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Eminem

Kamikaze Kyle Eustice

BandWagon Magazine Eminem fans were elated when he surprise-dropped his 10th studio album Kamikaze at the end of August. The album was chock-full of carefully plotted disses aimed at everyone from Lil Pump and Tyler The Creator to Machine Gun Kelly and his former Slaughterhouse collaborator Joe Budden.

In particular, the album opener “The Ringer,” “Not Alike” featuring Royce Da 5’9” and “Fall” featuring Bon Iver singer Justin Vernon seemed like the return of the old Slim Shady. In fact, “Fall” caused additional controversy for its use of a homophobic slur aimed at Tyler The Creator, something the Detroit-bred rap god knew was going too far.

During a recent interview

with veteran Hip Hop journalist Sway Calloway, he admitted using the slur was a risk.

“The word I called him on that song was one of things that I felt like, ‘This might be too far,’” Em told Sway. “In my quest to hurt him, I realize I was hurting a lot of other people by saying it. At the time, I was so mad it was like whatever.

It was one of the things that I kept going back to and saying, ‘I don’t feel right with this.’”

Since Kamikaze’s release, Machine Gun Kelly has been the only rapper to diss Em on record. On September 3, the Cleveland rapper dropped “Rap Devil” and has been taunting Shady ever since.

While the Hip Hop world collectively held its breath waiting for Em to respond, it was 50/50 on whether he actually would. Sure enough, Em returned fire with “Killshot,” a seething diss track aimed at his current nemesis. YouTube

claims the track was the biggest debut of any hip-hop song in the site’s history with a record 38.1 million views in its first 24 hours last month.

While the rap community remains divided on who won this round, Machine Gun Kelly continues to milk the “Killshot” diss track for publicity. He’s made t-shirts with the single art on the front and consistently shouts out, “Fuck Marshall Mathers” at his concerts.

Eminem is already heralded as one of the best MCs in history, yet took out a full-page print “diss-ad” in The Hollywood Reporter slamming the press’ reactions to Kamikaze. And so the battle rages.

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Soul Brothers God’s Sons

Jamar Johnson

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the mixing and mastering credit..

The EP showcases Soul Brothers’ own love for the music, as well as telling their story and the story of their families. They smoothly depict the highs and lows of their lives as artists in God’s Sons as well as tales of various obstacles they have had to endure and overcome.

The three emcees certainly show off their talent while furthering their emerson into the culture of HipHop, both on God’s Sons and live in concert, so pay close attention.

A free, six track EP called God’s

With inspiring performances that

Sons was released by Greeley hip-hop act Soul Brothers early in July, 2018. Self-described as a family and a brotherhood, the trio has a bond that seems to run deeper than blood. A notch above their previous releases as solo artists and as a group, God’s Sons EP solidifies the Soul Brothers as a force to be reckoned with and demonstrates a solid mix between old school and new school sounds; blending influences from legends like Eminem and Nas, to the newerstyle flows exhibited from acts like Hopsin and the recently deceased Mac Miller. Soul Brothers have crafted their sound into what is a truly enjoyable EP and as a group, they are committed to their cause to change the world through their work.

Written by the Soul Brothers, Mario Samuel Diaz, Ethan EsparzaEscobar, and Thomas Easter, the majority of God’s Sons was produced by Easter aka Grimm Tha Kid, who also takes home

promote crowd participation, their

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lyrics are relevant and relatable to

anyone

with

even

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mild

appreciation for rap and hip hop.

Each rapper brings to the table a different flow and presence, making God’s Sons a successfully diverse

release

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frequent

changes in style and flow. It’s a must-listen, enticing fans of oldschoolers like Eminem and Nas and new-schoolers to look forward to new and upcoming releases from this fresh NoCo act.

Over all, God’s Sons is a versitile and notable EP from this young group

of

emcees.

Each

song

depicts different but rich content, displaying each artist’s individuality, all the while paying earnest tribute to

the

hip

hop

lifestyle.

Soul

Brothers’ mix of hard hitting lyrics and smooth word play make for a versatile album proving that the art of wordsmith over a funky beat will never die.

Read our Q&A with Soul Brothers at www.bandwagmag.com

Alright Alright Nearby

Jay Wallace

BandWagon Magazine

Folk/Americana albums are a dime a dozen these days, the majority of which are stripped-backed acoustic affairs or simply rock/ pop bands that don’t want to say they’re rock/pop bands. Alright Alright is a proper folk group, but they stand out from the masses with a gentle sense of depth and even gravitas on their new album, Nearby. On the whole, the album possesses a tender quality. While a lot of folk/Americana albums we’ve heard have a mean or wild edge to them, Nearby doesn’t really go there.

