Josh Groban on Michael Buble's Concert

He came up and joked with Michael. So funny cos they teased each other using songs. Josh sang 'Home' etc and Michael sang 'You Raise Me Up'. So funny when Michael asked Josh what the first line of 'To Where You Are' was and Josh answered, 'You're on your own, man.' When Michael started to sing, Josh pretended to be shameful and said, 'What am I? Kermit The Frog?' LOL =D In the end, Michael said that he wanted to be a pop singer xd

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Live review: Michael Bubl� @ the Pepsi Center

Live review: Michael Bubl� @ the Pepsi Center
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Live review: eTown feat. Jakob Dylan and Danny Barnes @ the Boulder Theater

Live review: eTown feat. Jakob Dylan and Danny Barnes @ the Boulder Theater
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Simon and Garfunkel, the concert in Central Park (21)

Simon and Garfunkel, the concert in Central Park (21)
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Blues Jam

First Wednesday of every month, 7:00pm
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The Beach Boys lost concert - Surfer girl

Enjoy the Beach boys voices, especially Brian's. More videos: www.flixya.com

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Photo essay: Long Road Home @ the Fox Theatre

Photo essay: Long Road Home @ the Fox Theatre
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News: Martin, Fleck and Cole coming to Botanic Gardens this summer

Few venues in central Denver can hold a candle to the under-the-stars beauty and bring-your-own-wine aesthetic of the Denver Botanic Gardens concert series. Fans can expect some changes in this coming season, most notably the new sound system that will deliver the music to the masses. Fans might not notice, but the Gardens switched talent [...]
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CD reviews: Usher, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the White Stripes, Smug Brothers

CD reviews: Alan Jackson, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, White Stripes, Smug Brothers
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Live review: Sleepy Sun, Scout Niblett @ the Hi-Dive

While a snowstorm raged outside, Sleepy Sun�s frontlady Rachel Williams declared last Tuesday (March 23) that the band was there to �grind the night out,� and with that proclamation the San Francisco sextet launched into their set. This psychedelic free-for-all at the Hi-Dive began with three guitars trying hard to outwail each other, and Williams [...]
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Photo essay: Andrea Ball�s �Dial Tone� CD release @ the Hi-Dive

Andrea Ball’s packed CD release party at the Hi-Dive on Friday was a testament to the buzz the Denver songwriter has lately generated. And with good reason — Ball’s debut full-length, “Dial Tone,” is a leap forward in both songwriting and playing, and Ball recently returned from a well-received stint at South by Southwest.Of course, [...]
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Live review: Portugal. The Man @ Sandbar Sports Grill

By Emily Zemler�We�re sorry about any sound mishaps,� Portugal. The Man singer/guitarist John Gourley mumbled at the conclusion of the band�s hour-plus set on Saturday. �We weren�t really able to soundcheck because of IFC or something.�He meant UFC. Ultimate Fighting Championship. He meant the band wasn�t able to ensure their instruments were properly functioning because [...]
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Live review: Xiu Xiu, Tune-Yards, Talk Normal @ the Hi-Dive

Live review: Xiu Xiu, Tune-Yards, Talk Normal @ the Hi-Dive
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Photo essay: Chatham County Line, MilkDrive @ Planet Bluegrass Ranch�s Wildflower Pavilion

Photo essay: Chatham County Line, MilkDrive @ Planet Bluegrass Ranch's Wildflower Pavilion
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Live review: The Black Eyed Peas, Ludacris @ the Pepsi Center

It was Fergie�s birthday Saturday night, and the crowd at the Pepsi Center threw her a dance party.The vocalist (a.k.a. Stacy Ferguson) and the rest of the Black Eyed Peas were the ones handing out the gifts, though, and if the musical goodies came wrapped in all the trappings of overly commercialized pop, well, the [...]
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Video: Hello, world. I am Nathaniel Rateliff.

Video: Hello, world. I am Nathaniel Rateliff.
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Live review: Portugal. The Man @ the Bluebird Theater

Portugal. The Man�s reputation as an excellent live act helped sell out the Hi-Dive last August. On Friday night they returned to Denver and sold out the Bluebird Theater, the first of three Colorado shows (Vail and Aspen were the others) before heading back to Portland, where the Wasila, Alaska-based band now lives. Given that [...]
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Live review: Woodhands @ the Larimer Lounge

Live review: Woodhands @ the Larimer Lounge
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Photo essay: Quasi @ the Larimer Lounge

Photo essay: Quasi @ the Larimer Lounge
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The Reverb Interview: Andrea Ball

The Reverb Interview: Andrea Ball's "Dial Tone" CD release show
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Jazz Jam with Mark Diamond

Third Sunday of every month, 7:30pm
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Photo essay: The Dutchess and the Duke @ the Walnut Room

Kicking off the night with “Scorpio,” Seattle duo Dutchess and the Duke played a subdued but talkative set to a packed house at the Walnut Room on Tuesday. The group, which has released two solid records on Hardly Art, told stories along with their songs — including an admission that they spent two-three days driving [...]
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Photo essay: Quasi @ the Larimer Lounge

A small crowd braved the spring blizzard on Tuesday to see Portland band Quasi and its famous drummer Janet Weiss. (Weiss played in the now-broken up Sleater-Kinney.) The group played a memorable set of pop-oriented indie rock jams to a small, if dedicated, collective of fans. View John Moore’s photo essay of this concert.Follow Reverb [...]
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Rich Mullins Concert Part #5

This is the part #5 of a concert that Rich Mullins did in Lufkin Texas. Some excerpts from this concert made it to the homeless man video also available on You Tube. This was the last concert tour that he did before he passed on.

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Bottesini Project

Sat., March 27, 8:00pm - 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 k...
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The Low Anthem

Sat., April 3 - The Low Anthem is still riding high on latest year's breakout release Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, which landed the Rhode Island�based band on many year-end best-of lists and led to a recent Letterman appearance. Front man Ben Knox Miller and his multi-instrumental cohorts Jeff Prystowsky,...
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DJ Rap

Sat., April 3 - While it's perplexing (and certainly sad) that most jet-setting superstar DJs are men, it's a comfort to know that DJ Rap is still representin' for the estrogen set. Although the versatile Brit's specialty is drum 'n' bass, her debut solo album, 1999's Learning Curve, is full of trancey, wate...
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Paleo

Fri., April 2 - For most musicians, the notion of putting out one album per year is daunting. Summoning the wherewithal to pen enough material (a dozen or more songs in a twelve-month period) is an arduous task, made even more difficult by the demands of dealing with promotion and being on the road. Because inspira...
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The Cave Singers

Thu., April 1 - Most folks familiar with "Darling Clementine" never get to the verse where Clem meets her watery demise. The Cave Singers explore that morbid side of the folk tradition, with a healthy fascination for snake-handling congregations. Well before the breakup of Seattle darlings Pretty Girls Make Graves,...

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RJD2

Fri., April 2, 9:00pm - "I feel like I can't speak to the press anymore in a manner that I'd normally have a conversation," declares hip-hop producer turned fledgling rocker Ramble John Krohn, who performs as RJD2.

