Spinal Tap

Anvil! The Story of Anvil

The Westword.com blog shortcut, June 1 edition

Johnny Iuzzini. I sincerely hope some of you are still alive out there. Today in Cafe Society: • Frasca Food & Wine hosts the hottest pastry chef ever. • Milking It: Smart Start Toasted Oat. • The restaurant roll call for May. • KJ's Coffee Bar going for its bar exam. • New kings of the ... More >>

Spinal Tap release "Saucy Jack" as a free download

Spinal Tap fans, rejoice! At long last, the fabled "Saucy Jack" -- the centerpiece to the Tap's unfinished rock musical about the notorious London serial murderer Jack the Ripper -- has been released. And it won't set you back nearly as much as those long-rumored, impossible to find Japanese bootleg ... More >>

The Decemberists

Tuesday, May 26, Fillmore Auditorium, 1-877-598-6659.

Bronze

The Bronze
Fist Music

No Doubt, Neko Case, Def Leppard shows announced

No Doubt just announced a 45-city tour with Paramore and the Sounds that includes a Wednesday, May 27 stop at Fiddler's Green. On Monday, August 24, Def Leppard, Poison and Cheap Trick will also share a bill at Fiddler's, while Lady Sovereign hits the Bluebird Monday, May 18, Neko Case plays the Ogd ... More >>

Despite Rainn Wilson, The Rocker is more childish pop than hard-core funny

Over the Weekend...A Shoreline Dream, Astrophagus, Overcasters, Widowers, Astra Moveo, Red Orange Yellow, Cat-A-Tac, Hot IQs and Hearts of Palm @ Westword Music Showcase

The Mars Volta

Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez created a spirited affair with The Bedlam in Goliath.

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Sending up the biopic, Walk Hard sells cheap laughs, lame cameos and lifeless Cox.

This Weekend: Side-Fi Noise, Dartanian, A Shoreline Dream and Peña @ Larimer Lounge

Starry, Starry Nights

When outdoor cinema calls, be ready with the right bag, shoes, skin and dog.

This Just In…

The latest nightlife news.

Electrifying

Jam isn’t a four-letter word for this five-piece band.

Electric Company

Electric Six doesn't party all the time.

Our top DVD picks for the week of August 3, 2006.

Everybody Wants Shandy

Michael Winterbottom's adaptation of a classic loads on the Bull.

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

Thursday, September 1, Dulcinea's 100th Monkey, 303-832-3601; Friday, September 2, Fox Theatre, 303-447-0095.

Trucks Amuck

Rockin' Monsters on the Mountain stomps Copper.

Critic's Choice

Wanker

Confessions of a Snorer

Getting in the know on a nose problem is nothing to sneeze at.

Deaf, Not Dumb

Pete Tong's a mockumentary that will make your heart dance.

Season's Bleatings

Thanks to these CDs, it's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas.

Break Like the Wind

Spinal Tap tapped, the Folksmen turn it way down from 11.

Not a Gas

A mediocre Wind bags only a few charming laughs.

Scorched Earth

Fed to Your Head

Triptych (Rubric)

Letters to the Editor

From the week of March 28, 2002

Going Perm

A self-sabotaging office worker makes the transition from stage to screen.

Let It D

With its show off the air, Tenacious D no longer rules the idiot box. Now the rotund duo just wants to rule the world.

Look Ahead

D.A. Pennebaker doesn't make history, but he's captured so much of it.

Shearer Delight

The voice of Flanders is the voice of reason, absatively posilutely.

Surfin' Safari

The Beloved Invaders ride the wave.

Holidaze

Unwrapping our annual roundup of musical season's greetings -- and beatings.

Moment of Truth

A Goonie no more, Corey Feldman is searching for his soul as a rock musician.

The Man of Many Face

Christopher Guest takes his comedy very, very seriously.

Backwash

Slim Cessna has seen the light.

The Final Cut

DVDs pull back the curtain on the movies, but do you really want to see the Wizard?

Rock and Roll Is the Question

With Pearlcopper, guitarist Mark Spiewak is already a legend in his own mind.

To Market, To Market

Where's Marlowe? is on the trail of a clueless detective.

Local Yodels

A sampling of new sounds from around town.

It Was Twenty Years Ago

Monster Mash

For Monster Magnet's Dave Wyndorf, sex, drugs and rock and roll never went out of style.

Big Time in a Small Town

Feedback

Playlist

The Simpel Truth

ANTHRAX FIGHTS A NEW DISEASE

THESE METAL VETERANS DO BATTLE WITH A FORMIDABLE ENEMY--MODERN ROCK.

IN THE PINK

ZOONER OR LATER

REASONS TO BE GLAD