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Local fans share their best Phish stories: Our top five favorites out of those shared this week

By Dave HerreraSeptember 2, 2011

If you’ve just joined us, earlier this week we gave away a pair of three-day, general admission field passes to see Phish this weekend at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Rather than just giving the tickets away at random, we asked folks to share their best Phish stories, and the response…

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8Ball and MJG on the longevity of their southern style and how their rhymes are as pure as ever

By Ru JohnsonSeptember 2, 2011

8Ball and MJG (due at Casselman’s this Sunday, September 4) are one of the dopest hip-hop acts to ever come out of the south. The Memphis duo ushered in an entirely new era of hip-hop, unwrapping their lives in layers with vivid tales of pimping hoes, making money and moving…

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Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men on Twenty, featuring the act’s first new music in a decade

By Ru JohnsonSeptember 1, 2011

Boyz II Men (due this Monday, September 5 at the Taste of Colorado) is the best selling R&B group of all time. Having sold over sixty million albums worldwide and continuing to tour consistently, even during the group’s more recent down years, the crooning fellas from Philly have enjoyed the…

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The members of Mitya discuss their songwriting process in advance of tonight’s CD release show

By Tom MurphySeptember 1, 2011

Borrowing its name from the carousing, profligate brother in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s classic novel, The Brothers Karamazov, Mitya (due tonight at Larimer Lounge with Young Analogs and Sparkle & Burn) has spent the last handful of years evolving its sound and bringing together angular guitar textures with driving rhythms and dark,…

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Win tickets to see Phish’s three back-to-back shows next weekend at Dick’s Sporting Goods

By Dave HerreraAugust 31, 2011

Update: Contest is now officially over. We’ve picked two winners (Getz and Joan Rivers), who have each won a pair of three-day, general admission field passes to see Phish this weekend at Dick’s Sporting Good Park, courtesy of Backbeat and our gracious friends at AEG Live. Thank you for all…

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Fresh local hip-hop from Innerstate Ike, The Pirate Signal, A.V.I.U.S., Mr. Midas and more

By Ru JohnsonAugust 31, 2011

There’s a grip of local hip-hop this week, including a a new mixtape featuring The Pirate Signal, a metaphor heavy, tongue-in-cheek joint from Innerstate Ike, a remix of A.V.I.U.S.’s single “Same Ol’ Line,” a video from Mr. Midas featuring Rockie that’s more club anthem than many singles currently being played…

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Keri Hilson on balancing her songwriting efforts with the rigors of touring and performing

By Ru JohnsonAugust 30, 2011

Keri Hilson (due at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre tonight with Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, the Far East Movement and Lloyd), the gal with the sweet face and grown woman lyrics, first made a splash with the release of her debut album, In a Perfect World in 2009, with features from Kanye…

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Beyoncé’s baby bump steals the show at MTV’s VMAs, and a breakdown of this week’s charts

By Cory LamzAugust 29, 2011

Besides Chris Brown’s mad hops and lip-synching skills and Tyler, the Creator of Odd Future giving props to Earl Sweatshirt in his best new artist speech, MTV’s Video Music Awards show last night was one for the ladies. Even when Lil Wayne closed the show, shirtless and all, he was…

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Chick Corea on the Return to Forever’s latest incarnation and this tour versus the last one

By Jon SolomonAugust 26, 2011

The last time Return to Forever (due at the Parmount Theatre tomorrow night) played in the Mile High City in 2008, we overhead one guy marveling at how the show was on how par with a spiritual experience for him. It was certainly one of the more electrifying jazz fusion…

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Joe Plummer of Mister Heavenly on “doom-wop,” Michael Cera and Johnny Marr

By Tom MurphyAugust 25, 2011

Mister Heavenly (due tonight at the hi-dive with WATERS and ManCub) came together when Ryan Kattner approached his friends Joe Plummer of Modest Mouse and Nick Thorburn of Islands with some songs he’d been working on in a kind of doo wop style and asked if they’d like to help…

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Lady Gaga gets all roughed up as man and mermaid in her new video

By Cory LamzAugust 23, 2011

What does mermaid porn, an ominous ice cream truck driver and a bionic arm have in common? One mega star: Lady Gaga. Or at least Gaga’s video for her new single, “Yoü And I.” We may not be too jazzed about the recent announcement that she’s opening the VMAs this…

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Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie on Codes & Keys and losing gear in Ottawa stage collapse