Why not? Because he believes a couple of his offhand comments are being used to beat him up in respect to ...
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Ruby Suns

Mon., April 5 - The New Zealand-based indie-pop group rocks its eclectic mix of instruments and vocals. They may be most famous for their song �Oh, Mojave," which was used in the Windows Vista commercial, but Ruby Suns� sound goes beyond mere noise bites for techie advertisements. This group of worldly mu...
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The Mile High Makeout: The past is present

Eryc Eyl's Mile High Makeout: The past is present
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Cymbals Eat Guitars

Thu., April 1 - According to Cymbals Eat Guitars 20-year-old frontman Joseph D'Agostino, Lou Reed didn't want a lot of cymbals on the first three Velvet Underground albums because "cymbals eat guitars," which explains the copious amounts of floor toms on those early discs. While that might have inspired the band's ...
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Live review: John Mayer, Michael Franti and Spearhead @ the Pepsi Center

Live review: John Mayer, Michael Franti and Spearhead @ the Pepsi Center
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Miles Kurosky (of Beulah)

Mon., April 5 - In the six years since Beulah disbanded, severe shoulder problems followed by severe kidney problems prevented Miles Kurosky from actively putting out new music until recently. Thankfully, that unpleasantness seems to be behind him, and in January, he released a three-song EP in advance of his first...
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Spoon

Daily from Mon., April 5 until Tue., April 6, 8:00pm - In the nearly fifteen years since the release of its debut album, Telephono, Spoon has grown to become one of the biggest and most respected bands in the indie-rock pantheon. This year's Transference is arguably the band's best record yet, a challenging, surprising and thoroughly excel...
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Dead Meadow

Wed., April 7, 8:00pm - Since forming in 1998, Washington, D.C.'s Dead Meadow has toured the globe relentlessly, doling out doses of dreamy, distortion-heavy psych rock in the key of Black Sabbath spiked with acid-infused Beatles....
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King Rat (CD release)

Fri., April 2, 9:00pm - Luke Schmaltz is standing in the middle of Bender's Tavern at 2 p.m., a shot of Jägermeister in his fist and his T-shirt hitched up around his armpits. A jagged, eleven-year-old scar snakes across the left side of his back. As Schmaltz moves around to give a better view, the pale tissue twist...
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Patty Griffin

Mon., March 29, 7:30pm - Patty Griffin works outside the brightest part of the spotlight, but her songs are center stage and her following is loyal. Among the acts who have covered her material: the Dixie Chicks, Kelly Clarkson and Bette Midler. Her own new record � the gospel-driven, Nashville-recorded Downtown Chu...
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The Reverb Interview: Andrea Ball

The Reverb Interview: Andrea Ball
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The Big Motif (EP release)

Sat., March 27, 7:30pm - Guitarist Tony Pacello was sixteen years old when he met drummer Jeff Jani and bassist Hunter Roberts, both fourteen at the time, at a contest sponsored by 103.5/The Fox. They had each won spots to perform in a seven-piece sixteen-and-under band. After that group dissolved, the three stuck together ...
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Photo essays: Joe McCabe, Robert Castro and Allen Klosowski do South by Southwest @ Austin, Texas

Photo essays: Reverb's Joe McCabe, Robert Castro and Allen Klosowski do South by Southwest @ Austin, Texas
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Portugal. The Man

Alaska-bred Portugal. The Man may be the weirdest band to spring from last decade's post-hardcore scene. Formed by singer/guitarist John Gourley and bassist Zack Carothers after the demise of Anatomy of a Ghost, Portugal quickly became the oddest band on the screamo package tours — thanks t...
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Zombie Hate Brigade

Zombie Hate Brigade's self-titled debut from 2008 wallowed in a massive, sludge-choked groove that owed as much to (surprise, surprise) Rob Zombie as it did to grindcore pioneers like Carcass and current grind champs Pig Destroyer. But the band's sophomore release, Hideous Beyond Belief With a...

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High Places

While based in Brooklyn, the duo of Rob Barber and Mary Pearson pioneered a sound and aesthetic that melded experimental electronic music with non-Western influences. As High Places, the outfit plumbed Caribbean and African folk to create "tropical pop," as the early phase of the band's songwriti...
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Musuji

What do you get when you cross Rage Against the Machine with a sense of humor? For one thing, you get press photos staged on a golf course with the resulting band wearing pastels and floral patterns. You also get moments of serenity that keep Musuji's debut EP surprisingly off balance. RelayRead More... [Source: Westword | Music]

Photo essay: Vampire Weekend @ Aspen�s Spring Jam

Photo essay: Vampire Weekend @ Aspen's Spring Jam
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Punk rock literally saved Luke Schmaltz's life

Luke Schmaltz is standing in the middle of Bender's Tavern at 2 p.m., a shot of Jägermeister in his fist and his T-shirt hitched up around his armpits. A jagged, eleven-year-old scar snakes across the left side of his back. As Schmaltz moves around to give a better view, the pale tissue twis...
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Novasak at Rhinoceropolis

What Todd Novosad does is definitely not for everyone. His sound art is completely disconnected from anything resembling conventional songwriting. What he creates is not something you're likely to put on at a party or at home to relax, because its abrasive assault and sheer volume can't really be...
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tUnE-yArDs

Merrill Garbus is a bit of a musical polymath. Her songs could never be called strictly R&B, folk, post-punk, lo-fi pop or jazz. Nor does she merely sing, play guitar, execute unconventional percussion and hash together electronic sounds for something like a live sound collage. In that way, her m...
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Stadenco at the Funky Buddha

A little taste of the New York underground will come to Denver this Saturday, March 27, when Stadenco appears at the Funky Buddha. The DJ has been honing his craft ever since he was a toddler lugging around a portable record player and playing his favorite tunes for anyone who would sit st...

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Photo essay: Curtis Salgado, Trampled Under Foot @ the Gothic Theatre

Photo essay: Curtis Salgado, Trampled Under Foot @ the Gothic Theatre
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Blake Street Tavern takes a swing at a new location

The Ballpark neighborhood is in the middle of its annual spring cleaning in anticipation of the Colorado Rockies' opening day, just two weeks away. But this year, there's less to clean up, since the infamous Bash closed late last year. Also gone since last season: Lizard's, Blues on Blake, Club 3...
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The Big Motif

Formerly the Running Wild Band, the members of Big Motif started out while they were in high school as a trio playing blues and blues rock. During the past five years, they've morphed into more of a funk jam band, added saxophonist Sam Crowe and changed their name. While all of these cats are sti...
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The Running Wild Band changed its sound and its name. Meet the Big Motif

In the nearly fifteen years since the release of its debut album, Telephono, Spoon has grown to become one of the biggest and most respected bands in the indie-rock pantheon. This year's Transference is arguably the band's best record yet, a challenging, surprising and thoroughly ex...
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Design Change

