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Radio's getting more innovative all the time, isn't it? On Thursday, March 5, Fort Collins-based Hapi Skratch Records celebrates the release of a new CD, Skratch Trax 1 1/2, with performances at Cricket on the Hill by Fourth Estate, Martha's Wake and Danny Masters; Southern Culture on the Skids gets down at the Fox Theatre; the Vermicious Knids gobble up Oompa-Loompas at Quixote's True Blue; Shockshine startles at Round Midnight; the Tony Furtado Band joins John Magnie at the Boulder Theater; and God Lives Underwater surfaces at the Bluebird Theater, with the Autumns. On Friday, March 6, Hepcat, one of the fresher ska acts out there right now, skanks at the Bluebird, with the Gadjits; King Rat is crowned at the 15th Street Tavern, with Fast Action Revolver; the Dalhart Imperials get the royal treatment at Seven South; and G. Love & Special Sauce spices up the Ogden Theatre (the act also visits the Fox on Sunday, March 8). On Saturday, March 7, the Recliners kick back at CU-Boulder's Glenn Miller Ballroom, and the Aware Records tour, featuring Train, Nineteen Wheels and others, drops by the Bluebird. On Monday, March 9, De La Soul hip-hops to the Fox. On Tuesday, March 10, Too Slim and the Taildraggers get their butts in gear at Brendan's. And on Wednesday, March 11, the Indulgers show up for their weekly gig at Fado in LoDo. Isn't it nice to be regular?

--Michael Roberts

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