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         <title>Global Dance Festival three-day passes to go on sale Wednesday</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Britt ChesterSkerrit Bwoy just heard tickets to Global Dance Festival would be on sale soon.

Get your track pads and refresh buttons ready, electro-heads! Exclusive three-day passes for the 2012 Glob]]></description>
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         <title>Review: Greensky Bluegrass at the Bluebird Theater, 2/8/12</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Nick CallaioGreensky Bluegrass last night at the Bluebird Theater.

GREENSKY BLUEGRASS @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 2/8/12

Greensky Bluegrass played two sets of organic, roots-oriented bluegrass for a packed]]></description>
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         <title>Van Halen video: David Lee Roth interviews Eddie and Alex Van Halen</title>
         <description><![CDATA[&#8203;Here's something odd: After all of these years of being Van Halen fans, this is the first time we can remember hearing Eddie Van Halen's voice. It sounds quite a bit different from how we imagi]]></description>
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         <title>Henry Tuft on being inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame</title>
         <description><![CDATA[&#8203;Harry Tuft, slated to be inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame this Sunday, February 12, opened the Denver Folklore Center in 1962 and started promoting concerts a few years later, brin]]></description>
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         <title>Don Strasburg named Talent Buyer of the Year by Pollstar</title>
         <description><![CDATA[FacebookDon Strasburg (center) with the members of Furthur this past summer at Red Rocks.&#8203;Massive props are due this morning to Don Strasburg of AEG Live Rocky Mountain, who was named Talent Buy]]></description>
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         <title>The 54th Grammys: who will win (Adele) and who won&apos;t (Lady Gaga)</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Anticipate Adele to sweep the Grammys this year, leaving Lady Gaga and Katy Perry in her wake.&#8203;From power pop to power ballads, rock anthems to rap staples, the nominees of the 54th Grammy Award]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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         <title>Sauna&apos;s &quot;Glitter Party&quot; video premieres on Stereogum</title>
         <description><![CDATA[&#8203;It probably came as a surprise to everyone but those in the inner circles of the Sauna camp that the band's new video for "Glitter Party" premiered on Stereogum. Not because the charming quarte]]></description>
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         <title>Magic Cyclops, American Idol nopeful, extends his nationwide notoriety</title>
         <description><![CDATA[&#8203;Ah, yes, Magic Cyclops: To know him is to love him. The Quad City Madman (not really, you swag-jacking morning show mooks in Davenport -- he's all ours) has successfully turned a fleeting Ameri]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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         <title>American Idol: Hollywood auditions, round 1</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson in Hollywood.&#8203;Last night's first Hollywood round of auditions on American Idol played like a rapid fire of hopes and dreams realized and shattered ]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2012/02/american_idol_recap_season_11_episode_8_hollywood_auditions.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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         <title>Is Earl Sweatshirt back? Yes? No? Maybe?</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Update (2/9/12): Overnight @earlxsweat reached 50K, and so as promised, the full song, titled either "Home" or "Thanks, James," has been posted at terttlefer.com. Have a listen.

&#8203;If Tyler, the ]]></description>
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         <title>Jay-Z&apos;s come a long way from the Marcy Projects</title>
         <description><![CDATA[&#8203;What do you know about Jay-Z? Born Shawn Corey Carter in December 1969, the Brooklyn corner boy from the Marcy Housing Projects, who used to flip kilos of coke as fast as he flipped rhymes, tur]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2012/02/sounds_of_blackness_jay-z.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:30:20 -0700</pubDate>
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         <title>Phibstock Music Festival slated for July in Hartsel</title>
         <description><![CDATA[&#8203;As the summer festival season approaches, there are a number of things to consider when deciding on which festival to attend. First of all, how far is it? When is it? How much is it? Is it wort]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2012/02/phibstock_music_festival.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:11:01 -0700</pubDate>
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         <title>Spatula: &quot;I think that was the swan song, and we landed like an albatross.&quot;</title>
         <description><![CDATA[courtesy SpatulaSpatula circa 2005 (L-R: Summer Snover, Evan Brown, Paul Cousineau, King Lexie and Jesse Roadkill).

Spatula (due this Friday, February 10, at the Climax Lounge) was a band you often h]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2012/02/interview_spatula_reunion.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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         <title>What is the best new band? What is the best new club?</title>
         <description><![CDATA[&#8203;Time to bring out your best! The Westword Best of Denver 2012 Readers' Poll is now live, and we'd like your input.

Have a take? Give us yours on these questions and more:

Best new band?

Best]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2012/02/best-of-denver-2012-readers-poll-music.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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         <title>The Fray Scars &amp; Stories: A track-by-track breakdown from Isaac Slade and Joe King</title>
         <description><![CDATA[&#8203;The Fray breaks down Scars & Stories, its third full-length release, produced by Brendan O'Brien. We caught up with the Fray's chief songwriters, Isaac Slade and co-founder Joe King, and the tw]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2012/02/the_frays_scars_stories_isaac_slade_and_joe_king_give_a_track-by-track_breakdown.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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