Seth and China Kent are the married couple behind Alright Alright, each of whom have very different musical backgrounds, explaining AA’s unique, diverse sound. China is a classically trained pianist from Vanderbilt University; Seth a former guitar tech for The Fray (“How to Save a Life”). As a team, the Kents have helped compose scores for

independent films as well. All this is what gives Nearby a far wider sonic depth than the typical Americana/Folk album.

The variety of instrumentation featured throughout is impressive.

China’s piano playing is featured heavily throughout the album from beginning to end, giving it a warmth and poise not often heard on a lot of folk albums. “Little Girls, Little Birds,” the opening song, possesses an airy organ and China’s whispering vocals that bring to mind old-school U2. (Which isn’t surprising - The Kents both cite Achtung Baby as the start for their love of music.) Crashy-yet-gentle drums back up the vocals of both singers; Seth’s guitar playing sets the scene for songs like “The Liar” and “Gulf Coast Highway,” the most folkish aspects of Nearby.

I mentioned gravitas earlier - the song “Be Kind” is the biggest recipient of the Kent’s depth of experience, thanks to an orchestral string section and choir in the background. It’s is an epic song for a folk album and the one that sticks out for me every time I listen. It shows that folk needn’t be small or stripped back. It can be cinematic, sweeping, emotional and BIG. It’s a gorgeous, bold, proud song expanding the definition of what folk and Americana can be.

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Alright Alright celebrate the release of Nearby October 5 at Magic Rat in Fort Collins, Oct 13 at Syntax Physic Opera in Denver and with a successive multi-state tour.

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Ron : Boz Scaggs - Out Of The Blues

My guess is if you were to play this album for anyone unfamiliar with Boz Scaggs, they’d be VERY surprised to learn his first album came out in 1965. A few bars into the leadoff track “Rock And Stick,” that unique and still-smooth voice belies his 74 years.

For this release, the 3rd of a trilogy, Boz delves back into his roots: many different styles of the blues. You’ll find traditional blues (“I’ve Just Got To Know”), rollicking New Orleans dance-blues (“Little Miss Night And Day”) and 3am with a bourbon in front of you blues (“I’ve Just Got To Forget You”). While his guitar chops are never in question, he still has Doyle Bramhall II and Charlie Sexton guesting, allowing Boz to move to bass on “Down In Virginia.” Though it may seem strange on paper, listen to his take on Neil Young’s rare “On The Beach” too!

Margot : Great Lake Swimmers - The Waves, The Wake

What a gorgeous record! If you aren’t familiar, Great Lake Swimmers are a Canadian band built around a loose collective of musicians and the guiding light of singer/songwriter Tony Dekker – much like Hiss Golden Messenger is built around M.C. Taylor. The Waves, The Wake is Great Lake Swimmers’ seventh studio album. This time they went into the studio with the idea of creating an album without one instrument: the acoustic guitar. It works beautifully, especially in the standout songs “The Talking Wind” and “Holding Nothing Back.” Adjectives like lush and shimmery will be applied liberally to this album, however, if you think that isn’t your musical cup of tea, please don’t let that discourage you from giving this terrific album a listen. Recommended tracks: “The Talking Wind,” “Hold Nothing Back,” and “Alone But Not Alone”.

Stacy : Jungle - For Ever

In 2014, the musical collective out of the UK known as Jungle took the world by storm. Their debut “Jungle” garnered widespread acclaim both in the underground scene and commercially, even being short-listed for the Mercury Prize. With such early success, expectations ran high for their follow-up For Ever. While still delivering their soulful, falsetto-driven funk, this sophomore release isn’t as uplifting/impactful as their debut. It rings a little moodier, a little more troubled. Maybe it’s that both Tom McFarland and Josh Lloyd-Watson (Jungle founders) ended relationships or that their move to LA wasn’t as idyllic as they hoped (they would end up returning to London to finish the project).

Either way, you’ll still hear catchy, synth-laden goodness worthy of the needle drop. Don’t miss the stand-outs: “Beat 54” (an homage to Studio 54), “Happy Man” and “Heavy California.”

