Music

Singer-songwriter Coles Whalen never thought she would be stalked for six years by a man she’d never met.

The electronic music scene has long been associated with drugs and partying, something Denver-based producer and DJ Amber Davies, who performs as Amberdehn, has been pushing against over the four years she has been performing and releasing tracks.

Denver DJ Jasmine Batson, aka HexKitten, has been working on her craft and keeping it weird.

William Patrick Corgan lost his mind making what he thought would be the follow-up to the Smashing Pumpkins’ 2014 Monuments to an Elegy.

Meet five of the greatest people in the Denver music scene.

The October Open Music Session welcomed Eldren, the psychedelic space-pop band that won “Best Psych Rock Band in Denver” two years in a row at the 2016 and 2015 Westword Music Awards.

Get ready for your Fall road trip with these Colorado songs.

Deer Tick just released two new records: Deer Tick Vol. 1 and Deer Tick Vol. 2. The band claims one is a nostalgic nod back to the debauched bombast the act was once known for; the other is the sound of a band that has matured, both musically and personally, focusing more on song craft and structure and less on looks and stage antics.

A reader who’s seen a lot of shows recently thinks Denver has the worst concert-goers.

The saying goes, “All art aspires to the condition of music.” Even so, many musicians aspire to sharpen their literary skills. In the same way, music fanatics don’t always want to go to concerts (or at least, they want to do other things too). At these five upcoming Denver events, artists, actors, musicians, writers and scholars mix up influences and bring music to the page.

Denver has no shortage of EDM, drum-and-bass, electronic, goth and dubstep nights coming up in Fall of 2017. Here are some of the ones we’re looking forward to.

Don’t miss the chance to buy tickets to these newly announced Denver concerts.

On an August afternoon, a group of friends was relaxing and listening to music from a pontoon on the reservoir at Cherry Creek State Park when Brian Jung dove into shallow water and hit his head against the hard bottom, severely damaging several vertebrae in his back.

Wildermiss has deep roots in Denver. Its guitarists Joshua Hester and Seth Beamer and drummer Caleb Thoemke all used to play together in the beloved local indie rock band Red Fox Run. When the group dissolved in the winter of 2016, a dynamic new project rose up out of its ashes.

Vahco Before Horses says Glasss Records is not just a record label; it’s a movement.

Mitchel Evan says artistic beauty lies in imperfection. Back & Forth, the album that his band, Mitchel Evan & the Mangrove, is getting ready to release, is a partial attempt to document the struggles he’s experienced in his own life.