Guitarist Tony Pacello was sixteen years old when he met drummer Jeff Jani and bassist Hunter Roberts, both fourteen at the time, at a contest sponsored by 103.5/The Fox. They had each won spots to perform in a seven-piece sixteen-and-under band. After that group dissolved, the three stuck togeth...
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Live review: John Mayer, Michael Franti and Spearhead @ the Pepsi Center

By Edward P. SmithJohn Mayer did what he does best Tuesday night at the Pepsi Center: He let his guitar do the talking. Good thing. When he uses his mouth, things don’t sound nearly as good.The crowd packing the arena had slogged through a wet spring snow, and they were ready to party. They didn’t [...]
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The Swayback

"Die Finks" sounds like the Swayback branching out from the core sound it explored so well on 2008's Long Gone Lads. It's a departure from the jittery punk rock of the band's earliest days and a step away from the post-punk that defined its middle period. Eric Halborg's vocals take on a so...
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High Places

While based in Brooklyn, the duo of Rob Barber and Mary Pearson pioneered a sound and aesthetic that melded experimental electronic music with non-Western influences. As High Places, the outfit plumbed Caribbean and African folk to create "tropical pop," as the early phase of the band's songwriti...
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The Big Motif

Formerly the Running Wild Band, the members of Big Motif started out while they were in high school as a trio playing blues and blues rock. During the past five years, they've morphed into more of a funk jam band, added saxophonist Sam Crowe and changed their name. While all of these cats are sti...
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Novasak at Rhinoceropolis

What Todd Novosad does is definitely not for everyone. His sound art is completely disconnected from anything resembling conventional songwriting. What he creates is not something you're likely to put on at a party or at home to relax, because its abrasive assault and sheer volume can't really be...
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Stadenco at the Funky Buddha

A little taste of the New York underground will come to Denver this Saturday, March 27, when Stadenco appears at the Funky Buddha. The DJ has been honing his craft ever since he was a toddler lugging around a portable record player and playing his favorite tunes for anyone who would sit st...
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Portugal. The Man

Alaska-bred Portugal. The Man may be the weirdest band to spring from last decade's post-hardcore scene. Formed by singer/guitarist John Gourley and bassist Zack Carothers after the demise of Anatomy of a Ghost, Portugal quickly became the oddest band on the screamo package tours — thanks t...
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Blake Street Tavern takes a swing at a new location

The Ballpark neighborhood is in the middle of its annual spring cleaning in anticipation of the Colorado Rockies' opening day, just two weeks away. But this year, there's less to clean up, since the infamous Bash closed late last year. Also gone since last season: Lizard's, Blues on Blake, Club 3...
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Design Change

Guitarist Tony Pacello was sixteen years old when he met drummer Jeff Jani and bassist Hunter Roberts, both fourteen at the time, at a contest sponsored by 103.5/The Fox. They had each won spots to perform in a seven-piece sixteen-and-under band. After that group dissolved, the three stuck togeth...
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The Running Wild Band changed its sound and its name. Meet the Big Motif

In the nearly fifteen years since the release of its debut album, Telephono, Spoon has grown to become one of the biggest and most respected bands in the indie-rock pantheon. This year's Transference is arguably the band's best record yet, a challenging, surprising and thoroughly ex...
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Zombie Hate Brigade

Zombie Hate Brigade's self-titled debut from 2008 wallowed in a massive, sludge-choked groove that owed as much to (surprise, surprise) Rob Zombie as it did to grindcore pioneers like Carcass and current grind champs Pig Destroyer. But the band's sophomore release, Hideous Beyond Belief With a...
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Punk rock literally saved Luke Schmaltz's life

Luke Schmaltz is standing in the middle of Bender's Tavern at 2 p.m., a shot of Jägermeister in his fist and his T-shirt hitched up around his armpits. A jagged, eleven-year-old scar snakes across the left side of his back. As Schmaltz moves around to give a better view, the pale tissue twis...
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The Swayback

"Die Finks" sounds like the Swayback branching out from the core sound it explored so well on 2008's Long Gone Lads. It's a departure from the jittery punk rock of the band's earliest days and a step away from the post-punk that defined its middle period. Eric Halborg's vocals take on a so...
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tUnE-yArDs

Merrill Garbus is a bit of a musical polymath. Her songs could never be called strictly R&B, folk, post-punk, lo-fi pop or jazz. Nor does she merely sing, play guitar, execute unconventional percussion and hash together electronic sounds for something like a live sound collage. In that way, her m...
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Photo essay: Vampire Weekend @ the Ogden Theatre

Live review: Vampire Weekend @ the Ogden Theatre
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CD reviews: Elvis Presley, Broken Bells, Andrea Ball

CD reviews: Elvis Presley, Broken Bells, Andrea Ball
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Live review: South by Southwest, a conversation (Part 2) @ Austin, Texas

Live review: South by Southwest, a conversation (Part 2) @ Austin, Texas
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CD reviews: Elvis Presley, Broken Bells, Andrea Ball

CD reviews: Elvis Presley, Broken Bells, Andrea Ball
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Special report: Catching up with Colorado bands, businesses at SXSW

Colorado artists and businesses took over the South by Southwest music festival this year.
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Live review: Jay-Z, Young Jeezy @ the Pepsi Center

Jay-z is one of the fiercest MCs in the hip-hop game, and he proved his skill at a Pepsi Center concert on Monday.
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Steal This Track: Wentworth Kersey

Reverb's Steal This Track: Wentworth Kersey
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Live review: Ray Davies @ the Ogden Theatre

Live review and photo essay: Ray Davies @ Denver's Paramount Theatre
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Live review: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings @ the Boulder Theater

With twice the soul and probably 100 times the reliability, you should look no further than Sharon Jones when the itch for live soul music needs scratching. Who is she more reliable than, you ask?It’d be that London crooner with a penchant for bingeing and erraticism. Not saying I�m not a fan of Amy Winehouse; [...]
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Live review: Denver Brass� �Brass, Bagpipes & Co: Siochan!� @ the Newman Center

Denver Brass' "Brass, Bagpipes & Co: Siochan!" with Rocky Mountain Highland Dancers, Wick School of Irish Dance @ The University of Denver's Newman Center
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Photo essay: BoomBox @ the Fox Theatre

BoomBox — producer/engineer/DJ/drummer Russ Randolph and producer/DJ/vocalist/guitarist Zion Rock Godchaux – is self-described as “a pair of dynamic artists who use their rich musical history and their vision of music and popular culture to deliver a style of music distinctly different from anything heard or seen in music today.” We shot their [...]
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Live review: Band of Horses @ the Ogden Theatre, Day 2

Band of Horses @ the Ogden Theater, Day 2
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Photo essay: Flobots @ Twist and Shout

Photo essay: Flobots @ Twist and Shout in-store CD release for Survival Story
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Jazz Jam with Mark Diamond

First Sunday of every month, 7:30pm
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Denver Brass� �Brass, Bagpipes & Co: Siochan!� @ The Newman Center

