Features

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  Next to Ryan Adams or Jason Molina, Centro-Matic frontman Will Johnson is as prolific a songwriter as they come.

  By Jon Solomon

  Thursday, September 04

  Texas in June is great. There's a certain romance to it. By August, though, the romance is gone, and everyone starts getting edgy. A few summers... More >>
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  The always fiery Fear Before the March of Flames finishes its fourth record and prepares to return home -- on the road

  By Dave Herrera

  Thursday, September 04

  Four years ago, when we last checked in with the members of Fear Before the March of Flames, arguably one of Colorado's most compelling bands,... More >>
• Westword's Freeloader tips you off to the best in legitimate, artist-approved downloads.

  By Andy Vihstadt

  Thursday, September 04

  While some musicians go for a more entrepreneurial approach, Blitzen Trapper is happy to ditch its DIY ways and sign on the dotted line. The... More >>
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  Slipknot

  All Hope Is Gone
  Roadrunner

  By Phil Freeman

  Thursday, September 04

  Four albums in (five, if you're an eBay-stalking obsessive), Slipknot is having an identity crisis. Frontman Corey Taylor's side project, Stone... More >>
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  The Game

  LAX
  Geffen

  By Ben Westhoff

  Thursday, September 04

  Rappers and producers who appear on the Game's third album, LAX, include...everybody. There's Kanye West, Scott Storch, Travis Barker, Keisha... More >>
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  Lil' Slugger/The Good Old Fashioned Sinners

  Untitled Split CD
  Self-released

  By Tom Murphy

  Thursday, September 04

  If there's one thing that can be said for Lil' Slugger, it's that these guys don't sound quite like anyone else. The closest cousin to Slugger's... More >>
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  Jeff Finlin

  Ballad of a Plain Man
  Bent Wheel Records

  By Michael Roberts

  Thursday, September 04

  Things seemed to be looking up for Jeff Finlin. The Fort Collins singer-songwriter, the subject of a worshipful 5280 profile by Pulitzer winner... More >>
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  Mini Reviews

  Thursday, September 04

  Capricorns, River, Bear Your Bones (Rise Above). Londoners Nathan Bennett and Kevin Williams know their math as well as any guitarists working... More >>
• Valient Thorr

  Saturday, September 6, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

  By Michael Roberts

  Thursday, September 04

  Although Warped Tour lineups differ from year to year, plenty of the acts on them are essentially interchangeable. But not Warped vets Valient... More >>
• Poison/Dokken

  Saturday, September 6, Fiddler's Green, 303-830-8497.

  By Dave Herrera

  Thursday, September 04

  Is anyone else here astounded that these two groups still have enough cachet to fill amphitheaters? Wait — allow me to revise that... More >>
• Foo Fighters

  Monday and Tuesday, September 8-9, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, 303-830-8497.

  By Michael Roberts

  Thursday, September 04

  Dave Grohl, whose throat problems caused the postponement of two Foo Fighters dates originally scheduled for July, has become a reliable... More >>
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  The Builders and The Butchers

  Wednesday, September 10, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

  By Tom Murphy

  Thursday, September 04

  Some of the best rustic music being made today is coming out of Portland, Oregon, by groups such as The Builders and The Butchers, who lend an... More >>
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  Hawks of Paradise at the Larimer Lounge

  By Tom Murphy

  Thursday, September 04

  With the recent spate of poseurs copping classic-rock poses, it's easy to dismiss anyone even remotely following those musical instincts as an... More >>
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  Martin Landsky at Abode

  By Cory Casciato

  Thursday, September 04

  Martin Landsky started deejaying at just fourteen years old, mixing for friends and family at private functions, but his musical direction was... More >>
• Kevin Larson's Wish is at your command

  By Jon Solomon

  Thursday, September 04

  Over the past decade, Kevin Larson has created quite a following through his annual Victorian Fetish Ball and White Rose Gala parties. And over... More >>
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  Welcome to the weird, wonderful world of Bradford Cox's Deerhunter

  By Kyle Smith

  Thursday, August 28

  "Everyone shits. Honestly. And everyone has fucked up things they hide. I show mine with a sense of humor." So wrote Bradford Cox in a blog post... More >>
• The celebrity-starved Denver media is all Twitterpated during the DNC

  By Dave Herrera

  Thursday, August 28

  Good grief, man! Can you believe the amount of star-fucking going on in this town right now? Seriously, it's pathetic. Are we really so... More >>
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  Al Green is still as soulful as ever

  By Jon Solomon

  Thursday, August 28

  In 2006, soul legend Al Green met with Roots drummer Amir "?uestlove" Thompson and famed hip-hop and R&B producer James Poyser at New York's... More >>
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  A look at the worst jobs in rock

  By Cole Haddon

  Thursday, August 28

  With Labor Day upon us, we thought we'd pay tribute to America's celebration of the working man by recognizing the worst jobs in rock. There are... More >>
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  Ratatat's music sings without singing

  By Michael Roberts

  Thursday, August 28

  Vocalists get the prima donna's share of attention in most groups. But according to Evan Mast, who represents half of the Brooklyn-based... More >>