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    June 17, 2013

    DeVotchKa and the Colorado Symphony at Red Rocks, with Amanda Palmer, 6/14/13

    DEVOTCHKA & THE COLORADO SYMPHONY @ RED ROCKS | 6/14/13 Sharing the spotlight with an orchestra of more than fifty members, DeVotchKa ran the risk of getting lost in the shuffle on stage at Red Rocks. Then came the aerialists, who climbed high above the stage via slim stretches of fabric and perform ... More >>

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    June 4, 2013

    The xx at the Fillmore Auditorium, 6/3/13

    THE XX @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 6/3/13 Clad in black and appearing every bit as mysterious and guarded as their music implies, the xx stepped on stage, strapped on its gear and began playing "Try" from its sophomore album, Coexist. The siren-like drone from Jamie Smith's synthesizer set the tone for ... More >>

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    May 17, 2013

    Imagine Dragons at Red Rocks, 5/16/13

    IMAGINE DRAGONS @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE | 5/16/13 On stage at Red Rocks last night, Dan Reynolds couldn't get over the emotional weight of the moment. "This may be the greatest night of our lives," Reynolds declared after "Round and Round," the band's energetic opener. Later, he marveled, "This is ... More >>

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    April 22, 2013

    4/20 shooting at Civic Center Park suspect caught on video: Do you recognize him?

    The shooting at Saturday's 4/20 celebration put a damper on an event that was seen by organizers as a way to make Denver the center of marijuana reform nationwide. At this writing, the Denver Police Department still has no one in custody for the crime. However, the department has identified what re ... More >>

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    April 22, 2013

    4/20 shooting: Organizer Miguel Lopez injured, nearly trampled during chaos

    We've been reporting about the shootings at the 4/20 Civic Center Park rally on Saturday, as well as the continuing search for a suspect caught on video. Watching developments closely is event organizer Miguel Lopez, who's having difficulty getting around the better part of two days since the start ... More >>

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    April 21, 2013

    Photos: 4/20 shooting at Civic Center Park -- and an activist's take

    Update below: For months, anticipation has built toward this year's 4/20 Rally at Civic Center Park, touted as a mix of pot, hip hop and serious politics to be witnessed by locals and visitors from all over the country. Yet the positive nature of the event was countered by a shooting after the cloc ... More >>

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    April 15, 2013

    Suicidal Tendencies at Summit, 4/14/13

    SUICIDAL TENDENCIES @ SUMMIT MUSIC HALL |4/14/13 In a fairly gutsy move, two songs into its set, Suicidal Tendencies performed its classic song, "Institutionalized," a tune of paranoia, societal oppression and mental illness. It was a different from the version on the album. The music was a little ... More >>

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    April 15, 2013

    Photos: Broncos cheerleader tryouts 2013

    Just a few short months ago, the Denver Broncos' best season in years ended in disappointment. But hope springs eternal, and so do those wishing to become members of the Broncos cheerleading squad that will whip crowds into a frenzy at what we all anticipate will be even more victories to come. Ou ... More >>

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    April 4, 2013

    Photos: Barack Obama talks gun control at the Denver Police Academy

    As recently as Monday, Representative Rhonda Fields didn't know if she'd be invited to President Barack Obama's Wednesday gun-control talk at the Denver Police Academy. But Fields was on hand along with many other local political heavyweights, including Governor John Hickenlooper, Senate President J ... More >>

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    February 18, 2013

    Neurosis at Summit Music Hall, 2/16/13

    NEUROSIS at SUMMIT MUSIC HALL | 2/16/13 Experiencing the rare and punishing set from Neurosis at the Summit Music Hall evoked the sensation of being in front of a oncoming freight train. But then the music itself was so powerful and felt like so many things, that it was almost overwhelming. The imp ... More >>

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    February 13, 2013

    The Who at Pepsi Center, 2/12/13

    THE WHO @ PEPSI CENTER |2/12/13 Pete Townsend's first windmill of the night last night at the Pepsi Center came during "The Real Me." Seeing the famous wind up in person is an entirely different experience from merely listening to Townsend's fret work on the recordings, which is exciting and energe ... More >>

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    February 4, 2013

    Photos: Super Bowl bar parties pit Ravens and 49ers fans v. the morning after

    How did local Ravens and 49ers fans spend Super Bowl Sunday? Plenty of them headed to bars catering to their respective teams: Chopper's Sports Grill for Baltimore boosters, the Icehouse Tavern for San Francisco faithful. Photog Brandon Marshall stopped by both places to sample the agony and the ecs ... More >>

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    January 7, 2013

    Photos: Midnight on Market Street

    When it comes to nightlife in Denver, Market Street is always thriving year round, even when its bitterly cold outside on nights like this past Saturday, when we sent out our roving nightlife photographer Brandon Marshall to capture the scene. Marshall made his way up and down Market and brought bac ... More >>