With a name like Colleen, I had better have some Irish inclinations; and, indeed, I do. For the last several years, I�ve attended the St. Patrick�s Day extravaganza staged by The Denver Brass; and every year the concert, called “Brass Bagpipes & Co: Siochan!” improves. This Irish (and Scottish) stew of music and dance each [...]
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Miike Snow

Fri., April 9, 9:00pm - Is it premature to call Miike Snow's "Animal" a ready-made hit? Breathy and quivering, the song's pop fluency and offhand reggae vibe have already inspired four remixes. (Snag them for free with the original at RCRDLBL.com.) More telling, though, is that the project combines Downtown Records produce...
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House Concert Series: Hejira

go.tagjag.com - I had the great honor of hosting Hejira in my home last night, and we broadcast the concert to hundreds of viewers (all of whom were enthralled by the musical stylings of both Don and Ashraf). Unfortunately, Ustream's recording mechanism hasn't been working properly since the upgrade, but Kevoc2008 recorded the event remotely for us - and we're lucky that "Moroccan Roll" was played again for an encore. If you don't like it, don't comment - or I'll delete it and you'll be blocked. You've been warned. Ashraf once played for Justin Beiber trhough a chance encounter on the streets of Seattle.
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Peelander-Z

Wed., March 31 - Peelander-Z will probably outlast the five minutes a band typically gets in Japan before the next pop star is churned out for mass consumption. This band doesn't just put on a show -- it sets up a goddamned 12-ring circus. Musically, the band executes a playful style of punk rock that sounds like a ...
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High Places

Wed., March 31, 8:00pm - While based in Brooklyn, the duo of Rob Barber and Mary Pearson pioneered a sound and aesthetic that melded experimental electronic music with non-Western influences. As High Places, the outfit plumbed Caribbean and African folk to create "tropical pop," as the early phase of the band's songwriting ...
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Ron Miles Trio with Bill Frisell & Brian Blade

Daily from Tue., March 30 until Wed., March 31, 6:00pm -

Although the Ron Miles Trio --trumpeter Ron Miles, guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Brian Blade -- can swing something fierce, �understated� might be the best way to describe each of the musicians. They let their music do the talking, and the subtleties and nuances they bring ...
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Live review: South by Southwest, a conversation @ Austin, Texas

South by Southwest: The Reverb blog edition, Denver-style
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Sleepy Sun

Tue., March 23 - As much as talent, drive, and determination factor into a band's chances for wide recognition, there's no discounting the power of fate. An alignment of forces has lifted psych outfit Sleepy Sun from a Santa Cruz favorite to a rising star on the San Francisco scene in little more than a year. Beside...
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Soulfly

Thu., March 25 - Max Cavalera is an icon in the world of metal. As frontman for Brazilian legend Sepultura, he helped elevate thrash and death metal to new heights. Following his departure from that band, he founded Soulfly in 1998 and began anew, fearlessly incorporating programmed drums, keys and acoustic instrume...
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Novasak

Tue., March 30 - What Todd Novasak does is definitely not for everyone. His sound art is completely disconnected from anything resembling conventional songwriting. What he creates is not something you're likely to put on at a party or at home to relax, because its abrasive assault and sheer volume can't really be ig...
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Chess in Concert: Interview with Josh Groban | PBS

To see more on this and other Great Performances visit www.pbs.org Josh Groban, star of the Tim Rice musical "Chess in Concert," speaks candidly to WNET/THIRTEEN about this passion project, his co-stars Idina Menzel (Wicked) and Adam Pascal (Rent), and the chart-topping music, created by ABBA composers Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus. Premiering in HD on THIRTEEN on July 17th at 8 pm EST (check local listings), Great Performances is proud to present "Chess in Concert," taped at the Royal Albert Hall in London in May 2008.
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Xiu Xiu and tUnE yArDs

Sat., March 27, 8:00pm - Merrill Garbus is a bit of a musical polymath. Her songs could never be called strictly R&B, folk, post-punk, lo-fi pop or jazz. Nor does she merely sing, play guitar, execute unconventional percussion and hash together electronic sounds for something like a live sound collage. In that way, her musi...
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Live review: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings @ the Boulder Theater

With twice the soul and probably 100 times the reliability, you should look no further than Sharon Jones when the itch for live soul music needs scratching. Who is she more reliable than, you ask? … It’d be that London crooner with a penchant for bingeing and erraticism. Not saying I�m not a fan [...]
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The Mile High Makeout: Not in Austin, but in Denver

You don’t have to travel to the South By Southwest Music Festival to hear great Denver music. Start here instead.Well, it’s that time of year again. Everyone who’s anyone in the indie or semi-indie music world has flown, driven, hitchhiked, bussed, scammed or slept their way to Austin for the industry shindig known as South [...]
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Portugal. The Man

Fri., March 26, 9:00pm - Alaska-bred Portugal. The Man may be the weirdest band to spring fromlast decade's post-hardcore scene. Formed by singer/guitarist JohnGourley and bassist Zack Carothers after the demise of Anatomy of aGhost, Portugal quickly became the oddest band on the screamo packagetours � thanks to Go...
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Caffeine Music & Arts Festival

Sat., March 27, 8:00pm - For the past ten years, the Caffeine Music & Arts Festival has been the spring break destination for lovers of dance music across the state. And this year will prove no exception: Event organizers have booked several of last year’s headliners, including Dave Aude, Jon Bishop and DJ Micro, all o...
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<i>e-town</i> with Joe Bonamassa & Tift Merritt

Sun., March 21, 7:00pm - Joe Bonamassa is caught between the blues and a hard place. A nouveau bluesman, he favors a hybrid blues-rock sound that employs simple song structures and puts the emphasis on powerful fretwork. Such an approach was fresh back in the '60s, when British players such as John Mayall, Jeff Beck and Pe...
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Fierce Bad Rabbit

Thu., March 25 - Fierce Bad Rabbit is the promising Fort Collins-based act led by Chris Anderson, formerly of the Jimi Austin, and featuring Dayton Hicks of Arliss Nancy, Alana Rolfe of Stella Luce and Adam Pitner. The band, whose moniker was inspired by the Beatrix Potter children's book, released an outstanding e...
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The Informants

Sat., March 27 - The Informants don't really play cover songs. They don't need to.

