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Havok's new album, Unnatural Selection: Here's the release date, cover art and full tracklist

Havok, on tour in Europe right now with Cephalic Carnage, Suffocation and Fallujah, is preparing to release its new album, Unnatural Selection, on Tuesday, June 25. The ten-track album, the band's fourth release overall and the followup to 2011's Time Is Up, was produced by Havok frontman David Sanc ... More >>

Fourplay director Kyle Henry talks about the exploration of sex and intimacy as a narrative

In director Kyle Henry's latest film, Fourplay, nothing is off limits, sexually speaking. But this isn't some cheap porn flick: The movie delves into the oft-missed intimate details of a sexual narrative as the characters in four vignettes face many personal challenges. In advance of the film's op ... More >>

Falcon "Balloon Boy" Heene and his brothers are flying high in a heavy-metal band

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Videos: Richard Heene, Balloon Boy's dad, invents crazy stuff, makes crazier infomercials

Ever wonder what happened to Balloon Boy? As explained in this week's feature, "What's Up?," nine-year-old Falcon Heene and his family are now living an hour north of Tampa. Falcon and his two older brothers are in a metal band called the Heene Boyz and their hyperactive father is still inventing cr ... More >>

Scott Gessler should be investigated for misuse of public funds, says Colorado Ethics Watch

Scott Gessler is not only making it harder for people to vote, he's using public funds to help support the Republican Party. At least that's the charge of Colorado Ethics Watch, an advocacy group that is accusing the Secretary of State of spending public dollars to fund trips to political events. Wi ... More >>

A gonzo guide to the Republican National Convention

Despite its star talent, Magic Mike is pure Hollywood mythology

Ten things to do for $10 this weekend, May 18-20, 2012

The evenings are getting warmer here in the Queen City of the Plains, and that just means that more and more events are popping up. It's easy to go out on a budget this weekend, whether you enjoy biking to an adult prom, seeing surf-themed burlesque, or dancing at a pink party. As always, it's all l ... More >>

Photos: Dudes who love Deicide

Florida, long known as ground-zero for death metal and all that comes with it, is home to Tampa-based Deicide, who stopped by the Bluebird Theater over the weekend with Lecherous Nocturne and Jungle Rot. Brandon Marshall, our resident metal-head was at the show and snapped some shots of the band's l ... More >>

Is the Cuban sandwich actually Cuban? Who cares, if you're eating a good one!

There have probably been a bazillion sandwich combinations invented since the first prescient human stuck filling between a couple of slices of bread, but only a handful of those have become icons of culture and cuisine. There's the pastrami on rye, of course, which embodies the spirit of a New York ... More >>

The Super Bowl prostitution hoax

Indianapolis mobilizes for an epic battle with an urban legend

Van Halen in Denver on 5/24 at Pepsi Center

​Oh, hell yeah! Mark your calendars. It's really happening. Van Halen is coming to Denver. It's confirmed, and we finally have a date. Thursday, May 24, at the Pepsi Center, Van Halen will be here with Kool and the Gang. So stoked! Almost as stoked as we are to hear the new record, A Different ... More >>

Denver's ATM fees highest in the nation: We're number 1!

Flickr​Feel like you're getting jacked each time you use an automatic teller machine? There's a good reason for that. A new survey from Bankrate.com spotlights the five U.S. cities with the highest ATM transaction fees. And guess who won.

Aurora to light up East Colfax with a $200,000 public art project

Leni SchwendingerComing to Colfax?​East Colfax is about to get lit, and not in the drunken way it usually gets lit. With a cool $200,000 in federal grant money burning a hole in its pocket, the City of Aurora is launching a public art project that aims to create a permanent light installation ... More >>

Social networking: Denver ranked 3rd in U.S. by Men's Health (eat our hashtags, Portland!)

​Congratulations, Denver: You have officially been swallowed up whole by the Matrix. Men's Health recently came out with its list of the country's most socially networked cities, and Denver, of all places, came in third. Do we get a prize for this? Like a new FarmVille animal or something?

Underoath

Sunday, February 6, Summit Music Hall, 303-487-0111.

In honor of Minor Threat's 30th anniversary, here are five straight-edge bands keeping the spirit alive

Minor Threat (Glen E. Friedman)​December marks the thirtieth anniversary of the first show by Minor Threat, one of the best American punk bands that formed on these angsty shores. To commemorate the occasion, we've come up with a list of the top five current straight-edge hardcore bands that a ... 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 >>

Great American Beer Festival: 25 things I learned in 2010

​1) No matter how prepared you are for GABF, it is still overwhelming. 2) San Diego County makes more amazing beers than some entire regions of the country. 3) Maui Brewing's CoConut Porter was one of the most heavenly beers I have ever tried. Even better, sources say they'll begin distribut ... 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 >>

Margot and the Nuclear So and So's to tour in support of Buzzard, forthcoming new record

​Ah, yes, what a splendid birthday present (okay, it isn't exactly our birthday, but close enough). It seems one of our favorite bands, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, a group we've long been smitten with since first making its acquaintance at South Park some years ago, has a new album slate ... More >>

Only in Denver: Making a case for Federal Boulevard

Buchi Cafe Cubano offers an authentic taste of Cuba — and a great cup of coffee

Pet Shop Boys announce tour, skip Denver

In support of Yes, their tenth full-length album(!), synth-pop kings Pet Shop Boys have just announced an eighteen-date North American tour, to begin at the end of August. The show promises to be filled with plenty of costumes, capers and theatricality. Unfortunately, the tour schedule is focus ... More >>

Can you smell summer yet?

If winter is the new summer when it comes to firing up the backyard grill (as I reported last December), then the big snowfalls of the past few weeks mean spring must be the new winter - which is fine, since winter is summer anyway. I think. And summer begins for real the first day you smell those ... More >>

Denver wins cat-olades for its microchipping tuna-flavored sidewalks

A Flickr photo.Mmmmm, Denver. If you're furry, sleepy and sort of bitchy, Denver is apparently where you want to be. The Mile High City was recently named one of the top 10 cat-friendly cities by the national CATalyst Council, a group dedicated to championing the house cat. (If you fit the above de ... More >>

Young Coyotes to record Daytrotter Session

Photo: Allister AnnYoung Coyotes, still among my favorite local bands, has announced plans to record a Daytrotter session in Davenport, Iowa, on Thursday, December 4, at the end of its current cross country jaunt, which wraps later that night at the Blue Fugue in Columbia, Missouri. Only a scant few ... More >>

Controversial Obsession DVD now being direct mailed to Colorado voters

Prom Night

The Bad Girls of Bad Art for Bad People get psychedelic.

GB Fish and Chips

If at first you don't succeed, fry, fry again.

Memories

From the magic of midnight burritos to the culinary miracles at O’s, 2007 gave us lots of food for thought.

Cebiche

More of the same isn't always a bad thing.

X Marks the Spat

Bad taste is not against the law!

Beyond Borders

Aji blurs the lines between truth and fusion.

Morbid Angel

Wednesday, April 26, Ogden Theatre, 1-866-468-7621.

Unlikely Requiem

On the road to recovery with the Drive By Truckers.

dios

Sunday, June 13, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

One Night in Bangkok

The new Thai Basil has a way with translation.

The Beatdown

Kiss me, I’m a rock star -- at least for one night.

The Beatdown

Less talk, more rock.

Under a Spell

A telling documentary reveals the sting of bees.

Club Scout

Rabbit in the Moon

Ladies' Day

The Valkyries prepare to tackle tradition.

Dig This

Blast From the Pass

Older Is Bitter

Mouthing Off

Melt Down

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MOUTHING OFF