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    December 23, 2012

    Clutch at the Fillmore, 12/21/12

    CLUTCH @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 12/21/12 Neil Fallon was happy that the Mayans were wrong about the end of the world. The Clutch frontman spelled out his reasoning to the crowd that packed the floor and the wings of the Fillmore on Friday night, taking a rare break between tunes in a breakneck set t ... More >>

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    December 21, 2012

    The Foodchain at Bluebird Theater, 12/20/12

    THE FOODCHAIN @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 12/20/12 As the Foodchain played "Young Amsterdam," their anthem to Denver's favorite plant, the thick cloud that hovered near the ceiling of the Bluebird got thicker, and the pungent smell that pervaded the venue got even more pronounced. The band shifted from a ... More >>

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    November 7, 2012

    Photos: Mitt Romney loss prompts anger, heartbreak at Colorado Republican watch party

    Sell the house. Lay off employees. Shut down the business. Prepare for the children to move back home. These are some of the stories of gloom, doom and dread that Mitt Romney supporters at Denver's official GOP watch party shared as news broke -- rather suddenly, and before they even knew Colorado ... More >>

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    November 5, 2012

    Photos: Mitt Romney tells 17,000 in Englewood he will win the election

    On Saturday morning, Vice President Joe Biden told a crowd in Arvada that a vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for a candidate who doesn't have confidence in average Americans. But after taking the stage at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre that night, Romney told thousands that a vote for him is for "love of ... More >>

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    November 5, 2012

    Photos: Barack Obama's Aurora rally makes final push for "real change"

    At the end of a busy day that included stops in four different states, Barack Obama touched down in Colorado late last night for his final pre-election rally in this key swing state, where he pushed the message of "real change" -- just one day after Mitt Romney used the very same phrase in his last ... More >>

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    October 24, 2012

    Photos: The Romney/Ryan Victory Rally with Kid Rock and Rodney Atkins at Red Rocks

    Last night at Red Rocks, presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan held their optimistically titled Victory Rally at Red Rocks. More than 10,000 people reportedly showed up and thousands were turned away. Kid Rock and Rodney Atkins both played a batch of acoustic songs. According to Brandon Ma ... More >>

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    October 22, 2012

    Photos: Anti-police march marked by six arrests, Zombie Crawl cross-over

    The streets of downtown Denver hosted two big events on Saturday night: the third annual March for a World Without Police and the seventh Denver Zombie Crawl. But there were times when the two spectacles seemed to combine into one -- an unfortunate turn according to some Zombie Crawlers, who felt th ... More >>

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    October 9, 2012

    Photos: Cirque de Cannabis goes from fire dancers to firin' up

    Is marijuana a performance-enhancing drug? This question springs to mind in connection with Cirque de Cannabis, a THC Magazine-hosted party on October 5 at Casselman's that combined Cirque du Soleil-style acrobatics and fire dancers with attendees who used flame for other purposes. Our Brandon Marsh ... More >>

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    September 28, 2012

    Offspring at Fillmore Auditorium, 9/27/12

    THE OFFSPRING @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 9/27/12 It was maybe four songs into Offspring's set -- somewhere around "Days Go By" and "Have You Ever," that the message became clear: Purists be damned. Frontman Dexter Holland looks every bit of his 46 years, and if his band didn't want to play punk music ... More >>

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    September 24, 2012

    Photos: Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Denver hosts record-setting performance

    Japan's Mizuho Nasukawa made the most of the third annual Sports Authority Rock 'n' Roll Marathon, which took place in downtown Denver Sunday. Event organizers say her time of 2:37:05 was the fastest ever recorded by a woman in Colorado. Photographer Brandon Marshall was on hand to capture the scene ... More >>

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    September 6, 2012

    Photos: Craziest Broncos fans gone wild

    In our continuing build-up to Peyton Manning's regular-season debut for the Denver Broncos, we've collected photos of the craziest Broncos fans to pose for shutterbugs Brandon Marshall and Aaron Thackeray over the years. They paint their faces so you don't have to. Check out the complete gallery be ... More >>

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    August 14, 2012

    Iron Maiden at Comfort Dental, 8/13/12

    IRON MAIDEN @ COMFORT DENTAL AMPHITHEATRE | 8/13/12 See also: - The 25 Coolest Iron Maiden T-shirts we saw last night at Comfort Dental - The six best quotes from Iron Maiden's show last night at Comfort Dental - Slide show: Iron Maiden at Comfort Dental The word "epic" gets bandied about too oft ... More >>

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    July 18, 2012

    Photos: 34 Broncos arrests since 2000, third most of any team

    In the wake of Elvis Dumervil's Miami bust over the weekend, the Denver Post noted that the Broncos are third in the NFL since 2000 (behind only Minnesota and Cincinnati) in an extremely dubious category: most arrests. The paper's source: an amazing database created by the San Diego Union-Tribune, w ... More >>

