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Music
May 24, 2012
Jane's Addiction
Tuesday, May 29, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.
Blogs
March 18, 2012
SXSW travelogues: The Photo Atlas recounts its time in Austin
Coming into our seventh year playing SXSW, we've got it down to a science. We've already been out on the road for two weeks and have two to follow after SXSW, so it's about getting in, playing your heart out, supporting your friends and hopefully catching a few new bands to write home about.
Music
December 15, 2011
Little Mike spins December 17 at 2200
Coming into our seventh year playing SXSW, we've got it down to a science. We've already been out on the road for two weeks and have two to follow after SXSW, so it's about getting in, playing your heart out, supporting your friends and hopefully catching a few new bands to write home about.
Music
October 13, 2011
Pete Tong lays it down at Beta on October 15
Coming into our seventh year playing SXSW, we've got it down to a science. We've already been out on the road for two weeks and have two to follow after SXSW, so it's about getting in, playing your heart out, supporting your friends and hopefully catching a few new bands to write home about.
Music
August 18, 2011
Scratching the Surface: David Starfire spins on August 20 at Cervantes'
Coming into our seventh year playing SXSW, we've got it down to a science. We've already been out on the road for two weeks and have two to follow after SXSW, so it's about getting in, playing your heart out, supporting your friends and hopefully catching a few new bands to write home about.
Blogs
May 9, 2011
Lineup for 5 Points Jazz Festival announced
The lineup for the 8th Annual 5 Points Jazz Festival, slated to take place at various points along Welton Street on Saturday, May 21, has been announced. In addition to a discussion with Jake Adam York on Jazz Standards and the idea of doing covers at the Blair Caldwell African American Resea ... More >>
Music
March 24, 2011
Foster the People
Wednesday, March 30, Walnut Room, 303-292-0529.
Blogs
March 18, 2011
SXSW Travelogue: Ballin' on a budget with Backbeat's own Brian Frederick
Brian Frederick Thursday, March 17 From the outside looking in, South By Southwest -- at least to those who haven't experienced it yet -- might seem like an event that only those who can afford to flip for the nearly $800 badges get to enjoy. Not so much. There's a ton of unofficial shows a ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2011
Wheelchair Sports Camp snags invite to SXSW
Looks like Wheelchair Sports Camp, the band whose frontwoman, Kalyn Heffernan, we profiled this past November, will be heading to this year's SXSW. While a number of other acts will undoubtedly make the trek to Austin this March, Wheelchair Sports received an official invitation to perform ... More >>
Blogs
January 6, 2011
South By Southwest 2011: Candy Claws, DeVotchKa and Slim Cessna tapped to perform
Ah, here we are again, a new year. You know what that means? Yep. Time to start the South By Southwest countdown. The first bands have been announced, and although there will likely be a bazillion more announced, so far of the groups announced three local bands have received official invita ... More >>
Music
December 23, 2010
Gina Star spins on Christmas at Beta
Ah, here we are again, a new year. You know what that means? Yep. Time to start the South By Southwest countdown. The first bands have been announced, and although there will likely be a bazillion more announced, so far of the groups announced three local bands have received official invita ... More >>
Music
September 30, 2010
Sonic Youth
Monday, October 4, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-8497.
Blogs
August 11, 2010
Win tickets to this weekend's Mile High Music Festival!
Update: We have a winner. Congratulations to Melissa Taylor! She and a guest will be our guests at Mile High Music Festival this weekend. Check the blog later today. While we don't have any more tickets to the fest itself, we will have plenty of tickets up for grabs to the preparty on Friday ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2010
Mile High Music Festival: Ozomatli on activism and working under the Bush administration
This is distinctly American music. Working with a lineup that's fluctuated between six and ten and has included members of Jurassic 5, Ozomatli has for some fifteen years been blending Latin rhythms and hip-hop influences for a sound that's as big as it is varied and multicultural. The U.S. ... More >>
Blogs
August 6, 2010
Man vs. Festival: Five tips for staying alive through Warped Tour
Earlier this week, a Wichita man died at the Vans Warped Tour in Bonner Springs, Kansas. Although the cause of his death has yet to be determined, it's a safe bet that prolonged heat exposure might have had something to do it (temperatures reportedly climbed over a hundred degrees that day). ... More >>
Music
July 29, 2010
Tokyo Police Club
Tuesday, August 3, Bluebird Theater, 303-377-1666.
Blogs
July 1, 2010
Epilogues earn slot to perform at this year's Mile High Music Festival
Andy MellenGreat news for The Epilogues: Not only did they win a Westword Music Showcase award last night, but we've tallied the votes and they've also earned a slot at this year's Mile High Music Festival. The outfit is slated to play on Sunday, August 15. Congrats, gentlemen!
Blogs
June 20, 2010
Westword Music Showcase sells out with 11,000 in attendance! Biggest turnout ever!
Sold out? Wait, what? Did I just read that right? Seriously? Sold out? What the ...? Those were my first thoughts when I woke up yesterday and fired up the old TweetDeck before jumping into the shower. My boy Ralphie, who we tapped to emcee the main stage for us yesterday, had tweeted something ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2010
Newhoma Camping and Music Festival lineup announced
Just when you thought it was safe to lock in your summer plans, the just announced Newhoma Camping and Music Festival might make you pull your calendar back out and reach for your red Sharpie. Georgia jam rockers Outformation, avante garde NYC jazz cats Sex Mob and local jam rock superband ... More >>
Blogs
March 10, 2010
Freeloader: Download a new track from Pretty Light's forthcoming EP in advance of shows this week in Boulder and Denver
Derek Vincent Smith, who performs under the Pretty Lights moniker (due tonight at the Boulder Theater), has announced plans to release three new EPs, the first of which, Making Up a Changing Mind, was just posted to his site last week. With three albums already under his belt that have rec ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2010
SXSW10: One day, two great Colorado day parties!
