Hit the bank, clean your turntable needles and get ready: Record Store Day draws nigh.

Once again the Arvada Center in the suburbs northwest of Denver has a strong list of acts scheduled to play at its outdoor amphitheater.

This week, thieves, we’ve got free Colorado music for you to download from piano rocker A. Tom Collins, Tin Horn Prayer’s Andy Thomas, and outlaw alt-countryman Ryan Chrys.

Though there’s no big Tupac moment like last year, the first weekend of Coachella 2013 has come to a close with a few humble, though notable, performances.

Angel Olsen is far more cheery than her music might indicate. She might even bring some new songs to her Hi-Dive performance this Sunday.

Bad band names: we hear them all the time. But sometimes—just sometimes—the music makes up for it. Here, we look at 10 such cases.

Steal This Track has the snowed-in soundtrack this week with piano jazz from Jon Wirtz, the classic voice of Desirae Garcia, and a soul cover from The Congress.

Mix yourself a cocktail and take a listen to the many memorable songs of Mad Men before the Emmy Award-winning series begins its sixth season this weekend.

Fusing country, folk and psychedelia under a lush canopy of gorgeous, hazy, atmospheric electronica, this year just might be Phosphorescent’s breakthrough. As part of this looming success, the Brooklyn band sold out the Hi-Dive on Saturday, touring behind the well-received album, “Muchacho.”

Her show had been cancelled, but that didn’t stop alternative folk and rock singer Michelle Shocked from showing up at a Santa Cruz nightclub where she staged a sit-in with tape across her mouth that read “Silenced By Fear.”