Slim Cessna's Auto Club

New Denver shows: Steely Dan, the Geto Boys, Brad Paisley, Selena Gomez, Ride Festival

Steely Dan is making its way back to Colorado for a show at Red Rocks this August, and there's a bunch of other new shows to let you know about, including Brad Paisley at Fiddler's Green, the Geto Boys at Summit Music Hall, Ride Festival and Selena Gomez. Keep reading for the full rundown on these s ... More >>

Feeling Lucky

Free money! Denver bands have unclaimed SoundExchange royalties. Are you on the list?

The bad news is you didn't win a gazillion dollars last night in Powerball -- some lucky jerk in Michigan did, apparently. The good news is, however, you may still have some cashola coming your way that you weren't expecting. Think of it as finding a crisp twenty in the pocket of pants you haven't w ... More >>

Five noteworthy examples of how Kickstarter is helping make the local scene more vibrant

Amanda Palmer recently set the record for crowd-sourced fundraising among music-related projects -- a record once held by Five Iron Frenzy -- after the Kickstarter campaign to fund her new record raised $735,000 in about two weeks. The former Dresden Dolls frontwoman served up tickets, copies of the ... More >>

Weekend's best live bets: Cobraconda, Real Estate, Joe Sampson, Carbon Choir and more

Welcome to the weekend! You've worked hard all week and now it's (almost) time to cut loose. As usual, plenty on tap this weekend. The Cobraconda dudes kick things off tonight at Illegal Pete's with a party celebrating the release of their new disc, Spring Break, while Real Estate showcases its ware ... More >>

Weekend's best live bets: Joy Formidable, Girls, Miranda Lambert, Kelly Clarkson and more

With pretty much the entire music world holed up in Austin this weekend for this year's edition of SXSW, it's amazing that there's any musical options to choose from this weekend at all, much less decent ones. Alas, though, there are still plenty of compelling reasons to leave the house. Girls get t ... More >>

Denver's best music releases of 2011

Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, December shows by Beats Antique and Pretty Lights were announced. On local radio specialty shows, Veronica, Vices I Admire, INCA and Hazel Miller all got some spins. Meanwhile, at our local record stores, new and re ... More >>

SXSW Tip Sheet: Colorado bands

Munly & the Lupercalians

Petr & the Wulf
Alternative Tentacles

Brandon Flowers, Rob Halford, the Judds shows announced

​The Killers' frontman Brandon Flowers is hitting the road this fall in support of his solo debut, Flamingo, which hits stores today on Island. He'll be at the Ogden Theatre on Thursday, November 18. Tickets ($30) go on sale Saturday, September 18 at 10 a.m. Another frontman heading out on t ... More >>

See which local acts got love on local radio this week

​Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows including, Radio 1190's Local Shakedown*, KTCL's Locals Only, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado ... More >>

This Just In: Rush, Social Distortion, Sheryl Crow shows announced

​As this summer's Red Rocks schedule begins to fill in, a few more were added this week, including Rush, who will be performing its epic 1981 album Moving Pictures in its entirety for the first time ever on the Time Machine Tour, which kicks off in June. The band, who is currently working on i ... More >>

Flobots, Gorillaz top sellers at local record stores

​Flobots' Survival Story, released last week on Universal Republic, grabbed the top spot at Albums on the Hill, while coming in second behind Ludacris' Battle of the Sexes at Independent Records. Gorillaz's Plastic Beach was also a strong seller for the week ending March 21. See the full brea ... More >>

This Just In: Jason Aldean, Five for Fighting, Mayhem Festival announced

​Country sensation Jason Aldean, who has been selling out arenas on his Wide Open tour, visits the Odeum Colorado Thursday, March 18. Aldean's "Big Green Tractor" single spent four weeks at the number one spot on Billboard's Hot Country Songs Chart and has been certified gold. Reserved seats run $ ... More >>

Polytoxic gets back together again. And again. And again...

Tobin Voggesser​With eight shows coming up over the next four months, it's safe to say Polytoxic, which from all appearances supposedly parted ways some time ago, is still very much an on going concern, despite the fact that Chadzilla is now keeping time with Slim Cessna's Auto Club and CR Gruver ... More >>

Motorhead, Black Crowes, Butthole Surfers shows announced

When Motorhead rocked the Fillmore Auditorium last September, Lemmy and crew had the Misfits in tow. When the band hits the venue again on Saturday, September 26 the metal legends will co-headline with Reverend Horton Heat, and Nashville Pussy gets things warmed up. The Black Crowes also return the ... More >>

Polytoxic drummer Chadzilla hitches a ride with Slim Cessna's Auto Club

Fresh on the heels of the annual summer solstice, Slim Cessna's Auto Club has made a change in their ranks. Joining the acclaimed world touring goth country ensemble is the ever talented drummer Chadzilla of Polytoxic and Double Parked fame.Chadzilla's manager had this to say: "This is a real honor ... More >>

Dialed in: This week's local music radio playlists

Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190's long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Co ... More >>

Herman Gauche delights and disgusts equally

I recently received a hilarious email from country-folk-punk outfit Herman Gauche. The message simply said, "Make out with me." Now, normally, I would ignore such a desperate and needy cry for attention. In this case, however, the band had already come highly recommended, so I popped over to MySpace ... More >>

This Just In 8/28-9/3

The DNC cheat sheet: From Rage to Flav, Backbeat has you covered

SXSW 2008 Preview

The F-Troop

This year’s Showcase was quite the earful.

Twice Bitten

Tarantella gets caught up in an exotic whirlwind.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Reverend Glasseye

Friday, July 15, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-0959.

The Beatdown

A long day's journey into the Wild Divine.

Open Road

...in the life (Rounder)

The Beatdown

Scenes from SXSW

The Beatdown

Life is a lonely highway when you’re a touring musician without a good booking agent.

Digging Up the Past

Oh, for Frankenchrist's sake! The Dead Kennedys return, sans Jello.

Backwash

The founder of local Shakedown is cooking up a local music retrospective.

Backwash

The Westword Music Showcase CD is here just in time for Christmas.

Backwash

Internet interest at CMJ Music Marathon 2000

Backwash

Lawyers rock and roll.

Backwash

Slim Cessna has seen the light.

Backwash

Cabaret Diosa puts its surf-mambo sound on celluloid.

Hit Pick

Munly

Please Release Me

The funk, the punk and the drunk in a roundup of local recordings.

A Musical Feast

Denver produces a new crop of music.

Radio Fee Boulder

The coolest college station around could use some cash.

Backwash

Night & Day

December 10 - 16, 1998

Feedback

Feedback

Forgetting the Last Laugh

Thanks to a little help from a famous friend, Steve Poltz is finally being taken seriously.

Accordion to Whom?

Westword Music '96 Awards Showcase

1 night, 5 bucks, 7 venues, 39 bands Sunday, September 22 6 P.M.-1A.M. in LoDo

TAYLOR TO FIT