Music

Without drugs, EDM dies, says a reader. What do you think?

We need a massive injection of femme power, the kind Kesha showered on us on Tuesday night in Denver.

Ritual Noize is building Denver’s goth scene one show at a time.

These are the best concerts happening around Denver this weekend.

Arcade Fire’s latest album may be a heavy-handed exercise in social commentary, but live, the act is pure energy.

Chelsea Wolfe’s music is subtle yet abrasive. It’s haunting and just as beautiful. Sometimes it’s heavy; other times it’s soft. Known for her layered, detailed compositions and her melancholy tone, Wolfe draws influence from all corners of the music world, something she has done since she was a child, growing up the daughter of a country musician with a recording studio in his home.

Meow Wolf was so blown away by Itchy-O’s performance last March that it created a video of the group, and is partnering on the troupe’s Hallowmass festivities on October 31.

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.