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Kanye West tour canceled/Paramore show rescheduled

Kanye West and Lady Gaga’s Fame Kills tour, which was just announced on Monday, has been canceled. The tour was to include a stop at the Pepsi Center on December 2 and tickets were scheduled to go on sale Saturday, October 3. There’s no word yet on why the tour…

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Flier of the Week: Paper Bird at the Boulder Theatre

It’s not always artful images or striking use of typography that catches our eye for a flier of the week. No, sometimes it’s just something simple, comforting and downright inviting — something like this grade-school arts-and-crafts flier for Paper Bird’s upcoming date at the Boulder Theatre this Friday, October 2…

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Flier of the week: Bass Invasion at Cervantes’

The kind of quasi-military design seen here seems to be gaining popularity these days. Perhaps that’s a reflection of the militaristic times we live in, or maybe it just fits the feel of dubstep, which is also gaining popularity. Or maybe it’s just that big-ass guns and the heavy metal…

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Fiery Furnaces, Nitzer Ebb, 3OH!3 shows announced

This week wasn’t quite as insane with show announcements as last week, but we did still get the line on a fair amount of decent gigs. The Fiery Furnaces, touring in support of its eighth album, I’m Going Away, will stop at the Bluebird Theater on Tuesday, November 24. Tickets…

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Pixies bringing Doolittle tour to Denver in November

Update: Just received word that the Pixies added a second show on Tuesday, November 17 at the Fillmore. Tickets go on sale this Saturday, September 26 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased directly at the Fillmore box office, online at LiveNation.com or by phone at 1-877-598-6659.  [original post: 07/28/09]…

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Flier of the Week: Lipgloss

Bold abstraction is the order of the day on this week’s top flier design. The interlocking lines and squiggles on this bold, largely black and white flier come together to strongly suggest circuit boards, computer parts and other high-tech concerns. The big circle puts me in mind of a record…

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Pixies, Bob Dylan, Yonder Mountain String Band shows announced

As we reported in July, the Pixies will visit the Fillmore Auditorium Monday, November 16 as part of a nine-city US tour celebrating the twentieth anniversary of act’s 1989 watershed album Doolittle. The original line-up of Black Francis, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago and David Lovering will play Doolittle in its…

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Flier of the Week: Sub.Mission Thursdays

Our top flier of the week comes to us from Sub.Mission’s Thursday residency at Sutra. This one’s been floating around for a while but somehow escaped our attention until now. No matter, we caught it just in time before it expired. From the weird, abstract, “virtual-reality walkthrough of the Parthenon”…

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Hope Sandoval, Juliette Lewis, the Sounds shows announced

Former Mazzy Star singer Hope Sandoval will be hitting the road next month for the first time in eight years on the heels of her forthcoming album, Through the Devil Softly, due September 29 on Nettwerk. Sandoval her band the Warm Inventions visit the Bluebird Thursday, October 1. Tickets are…

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Second Ray LaMontagne show added

Ray LaMontangne fans who didn’t score tix his sold-out solo acoustic show (the opening East Coast dates feature LaMontagne with an orchestra) on Tuesday, November 17, at Ellie Caulkins Opera House will get another shot to see the singer-songwriter on Wednesday, November 18. Tickets, which run $30 to $45, go…

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Pretty Lights at City Hall this Sunday

Just heard that Pretty Lights, the burgeoning superstar otherwise known as Derek Vincent Smith, is slated to perform this Sunday, August 23, at the newly minted City Hall. Without question, this will be this weekend’s hottest ticket. Oh and speaking of tickets, they’re on sale right now for a measly…

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Flier of the Week: Church of the Snake at Rhinoceropolis

This week’s illustration inspiration exists to inform us of a visit August 19 (that’s tonight) to Rhinoceropolis by Hot Springs, Arkansas band Church of the Snake — along with contributions from Color Club (another Arkansas band) and locals Hot White and Crack Magik. It earns its nod as top flier…

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George Crumb music festival comes to CU Boulder

From September 8 to 11, CU Boulder will celebrate the life and work of avant-garde composer George Crumb at the George Crumb at 80 Music Festival. For those unfamiliar with his work, Crumb is an award winning (a Pulitzer for music in 1968, a Grammy in 2001) modern composer famed…