Concerts

Patrick Dethlefs looks like he could have stepped out of a 1960s folk club, where some of his earlier songs would have fit right in. But his new six-song record, Beauty in the Unknown, is the kind of shimmering, atmospheric offering that wouldn’t have been possible had Bob Dylan not gone electric, had Neil Young not given country rock such a road-worn, big-sky sound, and had alt-country pioneers like Green on Red and Camper Van Beethoven not woven threads of psychedelia and punk into folk music.

Country stars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill’s Soul2Soul World Tour will come through the Pepsi Center on July 31 and August 1.

Some Overland Park neighborhood activists and music industry leaders don’t trust community-minded rhetoric coming from Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration and entertainment giants Anschutz Entertainment Group and Superfly.

Brace yourself: The epic Canadian rock band, Nickelback, will be making a stop at Red Rocks this September.

Dirty Few is a beer drinking, fun loving band, and its newest video, for the song “Sinnin’ and Winnin,” shows drunken, dice tossing debauchery in all its sweaty glory.

Josselyn Cool warns that she will be in full “boy mode” when she arrives for an interview, and therefore in  a bad mood.

Last week, we reported that Pearl’s recently brought in two new co-owners to head up the music venue inside the Capitol Hill space that was previously the Beauty Bar, and the Snake Pit before that. Thing was, the owners didn’t unveil the name of the venue until last Friday. So what’s it called? Your Mom’s House.

Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats keep blowing up, bigger and bigger, with the confirmation of tour dates with Kings of Leon.

The verdict is in: AFI is still punk; its fans, maybe not so much.

Troy Beetles, popularly known as Datsik, feels like a fortunate young man. Since the release of his first tracks in 2009, he’s gradually seen his prominence increase within the dubstep scene and, later, the wider and more lucrative world of EDM.

Storied singer-songwriter David Crosby will be playing the Boulder Theatre in May, and tickets go on sale Friday, February 3.

You probably know Kiefer Sutherland the actor, but do you know Kiefer Sutherland the country singer?

CITRA, a Denver indie-rock band, is premiering its music video for its song, “Air,”  here, today, in advance of a music video release party, Saturday, February 4, at Ratio Beerworks.

Wax Tailor had a busy 2016. The DJ, whose full name is Jean-Christophe Le Saoût, goes by nickname JC. In October, he released his fifth studio album, By Any Beats Necessary, as well as a short documentary film, “In Wax We Trust,” on YouTube. He completed interviews for the film, while on tour, talking to record store owners across the country. Anxious about music going digital, Tailor wanted to talk directly to those still making a living from records.

Dashboard Confessional, fronted by Chris Carrabba, headlines the Summit Music Hall while rapper Chief Keef is in town for shows at the Summit Music Hall and Boulder Theater. Also in town this week are Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Wax Tailor and Famous Dex.

Queen fans lined up to defend Adam Lambert as Queen’s latest lead singer and blasted us for “taking a cheap shot.”

Poetry flows from Chicago hip-hop artist and Talib Kweli protege K’Valentine. Whether she’s rapping about fucking while hip-hop plays on a stereo, her longing for Atlanta (a city she likens to a guy with nappy hair and gold teeth), the anti-Chi-Raq movement, mentoring a new generation of artists, her family…

It’s 6:16 p.m. in Seattle, Washington. AFI bassist Hunter Burgan just finished a longer-than-usual sound check at The Showbox. Music starts in less than 45 minutes, and he has to field a call from Westword.

Icelantic’s Winter on the Rocks returns to Red Rocks tonight, with headliner Zedd, as well as Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Lil Dicky, Lophiile and DJ Cassidy. This weekend’s lineup also includes Steel Panther at the Fillmore Auditorium, RJD2 at the Ogden Theatre, Talib Kweli at the Gothic Theatre and SIA Center Stage 2017 with Red Fang at Summit Music Hall.

Big news for Queen fans.The classic rock band that sang anthemic classics like “We Are the Champions” and “We Will Rock You” will be coming to the Pepsi Center on July 6.

If all goes as planned, the small house on the northwest corner of Bayaud Avenue and Pennsylvania Street will be demolished soon. The building most recently served as the home of Moon Magnet, a combination art collective, studio and residence led by music impresario Reed Fuchs, whose goal is to foster a more colorful music community in Denver.