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Bitter Suns

Broke Off Blues Jed Murphy

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Those damn Bitter Suns punks are at it again! They finally took some time off from defacing public spaces and cruising skate parks to record a five track EP and it’s a doozy. Broke Off Bones is a tribute to all those crusty kids you see lurking on the fringes of society. Kids who live by a simple code that gives you one choice: skate or die. Bitter Suns is on to something with Broke Off Bones. Produced by Alan Hlavacek of the Ft. Collins band Attack On Venus, the tracks are tight and the guitar tones crisp, making a fine punk record. It’s less of a ‘fuck the man’ style of punk and more of a ‘what’s

your damage dude, I’m trying to get pitted with my boys’ sound. The song “Pitted” summarizes the whole vibe of the EP (and the band) with lyrics like; “yesterday I got totally pitted, it’s been a while since I’ve been this broke off.” Not exactly Shakespearean level poetry, but coupled with the solid punk instrumentals, it hits the mark more closely than if they sung about something they didn’t care about. Plus, it’s fun, which for Bitter Suns is the bottom line. In addition to the fun, what’s great about these guys is that they’re not pretending. So many of their peers are focused on making serious music (which is great, by the way) but for Bitter Suns it’s about the simple pleasures they know in life. It’s about cracking open that PBR and taking your favorite deck out, because at the end of the day your true friends are your band and your skateboard. Bitter Suns take their skateor-die mentality to the next level with a healthy midwest tour in the months after their EP release on May 25th at Pinball Jones.

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Chain Station is a bit of a novelty for us here at BandWagon: It’s a four piece band consisting of all string instruments. This proud bluegrass band – consisting of Jarett Mason on the mandolin, Jon Pickett on bass, Alex Thoele on guitar, and James Weatherly on Banjo – is held together by the harmonizing voices of Mason, Pickett and Thoele and the fast-paced picking of all four members. Where I Want To Be, released in 2016, is probably the most pure bluegrass album we’ve heard in some time. Now eight years old, Chain Station has put out three albums since their first in 2013 (This includes a live album in 2015) spending most of their time on the road performing. That level of practice explains just how tightly constructed their tunes are

on Where I Want To Be; never an off harmony or a wrong pick. This doesn’t sound like a produced album, though it is, but more a well-done live recording of the four members playing their songs in one take. It’s natural sounding and unadorned. The energy these guys bring in their music is infectious, likely to make listeners in country watering holes get up and dance.

Where I Want To Be isn’t perfect though. “Wide Right Turns” is a pretty generic truck-driving song which isn’t terrible, but isn’t very original. Being from Colorado, the guys put together a song called “Find Your Own,” which kind of sounds like the music equivalent of those “Native” and “Go Back To California” bumper stickers you’ll see at least once a day in Colorado. Despite these faults, Where I Want To Be is still a solid bluegrass album, rife with energy and excellent singing and string-picking. Those looking for a relatively new bluegrass outfit should absolutely give Chain Station a shot.

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Ron – Glen Hansard: Between Two Shores

Glen Hansard spent many years making and playing music before that Oscar-winning film Once. His rock ‘n roll days with The Frames probably surprised a few new fans who jumped on the Once bandwagon back then. On his new album Between Two Shores, those surprised fans can come back, but should be wary: this is an album with a lot of ‘end of the relationship’ songs. Titles like “Movin’ On,” “Setting Forth,” “One Of Us Must Lose” and “Your Heart’s Not In It” tell you where his heart is, but the music and real emotion of the words-and-delivery pull you in. Like the beginning of a relationship, you can’t walk away. Glen mixes in some Muscle Shoals-like horns (“Lucky Man”) which, like a great soul song, make you forget about the hurt. Those who joined us at our Music Meetings in January will recognize Shores’ lead track “Roll On Slow”.

Margot – Roxy Music: Roxy Music (reissue of 1972 debut)

Seminal art rock band Roxy Music recently celebrated their self-titled debut album with a comprehensive deluxe reissue called Roxy Music: 45th Anniversary Edition. Their debut album was released in June, 1972, with the initial lineup of Roxy Music featuring Brian Eno, who left right after the release of their second album. The super deluxe reissue contains an astonishing amount of material, including never before heard demos, radio sessions, and a 136-page booklet among other goodies. One of the demos, recorded in 1971, is the eventual single “Ladytron.” The super deluxe reissue really drives home just how unique Roxy Music was as a band when they came on the scene. It also dispels a fallacy that art rock bands aren’t electrifying live performers. The price is steep but Roxy Music fans will love this in their collection.

