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Portishead

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    Reader: Aside from the obnoxious fans, the Portishead show was beyond description

    ​How was Portishead's show last week at 1STBANK Center? Well, guess that depends on who you ask and where they were sitting, apparently. Tom Murphy called it "one of the finest performances anyone is likely to see this year or any year." And while one commenter who was sitting in a box said th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Review: Portishead at 1STBANK Center, 10/27/11

    Chip KalbackBeth Gibbons of Portishead last night at 1STBANK Center​PORTISHEAD at 1STBANK CENTER | 10/27/11For the last show of its tour, Portishead put on one of the finest performances anyone is likely to see this year or any year. The band's energy, urgency and intensity kept building and b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Win suite tickets to see Portishead at 1STBANK Center this Thursday night with a parking pass

    ​Update 10/27/11: Suite contest is officially over. Thanks for all the entries and for sharing your stories! Congratulations to Erik Johnson, Michelle Beth Cavanaugh and Juliette Jones. You and a guest will be our guests tonight at the Portishead show at 1STBANK Center. A pair of suite tickets ... More >>

  • Music

    October 27, 2011

    Portishead's Geoff Barrow on the Silver Apples and Banksy

    ​Update 10/27/11: Suite contest is officially over. Thanks for all the entries and for sharing your stories! Congratulations to Erik Johnson, Michelle Beth Cavanaugh and Juliette Jones. You and a guest will be our guests tonight at the Portishead show at 1STBANK Center. A pair of suite tickets ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Reader: Portishead has been with me each and every step of the way

    ​Over the course of your life, there's a handful of bands that have a certain transcendent quality about them, where they somehow manage to go from just being just a band that you the like, to one whose music embeds itself into the fabric of your life. The magnetism of the music attaches itsel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Geoff Barrow of Portishead on Blue Lines, Banksy, Silver Apples and his act's early success

    Portishead​Portishead (due Thursday, October 27th, at 1stBank Center) wasn't the first band associated with the aesthetic of trip hop but it is the most commercially successful with major hits in the 1990s. The thing that made the band so remarkable was that the sound it crafted wasn't one tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    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 October, Portishead hits the 1STBANK Center, Bring Me the Horizon comes to the Fillmore, and the Pains of Being Pure at Heart is due at the Bluebird. On local radio, Fierce Bad Rabbit, Veronica and Andy Hackbarth got some spins. Meanwhile ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Portishead at 1STBANK Center on October 27

    ​Stop the freaking presses -- hell, for that matter, stop what you're doing and take note: We've just received word that Portishead is coming to town. Specifically, the outfit is slated to appear at 1STBANK Center on Thursday, October 27 -- and it's one of only seven U.S. dates announced so fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Win free tickets to Dinner at the Thompson's at Cervantes tomorrow night

    ​What do you get when a New York-born, California-bred songstress and a French-born producer with influences ranging from J. Dilla and DJ Shadow combine forces? The duo known as Dinner at the Thompson's. An electro-funk-soul outfit with enough talent to fill a room twice between them, vocalist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Think about this: After watching this video, how much does your job suck?

    ​At some point in our lives, we've had a job that requires sitting through a barrage of awful, corporate-mandated training videos. Things like walking to your car with a co-worker at night, making sure not to put bleach in the sanitzer bucket and always wearing closed-toe shoes on the sales fl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Pretty Lights, Ween and Jay-Z filled 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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Beside Rick Ross and Big Boi, we're all listening to completely different stuff 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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Ghostand Observatory, Jonathan Tyler on 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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Chef and Tell: Eric Stein from Johnson & Wales rips on former Westword restaurant critic Jason Sheehan

    Lori MidsonEric Stein, Johnson & Wales chef/instructor​This is part one of Lori Midson's interview with Eric Stein, instructor and chef at Johnson & Wales University. To read part two of that interview, check back here tomorrow. Eric Stein Chef/instructor Johnson & Wales University Eric St ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    B.o.B., Bop Skizzum, Tommy Metz and The Pirate Signal top our weekly playlists

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Q&A w/ Isaiah Owens of Free Moral Agents

    ​Isaiah "Ikey" Owens is better know these days as the keyboardist of the Mars Volta. His versatile and creative musicianship, though, was honed in the '90s when he played with Sublime and later Long Beach Dub Allstars. Ikey first played with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala in the ... More >>

  • Music

    July 30, 2009

    Ode to the Marionette at the Meadowlark

    ​Isaiah "Ikey" Owens is better know these days as the keyboardist of the Mars Volta. His versatile and creative musicianship, though, was honed in the '90s when he played with Sublime and later Long Beach Dub Allstars. Ikey first played with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala in the ... More >>