Benji : Black Pumas – Black Moon Rising

Rarely do bands have record labels get into bidding wars for their services. It’s even more rare when that artist only has one song in their repertoire. Such is the case with Austin’s Black Pumas. The band is generating such a buzz that major record labels are drooling over the prospect of having them sign to their label. The buzz all began when legendary Austin producer Adrian Quesada teamed up with singer/songwriter Eric Burton. The two began gigging and quickly developed a rabid following. To date, “Black Moon Rising” is their only release. The song’s soulful psychedelic groove is one of the most contagious songs you’ll come across. The band has yet to sign with a label, they’ve been too busy with shows at Grandoozy and opening for St. Paul & The Broken Bones. Look for a full album sometime in the Spring. Until then, savor every soulful morsel of “Black Moon Rising.”

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degree-holding jazzer from The University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, Boyce moved to New York City in 2006 and immediately began accompanying other artists.

“Side woman-ing was my day job. I moved there to make it as a solo artist, but I also needed to make a living. Playing piano was, like, the only thing I knew how to do.”

The side-woman gigs grew into frequent support slots for the pop artists she accompanied, opening for and playing with Wakey!

Wakey!, Nat and Alex Wolff from The Naked Brothers Band and Alexz Johnson.

Soon, her band member/ support gigs grew bigger.

Børns, Alina Baraz and her current arrangement with Lord Huron (the aforementioned sold-out Ogden show this month) are all on Boyce’s resume, as is backing Sting and Ingrid Michaelson. Yet the most influential of her atypical day-jobs was touring the world as both opening act for and keyboardist in Sara Bareilles’s band.

“If I’ve had a big break it was playing with Sara Bareilles. It was life changing. That propelled me into a sphere of musicians that elevated everything.” Memorably, that Bareilles tour hit Red Rocks in 2013. ”I played with Sara and OneRepublic at Red Rocks. I had a sprained ankle which was a bit of a bummer. It was tough to get around backstage on crutches but it was a dream

at the same time.”

Bareilles’ influence on Boyce goes far beyond the music itself. “Most of what I’ve learned from playing with these people is seeing the bigger business side of the music industry,” Boyce reports. “Seeing the work ethic – a composure and willingness to, like, grind. I

“Composure and willingness to, like, grind. I feel like that’s what makes or breaks an artist.” feel like that’s what makes or breaks an artist. All these people are incredibly talented too - like, Sara is an anomaly, a freak of nature - but on top of being an incredible musician and singer, she’s so smart business-wise. The way in which she gracefully navigated the music business while also being an artist was like a master class to me.

“Garrett Borns (Børns) - he’s got that too. He’s making the rules up and the industry is following him. That kind of foresight is what it takes to make it.”

Though Boyce has worked directly with so many success stories, that hasn’t parlayed into a solo career of the same caliber, and that’s a good thing.

“I’m not sure I have exactly what those people have – It’s made me feel freer to be myself and to accept that I’m gonna make my own music forever. I might

always fly under the radar a little bit because I’m not good at playing the game, which I don’t think it’s something you can learn.”

Though she proclaims herself to be on a more “indie” level than her bosses, Boyce has impressively released four full-length records and a slew of singles, videos and EPs of her own. She too knows how to lead gracefully.

“I try to be more firm about what I want while taking into consideration other people’s perspective,” Boyce says. “You don’t have to fight as hard if you’re open to other people’s perspectives and if they feel safe around you. Get Lost

“You don’t have to fight as hard if you’re open to other people’s perspectives and if they feel safe around you” was a lot more collaborative than anything I’ve ever done and it was so rewarding!

Working with a woman (producer Lera Lynn) was just like: the best idea wins!

There was very little ego in the room. She pushed me to my limits and I pushed back when I felt like I was right.

We listened to each other and made better music.”

Boyce’s current gig with Lord Huron is a return to old band dynamics, but her view has changed. “It’s all dudes in Lord Huron,” she says. “I’m

the only girl. That’s the way I was used to it being until Sara Bareilles. It was nice to have Kristen (Gleeson-Prata, drummer) in Børns too. It’s interesting going back to being the only girl (with Lord Huron) and not as a girl but as a woman. It’s totally different perspective than growing up playing in jazz combos and being the only chick.”

Boyce balances her identity as both side-woman and an independent artist, though she admits it’s tough. “I feel like I’m working constantly, which is fine, but it’s hard. Especially this last album. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done and I wanted to give it my best, but the reality is it’s really hard to make a living on your own music. The bread and butter these days is getting syncs - (Boyce’s “Goodbye July” is featured in season 4 of Z Nation) but at the end of the day I need to keep working.”

But the balancing act works. “It’s kinda the best of both worlds,” Boyce says. “I get to play on stages with bands like Lord Huron and sometimes get to open for them, which is amazing, but I don’t have all the responsibility that they have and can go home and make whatever music I want. I don’t have to repeat any kind of success because I never had it,” she laughs. “I wish I could play my own music more because that’s when I feel most alive, but I enjoy when I can do it - and do it on a higher and higher lever.