Stacy – Laura Veirs: The Lookout

Laura Veirs just released her 10th solo album The Lookout. She’s been busy polishing these songs since her last project in 2017, Case/Lang/Veirs, where she collaborated with K.D. Lang and Neko Case. This new album is full of soft spoken gems that unfold naturally upon multiple listens. Part of what makes this album so good is the production, thanks to her husband, drummer and producer Tucker Martine. His intimate knowledge of Veirs affords him to have a light touch in the control room, allowing Veirs’ subtlety and nuance to shine through. It’s so subtle in fact, you might miss the guest appearances from Jim James and Sufjan Stevens. Listen closely and you’ll hear their beautiful harmonies on this delicate album with its effortless, low-key exuberance. Be on the lookout for the new Laura Veirs.

Benji – Joshua Hedley: Mr. Jukebox

Joshua Hedley’s Mr. Jukebox is one of the most anticipated releases of 2018. Hedley has been a fixture around the Nashville music scene for years. He holds a standing gig at Robert’s Western Wear and has become affectionately nicknamed “The Mayor of Lower Broad” for being in such high demand as a player for almost every genre of music. The dude can and probably has played almost everything, which explains why Hedley named his debut “Mr. Jukebox.” That said, don’t be fooled into thinking this is a covers record. His original works earned him a Rolling Stone Magazine nod as one of the 10 Country artists to watch. A Nudie suit-wearing throwback to the days of Billy Sherrill-produced records, Hedley honors the classic Nashville tradition of crooners in the style of Merle Haggard. If you like your country with a heavy dose of Honky Tonk and a strong side of George Jones, check out Joshua Hedley’s “Mr. Jukebox.” You won’t be disappointed.

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HARMS SOUND LIFE CHOICES Kyle Eustice | BandWagon Magazine

alking into Harms Labs in Old Town Square, Fort Collins, one immediately discovers that founder Steve Harms’ passion for music and high quality speakers drives him every single day. But Harms is a discovery all his own. The Chicago native, whose father wanted to name him DoNo (as in ‘Do No Harms’), attended Colorado State University in the ‘70s, where he stumbled upon his life’s work. Harms, who started building speakers at 14, was an electrical engineering student at the time. He started to realize speakers were his future when he unexpectedly had to provide a P.A. for a band whose monitors had blown out during a campus party. “I don’t remember the name of the band, but there used to a be a four-day drunk called College Days,” Harms recalls. “School was about to get out and Corporate Hall hired a band to play in the courtyard. They rented a system from National Speaker and they blew it up after three songs, so I said I’d run up and get my Hi-Fi. “I lugged down these folded corner horns with these 15-inch bass speakers and 12inch guitar speakers, and we set it up. At the end of it, they said it was the best P.A. they’d ever used. I said, ‘No that was a Hi-Fi

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but I could build a P.A.’ At that point, I was very proud of myself.” It took him until his third year in college to finally figure out electrical engineering wasn’t the way he wanted to go. Required classes included differential equations and other things to “prove you’re an idiot.”

“I went to Hewlett-Packard and saw all those poor bastards in their cubicles and thought maybe that wasn’t what I wanted to do,” he says. “I decided maybe I just want to build speakers. Maybe I could make a living doing that.” In 1974, he opened the doors to Harms Labs’ original location, which just so happened to be his first house with a mortgage of $170 a month. “My second store was my house, too — just a different house,” he says with a laugh. “I bought my first house about a mile away from my current store. I was working parttime at Citizen Printing making a whopping $5 an hour, and I qualified for a home loan. I built the speakers in the garage and sold them in the living room.” Harms Labs is in its ninth location and 44th year as a company, but like anything his

work requires balance. Over the years, he and his wife — who he met in college — have enveloped themselves in adventurous hobbies. “Building speakers was my hobby and my business,” he says. “After about 10 years of running the business, I took up bicycle riding, skiing, and my wife and I did scuba diving. For the last 15 years, I’ve done competitive weight lifting.” Now, as he inches toward 70 years old, Harms continues to innovate, recently launching a brand new line of furniture-like speaker towers for in-home listening. All the while, he has lived the majority of his life doing what he loves, with music itself at the heart of his livelihood. “Yes, I build speakers and I made my living selling speakers, but people would come in and I’d turn them on to music,” he says. “Like, ‘Oh you’ve never heard of Frank Zappa or this or that?’ It was a reason to own the good stereo equipment because you’d hear the nuances or the details in the music. That’s always the fun part.”

