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Hell's Belles, with Dirty Femmes and MF Ruckus, at Oriental Theater, 11/2/12
November 03, 2012 in Backbeat
Josiah M. HesseHell's Belles at the Oriental last night. DIRTY FEMMES / HELL'S BELLES / MF RUCKUS @ ORIENTAL | 11.02.12 Last night the Oriental was invaded by a sentimental army of...
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Fine Gentleman's Club to record album at Comedy Works on Halloween
October 30, 2012 in Show and Tell
Crystal Allen PhotographyKnown for their wild, unpredictable comedy nights at Deer Pile, as well as several open mics around town, the Fine Gentleman's Club comedy co-op will attempt to put...
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Violent Femmes' Gordon Gano to perform with Denver tribute band again Friday at the Oriental
October 29, 2012 in Backbeat
Josiah HesseJen Korte of the Dirty Femmes Update 10/29/12: Rumor confirmed. After performing this past weekend with Dirty Femmes at the Larimer Lounge, Violent Femmes frontman Gordon Gano is staying in...
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Local Shakedown Volume 4 features forty local acts, including Ian Cooke, Hindershot and more
October 25, 2012 in Backbeat
A.H. GoldsteinIan Cooke is one of the artists appearing on the new Local Shakedown comp. After gaining a reputation for taste and comprehension with their first three volumes, including a nod...
Egyptian gods, a 3000 year old poem, and the Fugs: How Fingers of the Sun got their name
October 22, 2012 in Backbeat
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Jefferson Airplane's Bark inspires Paul Berry's film about buffalos on the moon
October 22, 2012 in Show and Tell
Ask local filmmaker Paul Berry what BARK, showing at the Mercury Cafe this Wednesday, is "about," and you end up with a shake-and-bake collection of themes and pop-culture references that...
Marie Litton of PrettyMouth on how heartache and hard times tend to give you perspective
October 19, 2012 in Backbeat
Paper Bird's Esme Patterson on how there's more to the human experience than love songs
October 19, 2012 in Backbeat
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Heavy Dose brings psych rock to Beauty Bar
October 16, 2012 in Backbeat
El Brian, Deftron and Matthew Novak Just two years in, Beauty Bar has become one of the premier homes for vinyl geeks looking to have their aficionado minds blown by one...
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J. Edgar to 8: Dustin Lance Black's artistic triumphs for gay rights
October 15, 2012 in Show and Tell
One of the great historians of our time, Dustin Lance Black is responsible for some great dramatic portrayals of our country's past. Whether his subject is Harvey Milk, J. Edgar...
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Peaches at Summit Music Hall, 10/13/12
October 15, 2012 in Backbeat
Britt Chester PEACHES @ the SUMMIT MUSIC HALL | 10.13.12 With champagne, campy German dancers and enough fake boobs to smother an elephant, Peaches' show at the Summit was a roofied cocktail...
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Peaches on taking action on behalf of Pussy Riot: "If I lived in Russia, that could've been me."
October 12, 2012 in Backbeat
No one knows how to push buttons quite like Peaches. Whether she's writing and directing her own autobiographical musical or organizing a Free Pussy Riot campaign, this electro-punk (aka Merrill...
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T.J. Miller talks Dane Cook, Denver comedy and eating mustard out of a can
October 11, 2012 in Show and Tell
Denver native T.J. Miller is one busy comic. But even on the same day that his new comedy series, Mash Up, premiered on Comedy Central, Miller took the time to...
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Aimee Mann at Ogden Theatre, 10/9/12
October 10, 2012 in Backbeat
Jon SolomonAimee Mann last night at the Ogden Theatre. AIMEE MANN @ OGDEN THEATRE | 10/9/12 With an interesting mix of middle aged 'Til Tuesday fans reliving their high school heartaches, along...
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Denver's T.J. Miller hosts Comedy Central's Mash Up series, premiering tonight
October 09, 2012 in Show and Tell
Comic T.J. Miller will be premiering his new series, Mash Up, on Comedy Central tonight. Known for his white-boy ode to Denver, being stabbed in Get Him to the Greek,...
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Aimee Mann on Fiona Apple, Portlandia, and performing with Common at the White House
October 08, 2012 in Backbeat
Sheryl Nields Three decades into her career, Aimee Mann remains as consistently fresh and challenging a singer/songwriter as in her days fronting the mid '80s new wave band, 'Til Tuesday. Since...
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Why the Obama campaign might want to rethink continuing to use U2's "City of Blinding Lights"
October 03, 2012 in Backbeat
There's no question that the President -- in town this evening to debate Mitt Romney -- is a huge music fan. From quoting Sam Cooke during his '08 acceptance speech...
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Our top five spins this week, September 24-30
September 28, 2012 in Backbeat
In this very special edition of Heavy Rotation, you not only get a through-the-keyhole view of our musical proclivities, but you also get a few words from us on our...
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Kristin Rand, of the all-female comedy group Ladyface, talks standup versus sketch
September 21, 2012 in Show and Tell
LadyfaceNow celebrating its one year anniversary, Denver's all-female sketch comedy group, Ladyface, has become a strong counterweight to the booming male stand-up scene, often hosting the boys from Grawlix and...
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Meet Shady Elders, Denver's newest supergroup
September 19, 2012 in Backbeat
Daniel Orr Taking a Dylan-esque route of abandoning acoustic folk for mod rock, Britt Rodemich teamed up with local favorites Casey Banker -- fresh from the now-defunct Don'ts and Be Carefuls...
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Black Eye takes the coffee-drinking experience to a richer level
September 17, 2012 in Cafe Society
All photos by Sara Ford.Ali Elman.Like beer, marijuana and oxygen bars, Colorado has quickly developed a subculture of people who like to geek-out on coffee, enjoying the everyday beverage on...
Thee Oh Sees at Gothic Theatre, 9/13/12
September 14, 2012 in Backbeat
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Gary Hart on his new novel, Citizens United and stubborn Republicans
September 13, 2012 in Show and Tell
Over the last four decades Gary Hart has been a major force in politics -- from "inventing" the Iowa caucuses while managing George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign, to unintentionally creating...
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Sara Century on Ladybug 2012, this November's Titwrench-style festival in Fort Collins
September 12, 2012 in Backbeat
In response to the overwhelming success of Denver's Titwrench Festival -- the award-winning female-centric, three-day rock and noise fest -- local riot-grrrl icon Sara Century has been tapped to bring...
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Joe Sampson: "You can say the stupidest shit, but if the melody's right, then it works."
September 12, 2012 in Backbeat
Quote/Unquote is our periodic feature in which we hunt down some awesome lyrics, examine the best lines and then get the story behind the song. This week, we unearthed a...
