Norwegian retro-rockers Cato Salsa Experience heat up Scandinavia with a cool sound.
Damien Hirst's "Incorruptible Crown." Here’s what I knew going in about the new Damien Hirst exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art: all of the beautiful, artsy people I know in town were beyond geeked about it, Hirst apparently has so much money he can buy a dinosaur, and something about ... More >>
Damien Hirst's "Incorruptible Crown." Here’s what I knew going in about the new Damien Hirst exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art: all of the beautiful, artsy people I know in town were beyond geeked about it, Hirst apparently has so much money he can buy a dinosaur, and something about ... More >>
Photo: Aaron ThackerayA Shoreline Dream, Moonspeed, SonnenblumeThursday, February 26, 2009Bluebird TheaterBetter Than: Taking OxyContin and staring at clouds.Maybe it's the pretty sunsets, or maybe it's the lack of oxygen, but Denver has the makings of a surprisingly good bliss-rock scene. Last nigh ... More >>
Photo: Aaron ThackerayA Shoreline Dream, Moonspeed, SonnenblumeThursday, February 26, 2009Bluebird TheaterBetter Than: Taking OxyContin and staring at clouds.Maybe it's the pretty sunsets, or maybe it's the lack of oxygen, but Denver has the makings of a surprisingly good bliss-rock scene. Last nigh ... More >>
Saturday, September 27, Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, 303-830-8497.
Wednesday, August 20, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.
Here are the other six artists worth keeping an eye on this year.
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Alison Sudol is indeed someone You Oughta Know. Thanks, VH1.
There's a world of music on screen this week.
Be there or be square!
Mogwai gives new meaning to the term "buzz band."
With Our Album Year, the Meese might inherit the earth.
Meet the women behind the men of Iceland's Sigur Rós.
No Disassemble (Red Ink)
Thursday, September 22, 15th Street Tavern, 303-572-0822.
Takk…(Geffen)
Pleistocene
DJ Idiom
Fragments (Chez Moi Records)
Drop the Fear has created a drama that's not afraid to look you in the eye.
In a Safe Place (Sub Pop)
The Very Hush Hush
The members of Ester Drang believe in God; they're just not a Christian band.
Backbeat writers sound off on a few of their favorite musical things from 2002.
​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. For t ... More >>
Sigur Ros really Takk it on when it comes to packagingIn the age of the digital download CD and LP packaging has been forced to step up its game in order to attract sales. Sometimes a great looking record is just too hard to pass up. We'd like to honor those that are still keeping the traditi ... More >>
This band had a leg up on everyone else for top song of the decade.Radiohead? Arcade Fire? Interpol? The Strokes? The White Stripes? Animal Collective? Yeah, we've heard of 'em. For us, though, there was a much more intriguing, compelling batch of bands that weren't -- for the most part, anyw ... More >>
​As if playing in Nirvana and the Foo Fighters wasn't enough for Dave Grohl, he teamed up with Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones and Queen of the Stone Age's Joshua Homme to form Them Crooked Vultures in 2009. The Vultures, who released their self-titled debut this past November, descend upon the Fil ... More >>
Celebrities get lucky with interviews most of the time. Networks cut down strange content, or if the interview is too weird, they never make it into print. Regardless of studio and agent watchdogs, countless interviews have made us uncomfortable enough to cringe, even if we couldn't pull our eyes an ... More >>
Celebrities get lucky with interviews most of the time. Networks cut down strange content, or if the interview is too weird, they never make it into print. Regardless of studio and agent watchdogs, countless interviews have made us uncomfortable enough to cringe, even if we couldn't pull our eyes an ... More >>

