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Frontside Five signs with DC-Jam Records

Skate punk kingpins, Frontside Five, recently profiled in Thasher magazine, has joined the roster of DC-Jam Records. The Missouri-based imprint, which is also home to legendary skate punks JFA and McRad, will release the band's upcoming full-length, Resurrection Cemetary, in early March, and to co ... More >>

The Knew lands song on AMC's Breaking Bad

The second season of Breaking Bad makes its premier on Sunday, March 8. As part of AMC's effort to tout its original series, which chronicles a terminally ill chemistry teacher named Walter White's (Bryan Cranston, Malcom in the Middle) foray into the drug trade, the network is currently running a ... More >>

Breathe Carolina premiers new video, tours until the end of time

Breathe Carolina, a band that tours so often these days that it almost doesn't seem like a Denver band anymore (seriously, with the exception of April and May, the act is going to be on the road from now until at least the end of August; check out the list of tour dates on the next page), recently p ... More >>

Leaving France for America

Breathe Carolina, a band that tours so often these days that it almost doesn't seem like a Denver band anymore (seriously, with the exception of April and May, the act is going to be on the road from now until at least the end of August; check out the list of tour dates on the next page), recently p ... More >>

Who says Mexicans have to eat Mexican food?

Breathe Carolina, a band that tours so often these days that it almost doesn't seem like a Denver band anymore (seriously, with the exception of April and May, the act is going to be on the road from now until at least the end of August; check out the list of tour dates on the next page), recently p ... More >>

Power Outage

Xcel Energy faces tough financial scrutiny as power companies nationwide feel the heat.

Evan Almighty

It took a master plan — and a mastermind — to end the stalemate on downtown's worst block.

Felling Giants

A new play documents the giant-redwood controversy.

Some Velvet Morning

Brightblack Morning Light gets acclimated to city living.

Simple Pleasures

Kassai Sushi raises street food to the level of art.

Wagons Ho!

Kassai Sushi raises street food to the level of art.

Beauty and the Feast

Kassai Sushi raises street food to the level of art.

Socket to Me

If Colorado deregulates electricity, Californians will be first in line for the state's cheap power--and Coloradans may get fried.

Coasting

If Colorado deregulates electricity, Californians will be first in line for the state's cheap power--and Coloradans may get fried.

Hive Anxiety

To bee or not to bee? Denver's zoning department just answered that question.

Deca finds "Movement" in a wind farm

Even though L.I.F.E. Crew member Deca has been spending the last year or so living in California, we can't deny his Colorado roots.The gruff-voiced rapper has filmed a video for a song called "Movement," in California in the midst of a wind farm. We're not sure where the song is from or if he's work ... More >>

A Rosita by any other name...

Even though L.I.F.E. Crew member Deca has been spending the last year or so living in California, we can't deny his Colorado roots.The gruff-voiced rapper has filmed a video for a song called "Movement," in California in the midst of a wind farm. We're not sure where the song is from or if he's work ... More >>

The Intelligence

Tuesday, October 6, Meadowlark, 303-293-0251.

This gabacho's on a collision course with the facts about uninsured drivers

Tuesday, October 6, Meadowlark, 303-293-0251.

Mexican poetry and social analysis — seriously!

Tuesday, October 6, Meadowlark, 303-293-0251.

Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: Mile-high chihuahua caregivers

If it happens in Colorado, it came from California. First it was the medical marijuana dispensary, and now it is the adoptable chihuahua dispensary... ​ Keep reading about adoptable chihuahua dispensaries below!

Medical marijuana dispensaries aren't the only California businesses Colorado loves

A Flickr photoYou can get it all on the Venice boardwalk -- even your medicine.​ Did you know that today is officially Colorado Loves California Day? No joke. Well, actually, it sorta is one. This is the second year that Colorado has proclaimed its lust for the Golden State -- the idea being ... More >>

Yelp Lawsuit Widens: From Washington to Chicago to L.A., Plaintiffs Charge Extortion

Nine companies have joined the proposed class action lawsuit against Yelp, the San Francisco-based Internet giant, attorneys in Miami and California announced this morning. ​ The new plaintiffs are located everywhere from Tujunga, California, to Washington, D.C. They include businesses rangin ... More >>

Marijuana legalization: Could it hurt Colorado's booming medical-pot business?

