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Happy Memorial Day! Here's where to eat over the holiday weekend

Hungry for fun over the holidays? Here's a rundown of culinary events over the three-day weekend. See also: - FEAST! Vail kicks off Memorial Day weekend with a slew of star chefs - 10 things to do for $10 in Denver this weekend (6 free!), May 24-27 - Denver's ten best Memorial Day weekend shows

D Note celebrates ten years, gets new owners

The D Note in Olde Town Arvada celebrating its tenth anniversary this weekend. The two-night celebration will be a bit bittersweet, as it will also serve as a goodbye party of sorts for the DeGraff family, who recently sold the venue to Dave and Mernie Rosenberg. Adam DeGraff, who has booked bands a ... More >>

D Note celebrates ten years of bringing music to Olde Town Arvada on Valentine's weekend

Hard to believe it's already been this long, but decade ago this month, the D Note opened in Olde Town Arvada. To commemorate this momentous occasion, the venue will host a weekend long celebration featuring Laughing Hands, Opera on Tap, Cabaret Otaku and Lionel Young on Friday, February 15. The fol ... More >>

Thirty years in, the 16th Street Mall is still going strong

Fighting Fire with Cool

Afghan Whigs, Amanda Palmer, Aimee Mann and Seether lead this week's new shows

See Also: - Mumford and Sons, Brother Ali, Henry Rollins and Melvins Lite lead this week's shows - Morrissey, Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube, Dinosaur Jr., Jackson Browne lead new shows - Wiz Khalifa, Mac Miller, Shinedown, Godsmack, Steve Vai and Kimbra lead new shows Oh, man, what a fall we have to look ... More >>

Nicki Minaj, My Morning Jacket and Michael Kiwanuka among this week's new shows

And the shows just keep coming. Red Rocks, which is on pace for a record season this year, added a pair of dates from My Morning Jacket, while tickets for the Beach Boys show are finally going on sale. The biggest concert news this week is Nicki Minaj, who is bringing her Pink Friday Tour to the Mil ... More >>

Weekend's best live music bets, 4/20 edition: Levitate, Cypress Hill, Das Racist and more

See Also: A 4/20 playlist from Westword's marijuana critic William Breathes Happy 4/20! Welcome to the end of another work week. As always, there are plenty of music options to consider this weekend -- and that's whether you're living the Mile High life or not. The second edition of the annual Levi ... More >>

Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

​​Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, shows from Red Hot Chili Peppers and Icelantic's Winter on the Rocks featuring Atmosphere, Common, Greives Budo and Get Cryphy were announced; the Swayback, Fierce Bad Rabbit, Monroe Monroe and Juno What ... More >>

Halloween Events: Great American Taxi, MiM0Sa and Designer Drugs (win tickets!)

This weekend is huge. It's one of those, "If you aren't here, then you aren't having as much fun as me" kind of weekends. The deck is stacked with amazing things to do, so pick a card -- any card. We've got some passes to Designer Drugs at Club Vinyl to give away, so leave us a comment on a memorabl ... More >>

Mile Highlights: This week's concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

Here's what's good in the Mile High City this week: In concert news, TV on the Radio is slated to perform two nights at the Ogden in September, Furthur is making its way back to Colorado for three nights at Red Rocks and blink-182 and My Chemical Romance headline KTCL's Big Gig in September. On lo ... More >>

Yonder Mountain String Band's Sixth Annual Harvest Music Festival 2011 lineup revealed

​We just glimpsed the lineup for the sixth annual Yonder Mountain String Band's sixth annual Harvest Music Festival -- taking place Thursday, October 13 through Sunday, October 16 at Mulberry Mountain in Arkansas (site of this weekend's Wakarusa Festival) -- and let's just say it may make you ... More >>

2011 Denver Day of Rock schedule announced

With the exception of the main headliners (Dennis DeYoung and the Gin Blossoms) and a handful of new local acts, the lineup for this year's Denver Day of Rock Concerts for Kids (taking place for free on five stages along the 16th Street Mall, between 15th and 16th Streets, on Saturday, May 28) doesn ... More >>

Great American Taxi at Cervantes', 4/15/11

​ GREAT AMERICAN TAXI The Shwillbillies • Oakhurst 04.15.11 | Cervantes' The crowd last night at Cervantes brought their dancing shoes for a bluegrass breakdown. The Shwillbilles were up first, and the quartet came out fast and furious building the energy up for the intimate crowd with in ... More >>

2011 Westword Music Showcase Ballot

​Seventeen years! It's hard to believe we've been doing the Westword Music Showcase for that long. I can still remember being at the first one in LoDo nearly two decades ago. And when I think back, it seems like that cold, rainy Sunday night was just a few years ago.