The South By Southwest countdown begins. Yes, we know it's still two months away. Regardless, we're started to get geeked. And it looks like Colorado music is once again going to be well represented with not one but two parties showcasing the most desirable of our exports. Habana Calle 6 UPDATE: A ... More >>
Blogs
August 7, 2009
Q&A with Brandon Whalen of My Body Sings Electric
CSIWhile the Warped Tour has grown up and is now it's fifteenth summer, most of the bands and fans are as young as ever. Unlike most of the poorly selling dinosaur exhibits posing as rock concerts traipsing across the country these days, the Warped Tour year after year gets more and more popular. ... More >>
News
July 30, 2009
From the week of July 30, 2009
CSIWhile the Warped Tour has grown up and is now it's fifteenth summer, most of the bands and fans are as young as ever. Unlike most of the poorly selling dinosaur exhibits posing as rock concerts traipsing across the country these days, the Warped Tour year after year gets more and more popular. ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2009
The Westword.com blog shortcut, July 14 edition
Photo by David BarberJohn Baxter and Matty Clark play skins and skins. In the flesh. Today in Backbeat Online: • Westword Music Showcase Awards Wrap Up. • Q&A with Asher Roth. • Deejay Diabolic competing to spin at Lollapalooza. • Fake Problems cancels Larimer Lounge date. • Tickle Me Pi ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2009
Over the Weekend: Why, ma'am, what a lovely paper dress
Our weekend started Thursday, with a bizarre made-from-paper fashion show, and continued through Saturday night with a not-at-all-bizarre parade of drunk people at the downtown Lodo's. In between we looked longingly at photos sent from our colleagues in Austin for South by Southwest. See pictures ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2009
The Westword.com blog shortcut, March 23 edition
The Photo Atlas live in Texas. March forward. Today in Backbeat Online: • The Photo Atlas live at SXSW 2009. • Overcasters SXSW tour diary. • Epilogues SXSW tour diary. • Aloft in the Sundry SXSW tour diary. • Meese SXSW tour diary. Today in Cafe Society: • Appleman's cooking in Bould ... More >>
Summer Guide
June 12, 2008
The Fest of Times
The Photo Atlas live in Texas. March forward. Today in Backbeat Online: • The Photo Atlas live at SXSW 2009. • Overcasters SXSW tour diary. • Epilogues SXSW tour diary. • Aloft in the Sundry SXSW tour diary. • Meese SXSW tour diary. Today in Cafe Society: • Appleman's cooking in Bould ... More >>
Culture
June 12, 2008
The Fest of Times
The Photo Atlas live in Texas. March forward. Today in Backbeat Online: • The Photo Atlas live at SXSW 2009. • Overcasters SXSW tour diary. • Epilogues SXSW tour diary. • Aloft in the Sundry SXSW tour diary. • Meese SXSW tour diary. Today in Cafe Society: • Appleman's cooking in Bould ... More >>
Music
February 28, 2008
Dean Coleman
Vinyl
Music
October 18, 2007
Tiger Army
Wednesday, October 24, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-2525.
Music
October 11, 2007
Ken Andrews
Friday, October 12, Walnut Room, 303-292-1700.
Music
April 5, 2007
Charlie Louvin
This country icon never left -- but he�s coming back anyway.
Music
March 15, 2007
On the Download
Free music, yours for the taking.
Music
November 10, 2005
Steel Train
Friday, November 11, Trilogy Lounge, Boulder, 303-473-9463.
Music
April 14, 2005
Scratching the Surface
Christopher Lawrence
Music
March 17, 2005
The Beatdown
Get out of Denver, baby, go!
Music
December 30, 2004
Trend-Spotting
In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote.
Music
August 26, 2004
Projekt Revolution Tour
Monday, August 30, Coors Amphitheatre, 303-830-8497.
Music
April 22, 2004
Club Scout
Miss Honey Dijon
Music
December 18, 2003
Recovered
With Drug Under, Chris Romero has found a cure for his Sickness.
Calendar
August 7, 2003
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
With Drug Under, Chris Romero has found a cure for his Sickness.
Calendar
April 4, 2002
Best Rock Club
15th Street Tavern
Music
March 30, 2000
South By So What
Unknown bands can't expect much from SXSW, just ask the Czars' Chris Pearson.
Calendar
July 10, 1997
Thrills for the week
Unknown bands can't expect much from SXSW, just ask the Czars' Chris Pearson.
Music
May 29, 1997
Feedback
Unknown bands can't expect much from SXSW, just ask the Czars' Chris Pearson.
Music
March 20, 1997
Feedback
Unknown bands can't expect much from SXSW, just ask the Czars' Chris Pearson.
Music
March 21, 1996
Feedback
Unknown bands can't expect much from SXSW, just ask the Czars' Chris Pearson.
Music
August 30, 1995
CRITIC'S CHOICE
Unknown bands can't expect much from SXSW, just ask the Czars' Chris Pearson.
Music
August 9, 1995
CRITIC'S CHOICE
Unknown bands can't expect much from SXSW, just ask the Czars' Chris Pearson.
Music
March 29, 1995
CRITIC'S CHOICE
Unknown bands can't expect much from SXSW, just ask the Czars' Chris Pearson.
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