Phish

Ask a Stoner: What's your favorite music to smoke to?

Bearaoke at The Bar puts a new spin on karaoke

Have your Friday nights become completely rote? Are bored out of your skull and tired to the point of tedium of doing the same thing week in and week out? Ah, here's just the cure for what ails you, a full night of unique entertainment you're genuinely just not going to find anywhere else. See als ... More >>

Can we get Sirus for minute? It's time to give these six artists their own channel already!

Craig Hlavaty I've had satellite radio in my life since Christmas. Nothing is better than falling asleep on the couch on a Saturday afternoon after a big fat lunch with Willie's Roadhouse playing; waking up every few hours to piss during a Ray Price cut and then falling back to sleep. What I love t ... More >>

Railroad Earth

Friday, January 18, through Sunday, January 20, Ogden Theatre, 888-929-7849.

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, July 20-22, 2012

Too broke to hand over big bucks for a pricey music festival wristband this weekend? Don't worry. There are plenty of other things on the agenda that won't cost you more than a Hamilton. And we've got them all in one place. From a Cinema Q dance party to a film about a wannabe serial killer, to eati ... More >>

Denver's five best places to buy records (we mean vinyl)

See Also: - Ten records we treasure. - Record Store Day 2012 - Phish's Junta is fetching double its Record Store Day price on eBay - Denver's ten biggest hipster bars - Boulder's five biggest hipster bars - Denver's ten best dance clubs For many music fans, the last time they bought a CD might be f ... More >>

Dispatch, Theivery Corporation, Chatuaqua and Arvada Center summer lineups announced

Tons of new shows this week: Dispatchis playing a two-night stand at 1STBANK in September, Joe Cocker and Huey Lewis and the News are headlining this year's KOOL Concert, Thievery Corporation and Beats Antique are due at Red Rocks and Esperanza Spalding is slated for shows at the Boulder Theater and ... More >>

Ten best Denver arena concerts of 2011

​As another year comes to a close, this one's going to be remembered for some stellar concerts. All week, we'll be running down a list of our favorites from the past year beginning with this one: Best arena concerts of 2011. Page down to see which shows made the cut. (Click on the band name fo ... More >>

A n00b's first Nan Desu Kan anime convention experience

I think that's a pillow.​My theory about life is, whatever you do, go hard. If you're into fantasy football or Phish or being Irish, by all means, tell the world. This weekend's installment of the fifteenth annual Nan Desu Kan anime convention experience was just that, an exemplary parade of a ... More >>

Dispatch's first show since selling out Madison Square Garden in 2007 due at Red Rocks

Dispatch is back together, and it's playing its first show in four years at Red Rocks. That's a pretty big deal. Dispatch, in case the name isn't immediately familiar, is arguably one of the most successful independent bands of all time. To wit: The band played what was then thought to be its fare ... More >>

Bad Religion, Shad and Eels fill our playlists this week

​As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, "What are you listening to right now?" Whether you're looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we've compiled a list of al ... More >>

Of Montreal, Kayne West and Air Dubai fill our playlists this week

​As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, "What are you listening to right now?" So whether you're looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we've compiled a list of ... More >>

18 Switchbacks

18 Switchbacks
Self-released

Phish to kick off its fall tour with three back-to-back dates at 1STBANK Center

​Okay, gonna go out on a limb here and say that tix for these dates are probably going to sell out in a little more than the time it takes to read this item: We just learned that Phish -- hot on the heels of a pair of well-received dates in Telluride -- is planning to kick off its upcoming fal ... More >>

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of February 1, 2010

​As music critics -- and people who generally think about, talk about, listen to and make music -- the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to right now?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation. ... More >>

Backbeat writers weigh in on the year's best national releases

The 10 most popular concert slideshows of 2009

​It's about damn time this year ended. But before it does, we're taking a look back at your favorite stories of 2009. Here, the ten most popular concert slideshows.

