Concert Previews

The Still Tide ebbs and flows in sound and personality.

A dream come true.

After moving several times and a very bad bicycle accident, Denver native Patrick McGuire is back with his hazy new dream-pop act, Straight White Teeth.

Denver-based hard-rock band MF Ruckus is about to release the first part of The Front Lines of Good Times, a twelve-part graphic novel and album. Working with comic artist and illustrator Josh Finley, MF Ruckus vocalist Aaron Howell tells the story of a plucky band of musicians and adventurers, who come to be known as, well, MF Ruckus, struggling to survive in a futuristic setting, dogged by the repressive forces of the New Order of Fundamentalist Utilitarian Nationalists (NOFUN for short).

For the last thirty-three years, the L.A.-based/Montesano, Washington-spawned band the Melvins has consistently found new ways to keep its music interesting for itself and fans while maintaining a coherent sound and an unpredictable, quality live show that has made the group among the most influential active rock bands today.

The Violent Femmes may be best known for college and mainstream radio hits like “Blister in the Sun,” “Add It Up,” and “American Music.” But at heart, the act is fundamentally experimental.