It’s exciting to live in a world where it seems like that’s possible for women now. We get to live in a new world now which is really exciting.”

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“I was so down-and-out mentally,” says David Wimbish the vocalist and band leader of The Collection. We spoke over the phone while he was in Asheville, North Carolina safely just outside the path of Hurricane Florence where he

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was preparing for a five week tour to support The Collection’s latest album Entropy.

As a title, Entropy perfectly describes where Wimbish was in his life. Entropy is defined as the gradual decline into chaos and Wimbish was feeling it after a rough string of life events, from an almost crippling bike accident in Frisco, Colorado to

core members of The Collection doing some real soul searching about the longevity of the project. Struggling with his divorce and getting evicted from his home, Wimbish found himself couch surfing. From all that, the body of Entropy was born. “I needed to prove to myself that I could still do it,” says Wimbish.

“Entropy is the movement of things in nature towards chaos .”

Entropy breathes with a subtlety not seen in much of their previous work. “I originally intended for it to be a solo album, while everything before was very much a group effort,” says Wimbish. Those familiar with their live shows know it was a grandiose experience with as many as twelve people on the road at once. With horns, strings, and no shortage of gang vocals, The Collective was a sonic whirlwind with Wimbish’s humble songs at the center. “I’ve played with twelve to twenty-five people at a time,” he says. “But having twelve people on the road just isn’t feasible. There’s no way for anyone to walk away from it with anything.”

Wimbish admits it didn’t look like there would be much of The Collective left when a majority of the members left, but when he began making a solo record, a core few remained and turned the solo album into something much more. “There is nothing greater than having a group of people who are willing to travel across the country with you just to perform your music,” he says.

The subtlety of Entropy plays extremely well to Wimbish’s strengths as an arranger and a songwriter. Clearly, Wimbish has always thrived in a setting with lots of musicians. Hs time doing so has given him a clear sense of

how to craft his sound. Entropy feels so concise as an album and puts a new focus on Wimbish and his songs. They seem basic on the surface, but a little digging shows the heart of a tortured, yet hopeful poet. Songs like “Becoming My Own Home” and “Wedding Party” show us a man less on a journey to answer the big questions of the soul but instead discovering an incredible sense of self-worth and comfort in his own skin.

After speaking with Wimbish and hearing Entropy, I was struck by the hopefulness of it all. While the imagery and lyrical content evoke heavier emotions, the instrumentation is positive and uplifting, creating a striking duality. The perseverance is inspiring after everything he had been through and continues to go through. During a family trip to Frisco, Colorado Wimbish wrecked his mountain bike leaving him with six broken ribs, a punctured lung, a fractured vertebra in his neck, and pins in his finger severely restricting his ability to play guitar. But even that hasn’t stopped him.

Now in full health, Wimbish has recovered from almost all his injuries (minus the pins in his finger) and is ready to set out on his Beautiful Life Tour.

Perpetually in a state of moving forward, Wimbish is excited for Entropy’s October 5th release and upcoming tour dates, including a three-date run with Greeley’s Silver & Gold culminating in a combined Moxi Theater appearance Saturday, October 27.

Due to his injuries, Wimbish will be mainly focused on being the frontman instead of bearing multi-instrumentalist duties this time around. He begrudgingly admits that because his doctor told him to avoid heavy lifting, he has to be “that guy” on tour who doesn’t carry anything during load-in.

With that, Wimbish is looking forward to a big year, a big release and a tour where he doesn’t literally or figuratively carry his baggage anymore – with Entropy and the Beautiful Life Tour, he’ll send it down the river.

“Entropy is the movement of things in nature towards chaos,” he says. “Looking at everything that happened in my own life, I realized that the chaos was just another stage of the natural order of things. Being able look back on that chaos is the next stage.”

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Dan England | BandWagon Magazine You think your life is bad? Let’s consider the life of Gov. Mortimer Leech. It would seem that Leech would make you jealous. Leech is eternal, so his nasty coke and hooker habits don’t harm him. He’s a musician, and he lives the lifestyle, partying with Stevie Wonder in Denver, gigging for hundreds of years, getting to be a snarky smartass in interviews with the press. His band, The Widow’s Bane, is still relatively hip, even if they’ve been around for hundreds of years. In fact, with this current revival roots rock phase, you could argue their longevity is a plus, not something to overcome.

And yet…

he goes by these days. The Widow’s Bane was the Devil’s ship.

