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41. Playlist

    Arcanium

    The Architects
    Self-released

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: August 6, 2009

    The members of Arcanium are technically skilled and plenty passionate — but when it comes to distinctiveness and originality, they've still got a ways to go. Most of the...

42. Flick Pick

    Donnie Darko at Film on the Rocks

    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 writer/director...

43. Night & Day

    Flick Pick

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: July 30, 2009

    The opening frames of Pressure Cooker, a documentary debuting at Starz FilmCenter on Friday, July 31, serve the same sort of dish as Hell’s Kitchen, Fox TV’s...

44. Rough Mixes

    Nearly four decades of rocking has taken its toll on Joe Perry and Aerosmith

    Michael Roberts

    Published: July 30, 2009

    Aerosmith still sounds remarkably vital for a band that's been battering auditory canals since Richard Nixon's first term. But its members are paying the price for abusing...

45. Playlist

    Subcon

    Antitoxin
    Self-released

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: July 30, 2009

    Subcon has been playing the local rap game since the mid-'90s, and Antitoxin sounds like it. No question that he's well-intentioned on numbers such as "Hey Mom," dedicated to...

46. Now Hear This

    Akron/Family

    Friday, July 31, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: July 30, 2009

    When it comes to Akron/Family, expect the unexpected. The group boasts not one, not two, but three multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriters: Dana Janssen (who took part in a...

47. Night & Day

    Flick Pick

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: July 23, 2009

    Being a young actress in Hollywood can be a horror show even for performers who achieve something akin to stardom – a condition that’s temporary for all too many of...

48. Playlist

    Rough Draft

    It'll Be Alright
    Self-released

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: July 23, 2009

    The messages in contemporary-Christian songs have grown more subtle over time as bands have sought to broaden listenership — hence lots of vague lyrics that work equally...

49. Now Hear This

    The Album Leaf

    Friday, July 24, Marquis Theater, 866-468-7621.

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: July 23, 2009

    Multi-instrumentalist Jimmy LaValle, the man behind the Album Leaf, wasn't always such a mellow fellow. Back in the '90s, he got his first taste of large-scale musical...

50. Flick Pick

    Homecoming at Starz

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: July 23, 2009

    Being a young actress in Hollywood can be a horror show even for performers who achieve something akin to stardom – a condition that's temporary for all too many of them....

51. Night & Day

    Flick Pick

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: July 16, 2009

    The astronaut drama Countdown is a curio from both a historical and filmic standpoint. The movie, co-starring James Caan and Robert Duvall, both pre-Godfather, arrived in 1968,...

52. Playlist

    Michaela Rae

    Blues With a Backbone
    Hapi Skratch

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: July 16, 2009

    Should you wait to sing the blues until your voice has changed? That unlikely question is central to this debut by Michaela Rae Knox, who cut Backbone when she was just...

53. Now Hear This

    Japandroids

    Tuesday, July 21, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: July 16, 2009

    Lyrics: Are they necessary? Not always — and a little can go a long way. "The Boys Are Leaving Town," the first song on Post-Nothing, the Polyvinyl Records debut by...

54. Flick Pick

    Countdown at the Boulder Public Library

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: July 16, 2009

    The astronaut drama Countdown is a curio from both a historical and filmic standpoint. The movie, co-starring James Caan and Robert Duvall, both pre-Godfather, arrived in 1968,...

55. Night & Day

    Flick Pick

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: July 9, 2009

    The Thief of Baghdad is an enormous contradiction of the auteur theory. The 1940 release credits three directors — Ludwig Berger, Tim Whelan and Michael Powell — and...

56. Rough Mixes

    Snoop Dogg is ready to embark on his Blazed and Confused tour, jacc

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: July 9, 2009

    Copy editors, grammarians and assorted other speakers of English: Apologies in advance for our e-mail interview with Calvin Broadus, aka Snoop Dogg, whose Blazed and Confused...

57. Playlist

    Drop Dead, Gorgeous

    The Hot N' Heavy
    Suretone

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: July 9, 2009

    Plenty of haters ripped into 2007's Worse Than a Fairy Tale, accusing Drop Dead, Gorgeous of softening its assault to up the accessibility quotient – and the act's latest...

58. Now Hear This

    The Rural Alberta Advantage

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: July 9, 2009

    Many people think of folk music as precious and pretentious in equal measure — the equivalent of arming whiny occupants of reality-show confessional booths with an...

59. Now Hear This

    Bon Iver

    Saturday, July 11, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-8497; Sunday, July 12, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: July 9, 2009

    Justin Vernon, Bon Iver's central figure (joined on these bills by The Wheel), is a Wisconsin-based singer-songwriter who first gained widespread attention for last year's For...

60. Flick Pick

    The Thief of Baghdad

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: July 9, 2009

    The Thief of Baghdad is an enormous contradiction of the auteur theory. The 1940 release credits three directors — Ludwig Berger, Tim Whelan and Michael Powell —...