Our best Denver shows focus on what’s going outside of 4/20 and Record Store Day this week, including FoCoMX, Alt-J and How To Destroy Angels.

The lineup is yet to be announced, but our friends over at the UMS are offering early discounted tickets for this year’s weekend of music.

None were too young to reminisce during Youth Lagoon’s amazing show at the Larimer Lounge on Friday night, focusing on his new album, “Wondrous Bughouse.”

Today, SnowBall made its final announcements of artists on the lineup for the third annual music festival.

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

The 12th annual UMS adds Cloud Nothings, Ezra Furman, Signal Path, Gauntlet Hair, more to 2012 lineup. View the full list here.

FoCoMX 2012: Photos and review of the weekend in Fort Collins

See the current SnowBall Music Festival lineup, Tim Tebow is on fire, Breathe Carolina to perform at L.A. Kings game, a new Candy Claws cover and more music news from Colorado and beyond

Talk Talk: Stream/download Colorado Christmas comps, the Lumineers light up, Pictureplane on Russian TV, more music news for your pre-holiday blues

Reverb’s best Colorado bands of 2011 featuring Gauntlet Hair, Pictureplane, Nathaniel Rateliff, Tennis, Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, A. Tom Collins and more