Use our heavily curated lists (, pop, rock, folk/jam, hip-hop, electronic, local, country and more) to help you navigate this summer’s already-crowded live-music landscape.

With about three months to go until UMS 2013, event organizers have tipped us off to another group of acts added to the lineup.

As April kicks off, and along with it a great season of shows, we’ve compiled a spring guide of the Denver hip-hop concerts you should know about.

Kalyn Heffernan, front-woman and MC of Denver’s hip-hop group Wheelchair Sports Camp and QKnox of the production house GirlGrabbers have teamed up for a beat-focused, monthly hip-hop collaboration.

Here are the best Colorado artists of 2012.

Like many guitarists, Dave Devine shrugs and laughs at the question: How many? “Well, I have 15 guitars now, but none are duplicate instruments,” said Devine a bit sheepishly. “At shows, I bring a 12-string electric, a baritone, an alternate tuning guitar and my main guitar, a Les Paul.” We spoke with Devine in advance of his show tomorrow (Dec. 18) at Dazzle with his group Relay.

Denver County Fair will bring out the tribute bands this weekend, plus pancakes

Joshua Trinidad soundtracks photographs, Ian Cooke and DeVotchKa on Daytrotter, new mp3s from the Yawpers and Achille Lauro more music news from Denver and beyond

UMS 2012: Photos and review of Saturday night featuring Shabazz Palaces, THEESatisfaction, A. Tom Collins, Total Ghost, Flobots, Gauntlet Hair and more at the Denver Post Underground Music Showcase

Atlas Sound, Paper Bird, Sole and more round out the 2012 UMS lineup. See the full list of additions here.