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August 15, 2002
More Local Color
Catching up with local releases, our music writers review local albums to the letter.
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February 8, 2001
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From the week of February 8, 2001
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June 26, 2003
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October 14, 2004
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March 18, 2009
Houses busking on the 16th Street Mall tonight
Just received word that the five members of Houses will be roaming around on the 16th Street Mall tonight, playing guitars, singing and entertaining the mall-walking troops. While we're not entirely sure which five members of Houses will be on hand -- the act is comprised of Andrew James Hamilton, K ... More >>
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December 27, 2001
Discmania
Backbeat writers revisit their favorite albums of the year.
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April 13, 2000
The Daily Grind
Troy Lowrie�s dad got the bodies to build a strip-club empire. Troy got the brains. Now he wants respect beyond Glendale.
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June 19, 2008
Colorado in the Cracks
Troy Lowrie�s dad got the bodies to build a strip-club empire. Troy got the brains. Now he wants respect beyond Glendale.
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November 2, 2006
DC10
Encountering turbulence, but still flying.
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June 19, 2003
The Show(case) Must Go On!
Encountering turbulence, but still flying.
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January 2, 2003
The Home Team
Local artists put out a wealth of good music this year. Step right up and read all about it.
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December 26, 2002
That's a Wrap-Up
Backbeat writers sound off on a few of their favorite musical things from 2002.
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August 8, 2002
Local Color
Backbeat writers weigh in on local CDs
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January 10, 2002
Our Town
From blues to kiddie core, the year 2001 was an odyssey in local music. Backbeat writers remember the best.
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December 28, 2000
On the Records
Backbeat contributors reflect on the releases that helped them survive the year 2000.
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April 30, 2009
Andy and Kinsey Hamilton built Houses together with some friends
Backbeat contributors reflect on the releases that helped them survive the year 2000.
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June 11, 2009
A band-by-band guide to the 2009 Westword Music Showcase
Backbeat contributors reflect on the releases that helped them survive the year 2000.
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November 16, 2009
Over the Weekend: Houses at Larimer Lounge
Houses Houses, The Knew, Action Packed Thrill Ride Saturday, November 14, 2009 Larimer Lounge Better Than: The fireside. It was seriously snowing out on Saturday, hard enough to cover the signs and turn the city into a giant hushed bobsled track. You would not have known this if you were ta ... More >>
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December 10, 2009
Q&A with Crawford Phileo (Vitamins), Lucas Johannes (Action Packed Thrill Ride) and Jon Evans (Achille Lauro) of the Hot Congress collective
Hot Congress came together when a few friends came up with the idea of putting out a compilation by every band that was a member. These friends figured they were better off working together rather than struggling alone, and thus a mini-community with ties outside its membership was formed around ... More >>
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December 14, 2009
Over the Weekend: Hot Congress at the Oriental
Achille Lauro Hot Congress Comp. 1 Release Party Achille Lauro, The Vitamins, Fissure Mystic, Action Packed Thrill Ride October 12, 2009 The Oriental Theater Better Than: A community garden, or most other team projects you can think of. There is more than music to address here because Hot C ... More >>
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February 4, 2010
Moving Pictures: Music, Meet Video
Modern music videos tend to suck for the most part because few showcase any kind of real creativity and originality. That beef aside, the Tangled; We Weave music videos (if you can even call them that because they're so fresh) project makes us wish MTV would get a clue. The year-long project is ... More >>
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February 11, 2010
Old Radio at the Skylark
Modern music videos tend to suck for the most part because few showcase any kind of real creativity and originality. That beef aside, the Tangled; We Weave music videos (if you can even call them that because they're so fresh) project makes us wish MTV would get a clue. The year-long project is ... More >>
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April 20, 2010
I am the Dot contributes to Tangled; We Weave
We introduced you to Tangled; We Weave a couple of months ago, but if you missed it (and can't be bothered to click that link to catch up), it's a music and photography collaboration between Seattle-based photographer Jennifer Brookes and Denver Musician Eric Peterson (Houses, Old Radio). Every ... More >>
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May 6, 2010
The KVDU comp aims to draw DU students into the local music scene
We introduced you to Tangled; We Weave a couple of months ago, but if you missed it (and can't be bothered to click that link to catch up), it's a music and photography collaboration between Seattle-based photographer Jennifer Brookes and Denver Musician Eric Peterson (Houses, Old Radio). Every ... More >>
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May 7, 2010
The Weekend Showdown: Mike Marchant and KVDU form like Voltron
Photo by Stephanie Borgman We would hate for you to miss out on all the awesome that happens every weekend in our fair city, so we've decided to run down five of the best shows in one easy-to-swallow post, with video and audio. Tell us -- and the rest of the world -- what we missed in the co ... More >>
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May 10, 2010
KVDU releases compilation, Mike Marchant releases astral distortion
Old Radio. Photos by Kiernan Maletsky Mike Marchant • Blue Million Miles • Old Radio 05.7.10 | Hi-Dive It's 2010, where we can start show reviews with social media: Approximately ten hours before Friday's show at which his album was to be released, Mike Marchant posted the following on ... More >>
