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Day: Wednesday (August 6)
Who: Hello Kavita
Where: Hi-Dive
Why: They’ve been named the number one band in Denver by 5280. We also put them in the year’s top 10 favorites.What else do you need to know?
Cost: $6
Listen: Hello Kavita

Day: Friday (August 8 )
Who: Brightblack Morning Light
Where: Larimer Lounge
Why: Their music is a rather unique brand of ethereal hippie trance with some weird elements of earthy soul and folksy funk.
Cost: $10 adv/ $12 day of
Listen: Brightblack Morning Light

Day: Saturday (August 9)
Who: Blue Million Miles (CD release)
Where: Hi-Dive
Why: The Denver Post says they play “uniquely Western, windblown indie rock.” Sounds interesting. Plus, Wayward Panties is listening to the album and will give a review shortly.
Cost: $6
Listen: Blue Million Miles

So, normally we do this on Mondays, but we saved ourselves because the one thing truly worth seeing this week is the DPUMS! Straight from the mouth of babes, or um, Ric Baca here is why you should find yourself on S. Broadway this weekend:

Friends. If you love music, you love local music. And so here’s the deal. The UMS is this weekend, Friday and Saturday! The UMS - short for the Underground Music Showcase - is the coolest music festival in Colorado, for multiple reasons. Here are just a few.

1. One wristband gives you access to more than 100 local bands over two days, Friday Aug. 1 and Saturday Aug. 2.
2. That’s right, ALL of our bands are LOCAL. And they’re all great, too.
3. We have 20 official venues, from rock clubs to theaters, rug shops to church sanctuaries, parking lots to skate ramps, clothing stores to print shops.
4. The UMS is totally DIY - as in do-it-yourself. It’s run completely by volunteers.
5. The bands, however, get paid! 100 percent of the ticket sales go to the artists!
6. Did I mention we’ll have Tetris and Rock Band tournaments? Seriously, Saturday night at 8 p.m. in the Pair-O-Dice Poolroom, upstairs at the Skylark Lounge. (Old-school video games, too, so practice up on your Super Mario Bros!)
7. We’re totally walkable! Most of our venues are on a five-block stretch of Broadway - so you can catch some of this band, some of that band, and then go see another one in the same hour. (The one non-walkable venue is Herman’s Hideaway, and we’ll have a free shuttle heading there from UMS HQ.) It’s like SXSW, sans the Austin humidity.
8. Wristbands are only $20. That’s 100-plus bands, lots of DJs and comedians (and crafting demos and art exhibitions and film screenings) for only $20. Two days worth of entertainment for a Jackson - what a steal!
9. We did say comedians! The Comedy Works Stage at Sobo 151 will be raging on Saturday night with comics from the Comedy Works and Wrist Deep Productions.
10. Film, too. The good folks at the Denver Film Society are screening a beautiful copy of the Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense” at an undisclosed outdoor festival location. It’s going to be epic.
11. All the non-music stuff is going to own. Even the crafting workshop is punk rock - “Punk Rock Patch Embroidery,” brought to you by Nichole and April of Denver’s very own Sew Mates. (2 p.m. Saturday at Fancy Tiger Craft.) You’ll also wanna keep an eye out for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Photo Booth outside the Skylark Lounge, brought to you by UMS presenting sponsor Gigbot. Snap your own pic, and then grab it off the web later on - your own piece of the UMS.
12. Denver sorely lacks a solid gospel brunch, and the good men at 3 Kings Tavern are out to remedy that - for UMS weekend only! Your UMS wristband gets you into see the Velvet Elvis Gospel Brunch on Sunday for free, with $1 pancakes cooked by a king and $5 bottomless mimosas (and cheap bloody marys) slung by their courtships!

For schedules, news, line-ups, maps, tickets and more: WWW.DPUMS.COM Go there now and buy your tickets. Really, go!

