Within a week of one another, two well known forty-something rappers endured harrowing artery related episodes. Sadly, the first one claimed the life of Chilly B (aka Robert Crafton III), 47, of Newcleus, an outfit who provided the soundtrack for many an carboard toting b-boys during the mid-’80s with “Jam…
Lil’ Wayne laughs at your puny legal system. It has now been two years since he was caught with a loaded semi-automatic gun in his tour bus. He plead guilty in October, and today, for the second time in two months, his sentencing was delayed. Last time, he needed dental…
It was a hell of a week for show announcements, including rock legends, reunion tours and bit of everything in between. One of the most anticipated tours of the year is Pavement, who played its first show in a decade in New Zealand yesterday (photo of the setlist of that…
We were really trying to come up with some great puns for this one, but they all just seemed to easy. Either way, we happened upon this rather odd Australian invention called the Record Revirginizer and couldn’t help but share it. As you can see by watching the video behind…
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…
After Thirty-two bands faced off over the last three months, the Epilogues took the top prize from Yerkish, Forth Yeer and Goldie & the Bears during the finals of Westword’s Best of the West competition Friday at Herman’s Hideaway. At the end of the night, the Epilogues were handed a…
The preliminary lineup for Boulder’s third annual electronic music fest Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts — which takes place over four days from April 15-18 this year and continues its tradition of bringing in top-notch talent from the electronic music underground — has been announced. The stated mission this year…
Relive February with some of the best of Aaron Thackeray’s nightlife photography at westword.com/slideshow…
The Swayback • Dust on the Breakers • Sympathy F • Le Divorce 02.26.10 | Bluebird Theater I missed Le Divorce’s opening set, unfortunately, but was able to catch a set from the classic line-up of Sympathy F. Despite not having playing live very often in the more than ten…
There have been rumors swirling since the end of the year that Meese and Atlantic Records had parted company. On Friday night, we ran into both Patrick and Nathan Meese at their Dust on the Breakers show at the Bluebird, and the two confirmed that Meese is indeed a free…
Sun Red • Old Radio • Paean • Night of Joy | 02.26.10 | Meadowlark Night of Joy got the opening slot, which is weird because the poster has their thing on it. Their thing is black eyeliner painted into drips and coming down from the eyes of bassist Bree…
The Swayback boys stopped by earlier this week with a freshly minted copy of their new “Die Finks” 7-inch. Man, does it sound swell. It should. The legendary Andy Johns recorded the doggone thing. “I’ve always wanted to press vinyl for the Swayback,” Eric Halborg told us. “And with the…
Over the past few months, the former Snake Pit location at 608 East 13th Avenue has been getting an overhaul to make way for Beauty Bar, which will be one of ten Beauty Bars around the country. While owner Noah Ray McMahan was originally thinking it might open by January…
We would hate for you to miss out on all the awesome that happens every weekend in our fair city, so we’ve decided to run down five of the best shows in one easy-to-swallow post, with video and audio. Tell us — and the rest of the world — what…
Matt Morris | 02.25.10 | Bluebird Theater In a recent conversation Matt Morris and I had about his album, he sternly — well, as sternly as possible; the guy’s an absolute sweetheart — deflected an assertion that his album lacked a certain continuity. On record, Morris deftly tries on a…
We dispatched Aaron Thackeray, our trusted nightlife photographer, to the Gothic on Thursday for the Alkaline Trio show, and to the Church for a Red Bull-sponsored DJ contest. He came back with photos of strippers on stripper poles. Typical. Thankfully, he also shot what we asked, and the sweat-stained fruits…
Promoter and label owner Dave Vendetta says Denver has one of the biggest goth/industrial scenes in the country, but he’s had a hard time finding venues to book shows, especially since Rock Island closed. And then he found the Roxy (2549 Welton Street), which is open to him bringing in…
Psst. So are you excited about Showcase yet? We are. In fact, we’re giddier than a bunch of fat kids turned loose in the Twinkie factory after hours. Seriously, we can hardly stand it. Ghostland Observatory! Superchunk! Dirty Projectors! Neon Indian! Single File! Oh My Stars! Oh and over eighty…
Yesterday, we wrote about the on-going makeover of the cruel mistress that is copyright and intellectual property law (see above) and encouraged readers to let their voices be heard by another leading lady, Victoria Espinel, the first copyright czar. Today, we, or rather Denver Open Media, is offering you a…
DJ Dragon is releasing Homegrown, a limited-edition, free mix CD Thursday, March 4 at Beta to show off the best the Colorado dance scene has to offer. “Over the last few months I’ve noticed how much great music was coming out of Colorado and thought that it would be cool…
Yesterday, somebody downloaded a song from iTunes. Yeah, we know, happens every day, right? What’s new? Happening right now, in fact, as we type this. Sure. But this song was different. It was more significant than any other download in history, except perhaps one other. And this one was worth…
All right, so now this is just getting aggravating. Earlier this morning, we received word that Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Thom Yorke had confirmed dates for their respective North American tours. No Denver date listed for either. That news had us bristling a bit. But now, we just…