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Del The Funky Homosapien exploded onto the Bay Area hip-hop scene with his Hieroglyphics brethren in the early ‘90s. Behind the scenes, he was ghostwriting bars for his cousin Ice Cube. But in 1991, he jumped into the spotlight and took his first steps down a solo path with I Wish My Brother George Was Here. The rest is history.

As the hygienically-sound MC celebrates the release of his joint project with producer Amp Live — Gate 13 — he’s making his way across the country in support of the album. People go nuts for Del and he’s one of the few MCs out of the Hiero crew who’s really forged a lucrative career separate from the rest of the guys. From his work with the Gorillaz to his side project Deltron 3030 with Dan The Automator and Kid Koala, artistically he’s always stood out. “I would suggest it boils down

to being able to adapt and work with different people and situations,” Del explains. “Also, people tend to enjoy working with me. I try to bring the best of myself and out of others. I’m pretty open minded and eager to learn in general, too. When I work with people, I go out of my way to be these things because some days I may not feel like it. “Business is business, though. I believe in doing good business with people, where everyone can benefit from what’s happening. That’s what I’m about.

Now whether or not that is the reason it seems my career is more fruitful, I don’t know.” Del’s last album, Iller Than Most, came out in 2014 but (unsurprisingly) he’s changed over the years. “I’m learning when enough is enough,” he says. “My sense of taste is matured. I won’t just do any old thing. I’m still just as rebellious since I always had reasoning behind it. But I’m more tactical now, maybe even diabolical.”

As an O.G. of the culture, he’s watched hip-hop go through incarnation after incarnation since discovering it as a young kid, but he’s convinced mainstream rap isn’t any dumber than it was in the past. “There was always shit that was just average or riding a wave,” he says. “Young people got the luxury to be wild. I think people in the industry who try to profit off of it have just distilled the formula down to only what they need to spend on, but that’s why they end up flopping completely. Look at Hollywood. They just got money to play with. It doesn’t affect me. It has nothing to do with me, but I do like some things.”

“If you smart, you can play dumb,” he continues. “If you dumb, you can’t fake being smart. I feel the goal is to entertain. So either extreme is too much. If you got something profound to say, I feel you don’t have to really try to say it, it’s gonna be in everything you do anyway. And if you don’t have anything to say, that’ll be in everything you do, too. So time will reveal. I don’t get into complaining about what other artists do too much. I may joke around about it just to entertain myself. Then I roll out from there with respect to what the listener can deal with. I can get an idea of that from what’s popular out now. But also I get another part of it from actually vibing with the culture and community of things. That’s the part that these big industries don’t get because they don’t care about that. Profit to them is the goal, not what entertains you.” In addition to Gate 13, Del also did some work on the new Dr. Octagon album, Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Horripilation, the official follow-up to the 1996 cult classic Dr. Octagonecologyst. He scrubs in on the track “Deltron Meets The Doc Pt. 1.” “Kool Keith [of Dr. Octagon] is one of the main reasons I rap today,” he admits. “Before I thought I was too different to be involved. Then, I came across Ultramagnetic MCs, and all the ideas that my friends thought were dumb they did, and did it extremely dope. So, after that it was on.”

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There’s a full plate of exciting things coming for Colorado’s Trout Steak Revival. Steve Foltz, vocalist, guitarist and mandolin player for the 5-piece bluegrass band, took time to discuss their upcoming headlining gig in Estes Park on Saturday, May 12 and, among other things, the scariest camping sites in the US.

BW: We are excited to see that you are headlining Estes Park Mountain Music Festival! How did TSR get involved with EPMMF? SF: Colorado communities like Estes Park really feel like home to us. I moved to Avon from the Midwest, then to Vail, Denver, and Coal Creek Canyon. Some of the guys lived in Conifer and Evergreen for quite a while. These communities have always felt welcoming to us; Estes Park too. We are excited to play the festival! BW: What’s next after this performance and current tour? Another album?

