Almost one year to the day, North Carolina indie folk group, the Avett Brothers, once again return to Red Rocks Amphitheatre for two shows this summer.

On Thursday the nominees for the 85th Academy Awards are announced, and along with the names Quentin Tarantino, Ben Affleck and Stephen Spielberg could be Adele and Arcade Fire.

Jack White’s solo debut sold more vinyl copies than any release in 2012, taking the top spot from the Beatles.

Here are Reverb’s best concerts for the week of 01/04/13-01/10/13. The list includes Justin Bieber, Trampled by Turtles and more.

Sixteen years proved worth the wait.

In the band’s first Colorado New Year’s show since 1996, hometown boys, String Cheese Incident, played their best show of the year, firing on all cylinders at the 1stBank Center over the course of three brilliant sets.

The folk rock revival is alive and well thanks to the globalization of Mumford & Sons, the Avett Brothers and now, our local kids, the Lumineers. The triple bill of Shovels and Rope, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Lumineers at the Ogden Theatre on Sunday evening promised a later than usual start for the headliners, but not one moment was wasted on the victory lap.

“Home for New Year’s,” said String Cheese Incident bassist Keith Moseley at the 1stBank Center early Saturday night. Calling it the “Hometown Throwdown,” it is the first time the band has played a Denver-area New Year’s run, and the first time the band has played New Year’s in Colorado since 1996, when they played in Telluride.

Yonder Mountain String Band tore into the Boulder Theater Friday night on the first of a jam packed, sold out run of shows.

Some of us don’t have the privilege of littering the nighttime streets of Denver for New Year’s Eve. We could be short on cash, don’t have a sitter sitter, a lack of planning or a combination of all. Don’t fret, the booze is much cheaper at your house. Trust me. Who needs amateur hour when you have Carson Daly and Ryan Seacrest to ring in the new year? So, relax and enjoy the festivities from your own abode with the help of Reverb’s New Year’s Eve 2012 TV guide.

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