Could legalization hurt Colorado's medical marijuana growers?​While lawmakers hammer out regulations on Colorado's nascent yet booming medical marijuana industry, an even bigger political showdown is looming in California, where voters will decide whether to legalize marijuana altogether in th ... More >>

Bad Weather California's next album being produced by Akron/Family

​ Splendid news coming out of the Bad Weather California camp this morning: In addition to joining Akron/Family (and Woodsman, Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, Widowers and the Dead Phish Orchestra) for its upcoming three-day residency at Quixotes on May 14-16, Bad Weather California is planning to ... More >>

Mexican slurs add insult to injury

​ Splendid news coming out of the Bad Weather California camp this morning: In addition to joining Akron/Family (and Woodsman, Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, Widowers and the Dead Phish Orchestra) for its upcoming three-day residency at Quixotes on May 14-16, Bad Weather California is planning to ... More >>

Album Sales Are In The Crapper, But The National Is Doing Just Fine

This week's signs of the music industry's apocalypse: 1. The National had the highest selling debut album in the country this week, good for number three overall (behind Justin Beiber and Lady Antebellum). 2. This was the worst week for album sales since SoundScan started keeping track in 1991. ... More >>

What would the industry do without Glee?

For the second week in a row, album sales reached their lowest point in the history of the SoundScan era. "Indie" bands, meanwhile, continue to chart unexpectedly high: This week, The Black Keys are number three, Band of Horses is number seven and LCD Soundsystem is number ten. But these are fl ... More >>

Ex marks the spat: Dump the pendejo, already

For the second week in a row, album sales reached their lowest point in the history of the SoundScan era. "Indie" bands, meanwhile, continue to chart unexpectedly high: This week, The Black Keys are number three, Band of Horses is number seven and LCD Soundsystem is number ten. But these are fl ... More >>

Mobile vendors make Wednesdays at 15th and California streets a regular stop

The Steamin' Demon leads a fleet of mobile vendors to 15th and California streets​Just two weeks ago, several of the city's food trucks added a new weekly stop to their rosters: Wednesday appearances at 15th and California, the site of the Tiri's Garden farmers' market. That crowd was led by ... More >>

Great American Beer Festival: A dozen non-Colorado breweries to try

​Colorado makes some of the best beers in the world, but when the Great American Beer Festival is in town, it's your chance to try something from another state, especially the ones that are talked about by beer aficionados across the country. We're lucky in that some of these breweries - like ... More >>

Overrated breweries: A six-pack of hype for the Great American Beer Festival

​I've tasted hundreds and hundreds of beers over the past twenty years, from Keystone Ice to Sam Adams to Odell to Dogfish Head, and I've loved almost every one. I love the craft brews especially, and thank god they are around - in force. But sometimes the hype about a certain beer or brewery ... More >>

Maui Brewing's CoConut Porter and fifteen other Great American Beer Festival stars

Cigar City's beers were smokin'.​Maui Brewing Company was one of the first breweries I wanted to hit at this year's Great American Beer Festival. The Lahaina-based brewer was named Grand National Champion at the United States Open Beer Championships earlier this year and has been getting natio ... More >>

Strung Out

Sunday, September 26, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-8497.

Get ready, Southern California: Great Divide beers are on their way

Great Divide BrewingGreat Divide has added a lot of capacity.​Great Divide Brewing will challenge some of the big boys of bold brewing this week as it takes its Yeti Imperial Stout, Titan IPA, Hercules Double IPA, Smoked Baltic Porter and other beers to Southern California bars and stores for ... More >>

Pot versus beer: Are CO's two iconic industries destined to clash over weed legalization?

