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…
Here what the area’s local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We’re currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows including, Radio 1190’s Local Shakedown, KTCL’s Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show, KBCO’s Local…
Conservatives have Fox, liberals have MSNBC, so why shouldn’t Juggalos have their own news network? Who else is going to give that oh-so-nuanced clowncentric view of important news and report on issues the mainstream media just won’t touch? Who else is going to give the weather report as a profanity-laced…
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…
Last week, Kanye christened his new web site with the above photo of his girlfriend, Amber Rose. Then, Thom Yorke announced the name of his latest band on the Radiohead blog. Which got us thinking about the other band blogs we have bookmarked. In our bitchin’ browser. Unfortunately, almost all…
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…
Have One of Me, Joanna Newson’s three-disc set released on Drag City last week, debuted strong at Albums on the Hill and Wax Trax for the week ending February 28. Sade’s Soldier of Love continues to hold the top spot at Independent Records while Johnny Cash’s American VI: Ain’t No…
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…
When it comes to the Denver music scene, Todd Roeth is a regular household name. Along with business partner Sean Porter, Roeth started the reputable Dayjob Inc. web design and development outfit whose work can be found all over town from the Denver Botanic Gardens to the Denver Post Underground…
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…
When we recall the great disasters of the past, certain names leap readily to mind. The Titanic. The Hindenburg. Cop Rock. Yes, Cop Rock. If you’re lucky enough to not recognize that last one, let us bruise your psyche for you. In 1990, hot off a few of the biggest…
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…
Celebrities have an uncanny knack of doing whatever the hell they want, seemingly with no regard to what we the public think they should be doing. Because of their insistence not to listen to what we have to say, they’ve subsequently become entangled in a number of strange relationships which…
Matt Morris | 02.25.10 | Bluebird Theater In a recent conversation Matt Morris and I had about his album, he sternly — well, as sternly as possible; the guy’s an absolute sweetheart — deflected an assertion that his album lacked a certain continuity. On record, Morris deftly tries on a…
