Phish

From Colfax to Coolfax

Rearview: The Week in Review (9/27/08-10/3/08)

Sounds Like Fun!

Bittersweet Motel

Best Men's Room in a Bar

Sancho's Broken Arrow

Phix

Friday, July 29, Quixote's True Blue, 303-297-1772.

Phish at Red Rocks sells out in minutes; fans call bullshit

It's not exactly a surprise that Phish's four-day stand at Red Rocks sold out in minutes, but there are elements of the whole thing that smell, well, Phish-y (sorry, I couldn't resist). At least one hard-core fan (the one I live with, to be specific) was online within seconds of the tickets going o ... More >>

Something's Phishy here

screen capture from StubHub.com (click to enlarge)So after last week's outrage over how the Phish shows at Red Rocks sold out seemingly instantaneously -- thanks, allegedly, to a gaggle of unscrupulous scalpers short-changing countless fans -- we thought we'd check back in to see how much ticke ... More >>

Take a Little Trip

Head to the Denver Coliseum for the Lowrider Tour.

Page McConnell Cuts Bait

Phish’s piano man tries to make a name for himself.

Phish

Colorado '88
Jemp Records

RAQ

Thursday, April 20, Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 303-297-1772; Friday, April 21, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

New York Wit Man

Adam Ferrara brings his big-city humor to Denver

The Radiators

Saturday, December 11, Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 303-297-1772.

Umphrey's McGee

Friday, October 1, Fox Theatre, 303-443-3399; Saturday, October 2, Gothic Theatre, 303-788-0984.

Backwash

Radio waves: Clear Channel clears the air about independent promoters.

Phish

Round Room (Elektra)

Phish Out of Water

Jon Fishman gets swept up in Pork Tornado.

A Phish Tale

Bassist Mike Gordon explodes some myths about Phish--and confirms others.

Feedback

Bassist Mike Gordon explodes some myths about Phish--and confirms others.

Something's Phishy

Legions of neo-hippies latch on to the catch of the day.

The Americans

We the People
Self-released

The details of Phish's Festival 8 revealed

 Great news for those of you who missed out on getting tickets for Phish's upcoming four-night stand at Red Rocks next week. Ahem, actually, let us rephrase that -- this is great news for those with disposable income (yeah, we know, what is that, right?), vacation time and frequent flier miles ... More >>

Show Time

The stars shine on in a rock poster exhibit and sale.

Exchanging Phish stories before the big gigs this weekend

​For fans of America's biggest cult band, the term "boys of summer" doesn't refer to guys who get paid millions to play baseball but rather four Vermont men in their forties who earn millions by playing goofy, unpredictable music while jumping on trampolines, having glowsticks thrown at and around ... More >>

Last Night: Phish at Red Rocks

​PhishThursday, July 30, 2009Red Rocks AmphitheatrePhish's first show in their return to Red Rock was, by all accounts, a success. The four-night run sold out instantaneously, and spare tickets were a rare site in the parking lot before the show. The few that were available were being sold for $30 ... More >>

Over the weekend: Phish at Red Rocks, 07/31/09

Aaron Thackeray​Phish's second night in Morrison was a rain soaked affair that offered a stark contrast in music, from the leisurely and drab first set to the energized and voiciferus second set. Despite a strong start with crowd favorites like "Runaway Jim" and "Bathtub Gin," the dawdling feel to ... More >>

Over the weekend: Phish at Red Rocks, 8/01/09

Aaron Thackeray​Phish's return to the stage after five years on the lamb has the members reenergized, focused and, most importantly, sober. The effects of these changes have greatly enhanced the Phish experience. Phish 3.0 was on glorious display Saturday night at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The quart ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 3 edition

Ballin'.​Meat your maker. Today in Cafe Society: • Maggiano's is on a roll with winning meatball, winning two-fer deal. • Milking It: Kellogg's Raisin Bran Extra! • The Capital Grille kicks off six-week wine tasting event. • Video: Live ramblings from Jason Sheehan at the Denver Press ... More >>

Over the weekend: Phish at Red Rocks, 8/02/09

Aaron Thackeray​Phish's last night at Red Rocks Amphitheatre was made complete with one very special guest, Bill Kruetzman. The former drummer of the Grateful Dead was not expected and to bring him out for six songs to close out the second set was quite a treat. In typical Phish fashion, the band ... More >>

Advice for Phish phans in need of a buzz: Look for Colorado license plates

​Believe it or not, drugs are fairly common at most concerts by Phish, whose phans have been known to follow them around the country, Grateful Dead-style. And according to police in Howard County, Maryland, a couple of Coloradans were doing their best to fill the phaithful's needs this past we ... More >>

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of November 2, 2009

​As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we'r ... More >>

Phish makes triumphant return to Telluride

Boyd Fletcher​ PHISH August 9-10, 2010 | Telluride Town Park Looking out over a crowd of roughly 10,000 people on the ball fields of Telluride's town park after tearing through a cover of Traffic's "Light up or Leave Me Alone," Phish's Trey Anastasio summed up the surroundings succinctly: "I ... More >>

Phish

Sunday, October 10 through Tuesday, October 12, 1STBANK Center, 303-830-8497.

