Photo essay: Flobots @ Twist and Shout in-store CD release for Survival Story

Strong, unique vocals, catching – haunting – melodies, shimmering reverb drenched guitars and anthemic rhythms – this is a recipe for beautiful, ecstatic pop, or so it would seem. It’s also the recipe for Band of Horses’ sound, and their success. And yet, for some reason, the live product seems to come off with quite a bit less of the ecstatic presence one would expect, or at least it did last Monday at Boulder’s Fox Theatre, for the first of two Colorado shows.
As I watched [...]

Fort Collins’ Pretty Lights plays the Ogden Theatre on Saturday, March 13.

Live review and photo essay: Leslie & the Ly’s @ the Larimer Lounge

Phish will play Telluride, Colorado this summer

CD reviews: Flobots, Pavement, Ted Leo, Happy Birthday, Aloha

Live review and photo essay: Maceo Parker plays Denver’s Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom on Friday, March 12.

Tim Husmann, Jeff Linsenmaier, Joseph Pope III, Jeff Davenport and Anna Slade are Dust on the Breakers. Photo by Christopher Perez

You must be the luckiest reader ever! Not only have you stumbled into your weekly opportunity to download the best local music, but this week, you get to steal TWO songs. Every Tuesday, Steal This Track culls through a bunch of great local tunes for the sole purpose of giving one away. This week, we’ve tied a bow around a track from Dust on the [...]

The Mother Hips perform at the Hi-Dive on March 12.

All-star lineup visits Paramount Theatre for Experience Hendrix on Sunday, March 14.