"People seem to think they need a cover because it makes them feel like, 'If I can hear a cover, I can have a good time,'" Kerry Pastine points out. "We give them a good time no matter what, and they're hooked after the first son...
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Live review: Band of Horses, Day 2 @ Ogden Theatre

The indie-rock and South Carolina based alt-country Band of Horses made their second Colorado stop – in as many days � on March 16 at the Ogden Theatre. It�s the beginning of a tour that began the night before in Boulder and will take them from Colorado to Austin for SXSW, just before the band [...]
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Persian - Gorooh e Mastan - Concert -1

About Mastan Group, It's well known that today; our spiritual willing can't find it's desired under an obligatory and imitative religious atmosphere. Meanwhile the flourished love internal of the man has changed the entire external and old basis. The love from the inside and a sweet song from the outside are two main wings for flying of man sensations. As it has been seen during the life of the great sophists such as Maulana and others, the man requires to these vital elements in order to continue his life with avidity and talent. "Ensemble Mastan" is trying to transmit this important message to their auditors as they follow these aims as well in their works. "Ensemble Mastan" under supervision of "Homay FOUMANY" is trying to refresh the space of the traditional and folkloric Iranian music introducing a different and active interpretation of the Iranian music. In parallel with what so-called love and theosophy (Eshgh and Erfan), this new movement is looking for his aims employing melodies of Iranian music instruments. According to this harmony and sympathy, we would like to declare our support for this young group. check for more Information about this fabulous group. www.homay-mastan.com Thank you all for your interest in Mastan Group. emtedaadeshab.
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White Leather

Thu., March 25 - Is White Leather for you? Find out by answering "true" or "false" to the following three statements: 1) My record collection is full of '90s pop punk and '80s glam metal, and I always wished someone would combine the most egregious clichés from both. 2) As far as vocalists go, the more gratin...
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Stadenco

Sat., March 27 - A little taste of the New York underground will come to Denver this Saturday, March 27, when Stadenco appears at the Funky Buddha. The DJ has been honing his craft ever since he was a toddler lugging around a portable record player and playing his favorite tunes for anyone who would sit still long e...
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Citay

Wed., March 24, 9:00pm - Originally a collaboration between Piano Magic�s Ezra Feinberg and the Fucking Champs guitarist Tim Green, San Francisco's Citay has grown to a seven-piece touring band fronted by Feinberg. Drawing influence from Led Zeppelin�s folk-renaissance side of Houses of the Holy, Citay’...
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Jucifer

Fri., March 26 - Fifteen or so years in and grunge-era reprobates Jucifer still have not really broken out beyond their alt-rock cult following; if anything, their PJ-Harvey-meets-the-Melvins clamor has attracted another equally underground clique in blog-savvy, sludge-hungry metalheads. Excess still impresses this ...
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Live review: Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ the Newman Center

A match made in harmonics heaven: South Africa�s Ladysmith Black Mambazo performing in the University of Denver�s June Swaner Gates Concert Hall. Ladysmith Black Mambazo, you may recall, came to fame 25 years ago when the innovative men�s choral group collaborated with Paul Simon on one of world-beat�s all-time grooviest record: “Graceland.” Simon�s seminal [...]
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Persian - Gorooh e Mastan - Concert -1

About Mastan Group, It's well known that today; our spiritual willing can't find it's desired under an obligatory and imitative religious atmosphere. Meanwhile the flourished love internal of the man has changed the entire external and old basis. The love from the inside and a sweet song from the outside are two main wings for flying of man sensations. As it has been seen during the life of the great sophists such as Maulana and others, the man requires to these vital elements in order to continue his life with avidity and talent. "Ensemble Mastan" is trying to transmit this important message to their auditors as they follow these aims as well in their works. "Ensemble Mastan" under supervision of "Homay FOUMANY" is trying to refresh the space of the traditional and folkloric Iranian music introducing a different and active interpretation of the Iranian music. In parallel with what so-called love and theosophy (Eshgh and Erfan), this new movement is looking for his aims employing melodies of Iranian music instruments. According to this harmony and sympathy, we would like to declare our support for this young group. check for more Information about this fabulous group. www.homay-mastan.com Thank you all for your interest in Mastan Group. emtedaadeshab.
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Stadenco

Sat., March 27 - A little taste of the New York underground will come to Denver this Saturday, March 27, when Stadenco appears at the Funky Buddha. The DJ has been honing his craft ever since he was a toddler lugging around a portable record player and playing his favorite tunes for anyone who would sit still long e...
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Citay

Wed., March 24, 9:00pm - Originally a collaboration between Piano Magic�s Ezra Feinberg and the Fucking Champs guitarist Tim Green, San Francisco's Citay has grown to a seven-piece touring band fronted by Feinberg. Drawing influence from Led Zeppelin�s folk-renaissance side of Houses of the Holy, Citay’...
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Jucifer

Fri., March 26 - Fifteen or so years in and grunge-era reprobates Jucifer still have not really broken out beyond their alt-rock cult following; if anything, their PJ-Harvey-meets-the-Melvins clamor has attracted another equally underground clique in blog-savvy, sludge-hungry metalheads. Excess still impresses this ...
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Soulfly

Thu., March 25 - Max Cavalera is an icon in the world of metal. As frontman for Brazilian legend Sepultura, he helped elevate thrash and death metal to new heights. Following his departure from that band, he founded Soulfly in 1998 and began anew, fearlessly incorporating programmed drums, keys and acoustic instrume...
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Fierce Bad Rabbit

Thu., March 25 - Fierce Bad Rabbit is the promising Fort Collins-based act led by Chris Anderson, formerly of the Jimi Austin, and featuring Dayton Hicks of Arliss Nancy, Alana Rolfe of Stella Luce and Adam Pitner. The band, whose moniker was inspired by the Beatrix Potter children's book, released an outstanding e...
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Caffeine Music & Arts Festival

Sat., March 27, 8:00pm - For the past ten years, the Caffeine Music & Arts Festival has been the spring break destination for lovers of dance music across the state. And this year will prove no exception: Event organizers have booked several of last year’s headliners, including Dave Aude, Jon Bishop and DJ Micro, all o...
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The Informants

Sat., March 27 - The Informants don't really play cover songs. They don't need to.

"People seem to think they need a cover because it makes them feel like, 'If I can hear a cover, I can have a good time,'" Kerry Pastine points out. "We give them a good time no matter what, and they're hooked after the first son...
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Live review: Band of Horses, Day 2 @ Ogden Theatre

Te indie-rock and South Carolina based alt-country Band of Horses made their second Colorado stop – in as many days � on March 16 at the Ogden Theatre. It�s the beginning of a tour that began the night before in Boulder and will take them from Colorado to Austin for SXSW, just before the band [...]
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Live review: Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ the Newman Center

A match made in harmonics heaven: South Africa�s Ladysmith Black Mambazo performing in the University of Denver�s June Swaner Gates Concert Hall. Ladysmith Black Mambazo, you may recall, came to fame 25 years ago when the innovative men�s choral group collaborated with Paul Simon on one of world-beat�s all-time grooviest record: “Graceland.” Simon�s seminal [...]
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<i>e-town</i> with Joe Bonamassa & Tift Merritt

Sun., March 21, 7:00pm - Joe Bonamassa is caught between the blues and a hard place. A nouveau bluesman, he favors a hybrid blues-rock sound that employs simple song structures and puts the emphasis on powerful fretwork. Such an approach was fresh back in the '60s, when British players such as John Mayall, Jeff Beck and Pe...
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Dust on the Breakers

Bridging the gap between dream pop, dark Americana and orchestral indie rock, the songs on this EP manage to be eclectic without seeming artistically overburdened. "Charred Metropolis" has an air of spiritual turmoil just shy of being melodramatic, while the down-tempo "Frontiers" shimmers with t...
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Capitol Hill Hooley