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    July 9, 2012

    Anthrax and Slayer at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre, Mayhem Festival, 7/8/12

    ANTHRAX @ COMFORT DENTAL AMPHITHEATRE | 7.09.12 See Also: Mayhem in the mosh pit: The best crowd surfing photos from Mayhem Charlie Benante is looking ahead rather than reflecting on Anthrax's thirtieth anniversary Joey Belladonna talks about Married...With Children and rejoining the band Scott Ian ... More >>

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    July 9, 2012

    Mayhem in the mosh pit: The best crowd surfing photos from Sunday's Mayhem Festival

    See Also: Photos: Women that Rock at Mayhem Festival 2012 Photos: Anthrax and Slayer at Mayhem, 7/8/12 Photos: Women that rock at Mayhem Festival 2011 Photos: Mayhem Fest 2011 Photos: Mayhem Fest 2010 Beach? These landlocked dudes don't need no stinking beach to get their surf on, especially when t ... More >>

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    June 29, 2012

    Photos: The people of the Waldo Canyon fire

    "We will rebuild Majestic Drive." These are the words of Terry Rector, a Colorado Springs lawyer who gathered with a number of others who also lived on Majestic (map here), before the area was devastated by the Waldo Canyon fire. Yesterday, photographer Brandon Marshall spent the day in the Spring ... More >>

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    June 28, 2012

    Photos: Flagstaff fire near Boulder

    As we reported earlier today, crews fighting the Flagstaff fire near Boulder held their own against the blaze, preventing it from getting out of control on the scale of the High Park fire outside Fort Collins or Colorado Springs' incredibly destructive Waldo Canyon fire. Our Brandon Marshall was in ... More >>

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    June 26, 2012

    #WMS 2012 recap: Bannock Street Garage

    Every year, for the Westword Music Showcase, we enlist our army of Backbeat wordsmiths to write up the acts that appear on the individual stages across the Golden Triangle. Jon Solomon was at Bannock Street Garage stage, which was graciously hosted by Jim Norris. Page down to read his thoughts and s ... More >>

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    June 25, 2012

    #WMS 2012 recap: La Rumba

    Every year, for the Westword Music Showcase, we enlist our army of Backbeat wordsmiths to host various stages, and in addition to their emcee obligations, we ask them to pull double duty (or triple-duty in some cases) and also write up the acts that appear on their individual stages. Dutch Seyfarth ... More >>

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    June 24, 2012

    Hottest one yet! 2012 Westword Music Showcase attracts even more fans this year

    Holy Moses! It's no stretch to say that yesterday was the hottest day of the summer. Literally. Not only did the late news reports back this up, but we're pretty sure if you ask anyone in the sea of people who attended the eighteenth annual Westword Music Showcase, they'll co-sign this claim -- well ... More >>

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    May 29, 2012

    LMFAO at Red Rocks, 5/28/12

    LMFAO @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE | 5.28.12 The long climb up the stairs at Red Rocks seems even longer when those stairs are littered with party rockers, all of whom seem too tired to trudge onward -- or, as was the case with one particularly fascinating man, unable to bring in their handheld strobe ... More >>

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    May 27, 2012

    Photos: Best Coast at the Fox, 5/26/12

    Last night Bethany Cosentino and her Best Coast bandmates played at the Fox Theatre in Boulder with Jeff the Brotherhood. Brandon Marshall, one of Backbeat's resident shutterbug, was on hand for the show and brought us back some great pictures of the show. Page down to see some of the highlights fro ... More >>

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    May 25, 2012

    Van Halen at the Pepsi Center, 5/24/12

    VAN HALEN @ PEPSI CENTER | 5/24/12 Evidently, 1982 was a very good year for David Lee Roth. "You're taking pictures here tonight, hot stuff?" the Van Halen frontman asked a woman in the front row in the middle of "Panama." "What? Oh, you want to make a sex tape. I'll tell you what, girlfriend, you ... More >>

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    May 21, 2012

    Photos: Bike Prom draws more nerds than jocks

    On Friday, the Denver Wheel Club 404 hosted its second annual Bike Prom, this year featuring a Jocks v. Nerds theme. And judging by the photos brought back by our own Brandon Marshall, the nerds won! Look below to see a sampling of the shots -- and for the entire slide show, click on "Jocks vs. Ner ... More >>

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    May 12, 2012

    The Fray at Red Rocks, 5/11/12

    THE FRAY @ RED ROCKS | 5/11/12 It was cold last night at Red Rocks. Like balls-into-your-body-cavity cold. Seriously. It was also wet and foggy and miserable. Once the lights went up, though, the Fray's sound cut through the fog and rain and made everyone forget their frostbitten feet. The hometown ... More >>