By Jon SolomonAugust 22, 2011

Just over a month ago, Death Cab for Cutie (due tomorrow night at Red Rocks with Frightened Rabbit) was slated to close out the Ottawa Bluesfest when a freak storm hit and sent the stage crashing to the ground, destroying a lot of the band’s equipment, which was stored under…

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Josh Grier of Tapes ‘N Tapes on the important role of humor and handling the critical backlash

By Tom MurphyAugust 18, 2011

Shortly after graduating from Carleton College and moving to Minneapolis, Josh Grier and some friends started the band Tapes ‘N Tapes (due tonight at The Bluebird Theater with the Chain Gang of 1974). Within a year of the band’s existence, the group recorded its first EP, and those recordings were…

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Robby Tackac of the Goo Goo Dolls on how the Internet has affected the music business

By A.H. GoldsteinAugust 17, 2011

The music industry has changed in fundamental ways since bassist Robby Takac started the Goo Goo Dolls (due tonight at 1STBANK Center with Michelle Branch and Parachute) with guitarist and songwriter John Rzeznik in the late 1980s. In their more than two decades of existence, the band has tapped into…

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Despite claims to the contrary, Maroon 5’s Adam Levine does not have moves like Jagger

By Cory LamzAugust 16, 2011

LMFAO leads the Billboard Hot 100 again this week, once again blocking Katy Perry from her fifth number one and tying Michael Jackson’s record. But we heard all about that last week. This week, the biggest surprise comes from a half-naked Maroon 5 frontman. Weird, we know. Oddly, and finally,…

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Robin Nolan on Django Reinhardt, hanging out with George Harrison and playing gypsy jazz

By Jon SolomonAugust 14, 2011

Although gypsy-jazz guitar pioneer Django Reinhardt died in 1953, there’s been a steady stream of players inspired by him over the past few decades. One such player is Robin Nolan, who’s been hailed as one of the world’s leading guitarists in the Reinhardt tradition, in addition to being a favorite…

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Gramatik on joining Pretty Lights Music and what he has in store for his show at Red Rocks

By Britt ChesterAugust 12, 2011

Gramatik (due tomorrow at Red Rocks with Pretty Lights) used to be an MC who rapped with his buddies over his beats. He grew up in Slovenia listening to DJ Premier, Guru, Rza, Dre, and an arsenal of hip-hop and break beats fills his catalog of sample options. Now, after…

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Fresh new hip-hop from BMore, Zome, Spoke In Wordz and a brand new video from Babah Fly

By Ru JohnsonAugust 11, 2011

Ah, yes, each week we bring you the latest and greatest in the world of local hip-hop and rap music. We’re all across the map with this installment of That’s a Rap, bringing you a sexy freestyle from singer Bmore, a beautifully crafted joint from Zome of Diamond Boiz, a…

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John Legend on the resurgence of soul, touring with Sade and the foibles and fortunes of fame

By Shawn WhiteAugust 11, 2011

John Legend considers everything, especially when he’s being interviewed. He pauses long enough for you to imagine him considering several inferior answers and tossing them before choosing one that sounds just right. Back in the fall of 2004 at Denver’s Club Soul, he displayed a similar thoughtfulness…

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Kyle Morton of Typhoon on Nabokov, inspiration and Tender Loving Empire

By Tom MurphyAugust 10, 2011

Founded in Salem, Oregon, in 2005, Typhoon (due tonight at the hi-dive, with Lord Huron and Sour Boy Bitter Girl) started out as a recording project but quickly evolved into a sprawling live affair with over ten members. Two years into its time together, the act essentially went on hiatus…

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Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel on getting his start making electronic music and the tools he used

By Tom MurphyAugust 9, 2011

Jimmy Tamborello. While the name might not register immediately, you’ve probably heard his work with the Postal Service, an outfit that also features Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard. On his own throughout the ’90s, Tamborello, who plays under the name Dntel (due tonight at the hi-dive with One AM…

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Andrew Bird on his songwriting process and his approach to improvising using loops

By Jon SolomonAugust 9, 2011

Chicago-based singer-songwriter Andrew Bird (performing tonight at the Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities and tomorrow evening at Chautauqua Auditorium) says that since he’s been writing music there’s always a healthy conflict between brevity and indulgence. On one hand, Bird knows all about crafting short, near perfect pop songs, but…

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