Fri., March 12, 5:00pm - The Capitol Hill Hooley kicks off 5 p.m. Friday, March 12 at the Irish Snug with Irish piper Andy Sheldon followed by the Martin Percival School of Irish Dance. The following day, the Hooley starts at 11 a.m. by taking over the Snug, the patio as well as a tent in the back of the pub. The entertainm...
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News: Phish will play Telluride this summer

Phish will play Telluride, Colorado this summer
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Live review: Killswitch Engage @ the Fillmore Auditorium

Live review: Killswitch Engage plays at Denver's Fillmore Auditorium on Saturday, March 13.
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The Lovely and Talented creates a New American Fable of its own

The brainchild of multi-instrumentalist JT Nolan, the Lovely and Talented seems eerily similar to fellow Denver outfit DeVotchKa. After all, both gather sounds from a similar pool of eras and genres, and Nolan has even appeared on stage with DeVotchKa — not to mention the fact that that gro...
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The Robert Glasper Experiment

Robert Glasper's latest Blue Note effort, Double Booked, shows just how well the pianist straddles the jazz and hip-hop worlds. On the first half of the disc, Glasper flexes his jazz chops within the confines of an acoustic trio setting, cutting through four brilliant originals before divi...
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King Rat

For fifteen years, King Rat has held down its own small, smelly corner of Denver's punk scene. That kind of longevity alone is commendable — especially considering the volatile, at times self-destructive nature of King Rat's music, a crackling blitzkrieg of hard rock, '80s hardcore and Mike...
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Dustin Zahn at MESS's Spring Equinox Party

The complex, intricate techno favored by Dustin Zahn is miles away from the mainstream conception of techno as brainless, soulless, repetitive thump-thump-thump. While he does deliver the thump-thump-thump, his work incorporates delicate, fleeting strands of melody that dance around deep, ...
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Leslie & the Ly�s @ Larimer Lounge

True showmanship – gone the way of Liberace and his bejeweled accoutrements – is an endangered beast, keeping mostly to American desert oases and traveling circuses. It is rarer still when it comes out to play in a town like Denver, where sensible shoes slap the pavement and jacket fabrics often outperform their owners. The [...]
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The Congress

Sun., March 21, 2:00pm - Dwight Thompson was ready to quit. After years of playing bass for hire, he'd simply had enough.

"I was actually at a point this year when I was like, 'I'm giving this two more years and then I'm done,'" he recalls. "I'd rather have a day job than play music for some audience full of drunken ass...
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Jay-Z

Here's the thing about Jay-Z: When he says "I. Will. Not. Lose. Ever... Fucker" in "U Don't Know," he's not kidding. Of his studio albums, three are instant-classic, holy-shit ridiculous, and all eleven hit number one on the charts. That's one more than Elvis. Quite the American Dream for a kid w...
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Mary Contreras is revved up about her new NV Lounge on Santa Fe

When the Continental Club opened at 475 Santa Fe Drive in early 2008, it showed a lot of promise, and quickly became our Best New Bar in that year's Best of Denver issue. The Continental closed within the year, though, and was replaced by One Eyed Jacks last January. And although Jacks, like the ...
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John Mayer

Remember Dusty Dinkleman in Just Friends, the hapless sap vying with Ryan Reynolds for the affections of the ever-illusive Miss Jamie Palamino? On the surface, the dude was unbearably sweet — we're talking elderly-serenading, kitten-cuddling, hold-your-hair-while-you're-puking sweet....
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Quasi uses its evocative pop to take aim at the unsavory aspects of American imperialism

Seventeen years after it was founded, Quasi is touring in support of its recently released album, American Gong. Not unlike the 2003 album Hot Shit, the new record takes aim at some of the more unsavory aspects of American imperialism without exercising an uninspired heavy-handed ap...
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Itchy-O at Old Curtis Street

Itchy-O (due at Old Curtis Street on Friday, March 19) isn't a band so much as a multimedia art project designed to be an all but complete sensory experience for those who witness its performances. Truth be told, though, the troupe is probably working on its being a wholly immersive sensor...
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The Dominant 7 and the Jazz Arts Messengers

In its ten years of existence, the Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts has seen some 600 teenagers participate in its programs, camps and workshops. Fourteen Channels, the organization's latest release, features two different groups — the Dominant 7 and the Jazz Arts Messengers &...
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Photo essay: Mike Doughty @ the Fox Theatre

Denver musician Rob Drabkin opened up Mike Doughty’s seated show at the Fox Theatre, drawing the audience in with his smooth, funky pop-folk sound. The man formally known as M came on next, armed with a cello player and an acoustic guitar. The former Soul Coughing leader showed his soulful side, entertaining the masses [...]
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The Congress is what happens when hired guns band together

Dwight Thompson was ready to quit. After years of playing bass for hire, he'd simply had enough.

"I was actually at a point this year when I was like, 'I'm giving this two more years and then I'm done,'" he recalls. "I'd rather have a day job than play music for some audience full of drun...
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Photo essay: Pretty Lights @ the Ogden Theatre

Fort Collins' Pretty Lights plays the Ogden Theatre on Saturday, March 13.
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The Autumn Film

The Autumn Film has gone from beautiful to stunning. Tifah Al-Attas's voice flows like warm honey, but it did that before this album. What it has this time around is a more suitable canvas of instruments. Before, Tifah was the sad spotlight, and now she is sunken into an ebb and flow of poignant ...
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Live review: Band of Horses, Day 1 @ the Fox Theatre

Strong, unique vocals, catching – haunting – melodies, shimmering reverb drenched guitars and anthemic rhythms – this is a recipe for beautiful, ecstatic pop, or so it would seem. It�s also the recipe for Band of Horses� sound, and their success. And yet, for some reason, the live product seems to come off with quite [...]
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Photo essay: Flobots @ Twist and Shout

Text from Twist and Shout owner Paul Epstein: We finally got our Flobots in-store. It was everything we had hoped it would be. We have a long, long history with this band and especially guitar player and organizational ringmaster Andy Guerrero (A:Rok). For many years now I have watched Andy, and subsequently the rest of [...]
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Ray Davies

Ozzy Osbourne has suggested that Ray Davies invented heavy metal with his signature guitar-riff opening on "You Really Got Me." While that may be true, Davies's career with and without the Kinks has shown mainly that the guy has a true knack for inventive pop songwriting and for writing incisive ...
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Photo essay: BoomBox @ the Fox Theatre

BoomBox – producer/engineer/DJ/drummer Russ Randolph and producer/DJ/vocalist/guitarist Zion Rock Godchaux – is self-described as “a pair of dynamic artists who use their rich musical history and their vision of music and popular culture to deliver a style of music distinctly different from anything heard or seen in music today.” We shot their [...]
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Blues Jam

First Wednesday of every month, 7:00pm
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Meet Alameda, a duo that rose up from the ashes of Strangers Die Every Day

Lots of bands use cello and violin. Strangers Die Every Day, though, rocked those rarefied strings in a way that evoked everything from hardcore punk to the Constellations Records roster. But when the Boulder-born instrumental band moved to Portland in 2007, where it dissolved after releasing the...
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Celtic Jam

