Subject: The Beatles

• Sgt. Pepper on Trial

  June 1, 2007

• Thoughts on Five Songs While I Pretend to Work

  March 5, 2008

• Thoughts on Five Songs While I Quietly Freak Out and Try to Work

  March 11, 2008

• The Disorienting Post Modernity of Rutlemania and Other Assorted Goodies

  March 31, 2008

• Rearview: The Week in Review (7/5/08-7/12/08)

  July 11, 2008

• Night & Day

  September 24 - 30, 1998

  September 24, 1998

• Fan Fare

  Retrace the Beatles' steps at the Brown Palace

  February 26, 2004

• Rearview: The Week in Review (10/25/08-10/31/08)

  October 31, 2008

• Wil Swindler's Elevenet at Dazzle

  Wil Swindler's ElevenetSunday, November 30, 2008Dazzle Restaurant & LoungeWil Swindler's weekend show at Dazzle helped me recover a lost memory. I must have been three years old at most. My mother was rifling through my parents' vinyl collection at our suburban home in Aurora, and the Beatles' "White Album" was playing on the turntable. I picked up the worn cardboard jacket bearing the images of the four band members, and asked innocently, "Which one of these guys was killed?"

  December 1, 2008

• Best impromptu karaoke in a Mexican dive bar

  June 29, 2000

• The Pernice Brothers

  August 9, 2001

• Xiren

  November 7, 2002

• Best Staff at a Record Store

  March 25, 2004

• All You Need Is Love

  December 4, 2008

• Beatle Mania

  Join in the annual Beatles Memorial Singalong.

  December 6, 2007

• Still Fab After All These Years

  A spiffed up Hard Day's Night continues to dazzle, with its jump cuts, slow motion and sped-up Beatles antics.

  December 21, 2000

• N.E.R.D.

  June 26, 2008

• Pop Symphony

  The Colorado Symphony Orchestra covers Abbey Road.

  May 22, 2008

• The Beatles Continue

  Tribute band recalls the Fab Four

  August 26, 2004

• The Ladybug Transistor

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

  August 9, 2007

• Games for May

  hi-dive

  April 12, 2007

• The Beatles

  Love
  Apple

  December 7, 2006

• Scissor Sisters

  Ta-Dah (Universal/Motown)

  October 19, 2006

• Listen Up

  Fast reviews of recent releases

  September 28, 2006

• Freestyle Fellowship

  Awesome live bands sometimes make magic in the studio, too.

  December 29, 2005

• King's X

  Friday, November 25, Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 303-297-1772.

  November 24, 2005

• Supergrass

  Road to Rouen (Capitol)

  September 22, 2005

• Come Together

  Les Fradkin brings back the Beatles with a little help from his friends.

  July 14, 2005

• Critic's Choice

  Wanker

  June 23, 2005

• LCD Soundsystem

  LCD Soundsystem (DFA/Capitol)

  February 17, 2005

• Fab Film

  Forty years ago, Al Maysles met the Beatles.

  February 19, 2004

• The Loner

  Daniel Johnston ventures into the wicked world with a batch of new music and a blank slate.

  March 7, 2002

• Another Piece of the Rock

  Nuggets II strikes gold by mining new territory.

  August 30, 2001

• Sounds Like Fun!

  Beatle Mania

  June 8, 2000

• The Essex Green / Kincaid

  The Essex Green
  Everything Is Green
  (Kindercore)

  Kincaid
  Kincaid Plays Super Hawaii
  (Kindercore)

  January 27, 2000

• Instrumental Asylum

  Swingin' Sting? Bluegrass Bruce? Rhapsodic R.E.M.? CMH Records has given Eighties faves a musical makeover.

  December 2, 1999

• He Carries That Weight

  Julian Lennon returns to music with a new album and new light to shed on his famous father.

  August 19, 1999

• In His Life

  Beatles producer George Martin tries to pass along the wisdom of the ages.

  March 4, 1999

• Thrills for the week

  June 19, 1997

• THE PREFAB FOUR

  April 27, 1994

• The newer generations' love of classic rock shows a lack of imagination

  May 21, 2009

• Q&A with Joe Bithorn of Beatles tribute band Rain

  Joe Bithorn as George Harrison​New York City native Joe Bithorn plays the role of George Harrison in Rain, one of the most popular and well-known Beatles tribute bands in the country (appearing September 22 to 27 at the Buell Theater. Raised with a steady diet of classical, jazz, blues and psychedelic rock influences, Bithorn said that the Beatles catalogue served as a constant base, and that joining up with Rain in 1983 offered him the chance to pay tribute to work of the quartet. Westwor

  September 9, 2009

• Deuce's Kellie MacMullan has a brain -- some-where?

  Kellie MacMullan, at a bowling event wih the Flobots, proves she's got balls.​Ever since News on the Deuce debuted in late March, local viewers have known they're likely to see something unintentionally funny (or at least uncomfortably lame) within seconds of tuning in. But few moments have been as teeth-grindingly hilarious as one that occurred on last night's broadcast. Infotainment reporter Chris Parente was at the news bar, narrating a recent conversation with Elijah Wood, who does voi

  September 10, 2009

• Beatles albums dominate top sellers at Twist and Shout

  ​There was a whole a Beatles mania happening at Twist & Shout last Wednesday when the remastered versions of the Fab Four's catalog were released. People lined up before the store was open and the store was sold out of the The Beatles Mono Box Set fifteen minutes after opening. "Then, throughout the day," store owner Paul Epstein said, "wave after wave of true believers came in and bought and bought and bought. I honestly thought we had brought in enough for a month's supply on some titles

  September 14, 2009

• Jay-Z grabs top spot at Independent Records

  ​Blueprint 3, Jay-Z's highly anticipated follow-up to his two previous Blueprint albums, grabbed the top spot at Independent Records while Raekwon's latest effort, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 came in second for the week ending September 13. Insane Clown Posse's Bang! Pow! Boom!, which was the top seller last, moved down to the third slot while Trey Songz and Twista round out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  September 14, 2009

• Phish top seller at Bart's CD Cellar

  ​Joy, Phish's eleventh studio album and first release in five years, nabbed the top spot at Bart's CD Cellar while six Beatles re-issues (including Abbey Road, Sgt. Pepper's and the Stereo Box Set) dominated the store's top ten for the week ending September 13. Yo La Tengo's latest, effor, Popular Songs, came in third while Artic Monkeys and Yonder Mountain String Band round out the top ten. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  September 14, 2009

• Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of September 14, 2009

  ​As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.

  September 16, 2009

• Rainy Day Beatles

  September 17, 2009

• Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of October 5, 2009

  ​​As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.

  October 8, 2009

• Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of November 2, 2009

  ​As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.

  November 4, 2009