Reader: “Black & Red should definitely make the top 5”

It takes more than merely having a great selection, being in a prime location, offering reasonable prices and having an informed and friendly staff to be considered as one of the best places to buy records. According to @DenverUltigirl, our commenter of the day, the staff must be extra friendly…

Hint: This ain’t no disco!

See Also: Guess where I’m peeing archive Hey there! Welcome back to our completely irregular and totally random feature, Guess Where I’m Peeing. If you can guess the location correctly, you win, well, nothing — but at least you’ll have the satisfaction of being right at least once today…

Reader: “Hippies are so hip, it hurts”

See Also: – Boulder’s five biggest hipster bars – Denver’s biggest hipster bars – Five best midsize venues in LoDo and Ballpark – Denver’s ten best karaoke bars – Denver’s ten best dance clubs – Denver’s ten best jukeboxes – Five best places to buy vinyl As the old saying…

Denver/Boulder’s five best places to buy records

See Also: – Ten records we treasure. – Record Store Day 2012 – Phish’s Junta is fetching double its Record Store Day price on eBay – Denver’s ten biggest hipster bars – Boulder’s five biggest hipster bars – Denver’s ten best dance clubs For many music fans, the last time…

The copyright standoff: Technology pits bad rules vs. no rules

On the morning of Jan. 18, Alexis Ohanian sat down, bleary-eyed, in front of his computer and, as he often did, opened Wikipedia. But this time something was wrong. The site refused to load. “Oh, right,” he said to himself. “Today’s the blackout day.” Ohanian was instrumental in organizing that…

Win tickets to see Aaron Neville this Saturday

Contest is over. Congrats Jen Govan. You and a guest will be our guests at the show this weekend. Drop us a line for details on how to claim your tickets. Looking for something memorable to do this weekend with your sweetie? Oh, boy, have we got just what the…

Boulder’s five biggest hipster bars

See Also: – Denver’s biggest hipster bars – Five best midsize venues in LoDo and Ballpark – Denver’s ten best karaoke bars – Denver’s ten best dance clubs – Denver’s ten best jukeboxes – Five best places to buy vinyl Yesterday, we gave you a list of Denver’s biggest hipster…

Grizzly Rock grand opening this Saturday

See Also: Grizzly Rock opening in former After the Gold Rush/Club Arriba spot Voice Places: The Grizzly Rose Voice Places: The Grizzly Rock When Grizzly Rose owner Scott Durland took over the former After the Gold Rush space last year, he was originally hoping to open Grizzly Rock in its…

Photos: Women that rock at Mayhem Festival

See Also: – Slideshow: Women that Rock at Mayhem Festival 2012 – Anthrax and Slayer at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre, Mayhem Festival, 7/8/12 – The best crowd surfing photos from Sunday’s Mayhem Festival – Q&A with Charlie Benante of Anthrax These women prove (once again) that heavy metal shows and festivals…

Rapper Myke Charles has talent and charisma to spare

People know my face and name from Sing Off, and it still makes me blush so hard,” says Myke Charles with a bashful laugh, his face reddening. “It’s not easy when people come up to me and talk to me about the show, because in person, I am actually kind…

The Babysitters keep watch at the Walnut Room on Saturday, July 14

If you never saw Greg Hill’s previous band, Six Months to Live, that wouldn’t be surprising — because not nearly enough people did. Hill is a gifted songwriter with a genius for power pop; he’s also a character, something that’s in short supply in Denver (think a cross between Don…

Liars

Out of all the bands that emerged on the New York scene of the late ’90s and early 2000s, few pushed the envelope as far as Liars. With its 2001 debut album, They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top, Liars made some of the…