First Monday of every month, 7:00pm
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CD reviews: Flobots, Pavement, Ted Leo & the Pharamacists, Happy Birthday, Aloha

CD reviews: Flobots, Pavement, Ted Leo, Happy Birthday, Aloha
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Steal This Track Double Dose: The Indulgers and Dust on the Breakers

Tim Husmann, Jeff Linsenmaier, Joseph Pope III, Jeff Davenport and Anna Slade are Dust on the Breakers. Photo by Christopher PerezYou must be the luckiest reader ever! Not only have you stumbled into your weekly opportunity to download the best local music, but this week, you get to steal TWO songs. Every Tuesday, Steal This [...]
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#1: Halo - Beyoncé

(C)2008 .
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Mike Doughty

Wed., March 17, 6:30pm - It's all too rare to see artists from the '90s make their way out of that decade with a shred of decorum, let alone alive and working. Former Soul Coughing front man Mike Doughty not only did it breathing, but ended up besting his SC work by using his two best assets � his trademark vocals and ...
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Capitol Hill Hooley

Wed., March 17 - The Capitol Hill Hooley kicks off 5 p.m. Friday, March 12 at the Irish Snug with Irish piper Andy Sheldon followed by the Martin Percival School of Irish Dance. The following day, the Hooley starts at 11 a.m. by taking over the Snug, the patio as well as a tent in the back of the pub. The entertainm...
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Jazz Jam with Mark Diamond

Third Sunday of every month, 7:30pm
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#6: You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift

(C)2008 Big Machine.
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Ray Davies

Sat., March 20, 8:00pm - Ozzy Osbourne has suggested that Ray Davies invented heavy metal with his signature guitar-riff opening on "You Really Got Me." While that may be true, Davies's career with and without the Kinks has shown mainly that the guy has a true knack for inventive pop songwriting and for writing incisive lyr...
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St. Patrick's Day

Daily from Fri., March 12 until Wed., March 17, 8:00am-11:00pm - For the last dozen years, Fado has been throwing some of the biggest St. Patrick's Day parties in Denver. Things kick off on Friday, March 12 with the bar's annual St. Baldrick's charity event from noon to 6 p.m. The pub opens the following day at 7 a.m. and serves Irish Breakfast. Ten hours of musi...
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Manchester Orchestra

Thu., March 18, 7:00pm - If you're seeking Nirvana, you shall find it. It's all there. From the dark, diary-style lyrics to the tortured-growl delivery to the loud-quiet-loud dynamic, you can hear the influence Kurt Cobain has had on Andy Hull as you listen to the super-serious, 22-year-old Manchester Orchestra frontman how...
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Lipgloss

Every week Friday, 9:00pm - In the restaurant world, you're considered a success if you still have a standing wait after being in business for a certain amount of time. That said, Lipgloss is the club equivalent of the French Laundry. Founded in 2001 by the Denver 3 (now the Denver 2 since Tim Cook has parted ways with Lipglos...
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Live review: Maceo Parker @ Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom

Live review and photo essay: Maceo Parker plays Denver's Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom on Friday, March 12.
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The Border is back in business

After Brian Haddad and David Weiss bought The Border, a University of Denver hangout for more than three decades, they didn't waste any time. They closed the deal on a Friday in late January, brought in a lot of people to clean the joint over the weekend, and had all new vendors and everyt...
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Night Owl at Old Curtis Street

When most bands raid the coffers of '60s and '70s music, they go in for the Nuggets thing, or hard rock, or the Beatles or the Velvet Underground. Night Owl (due on Thursday, March 11, at Old Curtis Street) didn't really do that. Instead, it followed in the footsteps of the Style Council a...
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Live review: Visqueen @ the Lion�s Lair / Slim Cessna�s Auto Club @ the Oriental Theater

Live review: Slim Cessna's Auto Club @ the Oriental Theater / Visqueen @ the Lion's Lair
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#7: Hotel Room Service - Pitbull

(C) .
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Photo essay: Great Big Sea @ the Boulder Theater, Days 1-2

Photo essay: Great Big Sea played the the Boulder Theater March 12-13.
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Experience Hendrix

Some guitarists borrow from the Hendrix canon, while others simply absorb his music through osmosis. Either way, there's probably not a guitarist alive who wasn't affected by the music of Jimi Hendrix in some way. Joe Satriani has said that although he can play every one of Hendrix's songs, out o...
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Photo essay: Experience Hendrix @ the Paramount Theatre

All-star lineup visits Paramount Theatre for Experience Hendrix on Sunday, March 14.
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Panties at the Bar

Every week Monday, 9:00pm - Sometimes it's the simple things that get guys through the day, and they usually start with the letter B: bars, booze, and, uh, boobs. Every Monday there's all of that and more when the lovely ladies of the Ooh La La Burlesque serve up affordable drinks while dressed provocatively in panties and fis...
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#3: I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas

(C)2009 Interscope.
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Leslie & the LY's

Had Tracy & the Plastics started out in Ames, Iowa, instead of Olympia, Washington, they might have turned out like Leslie & the LY's. The act combines electronic pop with hip-hop and an obvious streak of playful weirdness that would make Peaches and Cindy Wonderful proud. The band's live shows a...
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Colorado Youth Poetry Slam

First Monday of every month
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Quasi

Tue., March 23 - Seventeen years after it was founded, Quasi is touring in support of its recently released album, American Gong. Not unlike the 2003 album Hot Shit, the new record takes aim at some of the more unsavory aspects of American imperialism without exercising an uninspired heavy-handed appro...
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Robert Glasper Experiment

Daily from Thu., March 18 until Fri., March 19, 7:00pm - Robert Glasper�s latest Blue Note effort, Double Booked, shows just how well the pianist straddles the jazz and hip-hop worlds. On the first half of the disc, Glasper flexes his jazz chops within the confines of an acoustic trio setting, cutting through four brilliant originals before di...
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Itchy-O

Fri., March 19 - Itchy-O (due at Old Curtis Street on Friday, March 19) isn't a band so much as a multimedia art project designed to be an all but complete sensory experience for those who witness its performances. Truth be told, though, the troupe is probably working on its being a wholly immersive sensory experien...
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Joe Bonner

Every week Sunday, 8:00pm - Legendary jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders dug Joe Bonner's chops so much he recruited the pianist to play on six of Sanders's albums throughout the '70s. Bonner has also performed with other legends Freddy Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Max Roach and Billy Higgins. Bonner's heavy-handed block chords recall M...
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Open Jam

Third Tuesday of every month, 6:30pm
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Jay-Z

Mon., March 22, 7:00pm - Here�s the thing about Jay-Z: When he says �I. Will. Not. Lose. Ever� Fucker� in �U Don�t Know,� he�s not kidding. Of his studio albums, three are instant-classic, holy-shit ridiculous, and all eleven hit number one on the charts. That�s one more than Elv...
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St. John's Cathedral Choir

Third Sunday of every month, 4:00pm
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Gypsy Swing Revue

