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21. Now Hear This

    Blink-182

    Sunday, September 6, Fiddler's Green, 303-830-8497.

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: September 3, 2009

    Blink's return on a bill co-starring Weezer, Taking Back Sunday and Chester French could be really, really good or really, really bad. Pros: Because the trio's only been on the...

22. Flick Pick

    The Windmill Movie at Starz

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: September 3, 2009

    Early in The Windmill Movie, filmmaker Richard P. Rogers, whose never-completed autobiographical project was knitted together by former student Alexander Olch after his 2001...

23. Night & Day

    Flick Pick

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: August 27, 2009

    Ghosted, opening this week, is a collection of potentially intriguing elements — emphasis on “potentially.” The action moves between Germany, the home of artist...

24. Rough Mixes

    John Eriksson talks about the changing flavors of Peter Bjorn and John

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: August 27, 2009

    John Eriksson was groomed from an early age to be an orchestral musician. He began taking lessons at age eight, earned a degree in classical percussion at the University of...

25. Playlist

    Yonder Mountain String Band

    The Show
    Frog Pad Records

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: August 27, 2009

    The jam with which YMSB's music has been flavored since its 1998 founding is spread thinner than usual on The Show, a new album being given to attendees of a Friday, August 28,...

26. Now Hear This

    Fruit Bats

    Saturday, August 29, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: August 27, 2009

    Fruit Bats frontman Eric Johnson, who'll take the Larimer Lounge stage following Death Vessel and Achille Lauro, joined the Shins shortly after contributing to a track on the...

27. Now Hear This

    Eyedea & Abilities

    Friday, August 28, Marquis Theater, 303-292-0805.

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: August 27, 2009

    Not all bands can excel in every kind of venue, as those who attended the August 14 Atmosphere show at Red Rocks discovered during the Eyedea & Abilities set. The Minnesota...

28. Flick Pick

    Ghosted at Starz

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: August 27, 2009

    Ghosted, opening this week, is a collection of potentially intriguing elements — emphasis on "potentially." The action moves between Germany, the home of artist Sophie...

29. Night & Day

    Flick Pick

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: August 20, 2009

    Early in Betty Blue, aspiring novelist Zorg (Jean-Hugues Anglade) declares, “She was like a flower with translucent antennae and a mauve plastic heart” in so solemn a...

30. Playlist

    Motorhome

    Almost Vegas
    Self-released

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: August 20, 2009

    Creating fresh-sounding roots music ain't easy. It's a bit like trying to make a new antique. Somehow, though, the quintet riding in Fort Collins's Motorhome manage to pull it...

31. Now Hear This

    The Avett Brothers

    Friday, August 21, Boulder Theater, 303-786-7030.

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: August 20, 2009

    The music made by North Carolina brothers Seth and Scott Avett, joined on this bill by Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside, is about as trendy as a Model-T. But their talent is...

32. Now Hear This

    Lil Wayne

    Thursday, August 20, Fiddler's Green, 303-830-8497.

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: August 20, 2009

    Lil Wayne, who headlines KS-107.5's Back to School Jam over Young Jeezy, Drake, Soulja Boy and Jeremih, is in an uncommonly vulnerable position. After the enormous success of...

33. Flick Pick

    Betty Blue at Starz

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: August 20, 2009

    Early in Betty Blue, aspiring novelist Zorg (Jean-Hugues Anglade) declares, "She was like a flower with translucent antennae and a mauve plastic heart" in so solemn a tone that...

34. Night & Day

    Flick Pick

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: August 13, 2009

    Early in The Windmill, filmmaker Richard P. Rogers, whose never-completed autobiographical project was knitted together by former student Alexander Olch after his 2001 death,...

35. Playlist

    HonorTheFallen

    Pathos
    Self-released

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: August 13, 2009

    Throughout Pathos, it's clear the Fallen ones do more with the post-emo formula than most of their contemporaries. What's tougher to suss out is why and how, especially...

36. Now Hear This

    M. Ward

    Sunday, August 16, Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, 800-624-2422.

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: August 13, 2009

    These days, singer-songwriter Matthew Stephen Ward is best known as half of She & Him, a duo that teams him with actress Zoey Deschanel, whose rendition of Nancy Sinatra's...

37. Flick Pick

    Somers Town at Starz

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: August 13, 2009

    At first glance, Somers Town seems gritty and realistic, what with its handheld, black-and-white shots of working-class London and a cast dominated by actors who wouldn't look...

38. Night & Day

    Flick Pick

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: August 6, 2009

    The cult that’s assembled around 2001’s Donnie Darko, which gets the Film on the Rocks treatment on Wednesday, August 12, seems motivated more by the size of...

39. Backbeat

    Breathe Carolina's Kyle Evans discusses the joys and dangers of the Warped Tour

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: August 6, 2009

    July 13 is the first day off for Breathe Carolina bandmates Kyle Evans and David Schmitt since they hopped aboard the pop-punk juggernaut known as the Warped Tour, and they're...

40. Now Hear This

    Simian Mobile Disco

    Thursday, August 6, The Church, 303-832-2383.

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: August 6, 2009

    In recent years, major U.S. labels haven't figured out how to sell dance music — and Interscope's experience with Simian Mobile Disco won't convince many imprints to take...