  • Music

    June 18, 2009

    Alert at the Gemini Party

    ​Isaiah "Ikey" Owens is better know these days as the keyboardist of the Mars Volta. His versatile and creative musicianship, though, was honed in the '90s when he played with Sublime and later Long Beach Dub Allstars. Ikey first played with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala in the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 12, 2009

    Farina, Farina

    ​Isaiah "Ikey" Owens is better know these days as the keyboardist of the Mars Volta. His versatile and creative musicianship, though, was honed in the '90s when he played with Sublime and later Long Beach Dub Allstars. Ikey first played with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    Tonight: Andy Tanner, Meadowlark jam and Andy Smith at Rockbar

    So what are you doing tonight? What? Watching TV and then going to bed? Lame. Yes, we know it's Tuesday, but there's some pretty cool stuff going on tonight. First Andy Tanner of Laymen's Terms is playing a show tonight at the Larimer Lounge that will serve as his solo tour kickoff. Down the block a ... More >>

  • Music

    January 22, 2009

    There's a roomful of sophisticated blues at Blues on Blake

    So what are you doing tonight? What? Watching TV and then going to bed? Lame. Yes, we know it's Tuesday, but there's some pretty cool stuff going on tonight. First Andy Tanner of Laymen's Terms is playing a show tonight at the Larimer Lounge that will serve as his solo tour kickoff. Down the block a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2008

    Live Review: Eyedea & Abilities, ManeLine, Calm at Marquis Theater

    So what are you doing tonight? What? Watching TV and then going to bed? Lame. Yes, we know it's Tuesday, but there's some pretty cool stuff going on tonight. First Andy Tanner of Laymen's Terms is playing a show tonight at the Larimer Lounge that will serve as his solo tour kickoff. Down the block a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2008

    Live Review: Fucking Orange and Madraso at 3 Kings Tavern

    So what are you doing tonight? What? Watching TV and then going to bed? Lame. Yes, we know it's Tuesday, but there's some pretty cool stuff going on tonight. First Andy Tanner of Laymen's Terms is playing a show tonight at the Larimer Lounge that will serve as his solo tour kickoff. Down the block a ... More >>

  • Music

    May 8, 2008

    Portishead

    Third
    Mercury

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2008

    45 Second Reviews

    Third
    Mercury

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2007

    Last Night ... The Pirate Signal, Digitata, Sims, and Mel Gibson and The Pants

    Third
    Mercury

  • Music

    May 10, 2007

    Mannequin Makeout

    Mannequin Makeout
    Self-released

  • Music

    August 31, 2006

    Zero 7

    Wednesday, September 6, Gothic Theatre, Englewood, 1-866-468-7621.

  • Music

    June 22, 2006

    Listen Up

    Fast reviews of recent releases

  • Music

    October 27, 2005

    Lisa Shaw

    Cherry (Naked Music)

  • Music

    September 1, 2005

    Tori Amos

    Monday, September 5, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 303-830-8497.

  • Music

    November 4, 2004

    Knife & Fork

    Miserycord (Cutting Board Records)

  • Film

    September 16, 2004

    Days of Future Past

    Sky Captain zooms back to a tomorrow that never was.

  • Music

    June 17, 2004

    Drop the Fear

    Listen EP (Self-released)

  • Music

    October 23, 2003

    Trailblazers

    Ain't no mountain high enough for Richmond's Denali.

  • Music

    September 26, 2002

    Hit Pick

    Painted Saints

  • Music

    September 19, 2002

    Club Scout

    PH Balance

  • Music

    November 22, 2001

    Backwash

    Three of Denver’s finest acts resurface, in three different forms.

  • Music

    February 1, 2001

    Goldfrapp

    Felt Mountain (Mute)

  • Music

    December 10, 1998

    Feedback

    Felt Mountain (Mute)

  • Music

    December 3, 1998

    The Major and the Minor

    A roundup of big-name recordings that live up (or down) to expectations.

  • Calendar

    November 5, 1998

    Dames in Power

    A roundup of big-name recordings that live up (or down) to expectations.

  • Music

    September 17, 1998

    Leading the Attack

    England's Massive Attack is still making the Nineties more interesting.

  • Music

    February 5, 1998

    Playlist

    England's Massive Attack is still making the Nineties more interesting.

  • Music

    December 18, 1997

    After Further Review

    Putting the season's major releases to the test.

  • Music

    September 25, 1997

    Playlist

    Putting the season's major releases to the test.

  • Music

    May 3, 1995

    PLAYLIST

    Putting the season's major releases to the test.

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