Every week Wednesday, 8:00pm - One of Denver's finest gypsy jazz ensembles, this quartet beautifully captures the spirit of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. Whether they're burning through up-tempo cuts like Reinhardt's "Minor Swing" or slowing it down on ballads, these cats always come out swinging. Catch them every Wedn...
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#9: Mad - Ne-Yo

(C)2008 Def Jam/Compound.
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Song Circle

First Tuesday of every month, 6:30pm
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J.T. Nolan & the Lovely and Talentead

Fri., March 19, 8:00pm - The brainchild of multi-instrumentalist seems eerily similar to fellow Denver outfit DeVotchKa. After all, both gather sounds from a similar pool of eras and genres, and Nolan has even appeared on stage with DeVotchKa � not to mention the fact that that group�s drummer, Shawn King, makes a...
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<i>e-town<i> with Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings and Darrell Scott

Tue., March 16, 7:00pm - One thing about Sharon Jones that�s often overlooked: She may be the figurehead of today's retro-soul movement, but she was also there the first time around. Granted, Jones may not have been strutting around big stages the same time that Tina Turner was tearing up "Nutbush City Limits," but Jon...
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Bluegrass Jam

Second Tuesday of every month, 7:00pm
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Great American Taxi (CD Release)

Sat., March 20, 9:00pm - Great American Taxi's sophomore release, Reckless Habits, finds the band in strong form, despite some personnel shifts over the past few years. The group continues to lean on the honky-tonk pedal to produce engaging roots-based ditties, including the title cut, "Reckless Habits," an infectiou...
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Itchy-O

Fri., March 19 - Itchy-O (due at Old Curtis Street on Friday, March 19) isn't a band so much as a multimedia art project designed to be an all but complete sensory experience for those who witness its performances. Truth be told, though, the troupe is probably working on its being a wholly immersive sensory experien...
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Bluegrass Jam

Second Tuesday of every month, 7:00pm
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#1: Halo - Beyoncé

(C)2008 .
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Capitol Hill Hooley

Wed., March 17 - The Capitol Hill Hooley kicks off 5 p.m. Friday, March 12 at the Irish Snug with Irish piper Andy Sheldon followed by the Martin Percival School of Irish Dance. The following day, the Hooley starts at 11 a.m. by taking over the Snug, the patio as well as a tent in the back of the pub. The entertainm...
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Joe Bonner

Every week Sunday, 8:00pm - Legendary jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders dug Joe Bonner's chops so much he recruited the pianist to play on six of Sanders's albums throughout the '70s. Bonner has also performed with other legends Freddy Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Max Roach and Billy Higgins. Bonner's heavy-handed block chords recall M...
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Experience Hendrix

Some guitarists borrow from the Hendrix canon, while others simply absorb his music through osmosis. Either way, there's probably not a guitarist alive who wasn't affected by the music of Jimi Hendrix in some way. Joe Satriani has said that although he can play every one of Hendrix's songs, out o...
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Panties at the Bar

Every week Monday, 9:00pm - Sometimes it's the simple things that get guys through the day, and they usually start with the letter B: bars, booze, and, uh, boobs. Every Monday there's all of that and more when the lovely ladies of the Ooh La La Burlesque serve up affordable drinks while dressed provocatively in panties and fis...
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Open Jam

Third Tuesday of every month, 6:30pm
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Song Circle

First Tuesday of every month, 6:30pm
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News: Denver music scene splashes into South by Southwest 2010

A city’s music movement doesn’t arrive on the national scene drop by drop. When it happens, and that is rare and remembered, it comes with a big splash. In that way, Colorado’s independent musicians are doing a cannonball into this year’s South by Southwest music festival, which starts in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday.Nothing predicts the [...]
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Photo essay: Great Big Sea @ the Boulder Theater, Days 1-2

Photo essay: Great Big Sea played the the Boulder Theater March 12-13.
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The Border is back in business

After Brian Haddad and David Weiss bought The Border, a University of Denver hangout for more than three decades, they didn't waste any time. They closed the deal on a Friday in late January, brought in a lot of people to clean the joint over the weekend, and had all new vendors and everyt...
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Dan Allen

On the back cover of Thompson Blues, Dan Allen's latest album, there's a photo of Allen holding a stack of Jim Thompson novels. While this might be intriguing for fans of the crime-fiction writer, who wrote some gritty, tough-ass books like The Killer Inside Me, The Getaway a...
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Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

One thing about Sharon Jones that's often overlooked: She may be the figurehead of today's retro-soul movement, but she was also there the first time around. Granted, Jones may not have been strutting around big stages the same time that Tina Turner was tearing up "Nutbush City Limits," but Jones...
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#2: My Life Would Suck Without You - Kelly Clarkson

(C)2009 RCA Records Label.
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Jaguar Love

Although Fat Possum Records has branched out over the years with the acquisition of bands like the Walkmen, bolstering a roster that already includes such groups as Dinosaur Jr., Andrew Bird, Lissie and Heartless Bastards, really, it's still about the last place on earth you'd expect to find an a...
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Robbie Rivera at Beta

Robbie Rivera is one of those incredibly prolific artists who make normal musicians look like slackers. Since releasing his first track ("El Sorullo") in 1996, he's produced dozens and dozens of tracks, a seemingly unceasing stream of funky, dirty house music, incorporating everything from...
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Live review: Flobots CD release @ the Ogden Theatre

Live review: Flobots CD release @ the Ogden Theatre
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Glowing House

At first listen, it's easy to mistake Glowing House's debut as a vehicle for Jess Parsons, the outfit's lead vocalist and pianist/guitarist. But the more the sumptuous and heartfelt songs sink in, the more the whole project feels like a real band. And a good band. Sidestepping the trend of precio...
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Hard Pressed

Husband and wife Cory Obert and Andrea Lecos marry fiddle and banjo and tell the story of their lives. They are inspired by bike rides, blackbirds, their two dogs and, most significantly, the amber-trapped past. They know words are inadequate and don't use them very often, relying much more on th...
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Andrea Ball

Building on some of the ideas presented on her last album, 2008's Beat Beat Pound, Andrea Ball once again sidesteps the well-worn singer-songwriter template on Dial Tone, her latest effort, in favor of more plodding, piano-heavy arrangements. Fleshed out by an array of interesting s...
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#5: Whatcha Say - Jason Derulo

(C)2009 Beluga Heights/Warner Bros..
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Photo essay: Pretty Lights @ the Fox Theatre

Fort Collins electronic act Pretty Lights plays the Fox Theatre on March 11.
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#8: Paparazzi - Lady Gaga

(C)2008 Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherry Tree.
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Live review: Midlake @ the Bluebird Theater

There were no Hobbits around during Midlake’s Bluebird show on Thursday, but the band’s soft-rock/folk set certainly would have warranted it. Photo by Lindsay McWilliams.Touring in support of new CD �The Courage of Others,� Denton, Texas act Midlake played to a roughly 75 percent capacity, jammed-in-front audience at the Bluebird Thursday night. Midlake�s sound has [...]
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