The Beach Boys

Nicki Minaj, My Morning Jacket and Michael Kiwanuka among this week's new shows

And the shows just keep coming. Red Rocks, which is on pace for a record season this year, added a pair of dates from My Morning Jacket, while tickets for the Beach Boys show are finally going on sale. The biggest concert news this week is Nicki Minaj, who is bringing her Pink Friday Tour to the Mil ... More >>

Boy-band resurgence: One Direction and the Wanted try to fill the void Justin Timberlake left

Pop music is cyclical. With the absence of one niche pop artist arises another: Look at what Lady Gaga did when Madonna was absent from the scene for so long. What has pop music been missing recently? Boy bands. 'N Sync, the world's most revered boy band -- bar the Beatles, pop's first boy band, w ... More >>

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

Here's what's hot this week in music on the Front Range: On the concert front, new shows featuring the Beach Boys, Florence the Machine, the Walkmen, Passion Pit and Justice were announced; Coles Whalen, Caleb Slade, FaceMan and the Apples got spins on local radio; and recent albums from Adele, Te ... More >>

Better Than Fair

Here's what's hot this week in music on the Front Range: On the concert front, new shows featuring the Beach Boys, Florence the Machine, the Walkmen, Passion Pit and Justice were announced; Coles Whalen, Caleb Slade, FaceMan and the Apples got spins on local radio; and recent albums from Adele, Te ... More >>

Review: The Avett Brothers at Red Rocks, 7/9/11

The Avett Brothers last night.​When Governor John Hickenlooper introduced the Avett Brothers last night at Red Rocks, which he called the one of best bands in the world, he said, "If you look back into the history of music, there's something special about people who are born with multiple tale ... More >>

Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast, Pocahaunted and her approach to songwriting.

David BlackBethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno are Best Coast​ In recent years, with bands ransacking the '60s, '70s and '80s for musical ideas and sounds, it's becoming increasingly easy to dismiss many musicians as being little more than throwbacks mimicking their artistic ancestors. But some ... More >>

Woven Bones runs its hip-shaking rock through the shoegaze filter

David BlackBethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno are Best Coast​ In recent years, with bands ransacking the '60s, '70s and '80s for musical ideas and sounds, it's becoming increasingly easy to dismiss many musicians as being little more than throwbacks mimicking their artistic ancestors. But some ... More >>

Miniature Tigers

Friday, July 30, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

$16 million to recover $391,000: The RIAA just blew a lot cash. Here's ten more of the industry's greatest wastes

[via Flickr]​Last week, it was revealed the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) spent $16 million to recover $391,000 from lawsuits involving peer-to-peer file sharing. No, we didn't print that backwards; you don't need to adjust your screen -- they really did waste that much mone ... More >>

Dusty Rhodes and the River Band

Saturday, January 30, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-837-0360.

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of December 1, 2009

​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 >>

Nostalgia and nausea: Putting together the perfect '80s mix

You've had the experience. You're driving in the car or Pandora-ing or even - gasp! - listening to the radio when that song comes on - the one you can't believe you forgot all about. Instantly, you're transported in time and space - back to that kegger during your freshman year when you got so ... More >>

Helping you express how you feel on love's biggest holiday

You've had the experience. You're driving in the car or Pandora-ing or even - gasp! - listening to the radio when that song comes on - the one you can't believe you forgot all about. Instantly, you're transported in time and space - back to that kegger during your freshman year when you got so ... More >>

The Fleet Foxes hit a soft spot with their pastoral brand of baroque pop

You've had the experience. You're driving in the car or Pandora-ing or even - gasp! - listening to the radio when that song comes on - the one you can't believe you forgot all about. Instantly, you're transported in time and space - back to that kegger during your freshman year when you got so ... More >>

Q&A with once and future Fleetwood Mac leader Lindsey Buckingham

You've had the experience. You're driving in the car or Pandora-ing or even - gasp! - listening to the radio when that song comes on - the one you can't believe you forgot all about. Instantly, you're transported in time and space - back to that kegger during your freshman year when you got so ... More >>

The lost Lindsey Buckingham interview

You've had the experience. You're driving in the car or Pandora-ing or even - gasp! - listening to the radio when that song comes on - the one you can't believe you forgot all about. Instantly, you're transported in time and space - back to that kegger during your freshman year when you got so ... More >>

Beyond Playlist: Dennis Wilson and More

You've had the experience. You're driving in the car or Pandora-ing or even - gasp! - listening to the radio when that song comes on - the one you can't believe you forgot all about. Instantly, you're transported in time and space - back to that kegger during your freshman year when you got so ... More >>

The Explorers Club

Let these popsters be your guide to the ’60s SoCal sound.

Mini Reviews

Let these popsters be your guide to the ’60s SoCal sound.

Best New TV Theme Songs

Let these popsters be your guide to the ’60s SoCal sound.

Widowers

Widowers
Self-released

MIA Out of Context and Other Assorted Goodies

Widowers
Self-released

The Ladybug Transistor

Tuesday, August 14, the hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

The Sounds of Summer

Tunes that take us back to those lazy, hazy days.

The Postmarks

Sunday, May 6, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Yo La Tengo

Tuesday, October 10, Boulder Theater, Boulder, 303-786-7030.

The Sleepy Jackson

Personality (One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird) (Astralwerks)

dios (malos)

Friday, October 21, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

The Jessica Fletchers

Less Sophistication (Rainbow Quartz)

Critic's Choice

Le Boom

The Dwarves

Thursday, November 18, Aggie Theater, Fort Collins, 1-970-407-1322; Friday, November 19, Bluebird Theater, 303-322-2308; Saturday, November 20, Lion's Lair, 303-320-9200.

The Delgados

Friday, October 29, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Smiles Away

Westword asked me to match wits with a living legend -- who also happens to be my hero. Here's the result.

No Hot Flash in the Pan

Menopause The Musical provides some fluffy comedy about female changes.

dios

Sunday, June 13, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Critic's Choice

All Girl Summer Fun Band

The Apples in Stereo

Velocity of Sound (Elephant 6/SpinArt)

Furry Logic

Classic rock and mother nature fuel the weird Welshmen of Super Furry Animals.

Dressy Bessy

SoundGoRound (Kindercore)

Off Limits

The day the music died

The Pernice Brothers

The World Won't End (Ashmont), Maroon (Atlantic)

Grim Reverb

For Maraca Five-O, instro-rock means catchin' an asphalt wave.

Brian's Song

Listening to the distant echoes of a pop-rock genius.

The Jayhawks

Smile
(Sony/Columbia)

Summertime Rolls

It's the time of the season to check out some local releases.

The Joint

One for the Road.

The Essex Green / Kincaid

The Essex Green
Everything Is Green
(Kindercore)

Kincaid
Kincaid Plays Super Hawaii
(Kindercore)

Surf's Not Up

The Ladybug Transistor steers clear of the beach.

Heavy Petting

The Pet Sounds Sessions is the weirdest boxed set yet.

BACK TO THE BEACH

THE BEACH BOYS' MIKE LOVE ON MUSIC, MONEY AND SUING COUSIN BRIAN.