The Velvet Underground

The ten best concerts to see in Denver this week

TURBONEGRO @ OGDEN THEATRE | MON, 5/20/13 In 1989, when Norwegian band Turbonegro got together, it was clearly fueled by a love of Alice Cooper and acts like Hanoi Rocks and the Stooges. You can hear the influence in songs like "Sell Your Body (To the Night)," which features an obvious guitar-riff n ... More >>

Spiritualized

Thursday, April 4, Bluebird Theater, 888-929-7849.

The ten best concerts of the week

BOB SEGER @ PEPSI CENTER | TUES, 4/2/13 While Bob Seger might be immortalized by his long-running Chevy ads that featuring "Like a Rock" and the scene in Risky Business where Tom Cruise sings along to "Old Time Rock and Roll," there's a lot more to the guy than that. He's carved out a spot in the ro ... More >>

Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon turns forty

More than being one of the best selling albums of all time, more than having the most recognizable album cover the world over, Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon was a cross-cultural, trans-generational album that connected with audiences on issues of death, greed, life-purpose and the horrors and t ... More >>

The ten best concerts this weekend: Dec. 28-30

As we gear up for the New Year's Eve weekend, it's looking like an epic line-up for shows, including Yonder Mountain String Band's four-night stand at the Boulder Theater, String Cheese Incident's three-night run at the 1STBANK Center, the Lumineers' two-nighter at the Odgen Theatre, the Black Angel ... More >>

Crocodiles at the Bluebird, 10/11/12

CROCODILES @ BLUEBIRD THEATRE | 10/11/12 The Crocodiles' performance at the Bluebird last night was a how-to guide for aspiring garage rockers everywhere from here to Siam. This was obvious partway through their infectious, deliciously saccharine "Endless Flowers," as frontman Brandon Welchez clapp ... More >>

Lester Bangs died thirty years ago today

See Also: • Studio 54 opened 35 years ago today • Randy Rhoads: Thirty years ago, a tragic accident took the life of a legendary guitarist • Sex Pistols sign with A&M outside Buckingham Palace 35 years ago • Today in History archives Lester Bangs mother was a Jehovah's Witness and his Fathe ... More >>

Review: The Dirty Femmes at hi-dive, 4/7/12

THE DIRTY FEMMES @ HI-DIVE Like any relationship, a live band needs to first find common ground with its audience, and then and work from there. This is made extremely easy when you're whole set is duplicating material the audience is already familiar with. The crowd will burst with enthusiasm beca ... More >>

Flashbacks

Over the weekend: Flashing on the Sixties with Lisa Law

The Kool-Aid was Kool-Aid, the brownies were brownies and people were packed into the room like sardines. But the vibe still flew free Friday night at the Byers-Evans House Gallery, for the opening of Lisa Law: Flashing on the Sixties, a meaty show of images both iconic and fascinating from a social ... More >>

Four transvestites that sucked

​Candy Darling was probably the sexiest transvestite that ever lived, but s/he wasn't just sexy -- she was also talented. A star of stage and screen, she worked with luminaries from Andy Warhol to Tennessee Williams and was, during the course of her short life, such a fixture on the New York s ... More >>

Reading Rainbow

Monday, April 11, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

RIP: Trish Keenan of Broadcast, dead at 42

​Trish Keenan, singer for British band Broadcast, died from complications of pneumonia this morning. She was 42. Forming in 1995, the group produced a handful of singles and full-lengths over the years, but had remained fairly dormant until Keenan and bandmate James Cargill brought Broadcast o ... More >>

PS I Love You at hi-dive, 10/17/10

Tom MurphyVan Louvin​ PS I LOVE YOU With Van Louvin and Paean 10.17.10 | hi-dive Van Louvin opened this show. Those who have been around the Denver scene long enough would recognize its members from some of best indie pop bands of the past decade, namely Kent Phillips and Al Rich from Thank ... More >>

Safe Boating Is No Accident, Friday, September 3, at the hi-dive

Mile Highlights: Five must-see acts at Mile High Music Festival

The Babysitters rise from the ashes of Six Months to Live

Photo by Kelly Kievit​Are you already lamenting the loss of beloved weirdo pop outfit Six Months to Live? Well, do we have good news for you! In just a few weeks, you'll be able to enjoy some of the same zesty pop/rock flavor with former Six Months to Live frontman's new act, the Babysitters.

