R.I.P. Earl Scruggs, 6/26/24 – 3/28/12

Redefining an instrument and creating a new genre are rare musical feats, creative accomplishments that come once in a generation, at best. The death of Earl Eugene Scruggs on Wednesday at the age of 88 marked the passing of such an innovator, an American artist who built a brand new…

Mishawaka Amphitheatre announces summer concert series

While Red Rocks and Comfort Dental Amphitheatre are both great spots for outdoor concerts during the summer, the Mishawaka Amphitheatre, which is about ten miles northwest of Ft. Collins in Poudre Canyon, also offers a great environment for seeing shows outside. While there’s still more shows to come, the Mish…

Yay! A special web-only edition of 4 Questions

In this week’s print edition, you’ll notice the conspicuous absence of 4 Questions, the always entertaining and brilliantly illustrated comic strip from Backbeat’s resident genius (no, seriously, we hear he’s a card-carrying member of Mensa — or maybe he knows somebody who is, we can never remember) Noah Van Sciver…

Behold the majesty of the Marshall Fridge

Brace yourself: This is probably the coolest thing in the world we’ve seen, hands down, since the invention of the Smokey Amp. If you haven’t seen it yet, this is the Marshall Fridge, and it’s precisely what it sounds like, a refrigerator fashioned to resemble a Marshall stack, complete with…

Audio: Michael Gira tells chatty audience members to get off his lawn

Michael Gira’s show on Saturday night at the Oriental Theater with Wovenhand included a few chatterboxes with whom the 58-year-old Swans mastermind just couldn’t abide. Page down to hear Gira tell the more vocal members of the crowd to “Go read Pitchfork,” after demanding that they kindly “Shut the motherfucking…

Crosby, Stills and Nash at Red Rocks on 8/21

Crosby, Stills and Nash returns to Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Tuesday, August 21. After wrapping up dates down under and in South America, the classic rock trio will be returning to Red Rocks this summer as part of its upcoming nationwide tour, which kicks off on June 7 in Philadelphia…

Aerosmith, Cheap Trick at Pepsi Center on 8/1

After touring South America and Japan, Aerosmith brings its Global Warming Tour to the States, starting in Minneapolis in June and stopping at the Pepsi Center on Wednesday, August 1, with Cheap Trick opening the show. While tickets go on sale on to the public on Friday, March 31, pre-sale…

Photos: Dudes who love Deicide

Florida, long known as ground-zero for death metal and all that comes with it, is home to Tampa-based Deicide, who stopped by the Bluebird Theater over the weekend with Lecherous Nocturne and Jungle Rot. Brandon Marshall, our resident metal-head was at the show and snapped some shots of the band’s…

Review: Wovenhand and Michael Gira at the Oriental Theater, 3/24/12

WOVENHAND @ ORIENTAL THEATER | 3/24/12 One song into Saturday night’s set at the Oriental Theater and Michael Gira told the crowd, “Okay, shut up. Shut the fuck up. Time to shut up.” He’d opened with brooding and droning “Jim” from Swans’ latest effort, 2010’s My Father Will Guide Me…

UMX band auditions at Bender’s Tavern

For roughly eight hours yesterday, Bender’s Tavern hosted day one of the UMX, round after round of speed-dating-style auditions for the upcoming 41st Annual Capitol Hill People’s Fair. Having only two songs or ten minutes to prove themselves, scores of acts busted out their A-material, performing for a room full…