Music

Days before the May 7 election, more than 100 musicians, artists and activists gathered downtown to make noise.

Khruangbin, Vulfpeck, 4U: A Symphonic Celebration of Prince, The Music of ABBA: Arrival from Sweden, Lolo Zouaï and Vijay Iyer Sextet all play Denver this week.

Dead sardines in a can had a better chance of dancing than many Lizzo fans did at the overpacked Ogden Theatre.

Shon Cobb of Plume Varia talks about what the Westword Music Showcase has meant to his band.

The DCPA has contributed $50,000 to the fight against Initiative 300.

As far as pioneers go, there can only be so many. Tony Humphries – while generally unknown to casual fans of dance music – is one.

Shpongle, NGHTMRE and Slander, Slushii, LÉON, Jai Wolf, Itchy-O, Dance Gavin Dance and Kodak Black all play Denver area concerts this weekend.

Cinco de Mayo, the holiday that commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, will be celebrated in Denver all weekend long.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on May 10.

Austen Grafa plays in Bud Bronson & the Good Timers and Grayson County Burn Ban; now, the Texas-bred, Denver-based singer-songwriter is playing under his own name too.

Luke Combs, Chromeo and Florence + the Machine are among the acts playing Red Rocks in May 2019.

Thanks to road closures, the 1975 and its gear are stranded somewhere on Interstate 80.

Denver punks are gathering to remember Brittany Strummer.

For an electronic-music artist, Jai Wolf’s indie allegiances are worn loudly and proudly on his just-released debut album, The Cure to Loneliness.

Some fans applaud. Others get plain weird.

Twiddle talks about its roots, its previous Red Rocks concerts, and its upcoming show at the venue with Pigeons Playing Ping Pong.

The 1975,  Interpol, Twiddle and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong all play Red Rocks Amphitheatre concerts this week, while Santigold, Lizzo, Beach Fossils and Rise Against play other venues.

Most cover and tribute bands are pure snooze fests. Not so The Nuns of Brixton, “the only Clash cover band that matters.”