Top Ten Indie Rock Songs of the Decade

The chills-inducing men of Midlake​To some, indie rock is an aesthetic, something between Sonic Youth and Pavement that's played by people with in mop-tops and ringer t-shirts with cans of Pabst atop their amplifiers. Others, meanwhile, might define indie rock literally as music recorded and p ... More >>

Susan Boyle grabs top spot at Bart's CD Cellar

​Susan Boyle, whose I Dreamed a Dream is burning up American and UK charts, grabs the top spot at Bart's CD Cellar for the week ending December 13. Norah Jones claims the second slot with her latest effort, The Fall, and Rodrigo y Gabriela checks in at number three with 11:11. Rosanne Cash's The L ... More >>

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of September 14, 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, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of ... More >>

Phish top seller at Bart's CD Cellar

​Joy, Phish's eleventh studio album and first release in five years, nabbed the top spot at Bart's CD Cellar while six Beatles re-issues (including Abbey Road, Sgt. Pepper's and the Stereo Box Set) dominated the store's top ten for the week ending September 13. Yo La Tengo's latest, effor, Popular ... More >>

We're number ten! Denver music makes top ten on two separate lists.

​So hot on the heels of StubHub listing Denver at number ten on its list of twenty most rockin' cities, comes word that the Society of American Travel Writers -- evidently the largest consortium of traveling journos and photographers -- have also deigned the Mile High City as the tenth most appeal ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Is the name "Sonic Youth" still working for you guys?

Photo by Jon SolomonThurston Moore of Sonic Youth.​ The weekend is over, but the memories linger. Check out our reviews of the still-loud-but-no-longer-so-youthful Sonic Youth at the Ogden Theatre, as well as Akron/Family at the Bluebird -- and read a Q&A with A/F's Dana Janssen here. There's ... More >>

New Kids on the Block, Boz Scaggs, Loretta Lynn shows announced

A number of shows were announced this week, including New Kids on the Block (Wednesday, July 15, Fiddler's Green), Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald (Monday, July 6, Paramount Theatre), Loretta Lynn (Wednesday, June 10, Paramount Theatre) and Reggae on the Rocks featuring Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squa ... More >>

Phish announces four dates at Red Rocks

The recently reunited members of Phish announced today that the band will return to Red Rocks for the first time in more than a dozen years for a four-night run (Thursday, July, 30 through Sunday, August, 2). A limited number of tickets are available now through Sunday, March 22 at Phish Tickets' on ... More >>

Q&A with Apollo Sunshine's Sam Cohen

Diverse, surprising albums and an explosive, inventive live show are the hallmarks of Apollo Sunshine, a trio of friends – Sam Cohen, Jesse Gallagher and Jeremy Black – who met at the Berklee College of Music the better part of a decade ago. The group’s three albums, including the brand-new ... More >>

Meadowlark

A club as comfy as old slippers.

The String Cheese Incident Waves Bye-Bye... Kind of

ALO

Tuesday, June 5, Boulder Theater, Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Trey Anastasio Band

Monday, October 23, and Tuesday, October 24, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

Lotus

Saturday, February 4, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

Polywood Ending

Cervantes' is the perfect place for Polytoxic to take its Last Waltz.

Blues Traveler

Tuesday, October 25, and Wednesday, October 26, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

Oteil and the Peacemakers

Thursday, September 1, Fox Theatre, 303-443-3399; Friday, September 2, Vail Mountain Concert Series, 1-970-926-7770; Saturday, September 3, Quixote's True Blue, 303-297-1772; Sunday, September 4, Jazz Aspen Snowmass, 1-866-527-8499.

What's So Funny

Global Groove World Music Festival

Friday, June 11, and Saturday, June 12, behind Union Station in LoDo (enter at 16th and Wewatta streets), 1-877-714-7668, www.denverfestivals.com.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of October 30, 2003

The Beatdown

Return of the living Dead: What would Jerry do?

Best Hippie Dance

Middle Eastern Peace Dance
Mercury Cafe

Various Artists

Substitute: The Songs of the Who (Edelton Entertainment)

More Sounds from Around Town

More local reviews a go-go.

Night & Day

May 13-19, 1999

Letters

After Further Review

Putting the season's major releases to the test.

Mama Knows Best

The Shed Spread

This summer's outdoor-concert season was the weakest in years. Doesn't anyone want to hear music outside anymore?

Letters