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Backbeat
When it comes to hip-hop, Busdriver refuses to stick to a designated route
By Michael Roberts
Published: September 3, 2009
Boasting is an essential element of hip-hop; the verbal technique, honed through countless on-stage battles, epitomizes the idea that a rapper can go from nothing to something...
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Rough Mixes
Murder Ranks is what happens when punk attitude collides with dancehall aesthetics
By Eryc Eyl
Published: September 3, 2009
Ialways wanted to do a punk-rock dancehall thing," says Daniel Wanush, taking a drag on his cognac-dipped cigarillo. Wanush's image and the bizarre musical mash-up might be...
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Rough Mixes
Travis Egedy's Pictureplane is taking off
By Tom Murphy
Published: September 3, 2009
A native of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Travis Egedy, who performs under the name Pictureplane, has been rapidly gaining the attention of popular underground bands such as HEALTH,...
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Bar Back
Walk like an Egyptian to Club Ra
By Jon Solomon
Published: September 3, 2009
From 2003 to 2005, Club Ra, an Egyptian-themed club with a hookah bar, filled the space at 1111 Lincoln Street that's now occupied by Andrew's on Lincoln. And in late August,...
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Playlist
Honey Don't
Honey Don't
2 Dolla ReccasBy Nick Hutchinson
Published: September 3, 2009
Rambling down a country back road of old-time bluegrass and Americana-inspired ditties, Paonia's husband-and-wife team of Bill Powers and Shelley Gray (best known for their...
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Little Fyodor
Peace Is Boring
Public EyesoreBy Tom Murphy
Published: September 3, 2009
The subtly disturbing "Death Sides Now," a Joni Mitchell cover, opens the latest full-length from Little Fyodor. Recalling the more demented side of Sun City Girls, Peace Is...
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Playlist
The Motet
Dig Deep
Self-releasedBy Michael Roberts
Published: September 3, 2009
For the Motet, the groove is paramount — no shock, since the band's de facto leader, Dave Watts, is a drummer. But despite the presence of African inspirations that are...
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Snake Mountain
Snake Mountain
Self-releasedBy Jason Heller
Published: September 3, 2009
People don't push enough — especially rock musicians, a generally sedentary lot who love to remain at rest, both on stage and in their brains. Snake Mountain, however, is...
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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...
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Experimental Dental School
Thursday, September 3, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.
By Jason Heller
Published: September 3, 2009
On Experimental Dental School's new and fourth full-length, Forest Field — which is being offered as free download on its website — the group comes across as one...
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Amanda Blank
Tuesday, September 8, Bluebird Theater, 303-377-1666.
By Eryc Eyl
Published: September 3, 2009
If all you know about Amanda Blank comes from her guest spots with Spank Rock, you're hardly prepared for everything she can do. On her debut album, I Love You, the...
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OvO
Tuesday, September 8, 3 Kings Tavern, 303-777-7352.
By Tom Murphy
Published: September 3, 2009
Hailing from Milan, Italy, OvO is essentially an international duo at this point, keeping up a rigorous yearly tour schedule that traverses Europe and North America. The act's...
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Obituary
Sunday, September 6, Bluebird Theater, 303-377-1666.
By Jason Heller
Published: September 3, 2009
High priests of Florida's legendary death-metal scene alongside Death and Deicide, the members of Obituary have been grinding morbidity and decay into heavy, guttural...
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Critic's Choice
M. Pyres & the Skygaze Family Band at the hi-dive
By Tom Murphy
Published: September 3, 2009
Fort Collins's Castles started as a solo project, but eventually Matt Sage's sophisticated electro-indie pop evolved into an impressive three-piece, experimental rock band....
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Scratching the Surface
Wolfgang Gartner at Vinyl
By Cory Casciato
Published: September 3, 2009
After releasing a slew of records under such aliases as Mario Fabriani, White Collar Criminals and Frequent Fliers, Joey Youngman hit it big with his latest and greatest nom de...
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Cafe
Larkburger has brought a better burger to Boulder
By Jason Sheehan
Published: September 3, 2009
For days, I'd eaten nothing but crap and tourist fodder and overpriced lunches and dinners in the mountains while trying to pretend I was relaxing amid the spectacular views,...
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Bite Me
The man behind that smash hit, Smashburger
By Jason Sheehan
Published: September 3, 2009
You can't talk about Colorado cheeseburgers — which I do in my reviews of Larkburger and the Counter — without talking about Smashburger, the Denver-based chain...
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Second Helping
How much do I love the Counter? After a year, I'm still counting the ways
By Jason Sheehan
Published: September 3, 2009
While talking with Tom Ryan, the man behind Smashburger, I heard how the original Smashburger service model — in which customers wrote down exactly what they wanted on...
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Chef and Tell
Tyler Wiard talks about Elway's, lobster and why Denver needs a good diner
By Lori Midson
Published: September 3, 2009
"I got my ass kicked, but man, did I learn a lot," recalls Tyler Wiard, talking about the early '90s and his days as a line cook for Dave Query and John Platt at Q's Restaurant...
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Drink of the Week
Steuben's Rock and Rye
By Nancy Levine
Published: September 3, 2009
The cocktails that the original Mad Men drank are back. Classic cocktails are the new, new thing — and the fact is, these old standards generally taste better than all...
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