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Love him or hate him, I think we can all agree that Michael Jackson was an icon. Although in recent years, his vast musical accomplishments have been overshadowed by the tabloid headlines, he’s still the best-selling artist of all time, a rare performer whose appeal spanned generations and transcended gender…

Sonic Youth guitarists Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo have a strong affinity for their Fender Jazzmasters. which they say have defined the Sonic Youth sound for more than two decades. According to Fender’s press release, the guitarists have always modified their Jazzmasters by removing any extraneous controls and just leaving…

Update: Last week’s scuttlebutt turned out to be true. 3OH!3 indeed officially has the number one song on the radio in the country right now, and unsurprisingly, “Don’t Trust Me” has reportedly gone double platinum.Yeah, and it don’t stop, and it don’t quit. Speaking, of course, of the redamndiculous exposure…

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from SP Double, especially since the dissolution of his Boostwell crew. But from the ashes, he’s dusted himself off and is gearing up to drop a collection of projects over the next six months. His new album, Loyalty, Honor, Respect, is due out…

A year ago today, Johnny Schou died tragically at the young age of 22. Hard to believe that it’s already been a year since the talented Tickle Me Pink bassist passed away. Schou, as you might remember, in a cruel twist of fate, died the morning that his band released…

After a surprising and impressive performance at the Red Bull Big Tune beat competition last month (check out the battle with T-Mos here), DJ Vajra has even more things up his sleeve this summer. The superstar DJ announced that he and Othello (of Lightheaded and the Hip-Hop IS Music label)…

The Next Denver Band To Make It, Meese, anointed by Atlantic Records way back in October of 2007, yesterday delivered their debut LP Broadcast. They celebrated by playing a free show for maybe a couple hundred of their closest friends at Twist & Shout. The brothers Meese and Co. played…

Headline says it all — as does the eye-catching flier to your left. If you came out to the Westword Music Showcase over the past few years, you already have an idea of what to expect tonight at Bar Standard when Home, Death Hickey Blues, Aloft in the Sundry and…

If you weren’t lucky enough to catch CacheFlowe’s performance of his awesome, dubsteppy cover of Kraftwerk’s “Computer World,” today’s your lucky day because he has released a video of the performance, and we’ve got it for you. Actually, even if you did catch it, you’re still lucky, because along with…

In all the wall-to-wall coverage and rampant speculation in the wake of Michael Jackson’s passing — over the cause of his death, his sexuality, the true paternity of his kids — we couldn’t help but notice that there’s one aspect of Jackson’s persona that been completely overlooked, an eternal burning…

Yesterday, Mile High Music Festival officials released schedule for this year’s two-day concert event on the grounds of Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. From the looks of it, there’s been some substantial changes from last year, the most notable being the addition of another main stage on the east side of…

Another Colorado hip-hop artist has charted on CMJ’s hip-hop chart. Massive props go out to Kid Hum, who checks in this week at number eighteen, just one spot being J Dilla, with his latest effort Offshore Drilling. Certainly a good look for the Kid, who now shares the distinction of…