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Off Limits
After vegan requests LVTOFU license plate, the DMV reveals its dirty mind
Published: April 9, 2009
All Kelly Coffman-Lee wanted to do was share her philosophy of life with everyone else on the road. "We're all vegan in my family," the Centennial woman says of herself, her...
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Ask A Mexican
Word of the week: Caramba!
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: April 9, 2009
Dear Mexican: For as long as I can remember, Mexicans were known for doing three things: Drinking lots of cerveza, having lots of niños, and saying "¡Ay, caramba!"...
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Letters
Letters from the week of April 9
Published: April 9, 2009
"The Zen of Ken," Alan Prendergast, April 2 Greed Acres The Department of the Interior's new head, Ken Salazar, is a good man who won't sell us out. But he needs to fire...
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Backbeat
Peña doesn't need words to make a point
By R. Kelly Liggin
Published: April 9, 2009
Call it math rock. Call it progressive rock. Hell, you can even call it rock instrumentation with momentary hints of shoegazing if you like (which is how the members of...
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The Beatdown
The Denver scene: more fertile than Octomom after a fistful of Clomid!
By Dave Herrera
Published: April 9, 2009
If you've been reading the Backbeat blog, then you know that the Denver scene is en fuego right now, muchachos. Muy caliente! The amount of attention that's being paid to our...
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Rough Mixes
Black Kids' Reggie Youngblood is a product of his contradictions
By Michael Roberts
Published: April 9, 2009
Among the first original songs penned by Black Kids frontman Reggie Youngblood were birthday tributes meant to impress girls who'd gotten a rise out of him, so to speak —...
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Rough Mixes
Veteran jazz drummer Bill Goodwin keeps time with son Max, aka DJ Klaw
By Jon Solomon
Published: April 9, 2009
This year marks drummer Bill Goodwin's fiftieth as a professional musician. During the past 35 years, he's performed with, recorded with and produced albums for legendary alto...
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Bar Back
Make new friends at Mr. A's
By Jon Solomon
Published: April 9, 2009
Remember that scene in Animal House when Otter, Flounder, Pinto and Boon pick up those girls from Emily Dickinson College and then drive by the Dexter Lake Club, where they spy...
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Playlist
The Hollyfelds
Black Heart Blue
Self-releasedBy Cory Casciato
Published: April 9, 2009
Listening to the Hollyfelds' Black Heart Blue makes me wish my grandpa was still alive. See, we were always close, but I never gave his music — Hank Williams, Patsy Cline...
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Playlist
Bronze
The Bronze
Fist MusicBy Tom Murphy
Published: April 9, 2009
On its debut, the Bronze sets itself apart from the other bands drawing similar inspiration from the fusion of sludgy, heavy rock and thrash. Mixed in with the undeniable bite...
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Playlist
Council of Word
CO2: A Heavy Gas
Roundtable RecordsBy Michael Roberts
Published: April 9, 2009
Danny One Shoe and Deep Rawk Dave, this Council's members, come by their old-school sound honestly. They've been making Mile High hip-hop since 1989, and instead of mimicking...
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Playlist
Bonnie Lowdermilk
Up to Now
Self-releasedBy Jon Solomon
Published: April 9, 2009
It might have taken Bonnie Lowdermilk a little more than a decade to release the followup to her previous album with the Fred Hersch Trio, but Up to Now was well worth the...
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Glasvegas
Thursday, April 9, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.
By Tom Murphy
Published: April 9, 2009
Perhaps too cleverly named, this Glasgow-based band had fans among the likes of Lisa Marie Presley and former Creation Records head Alan McGee before releasing a proper record....
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Lily Allen
Thursday, April 9, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-8497.
By Michael Roberts
Published: April 9, 2009
From the moment Lily Allen surfaced on the pop radar, she seemed destined to be a short-lived phenomenon. The daughter of a comedian who came to fame with a big assist from...
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Mastodon
Tuesday, April 14, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.
By Michael Roberts
Published: April 9, 2009
It'll probably take Mastodon fans a while to warm up to Crack the Skye. The band's latest trades some of the brutal crunch associated with albums such as 2004's Leviathan in...
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Bruce Springsteen
Friday, April 10, Pepsi Center, 303-830-8497.
By Tom Murphy
Published: April 9, 2009
Bruce Springsteen is one of a handful of rock musicians to have aged gracefully while also growing as an artist. Instead of burning out and fading away, Springsteen had a...
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The Republic Tigers
Wednesday, April 15, Gothic Theatre, Englewood, 877-598-8497.
By Jason Harper
Published: April 9, 2009
A crew of Digital Age composers, the Republic Tigers pass around song files like intraband demos, loading them onto ProTools rigs and sculpting massive creations from the...
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Critic's Choice
El Toro de la Muerte at Larimer Lounge
By Tom Murphy
Published: April 9, 2009
When you call your band "The Bull of Death," you have to excuse people for thinking you play some variety of metal-core. This Colorado Springs quintet is almost as far removed...
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Scratching the Surface
Gui Boratto at Beta
By Cory Casciato
Published: April 9, 2009
Techno has experienced a fantastic resurgence in the past few years, with new movements within the genre and new artists pushing the previously neglected style to the forefront...
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Cafe
D'Corazon will steal a little piece of your heart
By Jason Sheehan
Published: April 9, 2009
To see more of D'Corazon, go to westword.com/slideshow. Since coming west almost a decade ago, I have developed a deep and meaningful relationship with Mexican food — a...
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