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May 11, 2010
Haiku The News: Eric Peterson is The Future
Screengrab via Haiku The NewsIt's a simple concept: Write a program that searches news articles for naturally occurring Haikus and pair them with an obliquely related flickr photo. Personally, we could never do this because we do not know how to use something called Unix Cron Scheduling. Bu ... More >>
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July 15, 2010
The tranquil beauty of Roger, Roll's ambient pop is as soothing as it arresting
Screengrab via Haiku The NewsIt's a simple concept: Write a program that searches news articles for naturally occurring Haikus and pair them with an obliquely related flickr photo. Personally, we could never do this because we do not know how to use something called Unix Cron Scheduling. Bu ... More >>
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July 16, 2010
The Weekend Show Down: Global Dance Festival touches down in D-Town
There's nothing like experiencing the sweat, thump and catharsis of a great show. But it can be tough to decide which one to go to when you live in Denver, the land of embarrassing musical riches, the land of too many shows and too little time. So which ones are worth checking out? Glad you ... More >>
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July 23, 2010
UMS Night One Travelogue: The Swayback at 3 Kings, Candy Claws at Skylark and more
Jon SolomonThe Swayback at 3 Kings UMS Travelogue, Day One 07.22.10 | Baker District, South Broadway A guy with a pint of hooch in his back pocket was stumbling and struggling to make it across street toward Famous Pizza. After he made it across the street, he paused for a moment and leaned ... More >>
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July 24, 2010
UMS Night Two Travelogue: A Tom Collins at Club 404, Nathan & Stephen at the Mayan and more
Tom MurphyNathan & Stephen at the Mayan UMS Travelogue, Day Two 7.23.10 / Baker District, South Broadway Well away from the densest cluster of the festival was a place called Fentress Architects Materials Garden on 4th and Broadway, and when you walked through the glass doors, there was a l ... More >>
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July 25, 2010
UMS Day Three Travelogue: Jim McTurnan at the hi-dive, Mercuria at Fentress Architects and more
A.H. Goldstein UMS Travelogue, Day Three 7.24.10, Baker District/South Broadway I decided to change my pattern for my third crawl along Broadway for the UMS. I'd started late on Thursday and Friday nights, checking out the first venues at 10 p.m. at the earliest. I wanted to get a head star ... More >>
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November 10, 2009
Third grade teacher was totally wrong: Two snowflakes are exactly alike
As we anxiously wait for the winter snow, it's important to remember the building block of a blizzard -- the humble snowflake -- is not necessarily a unique individual.Scientists now believe that of the million billion cubic feet of snow that annually falls on the planet, some might well be ident ... More >>
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December 10, 2010
Download Roger, Roll's entire catalogue for free
Eric Peterson is withdrawing from playing music. Which is a shame, because he's been a brilliant part of some of Denver's best music in the past few years -- Amazing Twin, I Am The Dot, Houses and his own musical project, Roger, Roll. As a parting gift, he's made the entire Roger, Roll catalo ... More >>
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December 10, 2010
Houses is looking for a new keyboard player
That could be you.Do you play keyboard and love AM gold? Want to join one of Denver's more promising bands and immediately start playing for grateful crowds that sing along with your choruses? Then you should email Andy Hamilton, because Houses is looking for you.
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December 14, 2010
The year in features: a handy link guide to all local interviews/profiles in Westword in 2010
Jim J NarcySnake Rattle Rattle Snake, profiled in June 2010Whatever the measure of success -- whether its defined by artists making music on their own or having someone else doing their bidding -- a music scene is only as interesting as, well, the music being made there, of course, and the pe ... More >>
Music
December 23, 2010
Moovers and Shakers: Our favorite Denver music releases of 2010
Jim J NarcySnake Rattle Rattle Snake, profiled in June 2010Whatever the measure of success -- whether its defined by artists making music on their own or having someone else doing their bidding -- a music scene is only as interesting as, well, the music being made there, of course, and the pe ... More >>
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December 27, 2010
Houses debut first single from long-awaited Winter EP
It's been thirteen and a half months since we last heard new recorded music from Houses. The band returns with "Your Ghost," which is a likely candidate for inclusion on the band's forthcoming Winter EP. You can stream or download the track below. "The song is a precursor to what's coming on ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Hindershot's Stuart Confer on background, Naked Eyes and evolving songwriting
Hindershot (due tonight at 3 Kings Tavern with Force Publique, Achille Lauro and The Show is the Rainbow) started out with songs lead singer and guitarist Stuart Confer wrote in his bedroom a few years before. In just over a year, Hindershot became one of the more popular bands associated wit ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
Chuck Billy of Testament on the 70000 Tons of Metal cruise, Reign in Blood and Gene Hoglan
TestamentTestament (sharing a bill tomorrow night at Summit Music Hall with Anthrax and Death Angel) is one of the bands that make a strong case for expanding the Big 4 to the Big 5 (or Big 6, if the often overlooked Exodus were included). The Bay Area act was part of the original thrash move ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
Photos: Anthrax and Testament's Earth On Hell Tour with Death Angel at Summit, 10/19/11
Aaron ThackerayAnthrax frontman Joey Belladonna last night at Summit Music HallFor the first time in over a decade, thrash metal titans Anthrax and Testament have teamed up for a 25 date U.S. tour dubbed the Earth On Hell Tour with Bay Area thrashers Death Angel. Hell came to the Summit Music ... More >>

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