North African blues guitarist Omara “Bombino” Moctar blew up the Fox Theatre Thursday night with his dazzling finger picking and penchant for ambling jams.

With no new album to plug, it might have surprised some that Sheffield, England’s Arctic Monkeys sold out the Ogden Theatre on Tuesday in Denver.

“If we f*** up, it’s because we’re really high and having fun,” said Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell in a play on the standard altitude jokes in Denver.

At the Gothic Theatre on Sunday, chances are you had heard some of Dawes music at least a few times during the long holiday weekend.

With a lineup consisting of Austin Young Band, the Noms, Take to the Oars and more, Denver Day of Rock 2013 boasted its biggest year yet on Saturday.

If it weren’t for the parlance of the digital age, the synth pop boys of Capital Cites might have made a great wedding D.J. act.

Yo La Tengo stepped onto the stage at the Boulder Theater in a unexpectedly quiet manner with just two acoustic guitars and a snare brush.

With little ego, Vampire Weekend performed a mix mature new material from “Modern Vampires of the City” along with tested indie-pop hits at Red Rocks.

Michael Benjamin Lerner and his band Telekinesis drew an unusually large crowd for a Monday night at the Hi-Dive.

Pennsylvania’s Black Moth Super Rainbow brought their live show to Denver’s Bluebird Theater Friday, and left the crowd wanting more.