Bar Standard

Every year, for the Westword Music Showcase, we enlist our army of Backbeat wordsmiths to host various stages, and in addition to their emcee obligations, we ask them to pull double duty (or triple-duty in some cases) and also write up the acts that appear on their individual stages. Tom Murphy host ... More >>

Review: The Skeleton Show at Bar Bar, 1/7/12

Tom MurphySara Century with Tana Thornock on tamborine​THE SKELETON SHOW at Carioca Café ("Bar Bar") | 1/ 7/12Halfway through her set, after hitting who knows what chords and wailing about being hatched from a witch's egg and flying high, Sara Century held up the guitar she was playing and a ... More >>

Review: Ween at the Fillmore Auditorium, 12/29/11, Night One

WEEN @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | NIGHT ONE | 12.29.11 | See also, reviews of: 12/29/11 (night two) and 12/30/11 (night three) Early in the first show of Ween's three-night stint at the Fillmore, guitarist and frontman Dean Ween offered the crowd a simple game plan: "We're Ween. We're the band for the ... More >>

Review: Nathaniel Rateliff at the Gothic, 11/25

NATHANIEL RATELIFF AT THE GOTHIC | 11/25/11There aren't a whole lot of singers with a magnetism capable of completely hushing a room the size of the Gothic, but Nathaniel Rateliff did just that near the end of his set on Friday night during his annual holiday show. Sure, there were some energetic mo ... More >>

Curt Kirkwood of Meat Puppets on the band's legacy and his vivid lyrical imagery

Photo by Jaime Butler​When Meat Puppets (due tonight at the Bluebird Theater with Bad Weather California and The Black Box Revelation) formed and released its first few records on SST in the early '80s, the Phoenix-based act challenged punk rock conformity with its eclectic blend of countrifie ... More >>

The Meat Puppets

Wednesday, June 29, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.

Top ten "oldster" bands still putting out great records

​At risk of alienating and outraging vast swaths of music fans, there's really no polite way of referring to bands with a career spanning fifteen years plus as a whole. So here are ten "oldster" bands -- written by a self-proclaimed oldster -- to keep making great records long after their hips ... More >>

2011 Westword Music Showcase Local Lineup

​It's like the universe knows, like it waits patiently for us to go to press and then drops the hammer. The ink is almost literally still drying on the local lineup for the 2011 Westword Music Showcase (which you'll find on page 45 of this week's issue), and already, it's changed slightly: Bad ... More >>

Bad Weather California to join the Meat Puppets on summer tour

Cory GustasonThis morning, we shared the unfortunate news that Bad Weather California won't be performing at this year's Westword Music Showcase. While this is most certainly sad news for us, it's great news for the band, who will instead be joining Meat Puppets for a string of West Coast tour date ... More >>

Mile Highlights: Shows announced/on sale this week, local radio playlists and top local sellers

Here's what's good in the Mile High City this week. On the concert front: Alison Krauss is coming to Red Rocks, while Godsmack, Megadeth and Disturbed are due at Comfort Dental for the The Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival and Wiz Khalifa brings his Rolling Papers World Tour to the 1STBANK. Me ... More >>

Emil Amos of Holy Sons on stint in Jandek, Lee Hazelwood and J. Mascis

Eliza SohnEmil Amos of Holy Sons​ Emil Amos is part experimental rock musician and part philosopher poet. Amos is a champion of stripping away the layers of conditioning we accept as payment for being part of a mainstream society that demands obedience to arbitrary rules of identity and what ... More >>

Dead Confederate

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

Built to Spill, Brother Ali, Colbie Caillat shows announced

​Built to Spill, who headlined this year's Westword Music Showcase, will come through town again, this time with Disco Doom at the Bluebird Sunday, September 20. Minneapolis-based rapper Brother Ali makes stops at the Ogden Theatre Tuesday September 29 and the Fox Theatre on Wednesday, September 3 ... More >>

Meat Puppets at Bluebird Theater

Tom MurphyOpeners Shaky Hands seemed fairly steady handed.Meat Puppets with Shaky HandsSaturday, January 24, 2009Bluebird TheaterBetter Than: Not seeing such a deservedly legendary band.Shaky Hands from Portland, Oregon, opened the show with its own brand of countrified indie rock. There was nothing ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, January 26 edition

Look out below! Falling blogs! Today in Cafe Society: • Rock, paper, scissors, booze at Nine75. • Mark & Isabella now open in Belmar. • Just in time for the Super Bowl, a Milking It review of Cap'n Crunch's Touchdown Crunch. • Buenos Aires Grill to close. • Thanasi Foods thinks Bigs wit ... More >>

The Unstoppable Pulse of the Motorik Beat and Other Assorted Goodies

Harvey Knuckles Scores a Knockout

This Fort Collins foursome’s new record nods to ZZ Top — literally.

Beyond Playlist: Dwight Yoakam and More

Rock This Way

On the Download

The best in legitimate, artist-approved exclusives.

The Meat Puppets

The Kirkwood brothers return after a decade-long sabbatical.

Where You Been?

The alt-rock pioneers in Dinosaur Jr. return to the freak scene as seniors.

Best New Club

hi-dive/Sputnik

Highway Stars

After fifteen years of ups and downs, Swell is on the rise again.

Whisper to Scream

From punk to folk, poetry to prose, Patrick Porter is a voice of unease.

The Eyes Have It

Keeping hype to a dull roar, Eyes Adrift washes ashore with an all-star veteran lineup -- and plenty of scars.

Backwash

Local punk label, King Bee Music, is zine and heard

Critic's Choice

Elastica

X Marks the Spot

Former SST producer Spot brings underground Celtic sounds into the light.

No Payne, No Gain

Arizona's Les Payne Product feels the burn.

Judgment Day

Backbeat contributors offer up their favorite recordings of 1999.

Wretched Success

The northern Colorado punk scene gets a boost from Wretch Like Me.

Letters

Feedback

Feedback

Rollins With the Punches

Henry Rollins takes on all comers.

Commerce City or Bust

The exuberant rock of the Commerce City Rollers.

PLAYLIST

PONYS' TALE

LO NO MORE

SEBADOH'S LOU BARLOW GOES BEYOND LO-FI.

SO FINE

THE MOST MEMORABLE ALBUMS OF 1994.

THE ORIGINAL GINN

EX-BLACK FLAG GUITARIST GREG GINN STILL KNOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH PUNKS.

TODAY, BOULDER. TOMORROW, THE WORLD

KBCO'S FORMAT SPROUTS UP AROUND THE U.S.

LIPS SERVICE

THERE'S PLENTY OF FIRE IN THE FLAMING LIPS.

SUICIDE IS BRAINLESS

DON'T LOOK FOR MEANING IN THE DEATH OF NIRVANA'S KURT COBAIN.

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