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SF: We have a lot more touring planned in 2018 on both coasts and the Midwest in the fall. We are hitting the studio again in June as well to make the first steps on a new album. It’s an exciting time. BW: Some folks may not know how the band’s name came came about. On a rainy camping trip together, you were dependent on someone to feed you all from the fruit of the river: trout steak! Is that something you all still get to do together - go camping as a group? SF: We camp together on our days off on tour sometimes. We have

camped in the mountains in North Carolina, all over the Midwest, near Point Reyes National Shoreline in California, Montana, Washington. . . oh man, we have camped together in some awesome places. We’ve also pitched tents for a night in some really terrible places – we camped outside of a horse racing track once, in the parking lot. Waking up in the middle of an enormous empty gravel parking lot – it felt like the zombie apocalypse was underway. BW: Since moving to Colorado, do any of you miss home?

SF: It’s interesting. I miss home, but less since we began to tour full time in 2015. I get to connect with my family several times a year now, often in different places around the country. I also get some Wisconsin time every summer, much more than when I was working a “normal” job. My parents are both on the go quite a bit these days as well. We all make time for each other. When we are out on tour, I start missing my wife and my Colorado home the most! BW: Do you have any advice for folks wanting to start a band? SF: I attribute a lot of Trout Steak’s success to stamina. As we built the band, it felt like the steps of growth

took much longer than we expected. We play about 120-150 shows each year. While we are on tour we travel in a van a lot, sleep in a different place every night. There are a lot of amazing moments on stage, there are also a lot of moments that cause you to ask yourself why you’re in a touring band. The thing that has held Trout Steak together over the years is communication. We treat each other fairly, we know each other very well and we know when to tread lightly and when to sit down and talk about it. It’s a family and we were friends first. My advice for a budding band would be to start a band with people you admire and trust: your friends! BW: Anything else you’d like our readers to know?

SF: We are really excited to jam out at The Estes Park Mountain Music Fest! Thanks for the invitation, thanks for your interest in our music, and thanks for your support! It’s festivals like these that keep us going. Thank you, Estes Park! Also, our van is for sale! (laughs) It’s a 2001 Ford E-450 7.3L Powerstroke Diesel with captains chairs and a power inverter. I’m half kidding – but if you’re interested, holla! Trout Steak Revival closes out a full day of bluegrass at The Estes Park Mountain Music Festival on Saturday, May 12th. Tickets are available online at Epmmf.org or at the Estes Events Complex. Visit: www.troutsteak.com for more.

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When

Brent

Cowles

(pro-

help of long-time friend and pro-

on board to make things happen

nounced like hot “coals” for all

ducer Joe Richmond (who was

with it,” says Cowles.

those about to butcher it) was

once on the cover of BandWagon

bouncing around ideas for his

with his former band Churchill).

It’s a good time for Brent

new album, he stumbled upon

Together, they wanted to break

Cowles and his music. Recently

a line he had written in a note-

up the recording process and try

signed to Dine Alone Records

book. It was an empty page with

something different.

alongside industry giants like

only the words “How To Be Okay

Dashboard

Confessional

and

Alone” written at the top and a

“This time we had the idea to

Jimmy Eats World, How To Be

colon: the beginning of a list he

go to the Joshua Tree area in Cali-

Okay Alone is set to pop. “We

was never meant to finish. In-

fornia, rent an AirBnB and turn it

were talking to a few different la-

spired by this attempt at a self

into a recording studio for about

bels at the time. I guess there are

help-like guide, he wrote the title

a week, and isolate ourselves

a few super important things you

track to his new album and hit the

there. We would wake up in the

want to consider. First off, does

studio.

morning, record some music,

it seem like they care about your

have lunch, then soak in the cow-

music? When you meet someone

boy hot tub then record music

in person you can tell if they’re

into the night,” says Cowles.

being genuine and real. When we

Cowles made a name for himself in the music community with

met our label rep Jason it felt like

his band You, Me, and Apollo.

the right decision.”

With YM&A, Cowles toured the

For Cowles, he doesn’t quite

country and learned the ins and

feel the pressure of having to live

out of the business. Eventually

up to any certain expectations set

Everything is a part of the learn-

the band called it quits and this

for him by his previous work. The

ing experience for Cowles. Re-

left Cowles with the question of

making of the music comes natu-

cording How To Be Okay Alone

what to do next.

rally to him.

taught him a few things about himself, or more importantly,

Then in 2017, he released the

“I think I get nervous after it’s

how much he still has to learn. “I

EP Cold Times under his own

done. Doing it is so much fun,

haven’t figured a damn thing out.

name and something clicked.

there’s just so much passion

All I know is in order to be OK I put

The blues rock roots of his sound

there and everything is new,

a lot of value in the people around

spoke to Colorado audiences

you’re excited about what’s hap-

me like my friends and my fam-

and it was quickly picked up by

pening and it feels like there is

ily. You can’t put your happiness

all the major local musical media

some magic there. Then when it’s

on anyone else, but you definitely

outlets as well as a spot on the

done, it’s mastered and sent off

can’t do this life thing alone.”

NPR Slingshot program.

to the label and there’s nothing you can do about it then. I think

How To Be Okay Alone is avail-

The success of Cold Times set

I’m nervous whenever I’m about

able everywhere June 15th - catch

the bar high for his next album.

to show it to the team and the

him live at May Play in Down-

To surpass it, Cowles enlisted the

people who I really want to be

town Greeley on Friday, May 11th.

CONCERT CALENDAR Tuesday May 1st Chronic Trigger & The Leshen @Surfside7 – Ft Collins, 9pm Dumbfoundead @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Year of the Ox, DJ Zo Kamelot @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Delain, Battle Beast Madison Beer @Summit Music Hall – Denver, 7pm Chastity Belt @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 7pm w/ Dead Sullivan, American Grandma Gus Dapperton @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ Oko Tygra The Moondoggies @hi-dive – Denver, 9pm American Pleasure Club (fka Teen Suicide) @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm

Wednesday May 2nd Peelander-Z @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft Collins, 7pm Chain Station @Aggie Theatre – Ft Collins, 7pm w/ Cascade Crescendo and Special Guests Dessa @Bluebird – Denver, 8pm w/ MONAKR George Ezra @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Noah Kahan

Open to the Hound @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ The Lacuna Brotherhood, Room 204 Pokey LaFarge @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm w/ Matt Rouch & The Noise Upstairs

Thursday May 3rd “These Jokes are for You” Featuring: Mike Stanley @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm w/ Your Host Patrick Richardson jinnjinni & eNt @The Downtown Artery – Ft Collins, 6pm Flatbush ZOMBiES @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 9pm w/ Kirk Knight, Nyck Caution Desert Daze Caravan II @Summit Music Hall– Denver, 7pm w/ Ariel Pink, DIIV, Nick Hakim Leeway @Marquis Theater – Denver, 7pm Mersiv @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 7pm w/ Mystic Grizzly, Dapolitiks, Sather, Wormz in/Planes @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ Down Time, Kyle Emerson Pokey LaFarge @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm w/ The Constant Tourists

Friday May 4th Big Bill Morganfield @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 5:30pm Greeley Blues FAC & Dinner Show

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Saturday May 5th GT Garza “BROWN BY HONOR 2 TOUR “ @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm w/ Anville, BooG, Steelo Bass Strangle Wire @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft Collins, 8pm w/ Genocide Method, Horde Of Draugar, Tierkrieger Del The Funky Homosapien and Amp Live + special guest Sol @Aggie Theatre – Ft Collins, 8pm w/ Project 432, Proximity

GT GARZA MAY 4TH @ HODIS HALF NOTE | MAY 5TH @ MOXI THEATER

GT Garza “BROWN BY HONOR 2 TOUR “ @ Hodi’s Half Note - Ft. Colllins, 7pm w/ Anville, BooG, Steelo Bass The Unified Field feat. Dirtwire @Aggie Theatre – Ft Collins, 8pm w/ Soohan, Janover, Cualli Flatbush ZOMBiES @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 9pm w/ Kirk Knight, Nyck Caution The Ephinjis Album Release Show

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@Marquis Theater – Denver, 7pm Chloe Tang (EP Release) @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 7pm w/ Nina & The Hold Tight, The Bright Silence Porlolo (Album Release) @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ Spirettes, Land Lines Jake Miller @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm w/ Devin Hayes

Came & Took It @Surfside7 – Ft Collins, 9pm w/ Redbush, False Report

Los Mocochetes @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 7pm w/ Pink Hawks, The Copper Children, Quilombo Sound System One Way Ride + Verses The Inevitable (Album Release) @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ Hangman’s Hymnal Al Scorch (Full Band) @hi-dive – Denver, 7pm w/ Gun Street Ghost, Matt Rouch & The Noise Upstairs Wood & Wire @Globe Hall – Denver, 8:30pm w/ Chella and the Charm, Thunder and Rain

Sunday May 6th

Jukebox the Ghost @Bluebird Theatre – Denver, 9pm w/ The Greeting Committee

Dreamcast - Farewell Show @Marquis Theatre – Denver, 7pm

Steven Wilson @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8:30pm

Half Waif @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 7pm w/ Hovvdy, Shark Dreams

K.Flay @Summit Music Hall – Denver, 7pm

Monday May 7th

Hypnotic Vibes @Marquis Theater – Denver, 7pm

Smoking Popes (Acoustic Performance) @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 7pm

ARISE

Steve Lyons, Raina Mullen, Scotty Zwang

@Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ The Gold Company, Komozo

Bryce Merritt @ Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm

Sofi Tukker @The Gothic Theatre – Denver, 9pm w/ Kah-Lo, LP Giobbi

Sammy J @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 7pm Miss Tess & The Talkbacks @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ Austin Young Band, The Ghost of Joseph Buck Justin Townes Earle - Solo Tour @The Gothic Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Blake Brown

THE BURROUGHS FRIDAY MAY 11TH @ MAY PLAY MUSIC FESTIVAL IN DOWNTOWN GREELEY

w/ The Bigger Empty (feat. Mike Felumlee)

MGMT @Fillmore Auditorium – Denver 8pm

Roots of Creation’s Grateful Dub 2018 Tour @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft Collins, 8pm

Urban Pioneers @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm w/ Strings and the Box

Justin Townes Earle - Solo Tour @Washington’s – Ft Collins, 7pm w/ Blake Brown

Tuesday May 8th Bishop Briggs @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 9pm w/ Matt Maeson Billy the Poet @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 7pm w/ The Maykit Rooftop Love Club @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ Hairclub, Mr. Atomic, Henry and the Kissengers Pseudogod @hi-dive – Denver, 7pm w/ Hellfire Deathcult, Abysmal Lord, Casket Huffer The Deer @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm w/ Mimi Naja (from Fruition)

Wednesday May 9th

Brazilian Girls @Bluebird Theatre – Denver, 9pm w/ Tiger Party ft. Allen Aucoin of The Disco Biscuits and Josh Fairman of Sunsquabi and Analog Son Zoe @Summit Music Hall – Denver, 7pm Trickey @Marquis Theatre – Denver, 7pm Tilt Shift @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ Pandemonium, Subzenith Bing & Ruth @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm

Thursday May 10th Ghost Light @Aggie Theatre – Aggie Theatre 8pm w/ Holly Bowling, Tom Hamilton,

Ozomatli @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm w/ Don Chicharrón, Claygo

Friday May 11th May Play Music Festival in Downtown Greeley @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 5pm w/ The Burroughs, Brent Cowles, Silver & Gold, Wildermiss, Its Just Bugs, The Bright Silence, and more! Jackopierce @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft Collins, 7pm w/ Marie Miller and Special Guests Start Making Sense - A Tribute To Talking Heads @Aggie Theatre – Ft Collins, 8pm w/ Cycles Ozomatli @Washinton’s – Ft Collins, 7pm Futurebirds @Bluebird Theatre – Denver, 9pm Charly Bliss @Marquis Theatre – Denver, 7pm Satsang @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8:30pm w/ A Brother’s Fountain

Whiskey Shivers @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm w/ Wolf Van Elfmand, Modern Whiskey Market

Saturday May 12th Satsang @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft Collins, 8pm w/ A Brother’s Fountain (feat. Graham Good), MountainUS The Subdudes @Washington’s – Ft Collins, 6pm w/ Liz Barnez Tellerpalooza @Bluebird Theatre – Denver, 4:15pm w/ Alpha Schoolmarm Orchestra, Kissing Party, Old School Hype, Sierra Hotel, The Beeves Start Making Sense: Talking Heads Tribute @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 9pm Hard Candy Presents: Secret Garden @Marquis Theater – Denver, 7pm The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die and Pianos Become The Teeth @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8:30pm w/ Queen Of Jeans The Dangerous Summer @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ All Get Out, A Will Away

Sunday May 13th TYR @Marquis Theater – Denver, 6pm

Andy Sydow (Album Release)

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Braden Barrie @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ SayWeCanFly, FAIRVIEW Todrick Hall @The Gothic Theatre – Denver, 7:30pm Pseudogod @hi-dive –Denver, 7pm w/ Hellfire Deathcult, Abysmal Lord, Casket Huffer

Monday May 14th Bloomers @The Downtown Artery – Ft Collins, 7pm w/ Forestry, Yail, Agony City

WILDERMISS FRIDAY MAY 11TH, 2018 @ MAY PLAY MUSIC FESTIVAL IN DOWNTOWN GREELEY

Tuesday May 15th

Smallpools & GGFO: Spring is Sprung Tour @Marquis Theatre – Denver, 6:30pm

TV Girl @The Downtown Artery – Ft Collins, 7pm

Counterfeit. @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 7pm w/ dubé

Madrost @Surfside7 – Ft Collins, 9pm w/ Silent Scream, Triton

Petrification @hi-dive – Denver, 7pm w/ Rotstrotter, Alone

TesseracT @Summit Music Hall – Denver, 6pm Wilderado @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 7pm w/ FOXTRAX, Whitacre

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Cullen Omori + The Gloomies @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm Nikki Lane @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm w/ Carl Anderson

Wednesday May 16th Canyon Collected and House With A Yard @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft Collins, 8pm Sango @Bluebird Theatre – Denver, 9pm

w/ Kaelin Ellis Born Ruffians @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 7pm w/ Little Junior Alexander and The Big Sleep @Lost Lake –Denver, 7pm w/ Last Rhino, Weather Big Storm, Zombie Horse Belanova & Moenia @The Gothic Theatre – Denver, 7pm

TV Girl @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm w/ Wished Bone

Thursday May 17th Break The Silence @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 7pm w/ Infinite Conscious, A Vintage Future, Phil Riley & The Sweet Boys Joey Bada$$ @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Boogie, Buddy, Dessy Hinds Backtrack @Marquis Theater – Denver, 7pm Tropidelic @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8:30pm w/ Younger Than Neil Famous Men (Album Release) @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ The ThreadBarons The Brian Jonestown Massacre @The Gothic Theatre – Denver, 7pm w/ Pale Sun Bevin Luna Album Release @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm w/ Jen Korte & the Loss, Wildflowers

Friday May 18th Big 97.9 Presents Boot Scootin’ Boogie w/ Double Wide: 90’s Country Tribute @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 7:30pm Ft. Woodie Procell, VJ Tracer Golf Clap @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft Collins, 8pm Joyner Lucas: I’m Kind Of A Big Deal Tour @Aggie Theatre – Ft Collins, 8pm w/ Eli and Special Guests Danielle Ate The Sandwich @The Downtown Artery Ft Collins, 7pm w/ Emily Anderson Gasoline Lollipops @Bluebird Theatre – Denver, 9pm w/ RL Cole & the Hell You Say, Grayson County Burn Ban The Struts @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Viretta

Satyricon @Marquis Theater – Denver, 7pm Motion Trap + All Chiefs @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ Whiskey Autumn, Ploom Obituary @The Gothic Theatre – Denver, 7pm w/ Pallbearer, Skeletonwitch, DustBolt Flaural @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm w/ Slow Caves, Jude Bloom (Jake Supple), Dirty Few DJs Hinds @Globe Hall – Denver, 8:30pm

Saturday May 19th Primitive Man @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft Collins, 8pm w/ Infernal Coil, Chieftan, and Triton The Long Run and My Blue Sky (Eagles / Allman Bros. Tributes) @Aggie Theatre – Ft Collins, 8pm Funk Club @The Downtown Artery – Ft Collins, 8pm Tyto Alba @Surfside7 – Ft Collins, 9pm w/ Ivory Circle Whitewater Ramble @ Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm ROCK DE MAYO @Bluebird Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ iZCALLiwith The Chamanas, SYCDVK, Vic N’ The Narwhals Godspeed You! Black Emperor @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 9pm w/ Marisa Anderson Top Flite Empire @Summit Music Hall – Denver, 7pm Emilie Brandt @Marquis Theater – Denver, 7pm Fleetmac Wood Presents Sisters of the Moon Disco @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8:30pm Rumours Follow (Single Release) @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ VYNYL, Foxfield Four, Benjamin Cartel

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PEDRO THE LION MONDAY MAY 21ST @ WASHINGTON’S IN FORT COLLINS

Cloud Catcher Tour Kickoff @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm w/ Crypt Trip, Space In Time, Slynger

Las Rosas @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 7pm

Southern Culture On The Skids @Globe Hall – Denver, 8:30pm

Tuesday May 22nd

Sunday May 20th

Mushroomhead @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft Collins, 6pm w/ 13 Nails, Vyces, Gabriel and the Apocalypse, Ventana, Align the Tide

Raw Beef Sloan Life @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 7pm w/ Ben Pu, Gii Astorga Southern Culture On The Skids @Washington’s – Ft Collins, 6pm Pedro The Lion @Bluebird – Denver, 9pm w/ David Dondero NIMA! @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm Mary Lattimore @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm Priests @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm w/ Mellow Diamond

Monday May 21st Pedro The Lion @Washington’s – Ft Collins, 7pm w/ David Dondero Sum 41 @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 7:30pm w/ Seaway, Super Whatevr

Oh Wonder @Washington’s – Ft Collins, 6pm w/ astronomyy Kimbra @Bluebird Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Son Lux Wolf Parade / Japandroids @Ogden Theatre w/ Adrian Teacher and The Subs Marc Scibilia @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ Molly Parden KILLY @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm

Wednesday May 23rd DOA / MDC @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft Collins, 7pm w/ Bad Decisions Mark Normand @Aggie Theatre – Ft Collins, 6:30PM Wye Oak

Tuesday May 29th Bruno Major @Larimer Lounge –Denver, 7pm BRONCHO @Lost Lake – Denver, 8:30pm w/ The Paranoyds, Valen King Tuff @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm w/ Cut Worms

Wednesday May 30th

POST PARADISE FRIDAY MAY 25TH @ AGGIE THEATRE IN FORT COLLINS

@Bluebird Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Corsicana Oh Wonder @Ogden Theatre –Denver, 8pm w/ Astronomyy Hawthorne Heights @Marquis Theater – Denver, 5:30pm 1000 Miles Of Fire @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ A Better Hand, Rosedale, Nocturne Bob Log III @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm w/Simulators New Years Day @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm w/ Stitched Up Heart, Lola Black

Thursday May 24th La Luz @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft Collin, 8pm w/ Savila, Robert Shredford A Meazy and Midas @Bluebird Theatre – Denver, 9pm Red Wanting Blue @Marquis Theater – Denver, 7pm Tomorrows Bad Seeds @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 7pm w/ Sun-Dried Vibes, Thicker Than Thieves Opal @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ Junior Retreat, Creek, Old News,

Pythalo (Album Release) Amy Shark @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm w/ TOMI

Friday May 25th Post Paradise and Rosedale @Aggie Theatre – Ft Collins, 8pm w/ Silver & Gold, Wolfer Horse Feathers @The Downtown Artery – Ft Collins, 8pm Wildermiss Vinyl Release Show @Bluebird Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Ivory Circle, In/PLANES Amber Mark @Marquis Theater – Denver, 8pm La Luz @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8:30pm w/ Savila Brent Cobb & Them @Globe Hall – Denver, 8:30pm w/ Savannah Conley

Saturday May 26th Dearling - A Fleetwood Mac Tribute @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm Horse Feathers @Bluebird Theatre – Denver, 9pm 45s Against 45

@Marquis Theater – Denver, 9pm w/ Jason Heller The Lighthouse and The Whaler @Lost Lake – Denver, 8:30pm w/ Vita And The Woolf, Plain Faraday Crowboy @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm w/ McKnight

Sunday May 27th Them Evils @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft Collins, 7pm w/ Gyspy Whiskey Company of Thieves “Peeled and Revealed Tour” @Marquis Theater – Denver, 7pm Cozz @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 7pm Native Station @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ Octopus Tree, Signs and Signals, Cinematica Nick Dittmeier & the Sawdusters @hi-dive – Denver, 7pm w/ Beth Bombara, Bison Bone

Scooter Brown Band w/ JD Nash Band @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm w/ JD Nash Band The Wonder Years @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 7pm w/ Tigers Jaw, Tiny Moving Parts, Worriers Minus the Bear @Summit Music Hall – Denver, 7pm Money in the Bank Tour w/ Smoke DZA & Bodega Bamz @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8:30pm w/ Jayy Grams Edison @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ Dearling, Nathan & Jessie, Morning Bear Gang of Youths @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm

Thursday May 31st Colorado Come Up @The Downtown Artery – Ft Collins, 8pm Nicki Bluhm @Bluebird Theatre – Denver, 8pm

Jenny Don’t And The Spurs @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm

False Report @Marquis Theater – Denver, 7pm

Monday May 28th

Scooter Brown Band @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts

Pears @Surfside7 – Ft Collins, 9pm w/ High, Plasma Canvas

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