Warlock Pinchers

New Year's Eve: What the town's cultural tastemakers are doing tonight

This past year has been tough for many people, and we're eager to kiss 2012 goodbye. In hopes that 2013 will turn out to be much luckier for many, we invited some of the town's cultural tastemakers -- entrepreneurs and entertainers we're lucky to have in Denver -- to answer a trio of questions. We ... More >>

Ten most interesting interviews of 2012: Artists, feminist scientists, comedians and queens

One of my favorite parts of being a reporter is getting to talk to strangers (and sometimes, friends). Even outside of assignments, I find myself interviewing waitresses, vending-machine repairmen and random people who have clearly not chosen to be in line in front of me at the grocery. This year, I ... More >>

Melvins Lite at Bluebird Theater, 9/12/12

MELVINS LITE @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 9/12/12 Melvins Lite? There was nothing "lite" about this show. As soon as the stage lights dimmed and a loop of the coughing at the beginning of Black Sabbath's "Sweet Leaf" filled the air for what seemed like a comically extended period of time until Trevor Dunn ... More >>

Buzz Osborne of Melvins on how to him Beastie Boys were Warlock Pinchers for Dummies

Since 1983, Melvins have been perfecting their brand of influential rock, inspired in part by punk and in part by the music Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover grew up hearing as kids in the '60s and '70s. With Melvins, the two have taken that sound to different places with each record that their contempor ... More >>

Bill Picket's Invitational Rodeo

Guf Strife
Fool School Productions

Five noteworthy examples of how Kickstarter is helping make the local scene more vibrant

Amanda Palmer recently set the record for crowd-sourced fundraising among music-related projects -- a record once held by Five Iron Frenzy -- after the Kickstarter campaign to fund her new record raised $735,000 in about two weeks. The former Dresden Dolls frontwoman served up tickets, copies of the ... More >>

More than two decades after being banned from CU, Warlock Pinchers officially unbanned

See Also: • Warlock Pinchers return to CU more than two decades after being banned • The Warlock Pinchers are still playing devil's advocate • Warlock Pinchers: An extensive oral history straight from the jokers' mouth • (Review) Warlock Pinchers at Gothic, 8/6/10 • (Review) Warlock Pinche ... More >>

Warlock Pinchers return to CU more than two decades after being banned from campus

See Also: • The Warlock Pinchers are still playing devil's advocate • Warlock Pinchers: An extensive oral history straight from the jokers' mouth • (Review) Warlock Pinchers at Gothic, 8/6/10 • (Review) Warlock Pinchers at Gothic, 8/7/10 • Best of Denver 2011: Warlock Pinchers - Best Docum ... More >>

See Warlock Pinchers Live 2010 - Will There Be Blood? on the big screen on Saturday, October 8

Did you miss the Warlock Pinchers run of reunion shows back in 2010? Aw, there, there. It'll be okay. While we can't exactly spirit you away in the wayback machine to make this wrong right, here's the next best thing: The Pinchers have reserved the Denver Film Center on Colfax on Saturday, October 8 ... More >>

Top five 120 Minutes videos

After debuting on March 10, 1986, 120 Minutes became a showcase for non-mainstream music of various stripes until around the year 2000 when it first got shuffled to the side in favor of reality programming. But during its heyday, 120 Minutes introduced a generation and more to music by artists that ... More >>

Charlie Sheen show to be torpedoed by Denver cops?: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario

​ Is this thing still on? The only way to save the My Violent Torpedo of Truth show would be to showcase Charlie Sheen's message with the talent of local acts...

Sony's new Qriocity streaming service launched yesterday, is it enough to kill iTunes?

Sony's hoping to pique your qriocity (sorry) with it's new streaming music service this week, by offering a free thirty day trial, tons of different streaming options and a library of over six million songs from the four major record label and most everyone they distribute. We spent the day with t ... More >>

Bobby C Sound TV releases a gorgeous new track for your free downloading pleasure

​So far, 2011 is shaping up to be a banner year for Bobby C Sound TV: He closed out 2010 playing the final-ever Warlock Pinchers show; his upcoming full-length record, Future Past, is slated to drop on Beatport on Wednesday, February 16; he's got some new tracks releasing on Cold Busted compil ... More >>

Warlock Pinchers at Gothic, 12/31/10

Aaron Thackeray​ WARLOCK PINCHERS with Il Cattivo 12.31.10 | Gothic Theater Around 9 p.m., the safety videos started up and it looked and sounded like something straight out of Wonder Showzen. Puppets and people in a gorilla and a robot costume interacted as they would on a warped, faux kids ... More >>

