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ZZ WARD @ GOTHIC THEATRE | WEDS, 5/29/13 While riding the bus to school as a child, Zsuzsanna Ward spent her time in headphones, thinking about just how much she wanted to become a singer. As an adult better known as ZZ Ward, she reached the crux of that dream long ago and is now well on her way to ... More >>

The ten best concerts in Denver this week

PRINCE @ OGDEN THEATRE | MON, 5/13/13 Prince became a household name after the release of his third album, 1982's 1999. Over the years, his perfectly realized blend of rock, pop, funk and jazz has proved equally popular with audiences and critics. Throughout the '80s, Prince released hit records tha ... More >>

Coady Willis on playing parties with projectile vomiting and people jumping out of windows

Coady Willis and Jared Warren formed Big Business in the wake of break ups by the Whip and Dead Low Tide. Prior to that, the two had been in a number of noteworthy -- even legendary in some circles -- Pacific Northwest bands like Karp and the Murder City Devils, groups that essentially helped to def ... More >>

Five best concerts this week, September 10-14

Guitars, you say? Oh, we've got guitars, friend. Big ones, loud ones, twangy ones, whatever your flavor, and all being played by people pushing their amps into overdrive with passion. If you feel like indulging your inner rocker this week, let's just say you will have no problem finding places of wo ... More >>

Melvins Lite

Wednesday, September 12, Bluebird Theater, 1-866-468-7621.

Hank 3 on the self-contained anarchy of his shows, from a stabbing once to a heart attack

See also: Hank 3 at Boulder Theatre, 9/4/12 Hank 3 has one of the most unimpeachable country music pedigrees of anyone alive: His grandfather is the late Hank Williams Sr., one of the pioneers of both country and rock and roll, and his farther is Hank Williams Jr. To his credit, Hank 3 has never re ... More >>

Mumford and Sons, Brother Ali, Henry Rollins and Melvins Lite lead this week's shows

While things are slowing down a bit somewhat with summer concert announcements, the fall show season is beginning to shape up nicely with new shows from (updated) Mumford & Sons, a trio of dates with Brother Ali in October, as well as the Melvins Lite and Henry Rollins in September and an October da ... More >>

The Melvins counting on Denver to help them earn a spot in the Guinness World Records book

On Wednesday, September 12, you'll have a chance to become part of history and help the Melvins weasel their way into the Guinness World Records book, which they hope to do by playing shows in all fifty states plus one in the District of Columbia in just 51 days. One can only imagine what sparked th ... More >>

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Cognitive Dissonance
Infinite Seven

Top ten Twilight Zone references in pop culture

​The groundbreaking sci-fi series The Twilight Zone is still socially relevant, and it's also inspired much social satire since it first appeared on television sets in 1959. The homage and spoofs range from many Simpsons episodes to a Melvins song to the Theater Company of Lafayette's Return t ... More >>

Good Friday: Titwrench Fest, Cass McCombs, Cold Cave and more on tap this weekend

Jacob TeitelbaumMarried In Berdichev​Kicking off last night, Titwrench Fest 2011 is now in full-swing at the Mercury Cafe tonight with bands, dance performances and informational workshops running through the weekend. The four-day festival brings avant-garde, experimental and (mostly) female m ... More >>

Action Friend on For You the World, Toshi Kasai, Zorn and Spruance

Tom MurphyAction Friend.​For the past eight years, Action Friend (due Saturday, June 25th, at The Meadowlark Bar) has been evolving the kind of music played by what many would say are "a musician's band." Although all the players in the band are highly skilled, it's the inherent weirdness to i ... More >>

Tonight: Helmet at Summit Music Hall

​Just one of the many generations of heavy acts on the Metalliance Tour stopping in Denver tonight, Helmet perfectly represented the era from which it emerged. Formed in 1989, the band first found prominence in the mid-'90s when the "alternative" blanket covered every band from the Afghan Whig ... More >>

Second night of Warlock Pinchers reunion offers twice the mayhem, plus a marching band

Tom Murphy​ Warlock Pinchers Magic Cyclops • Hot White • Melvins Lite • Taun Taun • Itchy-O 08.07.10 | Gothic Theatre | Night Two Before taking stage, Magic Cyclops or someone was playing a bit of the music from the movie Fletch over the P.A., which was amusing on its own. After inf ... More >>

Melvins

Tuesday, June 29, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-8497.

Warlock Pinchers reunion confirmed for August. Listening party for Bomb the Franklin Mint tomorrow night at the Oriental.

​The rumors were true. We've received confirmation from K.C. K-Sum himself that the Warlock Pinchers are indeed planning to reunite this summer -- on Friday August 6 at the Gothic Theatre, if fact. And as reported back in March, Dale Crover of the Melvins is slated to pound the skins for the p ... More >>

Hearsay bits: Warlock Pinchers reunion, Lion's Lair seeks new talent buyer, Meese and Kill Paradise on AP's Top 100

​Ask and ye shall receive: We have it on good word that the Warlock Pinchers are planning a full scale reunion later this year, perhaps this summer, at one of the theaters around town. We've also heard that - are you ready for this?! - Dale Crover from the Melvins will reportedly be banging th ... More >>

Top ten reunions we'd rather not see

Better Than Ezra ​There have been a lot of bands in the history of the universe and most of them, at one point or another, have broken up. Surprisingly, we've found the majority of them have reformed despite themselves. Another surprise is the amount of bands still playing -- Better Than Ezra, Sev ... More >>

Action Friend

Action Friend
Pelvic Thrust

Live Review: Witchcraft, Dead Child, Kingdom of Magic at Marquis Theater

Live Review: The Melvins, Big Business and Secret Chiefs 3

Torche Proves Metal Doesn't Have to Be Generic

Drawing equally from the Melvins as it does from My Bloody Valentine, this Florida metal quartet sets itself apart.

Thrones

Saturday, May 31, 3 Kings Tavern, 303-777-7370.

Thrones

Torche

In Return
Robotic Empire

Big Business

Saturday, September 22, Gothic Theatre, 303-830-8497.

Weedeater

Thursday, July 12, 3 Kings Tavern, 303-777-7352.

Lesbian

Sound Bites

Letters to the Editor

From the week of September 28, 2006

The Melvins

Wednesday, September 20, Gothic Theatre, Englewood, 1-866-486-7621.

Overlooked in '05

Ten discs that are worthy of your money and your close attention.

The Melvins

Mangled Demos From 1983 (Ipecac)

Fantômas

Friday, April 22, Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 303-297-1772.

High Time

With new blood and primeval force, High on Fire has forged a metal masterpiece.

The Beatdown

Elevators, Frappuccinos, and things that go bump in the night.

Mastodon

Leviathan (Relapse Records)

Getting Your Goat

For the Melvins' Buzz Osborne, grunge means never having to say you're sorry.

Core of the Earth

Loadstone (Self-released)

Critic's Choice

Nightshark

Critic's Choice

Skeleton Key

Critic's Choice

High on Fire

More Local Color

Catching up with local releases, our music writers review local albums to the letter.

Critic's Choice

Jucifer

And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

Source Tags & Codes (Interscope)

Backwash

Three of Denver’s finest acts resurface, in three different forms.

Hit Pick

Jet Black Joy

CRITIC'S CHOICE

CRITIC'S CHOICE

THRILLS