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Denver's ten best Memorial Day weekend shows
May 24, 2013 in Backbeat
Shawn Brackbrill THE HEAD AND THE HEART @ MAGNESS ARENA | SAT, 5/25/13 Formed in Seattle in 2009, this project started out playing open mics and within a year after playing countless...
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New Denver shows: Peter Hook, Ani DiFranco, Blood on the Dance Floor and more
May 22, 2013 in Backbeat
Bassist Peter Hook, who played Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures at the Bluebird in 2011, returns to the area with his group, the Light, to perform New Order's Movement and Power,...
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Here's what we're all listening to right now: What's on your playlist this week?
May 22, 2013 in Backbeat
Music is life. Or at least it is for us. When we're not writing about it, we're thinking about it, talking about it or listening to it. These are the...
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The ten best concerts to see in Denver this week
May 20, 2013 in Backbeat
TURBONEGRO @ OGDEN THEATRE | MON, 5/20/13 In 1989, when Norwegian band Turbonegro got together, it was clearly fueled by a love of Alice Cooper and acts like Hanoi Rocks and...
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Ten best concerts to see in Denver this weekend
May 17, 2013 in Backbeat
Jon Solomon NATHANIEL RATELIFF & NIGHT SWEATS @ BOULDER THEATER | 5/17 At this stage of his career, particularly in Denver, Nathaniel Rateliff is a man who requires absolutely no preamble. Nonetheless,...
Here's what we're all listening to right now: What's on your playlist this week?
May 15, 2013 in Backbeat
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Prince at the Ogden Theatre, 5/13/13, reviews and setlists of both the early and late shows
May 14, 2013 in Backbeat
Kevin Mazur. See also: Slide show: Prince fans at the Ogden last night. PRINCE @ OGDEN THEATRE | 5/13/12 | EARLY SHOW In a bold move during his first show at the...
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New shows on sale this week: Rihanna, Queens of the Stone Age, the Cult, Pinback and more
May 14, 2013 in Backbeat
The Cult will perform Electric in its entirety at the Ogden this August. In addition to Rihanna and Queens of the Stone Age shows that we told you about yesterday, we've...
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The ten best concerts in Denver this week
May 13, 2013 in Backbeat
PRINCE @ OGDEN THEATRE | MON, 5/13/13 Prince became a household name after the release of his third album, 1982's 1999. Over the years, his perfectly realized blend of rock, pop,...
The ten best concerts in Denver this weekend
May 10, 2013 in Backbeat
Here's what we're all listening to right now: What's on your playlist this week?
May 08, 2013 in Backbeat
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New Denver shows on sale this week: Megadeth, Tricky, Wiz Khalifa, A$AP Rocky and more
May 07, 2013 in Backbeat
Brandon Marshall Megadeth's Gigantour, which features HellYeah, Newstead, Black Label Society and is making a stop at 1STBANK Center in August, goes on sale this Friday, May 10, while tickets for...
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The ten best concerts to see in Denver this week
May 06, 2013 in Backbeat
SHABAZZ PALACES @ LARIMER LOUNGE | MON, 5/6/13 In the first half of the '90s, Ishmael Butler went by the moniker "Butterfly" as part of the rap trio Digable Planets. After...
The five best concerts in Denver this weekend
May 03, 2013 in Backbeat
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Here's what we're all listening to right now: What's on your playlist this week?
May 02, 2013 in Backbeat
Music is life. Or at least it is for us. When we're not writing about it, we're thinking about it, talking about it or listening to it. These are the...
Win $200 in bottle service at Jet Lounge! (updated with winners)
May 01, 2013 in Backbeat
Win tickets to Thomas Gold at Beta on Saturday!
May 01, 2013 in Backbeat
The best concerts to see in Denver this week
April 29, 2013 in Backbeat
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The ten best concerts in Denver this weekend
April 26, 2013 in Backbeat
SPEAKEASY TIGER @ MARQUIS THEATER | SAT, 4/27/13 Half a decade ago, Speakeasy Tiger seemed to be in the right place at the right time, with a kind of electro-rock that...
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Here's what we're all listening to right now: What's on your playlist this week?
April 25, 2013 in Backbeat
Music is life. Or at least it is for us. When we're not writing about it, we're thinking about it, talking about it or listening to it. These are the...
The best of Coachella 2013: Weekend two
April 23, 2013 in Backbeat
The worst of Coachella 2013: Weekend two
April 23, 2013 in Backbeat
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The ten best concerts in Denver this week
April 22, 2013 in Backbeat
JOE BONAMASSA @ BELLCO THEATRE | TUES, 4/23/13 Joe Bonamassa is a nouveau bluesman who favors a hybrid blues-rock sound that employs simple song structures and puts the emphasis on powerful...
The twelve best concerts in Denver this weekend
April 19, 2013 in Backbeat
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Here's what we're all listening to right now. What's rocking your world this week?
April 17, 2013 in Backbeat
As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it's not surprising that the most common (and favorite) topic of conversation among us is the...