Day: Monday (July 21)
Who: The Watson Twins
Where: Hi-Dive
Why: These girls sing raw, melancholy, intimate songs. With a new release sans Jenny Lewis it’ll be interesting to hear how they’ve changed.
Cost: $12
Listen: The Watson Twins

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Day: Monday (July 21)
Who: Hello Kavita and Dan Craig
Where: Larimer Lounge
Why: Hello Kavita was just named best Denver band by 5280. For the reals, both of these performers are amongst my favorite in Denver. It’ll be a night of very pretty, very melancholy music.
Cost: $10
Listen: Hello Kavita
Dan Craig

Day: Tuesday (July 22)
Who: Dizzee Rascal
Where: Cervantes
Why: This British hip-hop artist performs raw, guttural, urgent rhyming using a plethora of influences.
Cost: $22
Listen: Dizzee

Day: Wednesday (July 23)
Who: Soulico
Where: The Walnut Roon
Why: This Tel-Aviv based DJ crew is known for fusing Israeli music with contemporary American hip-hop. Sounds exciting.
Cost: $8
Listen: Soulico

Day: Thursday (July 24)
Who: Matson Jones
Where: Bluebird Theater
Why: Two cellists, an upright bass and a drummer make up one of my favorite bands ever. Who even knows the last time they played or when they’ll do it again in Denver?
Cost: $10
Listen: Matson Jones

Day: Saturday (July 26)
Who: The Knew CD release
Where: Hi-Dive
Why: It’s sure to be a rollicking good time with the bluesy rock these fellows play. Plus the new CD is fantastic. Just ask Megan.
Cost: $6
Listen: The Knew

Day: Tuesday (July 15)
Who: Feist with The Golden Dogs
Where: The Fillmore
Why: You all know all about Feist, but The Golden Dogs are worth seeing on their own with their high-energy pop sensibilities.
Cost: $30
Listen: The Golden Dogs

Day: Wednesday (July 16)
Who: Film on the Rocks features Ukulele Loki and the Gadabout Orchestra this week (movie is Labyrinth)
Where: Red Rocks
Why: Besides an awesome display of Bowie’s package, the band is a local favorite with shows made of vaudeville, burlesque, tubas, glockenspiels, puppets, belly dancers, aerial dancers and depression-era sounding music.
Cost: $12
Listen: Ukulele

Day: Thursday (July 17)
Who: King Khan
Where: Larimer Lounge
Why: tongue-in-cheek lyrics, unpredictable live shows, genuine psych and soul music - what more do you need?
Cost: $10 adv/ $12 day of
Listen: King Khan

Day: Friday (July 18)
Who: Porlolo CD release
Where: Hi-Dive
Why: To see a lovely guitarist and trumpet player whose songs “effortlessly meander from romanticism to heartbreak.”
Cost: $6
Listen: Porlolo

Day: Tuesday (July 8 )
Who: d. biddle
Where: Hi-Dive
Why: Besides being one of my favorite Denver bands, d. biddle is playing with Constantines and Ladyhawk which is sure to be an awesome show.
Cost: $10 advance/ $12 day of
Listen: d. biddle

Day: Wednesday (July 9)
Who: Journey
Where: Fiddler’s Green
Why: Because we all secretly like to sing Don’t Stop Believin’. And they’re playing with Heart. And Cheap Trick. We’re not even kidding.
Cost: $25 - $125
Listen: Journey

Day: Friday (July 11)
Who: Barcelona
Where: Gothic Theater
Why: To hear piano-based melodic songs played well.
Cost: $10 adv/ $13 day of
Listen: Barcelona

Day: Saturday (July 12)
Who: The Epilogues (CD release)
Where: The Marquis Theater
Why: Emotional and explosive electric rock
Cost: $8 adv/ $10 day of
Listen: Epilogues

Day: Monday (June 16)
Who: Crystal Castes
Where: Cervantes
Why: They play electro remixes by everyone from Bloc Party to Uffie to Klaxons at high volumes. Sounds like a party
Cost: $15
Listen: Crystal Castles

Day: Wednesday (June 18 )
Who: Little Pieces
Where: Hi-Dive
Why: They’re known for “writing wonderfully off-kilter yet oddly beautiful pop songs.”
Cost: $6
Listen: Little Pieces

Day: Friday (June 20)
Who: The Presidents of the United States of America
Where: Gothic
Why: Come on. You know you can sing all the words to Peaches. And they have songs that are way better than that.
Cost: $20
Listen: Presidents

Day: Saturday (June 21)
Who: DKBC All Stars Party
Where: Hi-Dive
Why: It may not be live music, but it’ll be a helluva party!
Cost: $Free