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    April 24, 2012

    The twenty most gnarly metal T-shirts we saw last night at the Mastodon/Opeth/Ghost show

    See Also: • (Photos) Mastodon, Opeth and Ghost at the Fillmore Auditorium, 4/23/12 • Q&A with Bill Kelliher of Mastodon • Now, that's what you call a metal shirt. Nice work, Havok • The Tom Petty shirts we spotted last night in the parking lot • How old is your Pink Floyd shirt? • A $10 ... More >>

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    April 24, 2012

    Photos: Mastodon, Opeth and Ghost at the Fillmore Auditorium, 4/23/12

    See Also: • Twenty most gnarly metal shirts we saw last night • (Photos) Opeth at the Ogden Theatre, 10/11 • Q&A with Bill Kelliher of Mastodon • (Review) Mastodon at Ogden Theatre, 11/9/11 • (Review) Ghost at Marquis Theater, 1/27/12 The Mastodon, Opeth and Ghost tour may be the first on ... More >>

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    April 9, 2012

    Photos: Pedal power at Denver Beer Co., 4/7/12

    The owners of Denver Beer Co. found out how long it takes a bike-powered grain mill to chew up barley when they hooked the mill to a stationary bike,provided by their Platte Street neighbor Salvagetti Bicycle Workshop, and fired up the contraption. Read more: Denver Beer Co. uses pedal power to gr ... More >>

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    March 21, 2012

    Photos: Peyton Manning makes John Elway look normal size

    Peyton Manning seems like a normal-size human being on TV. But in person, it's clear that he's a giant -- someone who even looks down on a man as big as John Elway. Look below to see lotsa different angles on Manning and company from yesterday's Broncos' press conference in photos by Westword's Bra ... More >>

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    March 14, 2012

    Brandon Marshall traded after face-punch allegation, Perrish Cox signs with 49ers

    It's a busy time on the "Former Broncos who have spent a lot of time in court" beat. Perrish Cox, fresh from being acquitted of a sex crime, has landed a two-year contract with the 49ers, while Brandon Marshall was traded by Miami to Chicago in what some initially theorized was an attempt by the Dol ... More >>

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    March 5, 2012

    Photos: Frozen Dead Guy Days are keeping Colorado weird

    Last June, when Nederland's chamber of commerce announced that Frozen Dead Guy Days was for sale, some observers feared the fest would wind up on ice permanently. But this weekend's bash proved there's still life in that ol' corpse. Look below to see sample photos of the weird fun by Brandon Marsha ... More >>

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    February 28, 2012

    F*ck the Police march: No evidence of urine-filled balloons, DPD says

    Update: In the wake of Saturday's Fuck the Police march (see photos below), assorted media outlets, including the Denver Post, shared reports that urine-filled balloons had been hurled at the event, which resulted in five arrests. But Denver Police spokesman Lieutenant Matt Murray, who was on the sc ... More >>

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    November 28, 2011

    Review: Varlet at Larimer Lounge, 11/26/11

    VARLET AT LARIMER LOUNGE | 11/26/11One of the high points of this show was when Lilly Scott said we would be taking a break from the pre-recorded readings from Naked Lunch that opened the show and filled in the silences between songs for a nice older song. And rather than incongruous, Varlet's rendi ... More >>

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    November 14, 2011

    Alan Cumming joins beautiful people at Starz Denver Film Fest Last Reel party (PHOTOS)

    Big pics below.​On Saturday, following the closing night screening of The Artist, the folks at the Starz Denver Film Festival threw a party at the Ellie's Studio Loft to celebrate the successful conclusion of the 34th annual bash. Our Brandon Marshall was there, capturing shots of acting award ... More >>

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    October 31, 2011

    Photos: DeVotchKa at the Ogden, 10/28/11

    DeVotchKa at the Ogden this past Friday​DEVOTCHKA at OGDEN THEATRE | 10/28/11This past Friday night at the Ogden Theatre, DeVotchKa kicked off Halloween weekend with its annual scary soiree (the band played a sold out show the following night at the Boulder Theater). We were on hand at the Ogd ... More >>

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    October 17, 2011

    Occupy Denver petition protests arrests, hopes for 10,000 signatures

    Brandon Marshall​A great deal of attention has been lobbied at the number of Occupy Denver arrests made over the weekend: fifty in two days. And though the Denver Anarchist Black Cross has been hugely instrumental in guaranteeing the release of the prisoners on bond, funds are running low. In ... More >>

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    September 28, 2011

    Best Denver concert photos of September, 2011

    Holy crap, there were a lot of shows this month. It was difficult to pick our favorites of the bunch, especially with big-name acts like Taylor Swift, DMX, Blink 182 and Ke$ha rocking the stages in Colorado. We have so many photos, it's tough to sift through them all, which is why we've hand-selecte ... More >>

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