Top 10 Denver New Year's Eve Concerts for 2010

​Arguably the best single night of the year for live music, New Year's Eve can be an overwhelming thing to plan for. To help you narrow down your options, we've picked the ten best shows this year, plus a few extras we couldn't ignore. Also, feel free to hype your own show in the comments sect ... More >>

The year in features: a handy link guide to all local interviews/profiles in Westword in 2010

Jim J NarcySnake Rattle Rattle Snake, profiled in June 2010​Whatever the measure of success -- whether its defined by artists making music on their own or having someone else doing their bidding -- a music scene is only as interesting as, well, the music being made there, of course, and the pe ... More >>

The year in reviews: a handy link guide to all local record reviews in Westword in 2010

​ Since we're in the process of compiling picks for our annual Moovers and Shakers issue next week, we thought we'd put together a link guide of everything we've reviewed this year thus far. Even though it shouldn't be at this point, it's always a bit staggering to reflect upon just how many ... More >>

Dressy Bessy teams up with King Scratchie, Christmas ensues

​While not all of us are particularly enthusiastic about Christmas music, that doesn't mean we can't recognize a good song when we hear one. This new Dressy Bessy single, "Hopped Up (on Xmas) Featuring King Scratchie" might be one of the few holiday songs worth a regular holiday rotation. It's ... More >>

Warlock Pinchers DVD due out next month

We first got a glimpse of the upcoming Warlock Pinchers film a few months ago. At the time we weren't entirely certain when it would arrive. Now we know. Just in time for the Warlock Pinchers New Year's Eve show at the Gothic Theatre, Eyeosaur Productions is slated to release the film, culled from ... More >>

Magic Cyclops is back from the dead. Again.

​From the mouth of Magic Cyclops himself, the entertainer is being brought back from the dead for two nights of Halloween-inspired flashback madness, complete with (we're assuming) his usual self-deprecating stage banter and possibility of bodily harm. Magic -- who last took to the stage in ... More >>

Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, Old 97's, Black Angels shows announced

​Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, who have released three live albums together, visit the 1STBANK Center on Thursday, December 9, to play stripped down version of Dave Matthews Band classics. Tickets ($85-$95) go on sale Saturday, October 16 at noon.

Interpol, Animal Collective, Eminem and the Heads top sellers this week

​While there weren't any clear winners across the board at local record stores for the week ending September 12, !!!'s Strange Weather Isn't It made it into the top ten at Albums on the Hill and at Wax Trax. Elsewhere, Interpol's self-titled album, released last week on Matador, took the top s ... More >>

This Warlock Pinchers teaser makes us wonder what happened to the Mr. Pacman Half Hour of Power

With the exception of the excellent Wesley Willis Joy Rides documentary, we haven't heard much from Eyeosaur lately, but the above teaser seems to suggest that something Warlock Pinchers related might be in the works. Either way, the video reminded us of something equally as interesting: The Mr. P ... More >>

Arcade Fire, Los Lobos top sellers at local stores

​Arcade Fire's latest effort, The Suburbs, continues to dominate the local charts, claiming the top spots at Albums on the Hill, Twist & Shout and Wax Trax for the week ending August 15. Los Lobos' Tin Can Trust, released August 3 on Shout! Factory, performed well, as did Wolf Parade's Expo 86 ... More >>

Arcade Fire, the Books top sellers at local stores

​The Arcade Fire's The Suburbs, released last week on Merge, claimed the top spots at Albums on the Hill and Twist & Shout while checking in at number five at Independent Records. The Books' latest effort, The Way Out, meanwhile, and the Black Crowes' Croweology, a double album of the band's ... More >>

First night of Warlock Pinchers reunion ends in diapers and a minor flesh wound

Tom Murphy​ WARLOCK PINCHERS Cap'n Fresh and the Stay Fresh Seals • Murder Ranks • Dressy Bessy 08.06.10 | Gothic Theatre | Night One Because some of its shows are so absurd, it's hard to tell if Cap'n Fresh and the Stay Fresh Seals is some kind of a comedy act or not. You can't help but ... 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 >>

Warlock Pinchers: An extensive oral history straight from the jokers' mouth

​Few bands in the annals of underground music in Denver have garnered as much notoriety as Warlock Pinchers. Beginning in 1987, the Pinchers made a name for themselves early on as a charmingly obnoxious outfit of musical pranksters whose legacy of creative mischief is as memorable as its shows ... More >>

