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[Wednesday, December 31] Denver quartet DeVotchKa led by frontman Nick Urata has been at the forefront of this decades neo-Balkan movement, what with all of their accordions, sousaphones, bouzoukis and Gypsy melodies. Still, the band has cross-pollinated that with some other sounds; Uratas suave, melancholy croon sometimes has his group sounding like Morrissey or Bryan Ferry on a tour of Hungarian villages. And on this years A Mad & Faithful Telling, the bands fifth album, DeVotchka incorporates sounds from the hills of Spain, the banks of the Seine, and wedding halls in Tel Aviv. With Norfolk & Western, DJ Kid Hops. Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave., 8 p.m., $35 adv., $40 dos.