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Gotye show moved from Bluebird to the Ogden

Gotye. Name ring a bell? Surely you’ve heard the tune “Somebody I Used to Know,” or at least seen the video. The clip is all sorts of artsy, with the Aussie-by-way-of-Belgium singer and Kimbra, his collaborator, chilling in their birthday suits and then painted in time-lapse to blend in seamlessly…

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Rockaway Tavern’s future no longer up in the air

Last month, Kris Sieger told us that future of Rockaway Tavern was up in the air, and that he was looking for potential investors and might even be up for selling the place. Looks like Sieger, who opened the bar in July 2010 with former 15th Street Tavern owner Myke…

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See Blackalicious at the Fillmore for just $10

You read that right. You can see Blackalicious at the Fillmore this Friday, January 27, for just $10 (well, plus the applicable service fees). Tickets are on-sale right now at LiveNation.com or you can pick them up directly at the Fillmore box office. Oh, we should also let you know…

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The Black Keys add second show at 1STBANK Center on May 1

Bad news: Familiar with that expression, “You snooze, you lose”? Yes? Well, it applies here. If you slept on getting your tickets to see the Black Keys at 1STBANK Center on April 30, you blew it. Show’s sold out. D’oh! Luckily for you, though, you’ll have another chance to see…

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Andrew W.K. in Denver at Bluebird on 3/20

Grab your party shoes, kids. Andrew W.K. is coming back to Denver. In honor of the ten year anniversary of I Get Wet (hands up if you can believe it’s already been a decade since dude first hit the scene), Mr. Party Hard is bringing his party to the Bluebird…

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Korn at Fillmore Auditorium on February 27

Korn is coming to the Fillmore Auditorium on Monday, February 27, with Kill the Noise. Pre-sale tickets go on sale this Wednesday on the band’s website, and regular tickets will go on sale to the general public this Friday at 10 a.m. Gotta hand it to the dudes: Who thought…

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Girls at the Gothic Theatre on March 16

Ah, yes, girls, we love them. Who doesn’t, right? Mötley Crüe wrote an entire song about them. Actually, so did Jay-Z, come to think of it. But we digress. Where were we again? Oh, right, girls, we love them. So you can only imagine the overwhelming sense of joy we…

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Laurie Anderson heads list of acts for CMKY 2012

The initial acts for this year’s CMKY festival have been announced. The fifth annual edition of the festival is slated to kick off with a performance by Laurie Anderson on Wednesday, April 25, at the Boulder Theater, and will run through Sunday, April 29, at various venues across Boulder, which…

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Oak Tavern launches weekly live music series

Next Friday, January 20, Oak Tavern is launching All Access Fridays, a new weekly live music series in which bands will be filmed for PBS/Free Speech TV’s show 303 All Access. The show will focus on up-and-coming rock, reggae, hip-hop, alt-rock and acoustic acts, who will each be interviewed and…

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Nickelback in Denver on June 10 at Pepsi Center

By early June, Denver will long be in the rearview for the Black Keys dudes, who’ll play here on Monday, April 30. Too bad. It would’ve been sweet-ass sweet to witness a good old-fashioned battle royale for ultimate supremacy between them and the Nickelback dudes to settle this whole “rock…

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Wovenhand with Michael Gira at the Oriental Theater March 24

Well, this should be nothing short of amazing: If you haven’t heard, on Saturday, March 24, Wovenhand, led by the masterful David Eugene Edwards, is sharing a bill with Michael Gira at the Oriental Theater. Every time the former 16 Horsepower frontman plays, it’s a completely noteworthy occasion, but with…

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Music Bar, karaoke haven on Tennyson, closed

Music Bar, a Denver landmark of sorts that opened in 1937, has closed. Jeffery Laws, of Universal Lending Corporation, says the owner of the bar for the past nine years didn’t renew the lease. Renowned for its karaoke nights, which earned a Best of Denver nod last year, Music Bar…

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Black Keys at 1STBANK Center on April 30

We’ve just received word that the Black Keys, on the heels of their highly enjoyable new record, El Camino (we seriously can’t pry it from our playlist), are coming to the 1STBANK Center on Monday, April 30, with the Arctic Monkeys. Tickets ($55.00-$59.50, plus service fees) for the show, which…

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Burning Man tickets on sale today at 11 a.m.

It’s that time again: time to start making your festival plans for the coming year. Specifically, Burning Man, as tickets for the largest desert gathering since Moses led people to the Promised Land go on sale in about an hour (11 a.m. local time, to be exact). The festival, which…

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Van Halen in Denver on 5/24 at Pepsi Center

Oh, hell yeah! Mark your calendars. It’s really happening. Van Halen is coming to Denver. It’s confirmed, and we finally have a date. Thursday, May 24, at the Pepsi Center, Van Halen will be here with Kool and the Gang. So stoked! Almost as stoked as we are to hear…

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Don Cheadle has studio offer for Miles Davis film

Long in development, the Miles Davis feature film that Don Cheadle plans to star in and direct has a studio offer, the actor said in interview with the Wall Street Journal that was published today. Cheadle, who graduated from East High School, says in the interview that “the movie isn’t…