Mick Jagger

The ten traits of the perfect frontperson

The best frontmen and women all have something in common. Whether it's their ability to connect with a crowd or the swagger with which they carry themselves, their fashion sense, the intrigue that surrounds them or their reckless disregard for their own well being, they all have that ineffable "it" ... More >>

Catch them if you can: The top five con men in pop-culture history

Americans love a good con-man story. They love hearing about attractive criminals -- the charmingly deceptive leading man or intoxicatingly distracting female -- getting away with it, and the loot that provides them with another kind fantasy in the land of the super-rich. After a brief delay becau ... More >>

The ten hottest musical pairings

For centuries, men have known that the real power of music lies in its ability to get you laid. From "panty-dropper" mixtapes that your parents made back in the day, to John Cusack standing outside the window with Peter Gabriel on the boombox, to that little boy banging on the drums in Love Actually ... More >>

Five best live concert films

While infinitely different than being there in the flesh, a live concert film can provide an up-close, multi-angled, cinematically inspired perspective of the music experience -- not to mention a glimpse into history for those who were born decades later. Such will be the case for a majority of the ... More >>

The five sassiest breakup songs of all time

Katie and Tom. Katy and Russell -- everybody's breaking up these days, it seems. Hell, even Adam Levine traded in one Victoria's Secret model for another. Break ups aren't just relegated to the super couples or the superstars, obviously. Everybody's been been on the receiving end of being dumped -- ... More >>

Five best songs from the Summer of Love

Forty five years ago, the western world was forever changed by an overwhelming groundswell of youth rebellion known to history as the Summer of Love. There are countless factors that caused this tsunami of bohemia to sweep the globe -- everything from economics and the end of World War II to LSD and ... More >>

The Rolling Stones' Exile On Main Street turns 40

By the spring of 1971, the heroes of the '60s were dropping like flies. The Beatles had broken up, Angela Davis and Timothy Leary were on the run, and meanwhile everyone in California was becoming born again Christians. The previous autumn, Jimi Hendrix asphyxiated on half-digested sleeping pills an ... More >>

The Rolling Stones' Between the Buttons turns 45 today

​ "Nineteen sixty-seven was a watershed year," Keith Richards writes in his recently released autobiography, Life. "It was the year the seams gave way. There was a tension in the air. There was that feeling that trouble was coming -- which it did."

Adult rollerskating dos and don'ts: Guess where dry-humping fits in?

When I was growing up, everyone had birthday parties at Skate City. Like, everybody. My mom was more of the "let's roll the Slip N' Slide out on our dead lawn and make Kool-Aid (because it's cheap)" kind of party-thrower, but I really just wanted to celebrate with a wax candle jammed in a Little Deb ... More >>

Ten pop music moments that defined 2011

With major comebacks and massive hits, 2011 was the year of the women, from Beyoncé to Miley Cyrus. Without singers like Adele, we wouldn't have songs to cry along with, and without Katy Perry, we wouldn't have any songs to hum at our nine to five. So what exactly were the biggest pop moments of 20 ... More >>

Despite claims to the contrary, Maroon 5's Adam Levine does not have moves like Jagger

Earth to Mick: This guy's trying to steal your moves...and unsuccessfully, no less.​LMFAO leads the Billboard Hot 100 again this week, once again blocking Katy Perry from her fifth number one and tying Michael Jackson's record. But we heard all about that last week. This week, the biggest surp ... More >>

Bastille Day: Five reasons to love the French

Flickr photo by whologwhy​With DSK (Dominique Strauss-Kahn) and his did-he-didn't-he-rape-a-New-York-hotel-maid story all over both sides of the Atlantic, it's not a great time to be French. The guy once seen as a top contender in 2012 presidential election pool has now become a poster-child f ... More >>

Lite-rock band Train shills Drops of Jupiter, its new...wine

Grammy 2011: Five performance collaborations we're rooting for

​The 53rd ceremony to determine the absolute best music! It's Grammy time, people, when we all leap off our couches to buy that Lady Gaga album from 2009 once we all realize it's the best album of 2010. But seriously: the only people paying attention to who wins are people betting on it. What ... More >>

Boulder Acoustic Society, 18 Switchbacks, Heyday spun this week. See who else got spins.

​Here's what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists from a number of different shows, including KTCL's Locals Only, 99.5 the Mountain's Homegrown Show*, KBCO's Local Edition, KCSU, The Colorado Sound, which originates at K ... More >>

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Ke$ha

Thursday, July 15, Comfort Dental Amphitheater, 303-830-8497.

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Dialed In: This week's local music radio playlists

​Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows including, Radio 1190's Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, ... More >>

He Loves Rock and Roll

Have yourself a good ol' time at Ristau's Roadhouse

When Rock 'n' Roll meets Hollywood: Ten Awful Decisions

​ Taking Woodstock is in theaters Friday. Maybe it will be really good, or maybe taking a stand-up comedian and sticking him in a semi-dramatic movie about Woodstock that doesn't feature any -- any! -- musical performances is a terrible idea. Still, rock 'n' roll and Hollywood have been ugly, ... More >>

Shine a Light

Scorsese and the Stones, together again.

Evil Inside

When it's not barbecuing its members, Himsa tortures babies.

The Rolling Stones

Thursday, November 24, Pepsi Center, 303-830-8497.

Freekbass

Friday, August 19, Dulcinea's 100th Monkey, 303-832-3601; Saturday, August 20, Quixote's True Blue, 303-297-1772.

The Fever

Monday, October 25, Bender's Tavern, 303-861-8078.

The Fray

Reason EP (Self-Released)

Fab Film

Forty years ago, Al Maysles met the Beatles.

Drink of the Week

Pabst Blue Ribbon

To Die For

Mick Jagger transforms Andy Garcia into The Man From Elysian Fields.

Backwash

Detroit's White Stripes will save your savage soul.

Blowin' Smoke

Ted Demme and Denis Leary are a match made in effin' heaven.

Beck

Midnite Vultures
(Geffen)

Satisfaction

Letters

Letters

The Rolling Stones Live: A Content Analysis

Feedback

And the Winners Are ...

Handing out the trophies for 1997's best albums.

THRILLS

SLICE OF LIFE

THE UGLY TRUTH

THE ROCK-AND-ROLLERS WHOSE FACES COULD STOP A CLOCK. UGLY A LOOK AT THE MOST FRIGHTENING FACES IN ROCK AND ROLL.

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HOUSES OF THE MOLDY

THE BANDS THAT CAN FILL STADIUMS OFFER ONLY BLASTS FROM THE PAST.