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21. Off Limits

    A Mural? In the Santa Fe Art District? Unacceptable!

    Published: June 25, 2009

    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...

22. Backbeat

    Ascaris considers itself a punk band that plays metal

    By Jason Heller

    Published: June 25, 2009

    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...

23. Rough Mixes

    I Sank Molly Brown aims for music that's cerebral, with lots of heart

    By Jason Heller

    Published: June 25, 2009

    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...

24. Rough Mixes

    Fierce Bad Rabbit: yet another promising act from Fort Collins

    By Jon Solomon

    Published: June 25, 2009

    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...

25. Bar Back

    Follow the bikes to the British Bulldog

    By Jon Solomon

    Published: June 25, 2009

    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,...

26. Playlist

    Meese

    Broadcast
    Atlantic

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: June 25, 2009

    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,...

27. Playlist

    Otis Taylor

    Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs
    Telarc

    By Tom Murphy

    Published: June 25, 2009

    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...

28. Playlist

    Dangerous Nonsense

    Weapon of Choice EP
    Self-released

    By Jason Heller

    Published: June 25, 2009

    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...

29. Playlist

    Delta Sonics

    Never Enough
    Self-released

    By Jon Solomon

    Published: June 25, 2009

    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...

30. Now Hear This

    Here We Go Magic

    Sunday, June 28, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

    By Tom Murphy

    Published: June 25, 2009

    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....

31. Now Hear This

    Crocodiles

    Friday, June 26, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: June 25, 2009

    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...

32. Now Hear This

    Dan Hicks

    Friday, June 26, Soiled Dove Underground, 303-366-0007.

    By Nicholas Hall

    Published: June 25, 2009

    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...

33. Now Hear This

    Phoenix

    Thursday, June 25, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: June 25, 2009

    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,...

34. Now Hear This

    Witch Hunt

    Thursday, June 25, Blast-O-Mat, MySpace.com/blastomat.

    By Tom Murphy

    Published: June 25, 2009

    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...

35. Critic's Choice

    Gangcharger at the hi-dive

    By Tom Murphy

    Published: June 25, 2009

    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....

36. Scratching the Surface

    Princess Superstar at Beta

    By Cory Casciato

    Published: June 25, 2009

    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,...

37. Cafe

    The fried chicken at White Fence Farm really flies

    By Jason Sheehan

    Published: June 25, 2009

    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...

38. Bite Me

    Wait! White Fence Farm also makes good fudge

    By Jason Sheehan

    Published: June 25, 2009

    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...

39. Second Helping

    God bless the USA... and Cracker Barrel

    By Jason Sheehan

    Published: June 25, 2009

    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...

40. Drunk of the Week

    The White Horse Bar is a genuine dive

    By Drew Bixby

    Published: June 25, 2009

    "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...