Roux Black Brings a Female Perspective to Final Friday

The creation of Final Friday — the monthly music walk and urban bazaar in Denver’s River North Arts (RiNo) District — was John McCaskill’s answer to a more “bar-based participating block party” that doesn’t involve blocking off the streets. For five years now, the owner of MegaFauna apparel, art and…

Whitney’s First Album Is a Reflection on Loss and Transitional Phases

The 2016 Underground Music Showcase kicks off this Wednesday, July 27 at 3 Kings Tavern, with a performance from indie-rock band Whitney. The Chicago outfit began as a duo consisting of drummer/singer Julian Ehrlich and guitarist Max Kakacek. Ehrlich was an early member of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, having known UMO bassist Jake…

Denver’s the Corner Girls Aim Pastel Punk Against the Patriarchy

It’s just before midnight on a Sunday, and I’m lying on the kitchen floor at the Corner Girls’ house. One room over, people are gathered in front of the TV to un-ironically watch Avril Lavigne music videos. Below me, Bourgeois Girl is finishing up recording for its upcoming EP in…

New York Buzz Band Sunflower Bean Talks DIY and Moshing

Every few years, a new band is declared the “New York band” of the moment. And yet, all rock bands who find themselves inextricably intertwined with New York are not necessarily linked to the same New York as those that came before. The Velvet Underground’s clique-y Warholian fantasyland was the not…

Saint Motel Answers Prayers for Pop Music That’s Cool

This weekend’s answer to the music lovers’ prayer for a full dance floor is a band that makes pop music that’s not just a guilty pleasure. Amen, it’s Saint Motel, performing at the inaugural Divide Music Festival in Winter Park. Saint Motel is among the bands that have recently taken…

Miike Snow Comeback: What’s Not to Liike?

After two successful albums, the self-titled debut Miike Snow and follow-up Happy To You, Miike Snow’s fans weren’t expecting the “break-up” of the band in 2012.  Recently the Swedish trio surprised and delighted fans with the unexpected release of third album iii, and the reunited group has been touring the U.S. The…

Queer Femme Darkwave Band Them Are Us Too Nearly Split Apart

With the release of its debut full-length album Remain in 2015 on Dais Records, Them Are Us Too became an underground sensation for its darkly lush melodies and soaring vocals that recalled the likes of Cocteau Twins and Switchblade Symphony. The band formed in 2013, when Kennedy Ashlyn and Cash…

Heavy-Metal Band Morgue Whore Bottles Mountain Alchemy

When Morgue Whore bassist Ted Anderson talks about the beginnings of his three-piece heavy-metal band, it becomes clear that the trio has always thrived on darkness and exclusion. “Metalheads are hard to find up in the ski country. It’s hippie-land,” Anderson says of Morgue Whore’s early days playing shows to…

Juggalos Are the New Ravers

Of all the ways I thought I would be describing my first Gathering of the Juggalos, “like my first rave” was not on the short list. But after less than 24 hours among the fans of Insane Clown Posse, that’s how I’m feeling. It’s like I’ve traveled back in time…

Garbage, Wiz Khalifa and Every New Denver Concert Announcement

Megadeth brings its Dystopia World Tour to the 1STBANK Center on Saturday, October 1 with guests Amon Amarth, Metal Church and Havok. Tickets ($35-$50) go on sale on Friday, July 22 at 10 a.m.  Garbage, who released Strange Little Birds last month, headline the Fillmore Auditorium on Thursday, September 15 with Cigarettes…

Korn and Rob Zombie Gave Hope to Nü-Metal Diehards, Horror-Loving Weirdos

Despite a ticket that boasted “rain or shine,” Tuesday night’s Korn and Rob Zombie co-headlining show at Fiddler’s Green Amphitheater was delayed considerably due to inclement weather. Just as opening band,  In This Moment, were set to take the stage, the amphitheater was evacuated and concert-goers were told to take…