On the cover of her latest album, Neko Case wields a sword in her right hand while looking straight ahead and crouching down on the hood of a late-’60s Cougar. In a way, the image sort of evokes Zoe Belle hanging on the hood of that Challenger in Death Proof,…
cEvin Key is one of the founding members of Skinny Puppy. By mixing the aesthetics of power electronics, noise and early industrial music with politically conscious lyrics, Skinny Puppy has had a strong, enduring influence on anyone trying to make music outside the mainstream context of basic rock arrangements (guitars,…
Thoughts and prayers go out to our Northern Colorado brethren who lost one of their own this past week. David Andrew Ramirez (aka “Mexi”) suffered a heart attack last Wednesday, February 24, and passed away. Tragically, he was just 28-years-old. A Fort Collins memorial service will be held at 1…
The Bottesini Project is based on free improvisations, which means each of the group’s shows offer entirely different experiences. The results are often as diverse as the musicians leader Paul Riola recruits for concerts and albums. His group of constantly revolving players has included nationally known musicians like Wilco guitarist…
This week’s flier is all about the design and a brilliant design it is. Without a kitschy image of Gamera, a nostalgic pic of a TV dinner or some mind-bending, trippy-ass collage work to grab attention, it’s all about the subtle interaction of simple design elements here. The resulting flier…
Got your tickets for Showcase yet? Talk about the steal of the century! Ghostland Observatory, Superchunk, Dirty Projectors, Neon Indian, Single File and Oh My Stars? Holy crap! Oh and let’s not forget the more than eighty of the city’s best and brightest that will be on hand — and…
Three years ago, DJs Low Key and Sounds Supreme started the Solution as a way to create the kind of party they’d want to go to. And while the weekly, underground hip-hop parties have gotten bigger and better over the years, Low Key says, it’s the still the same party…
Nathaniel Rateliff is just returning from London after having played a pair of very well received performances last week, including one sitting in with Liam Gerner, an Aussie singer-songwriter, at the Half Moon in Putney that attracted that dude from Twilight — whose sister was also on the bill, evidently…
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…