Spoon brings Transference to life, avoids playing it safe at the Ogden

​ Spoon • Deerhunter • Michachu and the Shapes 04.6.10 | Ogden Theatre There are so many people crammed into the Ogden that it's difficult to see the stage. The guy in front of me is rubbing against me so often I'm wondering if his girlfriend is going to get jealous. If the place is stil ... More >>

Top Ten Indie Rock Songs of the Decade

The chills-inducing men of Midlake​To some, indie rock is an aesthetic, something between Sonic Youth and Pavement that's played by people with in mop-tops and ringer t-shirts with cans of Pabst atop their amplifiers. Others, meanwhile, might define indie rock literally as music recorded and p ... More >>

Beckstra! Beckstra! Have you heard about Beck's record club?

​All right, have y'all heard about this one yet? Beck's record club? Just stumbled upon this one ourselves. Evidently, El Guero Loco and his cronies -- an ever shifting lineup which includes Nigel Godrich, Devendra Banhart, Ben Goldwasser and Andrew Van Wyngarden from MGMT, Andrew Stockdale from W ... More >>

Monolith Q&A: Cymbals Eat Guitars

​According to Cymbals Eat Guitars 20-year-old frontman Joseph D'Agostino, Lou Reed didn't want a lot of cymbals on the first three Velvet Underground albums because "cymbals eat guitars," which explains the copious amounts of floor toms on those early discs. While that might have inspired the band ... More >>

The Killers and M83 at Magness Arena

The Killers and M83Saturday, January 17, 2009Magness ArenaBetter Than: Not seeing them at all, even though the Magness sucks.Have you seen Denver University's Magness Arena? It's a cement tomb. The pharaohs would love this place. Hell, spent nuclear fuel would find a good home here. I'd rather liste ... More >>

The Black Angels are psyched about the 13th Floor Elevators

Doo Crowder Makes Pee

Catching up with Denver’s most curiously named band.

Beyond Playlist: Sigur Rós and More

Torche

In Return
Robotic Empire

Transistor Radio Sound

Squares
Still Soft

The Ohsees

Wednesday, May 30, Rhinoceropolis, 303-641-9809.

Owen

Tuesday, November 14, Gothic Theatre, Englewood, 1-866-468-7621.

Vietnam

Vietnam (Kemado)

Minmae

Sunday, April 23, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Critic's Choice

Jett Black

Oasis

Don't Believe the Truth (Epic)

M. Ward

Monday, April 25, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-0959.

Better Late

It's time for the Industry New Year's Eve

The biggest party of them all!

The Beatdown

Scenes from SXSW

Pedal Steel Transmission

The Angel of the Squared Circle (Cardboard Sangria)

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Critic's Choice

Elf Power

Jonathan Richman

Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eye Shadow (Vapor)

Under Ogre

Shrek offers an amusing, if empty, fractured fairy tale.

Join the Club

Any Dick or Harry can get funky with the Tom Tom Club's first recording in eight years.

Feedback

Happy Lou

In concert, Lou Reed takes a walk on the mild side.

VELVETY GOODNESS

FROM SOUP TO NUTS WITH COURTNEY TAYLOR AND THE DANDY WARHOLS.

ROGER WILCO

THANKS TO JEFF TWEEDY AND WILCO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE EMBARRASSED TO LIKE COUNTRY ROCK ANYMORE.

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

FORMER VELVET UNDERGROUNDER JOHN CALE IS STILL DOING WHATEVER HE DAMN WELL PLEASES.

IF YOU WERE A RICHMAN...

...YOU'D BE THE CRANKIEST GENIUS IN ROCK AND ROLL.

THRILLS