Jeff Austin of Yonder Mountain String Band on tomorrow night's Fourmile Canyon Benefit

​This Saturday night at 1STBANK Center, four of Colorado's biggest bands -- Yonder Mountain String Band, Leftover Salmon, Big Head Todd and the Monsters and the String Cheese Incident -- take the stage, along with members of Phish, to raise money for victims of the Fourmile Canyon fire last mo ... More >>

Fourmile Benefit with Phish guest appearances, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, String Cheese Incident, Yonder Mountain, Leftover Salmon

Jason NickelTrey Anastasio and Mike Gordon from Phish performing last night.​The Fourmile Canyon Revival Benefit started its quick life as a small, Thursday night production at the Boulder Theater and wound up being one of the biggest nights of Colorado music in years -- raising more than $300 ... More >>

The 20 bands that inspire tattoos like no other

An average Misfits fan.​Personally, it's been the "One Bad Album" rule. That's all it takes for a band's musical reputation to be asterisked forever, which makes getting a tattoo of that band, well, risky. You have to wonder how often thirty-somethings across the land hear "Nice Chi' Pep's tat ... More >>

Trey Anastasio Band at the Ogden, 03/01/11

Adam Perry​ TREY ANASTASIO BAND 03.01.11 |Ogden Theatre Whenever I think of Phish singer/guitarist/composer Trey Anastasio's most powerful solo work, my mind always turns to "orchestral funk" -- the term Anthony Keidis used to describe the Talking Heads' large-band era (with Adrian Belew on ... More >>

Mike Gordon at the Ogden, 3/14/11

​ MIKE GORDON 03.14.11 | Ogden Theatre Last night, just a week after Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio took the same stage, bassist Mike Gordon brought the funk to the Ogden Theatre with a little help from Ian Neville's Dumpstaphunk. Unlike Anastasio, Gordon doesn't pepper his set list with Phi ... More >>

Phish to close out tour in Colorado with three dates at Dick's on Labor Day weekend

​Phish heads are undoubtedly doing the dance of joy right now. Long rumored, the Colorado dates were confirmed this morning by the legendary jam purveyors, who gave word that they'll be wrapping up their summer tour over Labor Day weekend (September 2-4) at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.

Paper Diamond added to Outside Lands

​Paper Diamond's stock just rose significantly. The Boulder-based act led by Alex B. (aka Alex Botwin) of Pnuma Trio and Elm and Oak, has been added to the Outside Lands festival happening a few weekends from now in San Francisco. Have you seen the lineup? He'll be in some pretty impressive c ... More >>

Phish survival guide, what to expect this weekend: setlist guesses, parking info and more

Phish kicks off its three-night stand tonight at Dick's Sporting Goods Park​Phish wraps up their summer tour this weekend with three nights at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in lovely Commerce City, ending what many a blogger and message board phanatic have argued is their strongest tour in the tw ... More >>

Ten most collectable Phish pins

​Phish parking lots are a gold mine of bootleg memorabilia for fans. It used to be that a clever T-shirt design was the hot item on lot, but these days, fans have been moving into a different type of collectors item: hat pins. Below are our top ten hat pins in circulation -- with their corre ... More >>

Jon Fishman of Phish on how the band got its name, Yonder Mountain String Band and more

Jon Fishman is one timekeeper with some crazy get ups​The Grateful Dead and Phish are often compared because of their fanatical fan bases, trippy live shows and psychedelic-rock flavored extended jams and improv. Lead singer/guitarist Trey Anastasio, bassist Mike Gordon, keyboardist Page McCon ... More >>

Review: Phish at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Night Three, 09/04/11

PHISH at DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK | NIGHT THREE, 9/4/11Brandon MarshallMike Gordon of Phish at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City last night during the first show of a three-night run. See tons more pics in the full Phish at Dick's, 9/2/11 slide show.​Sunday night's show at Dick's s ... More >>

Ten memorable Phish tweets from Labor Day Weekend

It's @treyanastasio of @phish​Phish played three shows over this past Labor Day Weekend in Denver (Commerce City, actually) at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Read all about each Phish concert in Denver here. Being the tech-savvy -- if shaggy haired and a little rough around the edges -- fans they ... More >>

Phish Story: A fight on Shakedown Street left one man in stitches and another fearing for his family

It's @treyanastasio of @phish​Phish played three shows over this past Labor Day Weekend in Denver (Commerce City, actually) at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Read all about each Phish concert in Denver here. Being the tech-savvy -- if shaggy haired and a little rough around the edges -- fans they ... More >>

Phish Story: View the injunctions that keep Phish bootleggers at bay

​Dave Anver, the pony-tailed man in this video from Phish's show at Dick's on Friday, September 2, is the subject of this week's Westword cover story, "Phish Story." Anver says his job is "serving federal injunctions against people for selling counterfeit merchandise," but his methods came in ... More >>

Phish Story: Bootlegged Phish merchandise presented to courts

​This week's cover story, "Phish Story," outlines how bands, specifically Colorado favorites Phish, battle the parking lot bootleggers who make money -- some it defend as a way to keep following the band on tour, while others says it's profit-driven -- off the band's likeness, name and image. ... More >>

Phish Story: View the parking lot fight from another angle (video)

​This week's cover story, "Phish Story," grew out of an online video (bottom) that shows Dave Anver and Augustine Paik squaring off in the parking lot of Dick's on Friday, September 2, before the band's three-night stand over Labor Day Weekend. The eleven-second clip above that video, which su ... More >>

Meet the counterfeit cops who police parking lots

​This week's cover story, "Phish Story," grew out of an online video (bottom) that shows Dave Anver and Augustine Paik squaring off in the parking lot of Dick's on Friday, September 2, before the band's three-night stand over Labor Day Weekend. The eleven-second clip above that video, which su ... More >>