More than twenty years in, the Warlock Pinchers are still playing devil's advocate to the Denver music scene

Elfin twins entice you to attend Warlock Pinchers reunion

Click to enlarge​If we weren't already completely stoked for this weekend's Warlock Pinchers reunion (and admittedly, we are), this week's flier would entice us to check it out. The mirrored symmetry and the long, elfin faces of the ladies central to the image are intriguing. The flowers (an ... More >>

Best Coast, Big Boi top sellers at local stores

​While there weren't any unanimous winners across the board, Best Coast's debut, Crazy For You, released last week on Mexican Summer, took the top spot at Wax Trax and the tenth spot at Albums on the Hill for the week ending August 1. Big Boi's Sir Lucious Left Foot...The Son Of Chico Dusty, ... More >>

Big Head Todd & the Monsters, the Books top sellers at local stores

​Big Head Todd & the Monsters' ninth studio album, Rocksteady, released last week, took top spots at Albums on the Hill and Twist & Shout, while the Books' latest effort, The Way Out, also issued last week on the Temporary Residence Limited imprint, debuted in top four slots at the two stores, ... More >>

K.C. Kasum on Justin Bieber and the Pinchers reunion shows next weekend

Wind up the hype machine and cue hyperventilation: Unless you just flew in from a remote village on the outskirts of Machu Pichu, you're well aware that the Warlock Pinchers -- a few members of which played a teaser set this past weekend at the UMS as Murder Pinchers -- are gearing up to play thei ... More >>

UMS Night Three Travelogue: Air Dubai at Import Warehouse, Machine Gun Blues at 3 Kings and more

UMS Travelogue, Night Thee 7.24.10 | Baker District/South Broadway There's been no shortage of buzz surrounding Air Dubai: Though it has yet to hit the national stage, round these parts we've already as good as coronated the band successor to Flobots. Though the acoustics were terrible in the Im ... More >>

Warlock Pinchers, Big Head Todd and Dan Craig spun on radio last week. See who else got spins.

​Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows including, Radio 1190's Local Shakedown*, KTCL's Locals Only*, KBCO's Local Edition, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broa ... More >>

Black Keys, Widespread Panic top sellers at local stores

​The Black Keys' latest effort, Brothers, performed strong for the second week in a row and claimed the top spots at Albums on the Hill and Independent Records, while checking in at number two at Twist & Shout. Widespread Panic's Dirty Side Down, released last week on ATO, Hank Williams III's ... More >>

Warlock Pinchers

Bomb the Franklin Mint
Self-released

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 >>

Ten band inspired costume ideas

​Halloween, the time when adults decide to don their favorite witty getups, whether it be the intellectual "Freudian slip" or the pop culture driven "Christian Bale Yelling." We're sure some of you are short on ideas, so we've compiled a list of band inspired costumes to wear to your favorite part ... More >>

The Denver Boot: Murder Ranks at 3 Kings Tavern - 09/06/09

​A few weeks ago, we offered up a list of our dream reunions. You responded by offering up dream lists of your own. And as we've been out an about and the subject has been broached over beers, one local name keeps coming up -- the Warlock Pinchers, a now mythical act whose latent irreverence was m ... More >>

Over the weekend: Endotrend Festival

Yerkish​Maybe it was the last minute switch of venues from the Auraria Campus to the 3 Kings Tavern and Oriental Theater, but it was pretty slim turn-out for Saturday night's section of the festival at 3 Kings. Although not many folks came out that night, there was still a lot of solid local talen ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Warlock Pinchers (almost) reunion at 3 Kings Tavern

Murder in mind: Andrew Novick and Dan Wanush kill it on a few Warlock Pinchers tunes​Get Your Going, Murder Ranks and Caroliner Rainbow Sunday, September 6, 2009 3 Kings Tavern Better Than: Anyone but the performers could have hoped for. With Get Your Going you never really know what you're in fo ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, September 8 edition

Photo by Aaron ThackerayBlink-182's Tom DeLonge.​Blink and you'll miss it. Today in Backbeat Online: • Over the Weekend: Blink-182 at Fiddler's Green. • Over the Weekend: Fell at Larimer Lounge. • Over the Weekend: Ween at Red Rocks. • Over the Weekend: Warlock Pinchers (almost) reuni ... More >>

Dialed In: This week's local music radio playlists

​​Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190's long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only*, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all o ... More >>

Dialed in: This week's local music radio playlists

Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190's long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only (except for this week: Due to unforeseen technical difficulties, Alf ended up ... More >>

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