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[photopress:westword15.jpg,full,pp_image] Saturday’s Westword Music Showcase exhibited a wide range of quality local music, from folk to hip-hop to punk. Photos by Doug Beam. I’ve been to my fair share of music festivals, including six of the last seven Coachellas. So I’m familiar with the routine. You get the schedule ahead of time. Out comes the highlighter, and you make the tough choices — seeing this band over this band, and trying to catch half of that group before heading across the way to catch that [...]