As far as startling revelations go, news that MTV has dropped “Music Television” from its brand ranks right up there with the shocking results of Michael Jackson’s recent autopsy, which revealed that the King of Pop was indeed rather gaunt at the time of his death. Anyone who’s caught even…
OMFG! If you’re wondering what the coolest thing we’ve seen all day is — well, ahem, aside from ourselves in the mirror this morning (har-de-har!) — it’s this: Vintage clips of Prince rehearsing crica1984. Not sure how these clips (which, be forewarned, resemble surveillance video) were procured or why/how they…
“crazy fast difficult hardest custom song ever on drums cephalic carnage death metal guitar hero rock band fun double bass.” Those are the tags listed on YouTube in association with the custom drum chart for this Cephalic Carnage song, “Divination & Volition.” But those same words could just as well…
Aside from Red Rocks, there’s only a handful of stages that merit inclusion on any performer’s bucket list. We’re talking about places that are so revered they’re considered hallowed ground, the type of places in which artists dream of performing at for their entire lives. CBGB’s before it became a…
File under: Required reading from the Denver music blogosphere. The hifalutin scribblers at the Donnybrook Writing Academy introduced a brand new column today that we can only assume will also become required reading: Backlog is the handle Rbt. B. Rutherford, he of Everything Absent or Distorted (a love story) fame,…
Our Denver Rock Atlas feature is precisely what it sounds like, a compendium of storied Denver venues, past and present, in which we pick a place and share our favorite memories of the joint. After you read our memories, please feel free to share some of your own. The summer…
In addition to a number of shows announced this week, Live Nation is offering the 2010 Country Megaticket, which includes four shows at the Comfort Dental Amphitheatre including, the Country Throwdown featuring Montgomery Gentry, Little Big Town and more on Sunday, June 13, Tim McGraw with Lady Antebellum and Love…
Happy Presidents’ Day! We hope you’re one of the lucky few who actually get the day off (looking at you, bank workers, mail deliverers and other governmental types), and we hope you spend the day in deep contemplation of our nation’s great leaders (that is the point of Presidents’ Day…
Scott Borchetta. Name ring a bell? Not really? How about this: Remember the record exec who came to Taylor Swift’s defense a few weeks ago when the whole world was up in arms over her supposed catastrophically pitch-friendly performance at the Grammys? That guy? Yeah, that’s Scott Borchetta. He’s the…
Over the weekend during All-Star Weekend festivities in Dallas, MTV approached Jay-Z at the Two Kings party he hosted with LeBron James, and asked him about We Are the World 25. Looking dapper as always, the rapper explained as plainly and as respectfully as he could that he simply considers…
St. Vincent, with Wildbirds & Peacedrums Saturday, February 13, 2010 Bluebird Theater Wildbirds & Peacedrums opened the show. A two-piece from Sweeden made up of Mariam Wallentin and Andreas Werliin, the act has crafted a sound built upon creative use of various percussion instruments — Werliin played a full drum…
The Aztlan hosted the second annual One Night Stand, a rave-y type get together. If you have a daughter and are unsure of her whereabouts on Saturday, you might want to skip the slideshow by Aaron Thackeray…
Rockbar celebrated the birthday of DJ Rockstar Aaron (above, right) on Saturday. See photos by the even rockstarrier Aaron Thackeray on the slideshow page…
On a related “We Are the World” note: We just came across this video of an acoustic version of the song that Tyler Ward recorded, comprised of a batch of fiercely talented mostly local artists (two of the folks are from Texas and another is from Oregon) that he’s worked…
All right, so we were admittedly skeptical of how this whole “We Are the World” remake was going to turn out with the seemingly random cast of characters organizers assembled. When we first glimpsed the initial list of those present the night of the recording, there were some head scratchers…
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…
It’s been a long winter for bike lovers (unless of course you’re one of those badasses who manages not to eat shit on the perpetually slick streets). Denver Cruisers is back in action (if only for an evening) and spreading the bike love with their I (Heart) Cruisers Valentine’s Day…
You know that thing Abraham Lincoln once said (it was Abe, right?) about it being better to let people think you’re an idiot than to open up your mouth and remove all doubt? Words to live by. To that end, we’ve kind of always had a sneaking suspicion that you…
Westword celebrated art, music and booze at a pre-party for next week’s Artopia. See photos by Aaron Thackeray on the slideshow page…
If you’re anywhere near the idiot box tonight, be sure to set your dial to MTV around 8 p.m. — and if you’re not, then at least set your DVR. This is big. In a week when some other homegrown hopefuls are showcasing their wares on American Idol, select members…
Ever wonder who comes up with the concepts and design elements for different albums? Like the shattered light bulb and neon Fray sign that adorns How to Save a Life and its self-titled follow-up, for instance? What’s more, ever wish you could get a peek at the concepts as they’re…
Girls, Magic Kids, Smith Westerns Wednesday, February 10 Bluebird Theater Christopher Owens has guided Girls through any number of seeming contradictions during their set at the Bluebird. Such as: taking the Beach Boys “Little Honda,” borrowing a guitar line here and a bass line there and re-appropriating them over a…
