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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds at Ogden, 4/3/13

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS @ OGDEN THEATRE | 4/3/13 The most mythical moment of Nick Cave's set last night at the Ogden Theatre came at the end when the band performed "Stagger Lee," a re-casting of the Mississippi John Hurt classic "The Ballad of Stagger Lee." With lurid lighting and theatrical flo ... More >>

The ten best concerts of the week

BOB SEGER @ PEPSI CENTER | TUES, 4/2/13 While Bob Seger might be immortalized by his long-running Chevy ads that featuring "Like a Rock" and the scene in Risky Business where Tom Cruise sings along to "Old Time Rock and Roll," there's a lot more to the guy than that. He's carved out a spot in the ro ... More >>

Fifteen citizen dancers selected to perform in artist Nick Cave's Soundsuits at the DAM

Late last week, the Denver Art Museum let the crazy dancers out of the bag: The DAM announced that fifteen out of 120 hopefuls who auditioned for artist Nick Cave last month will perform in Cave's fantastical Soundsuits in June, alongside dancers from local professional troupes. See also: - Dancin ... More >>

The five biggest sellouts at SXSW

SXSW is not a music festival so much as it is an experiment in excess. If Coachella is a glass of water that keeps getting bigger until it more resembles a kiddie pool, then SXSW is a flood with a neglected cup somewhere in the middle. The natural result is rampant crowds and ever more rampant lame ... More >>

Here's what we're all listening to right now. What's rocking your world this week?

As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it's not surprising that the most common (and favorite) topic of conversation among us is the same: "What are you listening to right now?" Stick a quarter in us, and, boy, wouldn't you know it, off we go, on and on about t ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 this weekend (7 free!), February 22-24

Winter is finally here (for the moment, anyway), but there's still plenty to do inside (and outside) in the Mile High City. From proms to late-night full moon-watching to adult skateboarding parties and more, we've rounded up the ten best events for this last weekend in February. And as a bonus, ove ... More >>

Dancin’ Fools

Do you have what it takes to wear a Nick Cave Soundsuit? Sign up to audition at the DAM

This June, Nick Cave -- not the Bad Seeds Nick Cave, but the Chicago-based artist Nick Cave -- will transform the Denver Art Museum into a living garden of the fantabulous moving costumes he creates with Nick Cave: Sojourn, an exhibit of forty works, including twenty Soundsuits. And what are Sounds ... More >>

The 25 best concerts this winter/spring

As the winter chill finally thaws (work with us here -- we know it's still below freezing right now) and gives way to the hopefulness and fertility of spring, the upcoming concert season is likewise bursting with promise. Coming off one of the best years for live music in recent memory, the lineup i ... More >>

Costumes, Squared

Former Primasonic frontman starts new Post 303 channel, Clampdown Radio, and a new band

See Also: • Q&A with Sin and Kurt of Primasonic • Former Indie 101.5 music director and Lipgloss co-founder looking to break into Internet radio Sindo Lamas, the former frontman of Primasonic has been involved in radio off and on since the '80s. He recently launched Clampdown Radio, which grew ... More >>

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Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips on working with Nick Cave and collaborating with others

​Since the beginning of the year, The Flaming Lips (due Wednesday, August 3 at Red Rocks) have been collaborating with a number of artists from Neon Indian, Prefuse 73, Lightning Bolt and Nick Cave, as well as releasing their own material in unconventional methods like USB drives embedded in g ... More >>

Top ten most blatant and alleged song heists

Earlier this week, Nick Cave responded to accusations that he nicked the basis of the song "Palaces of Montezuma" from a tune by some guy named Frank Duffy called "Grey Man." It seems absurd someone as versatile as Cave would intentionally borrow a lick or two from another song. Any similarities ... More >>

Grinderman, Black Angels, Trey Songz top sellers at local stores

​Grinderman, which features Nick Cave and three members of the Bad Seeds, claimed the top spot at Albums on the Hill and landed in the top five at Twist & Shout with Grinderman 2, released last week on Anti. The Black Angels' Phosphene Dream, meanwhile, which also came out last week on the B ... More >>

Nick Cave is supposedly penning The Crow remake -- here's five musicians we'd like to see tackle other movies

​Rumors have been swirling recently that Nick Cave may have signed on to rewrite the screenplay for The Crow remake (ouch that sentence hurts our heads). Cave is a favorite around here for his music, but we're a bit hard pressed to find anyone who's actually made it through a piece of his fict ... More >>

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis grab top spot at Wax Trax

​Nick Cave and Warren Ellis nabbed the top spot at Wax Trax this week with their evocative score of John Hillcoat's film The Road, based the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name. Tracks from the soundtrack also appear on the two-CD White Lunar, a compilation of the duo's soundtrack work fro ... More >>

Local Shakedown Vol. 3 top seller at Wax Trax

​Radio 1190's The Local Shakedown, Vol. 3, a two-CD collection of 41 Colorado bands released last week, topped the charts at Wax Trax, for the week ending October 18. Coming in second was Run Rabbit Run, in which New York-based string quartet Osso reinterprets Sufan Stevens' 2001 album Enjoy Your ... More >>

Ghost to Falco

Thursday, July 9, Rhinoceropolis, 303-641-9809.

Make yourself at home at Tooey's

Live Review: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds at Ogden Theatre

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Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Saturday, June 21, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, 303-830-8497.

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

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Mute

45 Second Reviews: Nik Freitas, Man Man, P.O.D., Ray J

Pro Choice

What does your jukebox selection say about you?

Reunited and It Feels So Good

The ghost of Denver’s past pays us a visit, just in time for the holidays.

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Sound Bites

Capsule record reviews

Beyond Playlist: Bob Marley and More

Interpol

Our Love to Admire
Capitol

Beyond Playlist: The Nels Cline Singers and More

Grinderman

Grinderman
Mute

Blue Angel

Poetry and Puncture Wounds

The Bad Seeds

Nick Cave pens a new breed of revisionist Western.

Greg Brown

Friday, December 16, and Saturday, December 17, Swallow Hill, 303-777-1003.

The Dead Science

Tuesday, March 22, Monkey Mania, 303-292-4370.

Various Artists

Left of the Dial: Dispatches From the '80s Underground (Rhino)

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (Mute)

Rev. Neil Down

When a Wrong Turns Right (Burn Barrel Records)

Marble Orchard

Marble Orchard

Discmania

Backbeat writers revisit their favorite albums of the year.

Mercury Rev

All Is Dream (V2)

Critic's Choice

Pleasure Forever

Cave Exploring

Nick Cave opens up about his most fascinating creation: himself.

Frazer's Edge

Paula Frazer artfully crosses the country divide with Tarnation. As a solo artist, she sticks more to the shadows.

Dirty Work

The Dirty Three make instrumental music with plenty to say.

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