​Has the war between intoxicants formally begun? The California Beer and Beverage Distributors (CBBD), a trade association, recently made headlines for donating $10,000 to oppose Proposition 19, the California marijuana-legalization measure to be voted on in November.

Stupid ad of the week (from the archives): Overturn Prop 8

​In the modern world, advertising is one of the most powerful tools available to get one's message out to the public. Urgent issues are spread wide through our wonderful super technology. But just because you can send a message out to millions of people simultaneously doesn't mean it's going t ... More >>

California Zephyr heading into Union Station

​The sun just started to edge up over the horizon after we passed Fort Morgan: The California Zephyr is running an hour or so late, but the miracle is that it's going at all, after the mess the snowstorm made of the East Coast.

Mike Corona, "America's Sheriff," headed for Littleton federal prison

FCI Englewood​Disgraced ex-lawman Michael Corona, a former hot property in California Republican circles and once dubbed "America's Sheriff" by an admiring Larry King, has lost his appeal on corruption charges and may soon be one of the more celebrated inmates at Federal Correctional Instituti ... More >>

Wild horse roundups: Judge okays lawsuit as accounts of abuse pile up (VIDEO)

​Amid mounting evidence of wild horses being mistreated during government roundups and suffering in poorly tended holding facilities, a federal judge in California is allowing a key legal challenge by horse advocates to move forward -- one that could end up ordering captured horses released ba ... More >>

Why not promote the use of proper Spanish?

​Amid mounting evidence of wild horses being mistreated during government roundups and suffering in poorly tended holding facilities, a federal judge in California is allowing a key legal challenge by horse advocates to move forward -- one that could end up ordering captured horses released ba ... More >>

Denver is eighth most promiscuous city in the U.S.? Aren't we easier than that?

"We're not promiscuous. We're just posed that way."​Hooray! Another city list in which Denver scores high! And we do mean "scores" -- because Mile High has placed eighth in OKCupid.com's list of the ten most promiscuous cities in the U.S.

HempCon 2011: What do fake orgasms have to do with medical marijuana?

www.hempcon.com​What does a skeezy beauty pageant, and "hot ass" and "best orgasm" contests have to do with medical marijuana? Nothing. But for some reason all three are events were listed as contests as recently as Tuesday afternoon for the upcoming HempCon convention.

Top five pitches for John Hickenlooper and Michael Hancock to use on California businesses

Eat this, In-N-Out.​In a repeat of a trip he made with then-governor Bill Owens back in 2003, Governor John Hickenlooper is now winging his way to California. He and new Denver mayor Michael Hancock are officially trying to encourage businesses there to expand to Colorado -- and, unofficially, ... More >>

Reader: Fifty Fifty beer isn't worth thirty bucks

​California or bust! This week Fifty Fifty Brewing, which is based in Truckee, California, will send Colorado some of its most sought-after, most expensive product: Eclipse, an oak-aged imperial stout. And it's selling for close to $30 a bottle.

California Cafe closes in Park Meadows

Scott Burau​Last year saw nearly 300 restaurant openings on the books -- but 2012 is already kicking off with several closures, including the long-lived Pearl Street Grill, next-door neighbor India's Pearl and nearby Ototo. And now, from the southern suburbs, comes word of another shuttered re ... More >>

Reader: Park Meadows could use some new food spots

​It's all about suburbia today. After reviewing Street Kitchen Asian Bistro, Laura Shunk went on a hunt for the "Five best places for lunch near the Tech Center," which inspired a number of suggestions -- some of them ethnic joints, which she'd said were in short supply in the southern 'burbs ... More >>

Reader: California brought Colorado a sh*t ton of money and jobs

Life's a beach if you live in California, not Colorado.​On Monday, Westword posted its own version of "Shit people say" in Denver....and the shit quickly hit the fan. People from Texas and California, in particular, didn't appreciate the joke. Here's the response from Surfnskidude: