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Redwing Blackbird: "We're Just Too Weird for Our Own Good"

Redwing Blackbird: "We're Just Too Weird for Our Own Good"

Fourteen Years of Punk With Elway

Fourteen Years of Punk With Elway

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Everclear Brings Alt-Rock Nostalgia to Denver With the Summerland Tour

By Nathalie Baret
Sep 23, 2021

Wheatus, Hoobastank, Living Colour and Everclear will perform at Levitt Pavilion on Friday, September 24.
Through All the Noise, Bob Mould Looks Toward a Brighter Future

By Jon Solomon
Sep 21, 2021

The former Hüsker Dü member plays the Boulder Theater.
Thirteen Denver Punk Bands That Don't Suck

By John Bear
Jul 21, 2021

From covering Disney songs to railing against Nazis, the Denver punk scene is alive and well.
Denver Band Chew Thru Took On a Bad Year With Positivity and Punk

By Oakland L. Childers
Jul 13, 2021

Singer Matt Lamoureaux talks leaving the Lurchers and forming his new Denver hardcore band.
Denver Punk Act the Losers Club Was Born by a Vegas Men's Room

By John Bear
Jul 7, 2021

The Denver punk band finds inspiration in Green Day and Stephen King.
Can Punks Be Wild Post-COVID? Reno Divorce Says: "Get Them Drunk"

By John Bear
Jul 6, 2021

Reno Divorce says: "Get them drunk."
Chess at Breakfast on Swan-Song Album Monsters Are People

By Brody Coronelli
Jun 29, 2021

The Fort Collins progressive-punk band celebrates one last album at the Aggie Theater.
Premiere: Dressy Bessy’s “I’m Still Here” Music Video Is Out of This World

By Khaleel Hayes
Jun 17, 2021

Dressy Bessy goes outer space for the new music video "I'm Still Here."
Hellgrammites and Creature Canopy Bring You Puppets on the Rocks

By John Bear
Jun 16, 2021

Party with punk puppets on the verge of a breakdown.
Cheap Perfume: “Believing in Equality Means That We Hate Men”

By Imani Andoh
Jun 15, 2021

Cheap Perfume's new song takes aim at the patriarchy.
Denver Animator Kelly Sears Made Sleater-Kinney's Latest Music Video

By Kyle Harris
May 28, 2021

The song "High in the Grass" is the second track to drop off Sleater-Kinney's Path of Wellness.
The Vanilla Milkshakes Pay Homage to Troma

By John Bear
Apr 28, 2021

The Denver punk band has made a music video for the b-movie horror giant.
Red Stinger Celebrates Its Soon-to-Drop Punk Opera

By John Bear
Apr 7, 2021

The Denver punk band is working on an epic seven-album rock opera called The Stinger Scriptures
White Rose Motor Oil Looks Back to the ’60s and ’70s on Country Pop

By John Bear
Mar 8, 2021

The cowpunk band's latest offering is a collection of classics.
I Was an Anti-Ska *sshole; Five Iron Frenzy Is Forcing Me to Apologize

By John Bear
Jan 19, 2021

Five Iron Frenzy's new album is making me apologize.
The Sickly Hecks on Refining DIY

By Brody Coronelli
Dec 31, 2020

The Fort Collins punks are growing up.
Streets Denver Remembers John Elliott: "Best Boss We've Ever Had"

By Kastle Waserman
Nov 19, 2020

He was a manager who not only changed Denver's nightlife landscape but transformed his employees' lives as well.
Rude Fans at Oderus Urungus Memorial Inspire Jello Biafra Song

By John Bear
Oct 30, 2020

The ex-Dead Kennedys singer's latest, Tea Party Revenge Porn, is always political and occasionally personal.
Aaron Carnes on Defending Ska

By John Bear
Oct 20, 2020

The music journalist's In Defense of Ska comes out on Clash Books in April.
Christian Ska Act Five Iron Frenzy Won't Worship Machine-Gun Jesus

By John Bear
Oct 20, 2020

The Denver band is getting ready to release its first album in years.