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Naughty Pierre's Mambo Burlesque & Magic Extravaganza Swallow Hill Music Hall	Sat., November 21, 8:00pm	South	Burlesque Cabaret Music
Who in the Denver area doesn't remember Cabaret Diosa's joyful mambo rock with pleasure? If you ever saw the band play live, then you already know about its infectious stylings and intoxicating energy. If you didn’t, take a tip from us: Head to Swallow Hill, 71 East Yale Avenue, tonight at... More >>

pH10 3 Kings Tavern	Sat., November 21, 8:00pm	South	Music
In the beginning, there was the sample. And the love of that sample led directly to the creation of pH10, an electronic outfit with a hard-edged sound and a long, storied history. "Wax Trax proved to me that electronic-based music could be as heavy as the punk rock and metal I was listening to... More >>

Savoy Bluebird Theater	Sat., November 21, 9:00pm	Central	Music
So what are they putting in the water up in Boulder these days? First 3OH!3 takes its ridiculous electro-hop shtick and turns into one of the biggest bands in America. Now Savoy is emerging as the kind of body-rocking electro act that goes down easy with the rock kids but can still set an... More >>

Vandaveer George's Food & Drink	Sat., November 21, 9:30pm	Boulder	Music
Not to be confused with fellow art-folk group Vetiver, Washington, D.C.'s Vandaveer sports a smokier yet more straightforward sound that feels born and bred in the back room of some bohemian cafe. And while that may sound like damnation with faint praise, Vandaveer manages to stagger between... More >>

Puscifer Paramount Theatre	Daily from Fri., November 20 until Sat., November 21, 8:00pm	Downtown	Music
Maynard James Keenan describes a show by Puscifer, arguably the oddest sibling in a family of Keenan-connected bands that includes Tool and A Perfect Circle, as a theatrical experience that's carefully planned in advance — for the most part. "We want to make sure that some stuff is solid,... More >>

Railroad Earth Fox Theatre	Daily from Thu., November 19 until Sat., November 21, 9:00pm	Boulder	Music
Coming off a pretty impressive summer of high profile Colorado appearances, including a return to Telluride Bluegrass Festival, a packed tent at Mile High Music Festival and a stop at Red Rocks with the Allman Brothers, acoustic jam band Railroad Earth could almost call Colorado their... More >>

Japandroids Larimer Lounge	Sun., November 22, 9:00pm	Downtown	Music
At first glance, people may have a hard time distinguishing Vancouver’s Japandroids from Brooklyn’s Japanther. Both are stripped-down, two-piece, lo-fi garage-rock bands whose members share vocal duties, and both have a certain kinship with the Land of the Rising Sun. Musically,... More >>

Joe Bonner Mercury Cafe	Every week Sunday, 8:00pm	Downtown	Music
Legendary jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders dug Joe Bonner's chops so much he recruited the pianist to play on six of Sanders's albums throughout the '70s. Bonner has also performed with other legends Freddy Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Max Roach and Billy Higgins. Bonner's heavy-handed block chords... More >>

The Big Pink Larimer Lounge	Mon., November 23, 9:00pm	Downtown	Music
London’s Big Pink borrowed its name from the Band’s classic debut album and set about producing music possessed of vast, swirling horizons and heady dynamics. The record’s introspective, declarative lyrics are like beacons in the hazy early-morning soundscape. In that respect,... More >>

Hatebreed and Cannibal Corpse Ogden Theatre	Mon., November 23, 6:30pm	Central	Music
Cannibal Corpse didn't invent death metal, but it has become one of the genre's definitive bands. Forming in Buffalo, New York in 1988, Cannibal Corpse quickly came to prominence due to its decidedly brutal music and horrifically detailed lyrics to match. From the beginning, Cannibal's album... More >>

Converge The Black Sheep	Mon., November 23, 7:30pm	Southern Colorado	Music
Although tagged by some as "this generation's Black Flag," Converge vocalist Jacob Bannon is a long way off from becoming Henry Rollins -- off stage anyway. Onstage, Bannon is a whirling dervish of emotion, complete with violent fist pumps and blood curdling screams. Offstage, however, the... More >>

Panties at the Bar 3 Kings Tavern	Every week Monday, 9:00pm	South	Barhopping Burlesque Music Nightlife
Sometimes it's the simple things that get guys through the day, and they usually start with the letter B: bars, booze, and, uh, boobs. Every Monday there's all of that and more when the lovely ladies of the Ooh La La Burlesque serve up affordable drinks while dressed provocatively in panties... More >>

