Critic's Notebook

The NYC crust-punk mainstays will play the Bluebird Theater on Saturday, April 26.

The singer recently jokingly mused on the notion, writing, “Wait am I?”

The Stephen Lear Band has commemorated its final show at the Merc with a live album.

“America’s biggest little music festival” was big fun.

Marijuana isn’t the only thing that’ll get you high on this unofficial cannabis holiday.

Want house, bass, techno, mash-ups and more? The Mile High City has it all.

Touching on decades of rhythm and blues, Friends & Lovers RnB Party is the recipe for a soulful Saturday night.

The country star brought his Who the F**k is Johnny Blue Skies? tour to Denver.

Camp Alderwild will include Ott., Tycho, Jade Cicada and more opening for Of the Trees at this two-day, all-ages festival.

The singer, who just landed the first country musician residency in Las Vegas, will be headlining the venue for his first time on April 16.

Shops in and around Denver will be celebrating Record Store Day on Saturday, April 12.

The new music will drop on April 11, just before an album-release show at Swallow Hill on April 12.

Blankslate will bring its indie rock to the office with an intimate concert for Westword members on April 10.

VENU, which opened Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs last year, has acquired a new property in Centennial.

“Being in this discussion about cultural appropriation and about representation is something that I’m very committed to.”

After nearly twenty years, FoCoMA is at the heart of the city’s music ecosystem behind events like FoCoMX.

Rain, sleet, or snow couldn’t stop Colorado fans from packing out Red Rocks for Mersiv’s sold-out “Attack on Mars” show.

The duo, which formed from one of Denver’s best bluegrass bands the Deer Creek Sharp Shooters, explores a new sound.

Metro Denver’s latest record store has a life-and-death backstory that postponed its opening.

The 2025 Best of Denver award-winning band is releasing a debut full-length album and hitting the West Coast for a summer tour.

Much as he did in 2023, Skrillex will return to Red Rocks with a mind-blowing, five-hour marathon set.

Disco Lines has sold out his first-ever headlining Red Rocks show.