Nirvana (Musical Group)

Dualistics reach Nirvana

On Friday night, I caught an entertaining, thought-provoking and extraordinarily heady bit of theater out at Miners Alley Playhouse in Golden. The play, directed by award-winning Denver actor and skilled chef John Arp, is called The Visitor. Written in 1993 by French playwright Eric Emmanuel-Schmitt ... More >>

Here we are. Now entertain us: Dualistics channel Nirvana. Sheryl Renee pays tribute to Marvin Gaye.

Got plans this weekend? If not, you do now. There's a couple of shows totally worth checking out featuring local musicians paying homage to a pair of past icons, groundbreaking, paradigm shifting artists who left this world violently and prematurely. This Friday night at the hi-dive, the Dualistics ... More >>

Q&A with Lucas Field of Low Vs. Diamond

Lucas Field, the frontman for Low Vs. Diamond (the subject of a profile in Westword's November 27 edition), is a Seattle native -- but he spent his college years at the University of Colorado-Boulder, where he played in a jam band whose music has little in common with the tunes he's making with hi ... More >>

Live Review: Foo Fighters and Year Long Disaster at Red Rocks

Foo Fighters: the original Westword review

The Fluid

Sub Pop's twentieth anniversary spurs this year's unlikeliest local band reunion.

Q&A With the Fluid’s Rick Kulwicki

Q&A With the Fluid’s James Clower

Q&A With the Fluid’s Garrett Shavlik

Q&A With the Fluid’s John Robinson

Beyond Playlist: Dwight Yoakam and More

Pro Choice

What does your jukebox selection say about you?

QOTSA Rock Rehab and Other Assorted Goodies

Kurt Cobain: About a Son

The voice of a generation talks like a regular guy in About a Son.

Dave Beegle’s Ax Is Sharp

Behold the world-class guitarist behind Acoustic Mayhem.

Dinosaur Jr. Take Two

Reunited and it feels so good.

J Mascis Says "Yeah" and Several Other Words

Letters to the Editor

From the week of September 28, 2006

Upsizing

Uphollow graduates from rock opera to pop opus.

Ray LaMontagne

Sunday, July 10, Boulder Theater, 303-786-7030; Monday, July 11, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

Burning Brides

Tuesday, April 12, Rock Island, 303-572-7625.

Critic's Choice

Under the Drone

Nirvana

With the Lights Out (Geffen)

Getting Your Goat

For the Melvins' Buzz Osborne, grunge means never having to say you're sorry.

Detachment Kit

Of This Blood (Frenchkiss)

Stellastarr*

Stellastarr* (RCA)

Knock 'Em Dead

Killing Joke's ghoulish rock has the last laugh.

Critic's Choice

Giddy Motors

Film Flam

Road to Nirvana coldcocks Hollywood hustlers.

Wig War

South Colorado is a war zone in the battle for wig dominance.

Beyond Nirvana

Maktub aims to prove that there's more to the Seattle sound than grunge.

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.

Critic's Choice

Vines

Here's Mud in Your Ear

Seattle's Mudhoney sometimes wonders what all the fuzz was about.

Llama Farmers

El Toppo (Beggars Banquet)

For Krist's Sake

Krist Novoselic has more to talk about than his days in Nirvana.

Bring Back That Sunny Day

After a three-year hiatus, Sunny Day Real Estate is in business again.

Thrills for the week

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CATCHING THE BUZZ

KNIFE GIRLS

SPELLBOUNDWILL SPELL FINALLY PUT DENVER ON THE ROCK-MUSIC MAP? CASTING A SPELL

HOW LOUD IS THIS BAND? LOUD ENOUGH TO BE HEARD NATIONWIDE.

SUICIDE IS BRAINLESS

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

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