Snuggle! The Blast-O-Mat	Tue., November 24, 8:00pm	Central	Music
With pop punk having pretty much become a parody of itself these days, it’s difficult to be surprised by anything that anyone playing that kind of music has to offer. So how is it that a bunch of kids from Seattle got together to form a melodic, poppy punk band without sounding hopelessly... More >>

The Informants Lincoln's Road House	Wed., November 25, 9:00pm	South	Music
While being hailed as one of the city's best blues bands, the Informants also mix it up with soul, rock and rockabilly, as heard on their outstanding 2007 debut, Stiletto Angel. The group continues down a similar path on its new album, Crime Scene Queen, which was produced by Big Head Todd and... More >>

Nitzer Ebb Bluebird Theater	Wed., November 25, 9:00pm	Central	Music
Nitzer Ebb, from Essex, England, helped to define the musical style called EBM with its heavy industrial rhythms and stark vocals. As with emo, another much-maligned genre, EBM started out as a vital and relevant music whose pioneers never chose to name with a blanket term to encompass a music... More >>

Gypsy Swing Revue Irish Snug	Every week Wednesday, 8:00pm	Central	Music
One of Denver's finest gypsy jazz ensembles, this quartet beautifully captures the spirit of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. Whether they're burning through up-tempo cuts like Reinhardt's "Minor Swing" or slowing it down on ballads, these cats always come out swinging. Catch them every... More >>

Paul van Dyk Beta	Thu., November 26, 9:00pm	Downtown	Music
Although he shies away from the label these days, Paul van Dyk is one of the undisputed masters of trance. His music is like the aural version of Utopian visions from the '70s of a sterile, computer-controlled future populated by people in white jumpsuits and flowing robes, gliding from place... More >>

Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk Rhinoceropolis	Fri., November 27, 9:00pm	North	Music
Lawrence, Kansas, is an unlikely little pocket of American Bohemia tucked into the heart of the Midwest. So it should come as no surprise that it has its own nascent music scene, which includes the likes of Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk. Oftentimes the most visible bands from out-of-the-way... More >>

Alan Alda Larimer Lounge	Fri., November 27, 9:00pm	Downtown	Music
Sometimes it's hard to tell if the members of Alan Alda are joking. Engaging the threesome is like stepping straight into a steady barrage of inside jokes, tongue-in-cheek pop-culture references and friendly sarcasm. Levity is clearly part of this group's inner workings. But the casual tone... More >>

Radical Knitting Circle Meadowlark	Fri., November 27, 9:00pm	Downtown	Music
Over the years, the term "hippie music" has come to mean meandering jams with guitar solos that can be timed with an hourglass. But during the first generation of the 20th century's most hirsute social movement, the phrase also applied to the tuneage of antic folk loons with a fondness for... More >>

Lipgloss La Rumba	Every week Friday, 9:00pm	Central	Music
In the restaurant world, you're considered a success if you still have a standing wait after being in business for a certain amount of time. That said, Lipgloss is the club equivalent of the French Laundry. Founded in 2001 by the Denver 3 (now the Denver 2 since Tim Cook has parted ways with... More >>

Blind Pilot Bluebird Theater	Sat., November 28, 9:00pm	Central	Music
Israel Nebeker and Ryan Dobrowski know something about getting back to basics. Before they put together their brilliant debut full-length, 3 Rounds and a Sound, the two men who make up Portland-based Blind Pilot conducted a strictly human-powered tour of their home coast. The same austere... More >>

Dugoutcanoe Rhinoceropolis	Sat., November 28, 9:00pm	North	Music
Anyone who saw Jacob Isaacs playing in the legendary Angels Never Answer probably wouldn’t have guessed he’d do music like this. The earliest incarnations of Dugoutcanoe (due on Saturday, November 28, at Rhinoceropolis) used tape samples and Isaacs’s prodigious skill with drums... More >>

Dave Seaman The Church	Sat., November 28, 9:00pm	Central	Music
From co-writing hit songs for Kylie Minogue to playing the biggest dance-music festivals in the world, Dave Seaman (due on Saturday, November 28 at the Church) has done it all. His mainstay is pumping, progressive house with a healthy tech influence that’s underground but easily accessible... More >>

The Swell Season and Rachael Yamagata Ogden Theatre	Sun., November 29, 8:00pm	Central	Music
Rachael Yamagata released her critically acclaimed debut disc, Happenstance, in 2004, only to be dumped by her record label, RCA, shortly thereafter. Last year the singer-songwriter and pianist finally resurfaced, on Warner Bros., with the wonderfully ambitious double album Elephants…Teeth... More >>