Looks kind of like a locals-only week…

Day: Monday (June 9)
Who: Slim Cessna’s Auto Club
Where: Larimer Lounge
Why: Throe-inducing, down-home blue-grass music.
Cost: $15
Listen: Slim

Day: Friday (June 13)
Who: d. biddle CD release
Where: Hi-Dive
Why: I can’t imagine a better way to spend a spooky Friday the 13th than at d. biddle’s CD release. Plus you get the CD for free with paid admission.
Cost: $10
Listen: d. biddle

Day: Saturday (June 14)
Who: (die) Pilot CD release
Where: Hi-Dive
Why: They make songs that sound like life,death,love,loss,and hope. Quite a lot of ground to cover.
Cost: $8 adv/ $11 day of
Listen: (die) Pilot

Sorry I’ve missed a lot this past week dear readers. Work can do that to a girl. Anyway, here you go…

Day: Tuesday (June 3)
Who: Ladytron with Datarock
Where: The Gothic
Why: It’s electro-pop at its best.
Cost: $22.50
Listen: LadyTron

Day: Friday (June 6)
This day is a tough call lovelies. You can see Ian Cooke at Old Curtis Street, Hearts of Palm at the Bluebird or Paper Bird at the Hi-Dive. What’s a local music lover to do?

Day: Saturday (June 7)
Who: Autovaughn
Where: The Toad Tavern
Why: I saw these kids rock it last year at Monolith. This is your chance.
Cost: Free if you visit here
Listen: Autovaughn

Day: Sunday (June 8 )
Who: “The raddest lineup ever” - lots of good locals including my favorite EAOD.
Where: Larimer Lounge
Why: It’s an all day BBQ with the some of our best bands. Why wouldn’t you go?
Cost: $5 -$8, depending on who you know
Listen: EAOD

Day: Tuesday (May 27)
Who: Dresden Dolls with Ukulele Loki
Where: Ogden Theater
Why: The Dresden Dolls’ music defies explanation and classification. You just have to hear it.
Cost: $25
Listen: Dresden Dolls

Day: Wednesday (May 28)
Who: Death Cab for Cutie
Where: Red Rocks
Why: Come on. It’s Death Cab. At Red Rocks.
Cost: $40
Listen: Death Cab

Day: Thursday (May 29)
Who: d. biddle
Where: Hi-Dive
Why: They say they “compose their music using folk, punk, and pop influences to create songs that are both sonically pleasing and culturally skeptical with abstract lyrics.” I say they do it well.
Cost: $8 adv/ $10 day of
Listen: d. biddle

Day: Friday (May 30)
Who: Hot IQs
Where: Hi-Dive
Why: It’s been a while since we’ve seen this fun pop trio. Perhaps they have some new songs up their sleeves?
Cost: $10
Listen: Hot IQs

Day: Saturday (May 31)
Who: Pela
Where: Larimer Lounge
Why: They play rock that is a little frantic and a little gruff with a whole lot of intensity. Plus Astrophagus is one of the openers
Cost: $8 adv/ $10 day of
Listen: Pela

**Alternate Saturday shows are Grand Archives at Hi-Dive, White Rabbits at the Bluebird and Bela Karoli at Old Curtis Street.

Day: Monday (May 19)
Who: Rilo Kiley with Spinto Band
Where: Ogden Theater
Why: Rilo Kiley is good, but this is really just another push to get you people to see Spinto Band. Seriously, go see them.
Cost: $23
Listen: Rilo
Spinto

Day: Tuesday (May 20)
Who: Sea Wolf
Where: Bluebird Theater
Why: As if Sea Wolf isn’t reason enough to go, opening acts are local favorites Hello Kavita and Bela Karoli.
Cost: $13
Listen: Sea Wolf

Day: Wednesday (May 21)
Who: Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin
Where: Hi-Dive
Why: It’s simple and infectious indie pop, regardless of the name.
Cost: $8
Listen: Boris

Day: Thursday (May 22)
Who: Tokyo Police Club
Where: Bluebird Theater
Why: They play a “relentless barrage of pummeling bass and drums, stabbing keyboards, and sheets of delayed guitar, peppered with furious handclaps and lively group vocals” and it rocks.
Cost: $15
Listen: TPC

Day: Sunday (May 25)
Who: Minipop
Where: Larimer Lounge
Why: These 2 girls and 2 guys make dream pop and they do it well.
Cost: $6
Listen: Minipop