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Boys Will Be Wetboys
It was fun while it lasted — but now MTV wants to mainstream Colorado's weirdest skateboarders.
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GB Fish & Chips
If at first you don’t succeed, fry, fry again.
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This Guardian Angel Bleeds Red
Sebastian Metz's heart is in the right place. If only his brain and body could follow.
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Rent-a-Cop
Denver's finest protect and serve, whether they're being paid by the city or the corner bar.
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Westfalen Hof
Good German food? You’re darn Teuton!
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Hideous Houses of Highland (9)
More is not merrier for Highland homeowners who want to stop construction in their neighborhoods.
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Rush to Riot (8)
How seriously should we take Rush Limbaugh's fantasies of a disturbance in Denver?
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Juggalos Band Together at Primos (5)
Meet the Insane fans who united Denver's hatchet-wielding, Faygo-loving family.
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Boys Will Be Wetboys (5)
It was fun while it lasted — but now MTV wants to mainstream Colorado's weirdest skateboarders.
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Grand Lux Cafe (4)
What happened in Vegas should have stayed there.
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Tera Melos
Friday, April 18, Marquis Theater, 1-866-468-7621.
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Subtlety Isn’t a Strength for Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Here’s what happens when you blend the hottest sounds of the past five years into a cheeky, abrasive mix.
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Kingdom of Doom Crumbles
Denver Police bust up a cornerstone of the underground scene.
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The Succulent Sounds of Dark Meat
From Athens, Georgia, comes yet another great new American band.
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Enon Slows Things Down
John Schmersal’s once hyper-prolific songwriting streak made Ryan Adams seem like a slacker.
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Swapping One McPrison for Another
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Mile High Makeout: Making New Friends
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Good Taste
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Look of the Day - American Idol Look-A-Likes
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Denver Unveils its Free Bike Program for the DNC
02:00PM 05/14/08
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Subject(s): The Silver Cord
With few bands pursuing a dark muse at the moment, it's paradoxically refreshing to listen to this unapologetically bleak document of inner turmoil. Ken Keifer's low baritone is surprisingly musical as he sings and cries out tales of love, betrayal, murder and existential anguish, and Karl Haikara's hauntingly chiming guitar soars and savages like Daniel Ash guesting on a Wumpscut album. Dane Bernhardt's synth parts heighten the mood of each song while Heather Hemming's cadenced bass playing gives each song the weighty solemnity of a funeral procession. Although there's definitely a pervading sense of tortured isolation on such cuts as album standout "Fear," there's also a core of defiance against extinguishing the light within us. That informs the songwriting that lifts the whole beyond a gothic-rock well of despair.
