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

Compared to the Metz’s Larimer Lounge gig in November, Tuesday’s Hi-Dive show was huge. Maybe not in volume and intensity, but certainly in fan fervor.

Sub Pop punk band Metz talks to Reverb about life on the road while playing 150-200 shows a year.

Family of the Year makes music that is as earnest as it is infectious. Regardless of its more pop-oriented past, the indie folk band is among the nu-wave of happy folksters (the Lumineers, Mumford, et al.) that people either love or hate.

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.

Because we find it hilarious that the two are playing here a day apart, GWAR and Bon Jovi have made our list of best Denver shows this week.

Steal the milk of the Grawlix with exclusive comedy tracks from Andrew Orvedahl and Adam Cayton-Holland, as well as a new track from SPELLS, a punk band featuring Ben Roy.

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.”

Performing a set of new songs from a markedly divergent, unrecorded album is risky, but Bad Weather California made it work last night at the Hi-Dive.

Tommy Metz’s new beat sampler, released ahead of tonight’s performance at the Hi-Dive, sounds lucid but moves along interesting, unexpected curves.