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The Friday Rap-Up: BreakEfx, Nas Book, Young Jeezy, Kanye, Jay-Z

Fri Sep 5, 12:21 PM

Kanye's new single should be out soon. LOCALS ONLY Two years ago, Ray Maestas and Eppie Deleon of the famed b-boy crew GWT came together to form a new crew called BreakEFX. Consisting of the kids they taught at... More >>

Mile High Makeout: Maestro, a little traveling music, please

Fri Sep 5, 11:58 AM

What to play when you're taking in the Taj Majal? I love to travel, but I don’t do as much of it as I’d like. The last time I got on a plane was nearly a year ago, and... More >>

Verve, Slipknot nab top spots on Twist & Shout's top-sellers list

Fri Sep 5, 11:46 AM

The Verve's Forth outsold the rest. If you're looking to load up on new music but aren't sure where to allocate your hard-earned coin, try polling your peers with Twist & Shout's most-recent top-sellers' list, for the week ending... More >>

Swayback checks in from the studio in Los Angeles

Fri Sep 5, 11:18 AM

If you've been to Rockbar the past few Wednesdays, you might've noticed something missing, namely the affable hosts of Jinxed! There's a good reason for that. Your hosts, Eric Halborg and William Murphy from the Swayback, have been holed... More >>

Features

  • Next to Ryan Adams or Jason Molina, Centro-Matic frontman Will Johnson is as prolific a songwriter as they come.
    Thursday, September 04
    Texas in June is great. There's a certain romance to it. By August, though, the romance is gone, and everyone starts getting edgy. A few summers... More >>
  • The always fiery Fear Before the March of Flames finishes its fourth record and prepares to return home -- on the road
    Thursday, September 04
    Four years ago, when we last checked in with the members of Fear Before the March of Flames, arguably one of Colorado's most compelling bands,... More >>
  • Westword's Freeloader tips you off to the best in legitimate, artist-approved downloads.
    Thursday, September 04
    While some musicians go for a more entrepreneurial approach, Blitzen Trapper is happy to ditch its DIY ways and sign on the dotted line. The... More >>
  • Slipknot
    All Hope Is Gone
    Roadrunner
    Thursday, September 04
    Four albums in (five, if you're an eBay-stalking obsessive), Slipknot is having an identity crisis. Frontman Corey Taylor's side project, Stone... More >>
  • The Game
    LAX
    Geffen
    Thursday, September 04
    Rappers and producers who appear on the Game's third album, LAX, include...everybody. There's Kanye West, Scott Storch, Travis Barker, Keisha... More >>
  • Lil' Slugger/The Good Old Fashioned Sinners
    Untitled Split CD
    Self-released
    Thursday, September 04
    If there's one thing that can be said for Lil' Slugger, it's that these guys don't sound quite like anyone else. The closest cousin to Slugger's... More >>
  • Jeff Finlin
    Ballad of a Plain Man
    Bent Wheel Records
    Thursday, September 04
    Things seemed to be looking up for Jeff Finlin. The Fort Collins singer-songwriter, the subject of a worshipful 5280 profile by Pulitzer winner... More >>
  • Mini Reviews
    Thursday, September 04
    Capricorns, River, Bear Your Bones (Rise Above). Londoners Nathan Bennett and Kevin Williams know their math as well as any guitarists working... More >>
  • Valient Thorr
    Saturday, September 6, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.
    Thursday, September 04
    Although Warped Tour lineups differ from year to year, plenty of the acts on them are essentially interchangeable. But not Warped vets Valient... More >>
  • Poison/Dokken
    Saturday, September 6, Fiddler's Green, 303-830-8497.
    Thursday, September 04
    Is anyone else here astounded that these two groups still have enough cachet to fill amphitheaters? Wait — allow me to revise that... More >>
  • Foo Fighters
    Monday and Tuesday, September 8-9, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, 303-830-8497.
    Thursday, September 04
    Dave Grohl, whose throat problems caused the postponement of two Foo Fighters dates originally scheduled for July, has become a reliable... More >>
  • The Builders and The Butchers
    Wednesday, September 10, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.
    Thursday, September 04
    Some of the best rustic music being made today is coming out of Portland, Oregon, by groups such as The Builders and The Butchers, who lend an... More >>
  • Hawks of Paradise at the Larimer Lounge
    Thursday, September 04
    With the recent spate of poseurs copping classic-rock poses, it's easy to dismiss anyone even remotely following those musical instincts as an... More >>
  • Martin Landsky at Abode
    Thursday, September 04
    Martin Landsky started deejaying at just fourteen years old, mixing for friends and family at private functions, but his musical direction was... More >>
  • Kevin Larson's Wish is at your command
    Thursday, September 04
    Over the past decade, Kevin Larson has created quite a following through his annual Victorian Fetish Ball and White Rose Gala parties. And over... More >>
  • Welcome to the weird, wonderful world of Bradford Cox's Deerhunter
    Thursday, August 28
    "Everyone shits. Honestly. And everyone has fucked up things they hide. I show mine with a sense of humor." So wrote Bradford Cox in a blog post... More >>
  • The celebrity-starved Denver media is all Twitterpated during the DNC
    Thursday, August 28
    Good grief, man! Can you believe the amount of star-fucking going on in this town right now? Seriously, it's pathetic. Are we really so... More >>
  • Al Green is still as soulful as ever
    Thursday, August 28
    In 2006, soul legend Al Green met with Roots drummer Amir "?uestlove" Thompson and famed hip-hop and R&B producer James Poyser at New York's... More >>
  • A look at the worst jobs in rock
    Thursday, August 28
    With Labor Day upon us, we thought we'd pay tribute to America's celebration of the working man by recognizing the worst jobs in rock. There are... More >>
  • Ratatat's music sings without singing
    Thursday, August 28
    Vocalists get the prima donna's share of attention in most groups. But according to Evan Mast, who represents half of the Brooklyn-based... More >>

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National

Music from Coast to Coast

Broward - Palm Beach

The Gentleman Classicist

Chris Isaak keeps his croon intact
It's been almost 25 years since Chris Isaak slipped his debut album, Silvertone, on to the pop... More >>

Dallas

Dirty Talk

Twenty years later, the godfathers of grunge in Mudhoney still remember their roots
You'd think that, after 20 years of hearing his band described as the quintessential grunge... More >>

Houston

Houston's Nigerian-Born Battle-Rapper Godwon

Balls and His Word
Competition drives hip-hop culture. Whether it be reputation, jewelry, cars or whatever, it... More >>

Kansas City

D-Locc da Chop remembers coming up on the East side and envisions taking over the KC hip-hop crown

"Text Message," by D-Locc da Chop, from King Me (Van Brunt Entertainment): The core acts from... More >>

Miami

Luther Campbell Talks 2 Live Crew, Rick Ross, and His New VH1 Reality Series

He wants to set the record straight.
Luther Campbell is a serious businessman. "Everyone in Miami who does rap music has worked for... More >>

Phoenix

Where Counting Crows’ August and Everything After was a touchstone, Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings is only another tear in the bucket

I spent the winter of 1994 through the summer of 1995 soaking myself in the Counting Crows... More >>

San Francisco

Mexican bribes and high gas prices: The May Fire's tour diary

After hearing repeated newscasts about the ways high gas prices are affecting four-wheeled... More >>

St. Louis

Two writers debate the pros and cons of indie-rock/Afropop sensations Vampire Weekend, who are making their St. Louis debut on September 10

The pace of the blog-driven indie-rock world has reached a point where sometimes a backlash... More >>

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