Mile Highlights: Shows announced/on-sale this week, local radio playlists and top local sellers

​ Here's what's good in the Mile High City this week. On the concert front: The Flaming Lips have announced a co-headlining date with Primus this August at Red Rocks. Kenny Chesney is also at the Rocks in July, and Panic! at the Disco is due at the Ogden in June. Meanwhile on local radio, Air ... More >>

Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, Old 97's, Black Angels shows announced

​Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, who have released three live albums together, visit the 1STBANK Center on Thursday, December 9, to play stripped down version of Dave Matthews Band classics. Tickets ($85-$95) go on sale Saturday, October 16 at noon.

LOCAL LOVE

Further, Band of Horses, Uproar Festival shows announced

​Phil Lesh & Bob Weir's group Further, who helped kick off things at the 1stBank Center in March, return to the area for a two-night stand at Red Rocks on Friday and Saturday, September 24 and 25. The two Grateful Dead members will be joined by RatDog keyboardist Jeff Chimenti, Benovento-Russo ... More >>

Zebra Junction closes up shop this evening

DanielK​After four albums, extensive touring and a decade together, Zebra Junction, who just took home honors at this year's Westword Music Showcase awards, will be playing its last show tonight in Golden at Parfet Park. Although the members intend to continue to collaborate and record music with ... More >>

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 long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Col ... More >>

Oakhurst on tour and in need of veggie oil

Remember last year when gas was like ninety bucks a gallon and the roadways in Denver were littered with gangs of unscrupulous opportunists roving the streets all Mad Max style, armed with rubber hoses (and not much common sense), in search of the next vehicle to commandeer and subsequently siphon? ... More >>

Magic Mice take an Action Packed Thrill Ride

photo by Eryc EylFriday night was one of those almost frustratingly bountiful Denver nights, with an overflowing cornucopia of great musical options from which to choose. Tyler Snow was spinning his Disco Nouveau at the Meadowlark. Devotchka wove their Valentinian magic at the Paramount. Gregory Ala ... More >>

Gregory Alan Isakov collaborates and tours with Brandi Carlile

Photo: Todd RoethIf you don't already have plans tonight for Valentine's eve -- like, say, seeing DeVotchKa at the Paramount -- it would be well worth your time to stop by the Bluebird to catch Gregory Alan Isakov & the Freight, with Oakhurst. By now, you're probably intimately familiar with the ... More >>

SXSW 2008 Preview

Colorado Music Summit

Putting together a music conference is hard enough. Try doing it in just four months.

It’s a Wrap for the Westword Music Showcase

And the winners are…

Westword Music Showcase 2007

Westword Music Showcase 2007

Saturday, June 16

Rock the Vote!

Rock the Vote!

Hapi Days

The heart of rock and roll is still beating — in Loveland.

Release Me

A roundup of six local imprints.

Westword Music Showcase 2006

Be there or be square!

The Reals

Bluebird Theater

Moovers and Shakers 2005

Backbeat scribes weigh in on their favorite new releases from the past year.

Day-by-Day Picks

From the week of September 22, 2005

Club Scout

Appaloosa Grill

Hootenanny

Oakhurst injects roots rock with a heady dose of bluegrass.

The Beatdown

Matt Kowal is happy about being fat.

Westword Music Showcase 2005

Rock the Mike

Tony Rock proves it runs in the family.

In Vaud We Trust

Kings of the road show return.

The biggest party of them all!

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Westword Music Showcase 2004

Fifty bands. Ten stages. Five bucks. Be there.

Roadhouse Rockin'

Big Bender showcases Colorado country

Spirit in the Sky

Swingin' from the rafters at Appaloosa Grill