You think your marriage is bad?

Leech joined the undead at the hands of his wife, who poisoned him. Leech was then recruited to play on a ship, The Widow’s Bane, a vessel made up of a crew who had all been undone by their wives, including Leech’s cohort, accordion player Rutherford Belleview. This not only explains the unusual name and nature of his band, it also explains why his band’s eclectic music tends to focus on women and their evil nature.

His band doesn’t play much, given that he only agrees to play when the money’s right, and it’s rarely right.

The price tag is pretty high, he said, because Satan takes such a big cut of it, and Leech’s ego doesn’t allow him to take cheap checks.

You think your boss is bad? Mortimer works for the Dark Lord, and though Mortimer doesn’t exactly call him He Who Shall Not Be Named, it’s safe to assume it’s Satan, or whatever name

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“He’s a hell of slavedriver,” Leech said, and yes, while Mortimer’s dark and quirky sense of humor shows up there, he means it, too. The Devil/ Dark Lord demands 90 percent of the band’s wages, and though it’s hard to know what the Devil does with that money, it’s possible he wears Prada. Mortimer’s cool with it, in a way, because the Devil does provide him with cocaine to smoke and with hookers, and that’s what he’d spend his money on anyway since he doesn’t need to eat.

… In case you’re wondering what the hell is going on — see what we did there? — Widow’s Bane is not a joke, nor is it even remotely a parody. It is a legit band that plays real, legit if not unusual music.

Yes, there may be some alter egos here — especially

in Leech’s case, who admits to having a huge ego — but they are real musicians who have recorded two albums and will soon release a third.

They just happen to stay in character the way Johnny Depp method acts, and that means doing EVERYTHING as Widow’s Bane, even the occasional press junket.

Widow’s Bane plays what the members call world music, Leech said in a phone interview. It has a million pieces of influence, which is the only thing you can expect from a band that’s traveled for centuries — the first gig was in 1774 — and picked up a lot of tricks along the way.

Some have called the music

Zombie Pirate Polka, and that insults Leech, though he doesn’t mind the Polka description. The music’s very danceable and even gets him moving as well as an undead singer can boogie. It’s the zombie part he doesn’t like. “I am a zombie,” Leech leered, “but why do you have to put it in my genre?

Lounge music isn’t called Caucasian Flaccid Jazz.”

It’s Halloween month, and that’s the time people hire Widow’s Bane, because that’s the time when undead bands tend to be in demand. They don’t play many Christmas parties.

But Leech doesn’t want to scare his audience. That, he said, would be counterproductive. “We can’t help that we’re the undead,” Leech said. “We dress like perfect gentleman. I share my whiskey and my drugs.” And yet…

Widow’s Bane continues to get great reviews, both for the two records and the live shows, no matter how sparse those may be. And all that credibility gives them the kind of opportunities few other zombie bands get these days.

They wrote the music for an upcoming production with Wonderbound, a contemporary ballet company in Denver, called Wicked Bayou, based on an a Widow’s Bane Song, “Old Bayou,” playing Oct. 2028 in two Denver venues. The band will release an album of the music they wrote for the production, and will perform a proper headlining full-band show at Washington’s in Fort Collins on Halloween night, October 31.

“In a very rare display of humility, I think Garrett Ammon (Wonderbound’s choreographer) is a genius, and I’m very excited to be working with them.” Leech says. And yet …

“While I’m sure the majority of the Wonderbound audience will be in

attendance to witness my musical genius, I am technically not the star of that show, but rather the Wonderbound dancers and their choreographer, Garrett Ammon. On the other hand,The Washington’s show will be a good old fashioned Widow’s Bane extravaganza, where I will be in the spotlight, as God intended and free to let it all hang out (figuratively and/or literally).”

Leech may be eternal, but that eternity is because of his damnation.

But damnation isn’t as bad as Leech makes it sound. He’s enjoying himself.

Maybe that’s a lesson there about life: even the worst circumstances, lasting longer than they really should, can offer some good moments.

Perhaps life isn’t so bad at all, whether you’re dead or not. As the late Gov. himself put it, “the afterlife is a never ending party.”

