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Ahhh, gotta love it when a local band plays a show at home! When it comes to showing Colorado pride, hip-hop alternative group Air Dubai knows how to give their hometown fans a true performance. With two shows sponsored by alternative radio station 93.3 and small venue Hi-Dive, Air Dubai took Denver by storm alongside opening acts Dinosaurus Rex and Total Ghost. Poster for A.D.H.D (photo: abcdefgorry instagram) There were two separate nights...

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Childish Gambino because the internet Producer, actor, writer, comedian: call Donald Glover, otherwise known by his musician alias Childish Gambino, what you'd like but he would prefer one of those titles isn't "rapper". Former actor and fan-favorite on NBC sitcom Community has endured a jilting year with the pressures of leaving the show to the creation of his sophomore studio album and a Twitter/Instagram post that left all witnessing...

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Before you read my review on Childish Gambino's "because the internet", watch his short film prelude to the sophomore album. "Clapping for the Wrong Reasons" Then if you have the time head over to Gambino's website to read his 72 page screenplay featuring Rick Ross and Chance the Rapper. All 18 songs from "because the internet" coordinate with the scrip, so listen and read alo...

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In April this year Fall Out Boy released their highly anticipated fifth album Save Rock and Roll. Tracks featured hip-hop artist Big Sean, pop singer Foxes, music legend Sir Elton John, and Courtney Love. Earlier in the year the group came out with their debut video for their hit single "My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark". This started the Youngblood Chronicles, a story told via music videos from all of the tracks on Save. So be prepared...

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According to  Rolling Stone, Ceelo Green and producer/DJ Danger Mouse are going to reprise Gnarls Barkley in 2014. The group's album, St. Elsewhere, took the 2007 for Best Alternative Music Album. St. Elsewhere featured the worldwide hit "Crazy," which went double platinum in the U.S.  In 2008 Gnarls Barkley released The Odd Couple--less popular than its predecessor, but still acclaiming high reviews from Pitchfork and NME. During...

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Watch Broken Bells perform their new single "Holding On For Life" live. ...

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High Highs Open Season When Austrailians Jack Milas, Jack Lipkins, and Oli Chang get together a mesh of folk and dream pop converge to become the band's first album Open Season, released January 29, 2013. Laid back guitar strums and lullaby-like choruses of lost loves and brief reconciliation string from track to track, telling a story that the indie at heart would only dream of. "In a dream I saw all the sun in the sky. If you would...

Remember when NYC's Electric Zoo Festival was cancelled earlier this year? Yeah, all those crazy kids and their drugs may have missed out on a slice of what 2013's music festivals had to offer, but for the rest of the festival nation 2013 enjoyed a year of carnival rides, mosh pits, the best and worst of festival fashions, and of course the top music acts from around the world. Made In America What happens when you put Jay-Z, Budweiser, and...

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Earlier in November the famed summer festival kickoff Sasquatch! announced that due to the 90-second ticket sales sell out last year, they will be expanding the fest over two weekends. No, not back-to-back weekends, but an entirely separate line-up nearly two months after the first. Camping in the Gorge during May and July? Might be pricey and risky, but if Sasquatch!'s success is anything like last year, then sign us up...