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Off Limits
Art, they say, is in the eye of the beholder — and the beholders in the Art District on Santa Fe can be tough critics. That's what Marcos De La Torre discovered after he...
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Backbeat
By Jason Heller
Last year we played this show at the Roxy," remembers Taylor Kirgan, singer/guitarist of Ascaris. "We played with three hip-hop groups that night. We were the only band with...
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Rough Mixes
By Jason Heller
Post-punk is supposed to have a sharp, concise edge to it — but I Sank Molly Brown ushers the genre down meandering byways littered with warbling vocals, wobbly rhythms...
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Rough Mixes
By Jon Solomon
After fronting the Fort Collins-based indie-rock band the Jimi Austin for three and a half years, Chris Anderson was at a bit of a crossroads. Drummer Shane Zweygardt and...
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Bar Back
By Jon Solomon
Two decades ago, a buddy and I were eating burritos on the patio of a place in downtown Isla Vista, California, home of the University of California's Santa Barbara campus,...
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Playlist
Broadcast Atlantic
By Michael Roberts
Patrick Meese's friendship with Isaac Slade was handy from a getting-noticed standpoint. But now that Meese's namesake band is receiving the major-label-release treatment,...
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Playlist
Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs Telarc
By Tom Murphy
Otis Taylor's tenth album (issued locally this Thursday, June 25, at the Toad Tavern, in the company of John-Alex Mason) explores more love and its myriad aspects across...
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Playlist
Weapon of Choice EP Self-released
By Jason Heller
In the press release that accompanies Weapon of Choice, Dangerous Nonsense lists one influence: human rights. Accordingly, it's clear the trio prizes social consciousness as...
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Never Enough Self-released
By Jon Solomon
Every time legendary North Carolina-based blues guitarist Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin comes to Colorado, he has the Delta Sonics back him up. Margolin, a former Muddy Waters...
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Now Hear This
Sunday, June 28, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.
By Tom Murphy
Experimental pop-folk songwriter Luke Temple has released a short string of critically acclaimed albums and even had one of his songs featured in an episode of Grey's Anatomy....
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Now Hear This
Friday, June 26, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.
By Michael Roberts
The Fat Possum Records aesthetic, whether it pertains to rock groups like the Black Keys or blues artists à la R.L. Burnside, champions primitivism over polish and...
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Now Hear This
Friday, June 26, Soiled Dove Underground, 303-366-0007.
By Nicholas Hall
Dan Hicks is one of those artists you're pretty sure was never in it for the money. It's not that he doesn't take his craft seriously; it's just that his formula — a...
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Now Hear This
Thursday, June 25, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.
By Michael Roberts
Phoenix, appearing with Amazing Baby, is generating a buzz nearly a decade in the making. The electro-tinged French group, whose lineage has links to both Air and Daft Punk,...
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Now Hear This
By Tom Murphy
In an era when genuine political dissent has been considered treason — or, at the very least, seditious — it's entirely appropriate that a punk band would form...
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Critic's Choice
By Tom Murphy
After Boulder's melodically atonal Mansfield Ghost broke up, it was entirely possible that the band's unique guitar sound would follow it into the annals of local music....
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Scratching the Surface
By Cory Casciato
Funny, sexy and slightly insane, Princess Superstar is unquestionably a distinctive talent. As a recording artist, she takes a clever and far-out approach that mashes hip-hop,...
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Cafe
By Jason Sheehan
Everyone who lives along the Front Range must visit Casa Bonita once. Really, you're not a resident if you haven't seen the cliff divers and suffered the mariachis, climbed...
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Bite Me
By Jason Sheehan
Fried chicken isn't the only thing worth eating at White Fence Farm. The place also makes some really mean fudge.
I'm not a fan of fudge. I like my chocolate mostly in bar...
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Second Helping
By Jason Sheehan
After experiencing the tacky shlock and awe that is White Fence Farm, I headed for the one place that could stand toe to toe with its down-home country-cooking style and pure...
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Drunk of the Week
By Drew Bixby
"This here's an Indian hangout," Gary reveals to me and three friends just a few minutes after we've bellied up to the bar he's tending. Although there are no Native Americans...
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