There’s nothing remotely new about Girls, the brainchild of San Francisco-based songwriter Christopher Owens. But what the band brings is in short supply today: tender but not affected pop music with strong overtones of classic songcraft — Elvis Costello and Jarvis Cocker surely rank highly in Owens’s personal pantheon —…
Although golf is a big sport in Colorado, there are few opportunities to play in the dead of winter. Enter Swingers, an upscale sports lounge that just opened next to the Robusto Room at 9535 Park Meadows Drive in Lone Tree. The bar has state-of-the-art golf simulators that allow you…
Gotta give it up to brother Tres for turning us on to Broken Bells a few weeks ago. Finally got around to checking out the video for “The High Road,” one of the first songs to from Broken Bells, the name given to the collaboration between James Mercer (the Shins)…
Earlier this morning, The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Jay Reatard’s hometown newspaper, reported that the cause of his death last month has now been determined. As suspected and widely feared, Reteard’s life was evidently cut short by his hard-living lifestyle. Waiting For Something – a short documentary about Jay Reatard…
If M.C. Escher was into doing collage, we think he might come up with something a lot like this week’s flier of the week. The bizarre, impossible geometry and wash of colors of the main image is eye catching, as a good flier should be. But it’s the weird little…
Holy hell! As if any of us needed yet another workplace distraction. At least when we’re listening to the BS Report we can get some stuff done. This one here, though, killed at least a half hour for us just now. Ever wonder what the 3OH!3 guys would look like…
Speaking of festivals: Road trip, anybody? Who’s up for making the trek out to Bonnaroo this summer? We’ve always wanted to go but the date always conflicted with the Westword Music Showcase and even if it didn’t, there just didn’t seem to be a compelling enough reason to jump in…
Maybe it’s the post-Grammy slump, or perhaps it’s an entire nation enthralled with something called Lost, but we’ve wandered off into the internet to find something a little different today. That something is something called Devil’s Tuning Fork which made us smile from ear to ear and think of strange…
Steve Earle, Hayes Carll Tuesday, February 2 Boulder Theater Steve Earle is going to pretend he’s playing a Tom Waits cover, but we all know he’s doing the theme from The Wire. That out-of-his mind guy in the back with the shockingly loud voice tells him he was great in…
Happen to catch that Eminem/Lil Wayne/Drake performance at the Grammys on Sunday? Exactly! WTF was the point of broadcasting it? For a while, we thought our satellite signal was fubar until we realized it was just the CBS censors working overtime. Every time one of the guys uttered what we…
Watchdog group Protect Our Children, in a PETA-like bid for publicity, sent the below flyer to homes in Miami Gardens, near the site of this week’s Super Bowl. Hide your children in the attic, everyone: Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend will be at large in your city, possibly accompanied by his…
Got skills? Can you rock a mike? Then quit talking and start rocking, homie. Here’s a chance to, ahem, Put Yo Money Where Ya Mouth Is. Organized by Dent, a battle seasoned veteran in his own right, this like-named MC battle royal is open to all aspiring freestyle rappers. Up…
Unless you’ve been living in a cave on an island somewhere, you’ve probably gathered that Lost is starting its sixth and final season tonight. Haven’t been watching? No problem: you can get caught up on the series in eight minutes, fifteen seconds with this helpful video. And if you’re anything…
UPDATE: The “We Are the World” 25/2010 video premiered last night during the Olympics. Read our impressions, watch the clip, as well as a few behind the scenes interviews and get a complete list of performers here. [update: 02.13.10, 13:46 // original post: 02.02.10, 10:02:36] Our friends over at CNN…
On Sunday night we had the chance to watch the Colorado Avalanche get pummeled by the visiting New York Rangers. While we should have been paying more attention to the game, we couldn’t help our ears being caught in familiar sounds. The music selections — and there were many –…
Quite a few shows announced this week that will be going on sale this weekend: The Black Eyed Peas, who just added another trio of Grammys to the three they already have, bring their E.N.D. World Tour to the Pepsi Center on Saturday, March 27. Ludacris and LMFAO open the…
Note: After the story, see how you would have done at Geek Bowl IV. How’s your knowledge of the sex lives of giraffes? What about homosexual subtext in popular film? And can you name the two alternate types of Froot Loops cereal? That’s what it takes to win the Geek…
Heavens to mergatroit! This year’s edition of South By Southwest is shaping up to be epic. Just caught wind of the acts that are slated to perform at the Village Voice free day party at La Zona Rosa on Friday, March 19. Man. Oh. Man! In years past, we’ve had…
The Chain Gang of 1974, The Pirate Signal, Pictureplane Friday, January 29 Bluebird Theatre By the time midnight rolled around on Friday night, the Bluebird was dark. A few stragglers stood by the doors. The marquee had already been changed for Saturday night. What had happened here was one of…
UPDATE: Slayer and Megadeth have rescheduled the Denver date of their American Carnage tour. Look for both acts at Magness arena on August 25. Bad news if you had your heart set on being deafened by this wall of amps in a few weeks. The American Carnage tour, due at…
As you’re undoubtedly well aware of by now, renowned author and recluse J.D. Salinger died last week. Since Catcher in the Rye was published it has quickly become a favorite for high school English teachers and because of that, it’s also become a favorite for musicians to drop quick references…
Anvil, with Tauntaun and Havok Sunday, January 31, 2010 Gothic Theatre Havok opened the show with its classic thrash sound, in which you can hear a mix of influences: from Slayer’s sense of impending disaster to Overkill’s asymmetrical sonic violence to Megadeth’s speed-fueled aggression. David Sanchez’s vocal style recalls Tom…