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CONCERT CALENDAR

Monday, October 1st The Presents @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Blood Red Shoes Lucy Spraggan @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ The Dollhouse Thieves, Sarah Slaton

Wintersun @Gothic Theatre w/ Ne Obliviscaris, Sarah Longfield The Wombats @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Barns Courtney

The Steel Wheels @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm DLES @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm The Hollering Pines, Pick & Howl w/ BambaraBambara

Tuesday, October 2nd

Ezra Furman @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ The Milk Blossoms

Zeal & Ardor @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm YUNGBLUD - 21st Century Liability Tour w/ Astronoid @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm w/ Arrested Youth Clutch @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Sevendust, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown

Thursday, October 4th

The Buttertones @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm Wild Wing, Palo Santo

WhiteWater Ramble @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm w/ Special guests

Counterparts @Marquis Theater – Denver, 7pm w/ Being As An Ocean, Have Mercy, Varials

The Velveteers UK Tour Kickoff/ Vinyl Release @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins, 7pm w/ Stella Luce and Serpentfoot

Screaming Females @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm w/ Kitten Forever, Bad Year

Austin Lucas @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm w/ Jennifer Jane Niceley

Wednesday, October 3rd

Never Shout Never @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm w/ this broken beat

EGi @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins, 7pm w/ SCO (A Tribute To John Scofield), My Dog Ate Chad The Boxer Rebellion @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ The Solid Ocean

The Birthday Massacre @Marquis Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Ghost Feeder Michael Rault @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ futurebabes, Shark Dreams

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Against Me! @Summit – Denver, 8pm w/ Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, A Giant Dog Wild Rivers @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm The Vaccines @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm w/ Jesse Jo Stark

Tuesday, October 9th Revocation @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Exhumed, Rivers of Nihil, Yatutja

COUNTERPARTS Tuesday October 2nd at Marquis Theatre, Denver, CO

Jeremy Zucker @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm w/ Carlie Hanson

Fi @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ OptycNerd, Elektric Animals

Trevor Powers @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ mmph

Friday, October 5th

Saturday, October 6th

Sunday, October 7th

Paradise Theatre (Styx Tribute) @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm w/ Rush Archives (Rush Tribute)

From The Void @Downtown Artery – Ft. Collins, 8pm

Snak The Ripper @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft, Collins, 7pm

SoDown @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Dreamers Delight, Krushendo Frameworks Live @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins, 7pm w/ Amani (of Desert Dwellers), Koresma b2b Feverkin, Andrew Rothschild Monster Magnet @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Electric Citizen, Dark Sky Choir Guilty Pleasures @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm Michigan Rattlers @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm w/ Shovelin Stone Suicidal Tendencies @Summit – Denver, 6pm w/ Madball LaRissa Vienna and the Strange @Marquis Theater – Denver, 7pm w/ Spiral Cell, Signs and Signals, EverIgnite

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Infected Mushroom Live @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Dynohunter, Moon Frog Audic Empire @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Red Sage and Special Guests Drive-By Truckers @Washinton’s – Ft. Collins, 6pm w/ T. Hardy Morris K?D @Gothic Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Graves, Motoko The Glitch Mob @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Elohim

Drive-By Truckers @Washinton’s – Ft. Collins, 6pm w/ T. Hardy Morris Mystic Braves @Surfside7 – Ft. Collins, 9pm w/ The Creation Factory Primus @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Crown Lands Assuming We Survive @Marquis Theater – Denver, 7pm w/ Rivals, Riot Child, Tonight We Rise, Rain In July Kyral x Banko @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ Fiyah, LowPro, Kases, Badger

Mystic Braves @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm w/ The Creation Factory, Vic N’ the Narwhals, Danny Dodge & the Dodge Gang

Monday, October 8th

Angra @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm

Can’t Be Satisfied: Blues Night @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm

Autograf @Summit – Denver, 8pm w/ Yung Bae, Blu J

Fickle Friends @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm w/ Bulow, Rumours Follow

Primus @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Crown Lands

Jessie J @Gothic Theatre – Denver, 9pm w/ Ro James, Kiana Ledé Whethan @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Alexander Lewis, Yoshi Flower Soccer Mommy @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm w/ SASAMI Against Me! @Summit – Denver, 8pm w/ Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, A Giant Dog Tigers Jaw @Marquis Theater – Denver, 7pm w/ The Sidekicks, Cherry Michael Nau & The Mighty Thread (Cotton Jones) @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ Erin Rae The Score @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm w/ The Orphan, The Poet, birthday

Wednesday, October 10th Soccer Mommy @Downtown Artery – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ SASAMI CBDB and Wild Adriatic @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins, 7pm w/ Vintage Pistol The Dead South @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Whiskey Shivers, Del Suelo

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Owl City @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Matthew Thiessen & the Earthquakes Bullet For My Valentine @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ We Came As Romans, Bad Omens Natalie Prass @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 7pm w/ Stella Donnelly

