Pere Ubu

Delegating Denver #12 of 56: Florida

Best Radio Lefty

David Barsamian

Rocket From the Tombs

The Day the Earth Met the Rocket From the Tombs (Smog Veil Records)

Q&A with Fucked Up's Damian Abraham

The February 4 profile "Fucked Up Pushes Punk Into the Future By Understanding the Past" is pretty hefty -- nearly 1,400 words. And yet it only uses a small portion of the quotes offered by Fucked Up frontman Damian Abraham during a sprawling, wide-ranging and hugely entertaining conversation that ... More >>

John Wilkes Booze

Thursday, September 29, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Lil Slugger

Larimer Lounge

Liars

Friday, February 1, Marquis Theater, 1-866-468-7621.

Weird Al-right

Two decades on, Little Fyodor is still strange, witty and real.

Retribution Gospel Choir

Wednesday, August 31, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Knife & Fork

Miserycord (Cutting Board Records)

Lost at Scene

After spearheading the post-punk revival, GoGoGo Airheart is still on its own island.

Soul Assassins

When it comes to rock and revolution, John Wilkes Booze is loaded.

Avant Garage

Nearing thirty years as the most challenging rock band on earth, Pere Ubu waxes enigmatic.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Nearing thirty years as the most challenging rock band on earth, Pere Ubu waxes enigmatic.

That's a Wrap-Up

Backbeat writers sound off on a few of their favorite musical things from 2002.

Strange Vibrations

Sound tumblers Chris Cutler and Thomas Dimuzio flirt with the fault line.

Leftoverture

Alternative rockers are getting behind Alternative Radio.

Prague Rock

Uz Jsme Doma creates a bohemian rhapsody.

Panther, Panther Burning Bright

Re-examining the cultural legacy of the MC5.

A Weasel No More

Get reacquainted with Steve Knutson, the Denver rock-scene alum behind four CDs' worth of hip-hop history.

The Power of Positive Thinking

For the members of Thinking Plague, simple isn't necessarily better.

Feedback

For the members of Thinking Plague, simple isn't necessarily better.

Thrills for the week

For the members of Thinking Plague, simple isn't necessarily better.

The Prize Patrol

The biggest musical winners from 1996.

THRILLS

The biggest musical winners from 1996.

PONYS' TALE

The biggest musical winners from 1996.

PLAYLIST

The biggest musical winners from 1996.

REASONS TO BE GLAD

The biggest musical winners from 1996.

Playlist

The Velvet Underground, Big Star, Guru, The Drop Nineteens

Q&A with Mike Watt

Mike Watt is most certainly a man whose thoughts cannot be expressed in a mere 500 or so words. Needless to say, this week's Rough Mixes entry only highlighted excerpts of our recent conversation with punk's elder statesman. While on tour supporting his newest punk rock opera "Hyphenated Man" and in ... More >>

Tom Waits top seller at Twist and Shout

​Apparently there was a bit of a fight between Tom Waits' Glitter & Doom Live and Susan Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream last week at Twist & Shout, and fortunately, Waits, who turned sixty yesterday, was the victor. Blakroc, the Black Keys' new hip-hop project, came in third, while Them Crooked ... More >>

Review: Guns N' Roses at 1STBANK Center, with Black Label Society, 12/11/11

Eric GruneisenGUNS N' ROSES at 1STBANK CENTER | 12/11/11 Some bands wait until the end of the set or an encore to pull out its most beloved material. Not Guns N Roses. Two songs into the set, the instantly familiar guitar riff was teased two, maybe three times, before Axl Rose cried out, "Do you k ... More >>