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Twenty fabled moments in Denver music, #8: The Jimi Hendrix Experience's last show
20 Fabled Denver Music Moments
November 27, 2012 in Backbeat
Over the next few weeks, Backbeat will finish our countdown of the twenty most fabled moments in Denver music history. Today, we take a look back at Barry Fey's Denver...
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Backbeat's top five spins: This is what we're listening to this week. What's on your playlist?
November 27, 2012 in Backbeat
As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it shouldn't be surprising to find that the most common (and mutually favorite) topic of conversation...
Download Death Grips' Larimer Lounge set
November 26, 2012 in Backbeat
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Photos: Midnight on Boulder's Pearl Street
November 26, 2012 in Backbeat
When the class requirements are away, the students will play. This past weekend was a busy one for nightlife on Boulder's Pearl Street. Our roving photographer Brandon Marshall spent Saturday...
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Photos: The twenty most ghoulish Alice Cooper fans at the Paramount Theatre this past weekend
November 26, 2012 in Backbeat
All photos by Brandon Marshall. Schooooool's out! For. Winter. Or at least it was when Alice Cooper visited the Paramount Theatre this past Friday for a spectacularly spine-chilling show. Onstage, the...
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The five best concerts this week: Nov. 26-30
November 26, 2012 in Backbeat
Action Bronson at the Fox Theatre and Cervantes' is one of the five best concerts this week. Happy Monday! Another week, another great batch of shows on tap: After canceling a...
The ten best concerts this weekend: Nov. 23-25
November 23, 2012 in Backbeat
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Sid Pink brings The Yellow Machine "rockeretta" to life Friday at the Gothic Theatre
November 23, 2012 in Backbeat
Sid Pink was heartbroken. So he did what any reasonable, red-blooded American man his age would do: He penned a rock opera about the ordeal -- or a "rockeretta spectacular,"...
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Giving thanks for a few of our favorite albums
November 22, 2012 in Backbeat
For most of us, Thanksgiving is typically a time of vast reflection, a time when we get all sorts of introspective and express our gratitude for the lovely people and...
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Caught in a mosh: Scenes from the pit at Dethklok last night at the Fillmore Auditorium
November 21, 2012 in Backbeat
All photos by Brandon Marshall.Slide show: In the Moshpit at Dethklok As far as fully realized cartoon bands go, Dethklok kicks everyone else's ass. (Don't believe us? Fine -- you can...
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Backbeat's top five spins: This is what we're listening to this week. What's on your playlist?
November 21, 2012 in Backbeat
As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it shouldn't be surprising to find that the most common (and mutually favorite) topic of conversation...
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Photos: The twenty best Bruce Springsteen shirts we saw last night at the Pepsi Center
November 20, 2012 in Backbeat
All photos by Eric Gruneisen. As noted in our review of Bruce Springsteen's show last night at the Pepsi Center, the concert was packed with longtime fans and visited by an...
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Photos: Midnight in the Ballpark neighborhood
November 19, 2012 in Backbeat
All photos by Christopher Morgan. This past weekend was another lively one in the Mile High City. Adding to our ongoing photo series documenting nightlife in the Mile High City, which...
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The ten best concerts of the week: Nov. 19-23
November 19, 2012 in Backbeat
Soren McCartyBruce Springsteen shows Denver who's the Boss tonight at the Pepsi Center. Another weekend in the books, another week ahead. But oh what a kickass week this one will be....
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The ten best concerts this weekend: Nov. 16-18
November 16, 2012 in Backbeat
Jim NarcyWovenhand's show tonight at the Oriental Theater is one of the weekend's ten best concerts. Aw yeah! It's Friday! TGIF and all that. Ready to rock and pop the top...
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Your 2012 Denver #WebAwards music winners
November 16, 2012 in Backbeat
Christopher MorganThe Epilogues won Best Music Video. Slide show: Web Awards 2012We came. We saw. We tweeted. Last night, Westword hosted the third annual Denver Web Awards, our celebration of...
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Backbeat's top five spins: This is what we're listening to this week. What's on your playlist?
November 14, 2012 in Backbeat
As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it shouldn't be surprising to find that the most common (and mutually favorite) topic of conversation...
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The thirty best concert photos of the fall...so far
November 13, 2012 in Backbeat
Britt ChesterPeaches at the Summit Music Hall on October 13, 2012 We suspected that the fall concert season was going to carry the momentum from the summer concert series, but we...
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The five best concerts this week: Nov 12-16
November 12, 2012 in Backbeat
The Last Waltz Revisited, which has become a Thanksgiving tradition in Colorado, is one of the five best concerts this week. Welcome to another week! Plenty of goodness awaits you. As...
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Photos: Closing time in the Golden Triangle
November 12, 2012 in Backbeat
No matter what part of the city we seem to visit, it's pretty clear that Denver has an incredibly vibrant nightlife scene, as evidence by our recent snapshots of East...
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The ten best concerts this weekend: Nov. 9-11
November 09, 2012 in Backbeat
Calder's Revolvers tonight at the Summit Music Hall is one of the ten best concerts this weekend. Welcome to the weekend! You ready to toss a few cold ones back and...
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Backbeat's top five spins: This is what we're listening to this week. What's on your playlist?
November 07, 2012 in Backbeat
As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it shouldn't be surprising to find that the most common (and mutually favorite) topic of conversation...
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The ten best concerts this week: November 5-9
November 05, 2012 in Backbeat
Aaron ThackerayDie Antwoord at the Ogden Theatre on Wednesday is one of the ten best concerts this week. Another week, another batch of great shows on tap. We've got all of...
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The ten best concerts this weekend: Nov. 2-4
November 02, 2012 in Backbeat
Soren McCartyLeonard Cohen at 1STBANK is one of the ten best concerts this weekend. Welcome to the weekend! We made it. And as we already noted in Dance Card, there's an...
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Backbeat's top five spins: This is what we're listening to this week. What's on your playlist?
October 31, 2012 in Backbeat
As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it shouldn't be surprising to find that the most common (and mutually favorite) topic of conversation...