Thursday, October 11th Reel Big Fish - The Tickle My Tiki TOURch @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Ballyhoo!, We Are The Union Dirt Monkey @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 6pm w/ DMVU, SubDocta The Dead South @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Whiskey Shivers, Del Suelo Karl Blau @hi-dive – Denver w/ Porlolo

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SYML @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm w/ Dizzy Palisades @Marquis – Denver, 7pm w/ Dayseeker, Savage Hands, Colony Collapse

Friday, October 12th Skydyed @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins w/ Special Guests The Mallett Brothers Band @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins, 7pm w/ David Burchfield and the Fire Guild The Church- Starfish 30th Anniversary Tour @Washington’s – Ft. Collins, 6pm Riot Ten @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Krimer, Carbin, Fransis Derelle Paradise Lost @Gothic Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Solstafir, The Atlas Moth

SOCCER MOMMY Wednesday, October 10th at Downtown Artery, Ft. COllins, CO

Chris Lake @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm Tove Styrke @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm w/ Au/Ra Fat Nick @Marquis Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Bexey, DJ Scheme, Teddy Wild Adriatic + CBDB @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ Deliciosa

Saturday, October 13th Shakedown Street (Grateful Dead Tribute Show) @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm Skizzy Mars: The Are You Ok? Tour @Aggie Theater – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Goody Grace, Kid Quill Revyve @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins w/ Genetic Concepts, ScotFree and More Stumble Monkey @ Key Largo Lounge, Greeley

St. Paul & The Broken Bones @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Black Pumas Noah Cyrus, @Summit – Denver, 8pm w/ Maty Noyes The Hollow @Marquis Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ The Trujillo Company, Bitter Suns, Thousand Frames Kessel Run @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ Boulder Sound Lab, Xoa

Sunday, October 14th REIGNWOLF @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Bones Owen Alina Baraz @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Lolo ZouaÏ Meeting House @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm w/ Spooky Mansion, The Ephinjis Future Generations @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ Zuli, Whiskey Autumn SG Lewis @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm

Monday, October 15th Austin Lucas @Surfside7 – Ft. Collins, 9pm Rhye @Gothic Theatre – Denver , 8pm w/ Your Smith Eden @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Kacy Hill The David Mayfield Parade @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm w/ The Maykit, Branson Anderson

Tuesday, October 16th Booker T. Jones @Washington’s – Ft. Collins, 6pm w/ Mama Magnolia BANNERS @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ The Brummies

Tom Morello @Gothic Theatre – Denver, 8pm Phora @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm The Lituation @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm A Place To Bury Strangers @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm w/ Kraus, cindygod Yoke Lore @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm

Wednesday, October 17th Kyle Kinane @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins w/ Alex Hooper Necropanther @Marquis Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Last Word, We Are William, VSCRL, In The Varient

Thursday, October 18th Minnesota @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, 6pm w/ Esseks and Special Guests Four Fists (P.O.S x Astronautalis) @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins w/ Shiftee, Angel Davanport, and Special Guests Milo Greene @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Sharaya Summers Jain @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Drama Chief Keef @Gothic Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Lingo Nation, MiKEMiNDED, J Krupt x Cascade Delucci, The Ape Kyle @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Marc E Bassy, tobi lou American Grandma @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm w/ Short Shorts, Cuckoo

Friday, October 19th Saints Of Never After @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm w/ Soon To Be Titans and more

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Start Making Sense (Ultimate Talking Heads Tribute) @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Special Guests Agent Orange & U.K. Subs @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins, 7pm w/ Guttermouth

Abhi the Nomad: American Alien Tour with Harrison Sands @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ Harrison Sands

Saturday, October 20th

Polyphia @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Hail the Sun, CoVet

Demun Jones @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm w/ Long Cut, A-Hopp, Charlie Farley

Real Friends @Gothic Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Boston Manor, Grayscale, Eat Your Heart Out

Wookiefoot - 20 Year Anniversary Shows @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ That 1 Guy

Pan Astral Single Release @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm w/ Motion Trap, Double Sun

Israel Nash @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm w/ Kyle Emerson

Joshua Hedley @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm w/ Kelsey Waldon

Four Fists (P.O.S x Astronautalis) @Marquis Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Shiftee, Angel Davanport

Tycho @Summit – Denver, 8pm MyChildren MyBride @Marquis Theater – Denver, 6pm w/ Secrets, Earth Groans, Capture, Half Hearted

Dog Fashion Disco (Acoustic Set) @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm

