Montreal

The Arcade Fire Burns With Energy

Melissa Auf der Maur taps members of VAUX to back her on tour

Uh-Oh, Canada!

The first nation of hockey won't be taking home the Stanley Cup this year.

Do Make Say Think

Thursday, November 8, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.

CPC Gangbangs

Sunday, May 18, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Kaki King

Friday, October 17, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.

Pointing you toward the best in legitimate, artist-approved downloads

Friday, October 17, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.

CPC Gangbangs

Friday, October 17, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.

Arcade Fire

Neon Bible
Merge Records

The Stills

Without Feathers (Vice)

The Dears

Tuesday, May 31, Climax Lounge, 303-292-5483.

Call of the Wild

Tweaked and irreverent, Caribou's digital psychedelia refuses to be tamed.

Les Georges Leningrad

Wednesday, March 2, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

The Dears

No Cities Left (SpinART Records)

Electric Company

Les Ballet Jazz brings the heat

Let's Clash

Old and new collide to create the next wave of electronica.

Hit Pick

Breezy Porticos

Flight of Fancy

Cirque du Soleil's acrobats appear to soar with the greatest of ease.

Sweet Dreams

Love and loss haunt Waking the Dead.

The Basement Tapes

Love and loss haunt Waking the Dead.

Running Away With the Cirque

Love and loss haunt Waking the Dead.

Baseball's Black Days

Love and loss haunt Waking the Dead.

The Next Level Above Human

Love and loss haunt Waking the Dead.

Fake Street Bombers

Love and loss haunt Waking the Dead.

True Colors

Love and loss haunt Waking the Dead.

THE ROX WIN THE PENNANT

Love and loss haunt Waking the Dead.

Veggie Girl: Arada Ethiopian

The first time I tried Ethiopian food, I was visiting my friend, Mat, in Montreal. We'd met the previous summer on a train headed to Berlin, and since we were both backpacking solo around Europe and trying to get to Prague, which had just suffered a flood, we found ourselves staying in the same ho ... More >>

The newer generations' love of classic rock shows a lack of imagination

The first time I tried Ethiopian food, I was visiting my friend, Mat, in Montreal. We'd met the previous summer on a train headed to Berlin, and since we were both backpacking solo around Europe and trying to get to Prague, which had just suffered a flood, we found ourselves staying in the same ho ... More >>

Get Monolith tickets without fees

Update: Early bird tickets are gone. If you snoozed, you losed (yes, we know that's not a word, but "lost" didn't rhyme). On a related note, Monolith, which added Chromeo to the line-up last week, earned a nod from Outside Magazine as one of the best summer music fests. Yay, Monolith!For a limited ... More >>

$99 two-day Monolith Festival passes released

​If you haven't yet scored tickets for the Monolith Festival, which is just over a week off, now might be the ideal time to get them and save a few bucks. Esurance, one of the festivals sponsors, just released a block of 400 $99 two-day passes (no service fees) that are only available for the next ... More >>

Our top 5 Monolith can't-miss acts

Photo by Rob Lee​There's roughly a gazillion bands playing at Monolith over the next two days and there's no way you can see them all (see, there aren't a half-gazillion hours in a day), so we've come up with this handy list of five can't-miss acts at Monolith. These are the bands that are wor ... More >>

Go Fly a Kite!

Photo by Rob Lee​There's roughly a gazillion bands playing at Monolith over the next two days and there's no way you can see them all (see, there aren't a half-gazillion hours in a day), so we've come up with this handy list of five can't-miss acts at Monolith. These are the bands that are wor ... More >>

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of October 5, 2009

​​As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list ... More >>

Wondering what to get that special little someone for Christmas? Wonder no more. The Indie Rock Coloring Book is here!

​Ever notice just how much more advanced kids are these days? They just seem so much cooler than we were growing up. We were at a barbecue not too long ago, for instance, and heard the wee son of a friend -- seriously, the kid hadn't even hit puberty yet -- raving about the new Bon Iver record. Ye ... More >>

The 10 most popular Backbeat stories of 2009

​It's about damn time this year ended. But before it does, we're taking a look back at your favorite stories of 2009. Here, the ten most popular stories from the Backbeat blog.

DeVotchKa set to hit the road with Gogol Bordello

Gary Isaacs​In a pairing that is so natural and complementary that it's virtually cosmic, DeVotchKa, one of Denver's most treasured exports, is slated to join Gogol Bordello on the road for a series of ten dates in mid April. After playing a dependably sold out Valentine's Day show at the Fox ... More >>

Pheek at Theory + Practice

Gary Isaacs​In a pairing that is so natural and complementary that it's virtually cosmic, DeVotchKa, one of Denver's most treasured exports, is slated to join Gogol Bordello on the road for a series of ten dates in mid April. After playing a dependably sold out Valentine's Day show at the Fox ... More >>

Megasoid at City Hall

Gary Isaacs​In a pairing that is so natural and complementary that it's virtually cosmic, DeVotchKa, one of Denver's most treasured exports, is slated to join Gogol Bordello on the road for a series of ten dates in mid April. After playing a dependably sold out Valentine's Day show at the Fox ... More >>

MGMT

Friday, June 11, Red Rocks, 303-830-8497.

NPR previews a whopping fourteen hotly anticipated albums, including Of Montreal, the Walkmen and Chromeo

​NPR has been quietly building a reputation as the best place to get a peek at hotly anticipated new albums a week or two before their official releases (welll, for those of us who prefer to avoid leak sites and torrent servers, anyway). Today, it got a lot louder, with a crazy fourteen album ... More >>

Of Montreal, Kayne West and Air Dubai fill our playlists this week

​As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, "What are you listening to right now?" So whether you're looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we've compiled a list of ... More >>

Signal Path, Of Montreal and Emancipator filled our playlists this past week

​As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, "What are you listening to right now?" Whether you're looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we've compiled a list of al ... More >>

Win a pair of tickets to see Gorillaz on Sunday

​ Like most weekends in the Mile High City, there's no shortage of great shows to see in Denver in the next few days, from Overcasters Gathering of the Clouds festival to Apples in Stereo at the Bluebird to Bassnectar's 1STBASS Center (with Emancipator and Dan Deacon) to Of Montreal at the Og ... More >>

Yo Gabba Gabba!

Sunday, November 7, 1STBANK Center, 303-830-8497.

Traces balances everything quite nicely at the Denver Center

Sunday, November 7, 1STBANK Center, 303-830-8497.

Painted Palms

Sunday, May 8, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.

Little Scream

Saturday, November 19, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Vincent Lemieux joins a Very CMKY NYE at Shine

Saturday, November 19, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

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 >>

Adventure Club

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 >>