DEMUN JONES Saturday, October 20th at Moxi Theater in Downtown Greeley

Sunday, October 21st Gold Route w/ The Letdown @ Moxi Theater - Greeley, 8pm Dead Soft @Sufrside7 – Ft. Collins, 9pm w/ Bitter Suns STRUNG OUT @Gothic Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ The Bombpops, Counterpunch, Plasma Canvas

The Sheepdogs @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm w/ Calvin Love C.W. Stoneking @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm w/ The Sam Chase & The Untraditional, Sierra Ferrell, in/ PLANES Stick To Your Guns @Summit – Denver, 8pm w/ Emmure, Wage War, Sanction

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@Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm FIDLAR @Gothic Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Dilly Dally, Side Eyes Kamasi Washington @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Victory Dragondeer vs. Bowie @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm w/ Def Knock, The Milk Blossoms Joyce Manor @Summit – Denver, 8pm w/ Vundabar, Peach Kelli Pop

THE BURROUGHS Friday, October 26th at Moxi Theater in Greeley

Mom Jeans. @Marquis Theater – Denver, 8pm Just Friends, Awakebutstillinbed, Old Sport

Family & Friends + Animal Years @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins w/ Whitacre

Bells Atlas @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm

The Flatliners @Surfside7 – Ft. Collins, 9pm w/ Came & Took It

Monday, October 22nd

Ekali @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Slumberjack, Jaron

Years & Years @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Cyn POND @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm

Mayday Parade @Summit – Denver, 8pm w/ This Wild Life, William Ryan Key, Oh, Weatherly

Peach Pit @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ Sun Seeker

Mo Lowda & the Humble @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ Kind Hearted Strangers

Noah Kahan @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm w/ Dean Lewis

Darwin Deez @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm w/ Soren Bryce

Tuesday, October 23rd

Thursday, October 25th

Colony House @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ The New Respects

Project Pat @Downtown Artery – Ft. Collins, 8pm

St. Lucia @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Arkells

Julian Marley & The Uprising @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Special Guests

Hobo Johnson & The Lovemakers @Summit – Denver, 8pm

Mo Lowda & The Humble @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins, 7pm w/ Native Station, Race To Neptune

Wednesday, October 24th

The Damned @Gothic Theatre – Denver, 8pm w Radkey, The Darts

Teton Gravity Research - Far Out, presented by REI @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, 8pm

Fathers + Muscle Beach Tour Kickoff @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm w/ NightWraith, Limbwrecker Family & Friends + Animal Years @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm The Flatliners @Marquis Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Poor Me, Came and Took It Creature Canopy (EP Release) @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ Rocket Surgeons, Specific Ocean

Friday, October 26th The Burroughs Moxi Halloween Extravaganza @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm w/ Graham Good & The Painters, Trash Cat Orgone @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ The Jive Tribe Eric Hutchinson

Today’s Paramount @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ LOG, Mr. Knowitall

Saturday, October 27th One Flew West @Downtown Artery – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Compass & Cavern, Slow Caves Nightmares On Wax Live Band @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins w/ Earth Like Twins, Jimeni HIRIE @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins, 7pm w/ Tenelle, Lowtops - Woman Come First Tour Dave and Devol of Greensky Bluegrass @Washington’s – Ft. Collins, 6pm w/ Tyler Grant Trio, May Erlewine ORGŌNE @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm

w/ Krisiun, Soreption, Sar Isatum Roo Panes @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm

Wednesday, October 31st 3OH!3 and EMO NITE - The WANT House Party Tour @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, 8pm WhiteWater Ramble @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins w/ Taylor Scott Band

Holy Wave

The Widow’s Bane - Halloween Ball! @Washington’s – Ft. Collins, 6pm

Wednesday, October 31st at Surfside 7, Ft. Collins

Spafford @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm IAN SWEET @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm Young Jesus Dragondeer vs. The Dead @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm w/ Dog City Disco Brian Fallon @Summit – Denver, 8pm w/ Craig Finn

Whitacre @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ The Solid Ocean, A Brothers Fountain

Sunday, October 28th Hoobastank @Gothic Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Secondhand Serenade The Blaze @Summit – Denver, 8pm

Active Bird Community @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ Shannen Moser

Tuesday, October 30th Black Moth Super Rainbow @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ The Stargazer Lilies Suffocation & Cattle Decapitation @Gothic Theatre – Denver, 8pm

Holy Wave @Surfside7 – Ft. Collins, 9pm w/ Sugar Candy Mountain, Serpentfoot Carl Broemel of My Morning Jacket @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Steelism The Joy Formidable @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm w/ Tancred Itchy-O @Summit – Denver, 8pm

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