By Boulder Weekly Staff - Jun. 5, 2024

Found Sounds: May 2024

May felt like it lasted about two seconds, but if you listen closely you can still hear it. As we officially kick off the summer, join us for a look...

By Alan Sculley - May 29, 2024

High country

When Brooks & Dunn saddled up for what they billed as their “Last Rodeo” farewell tour in 2010, they really meant it as a final goodbye. But now the iconic...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - May 29, 2024

Concerts: May 30-June 5

Bassist, vocalist and funk-prog virtuoso Thundercat is the main event on the first night of the inaugural Outside Festival at Denver’s Civic Center Park on June 1. Other acts include...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - May 23, 2024

Concerts: May 23-30

English avant-pop act The Japanese House comes to Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre for a two-night run with Maggie Rogers, May 27-28. The project of singer-songwriter Amber Mary Bain takes...

By Alan Sculley and Jezy J. Gray - May 22, 2024

Eye of the tiger

The 1990s may be most closely associated with the grime of grunge and the rise of radio hip-hop, but it was the sound of pre-Y2K country that got its hooks...

By Justin Criado - May 22, 2024

If it makes you happy

The close-knit members of Colorado Springs quartet Cabin saybeing queer in their hometown isn’t always easy. They hope to help change that. “Because we are a queer band and we...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - May 15, 2024

Concerts: May 16-23

Following last year’s headlining gig in Boulder, indie-pop standout Samia returns to the Front Range for an opening-slot show at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre on May 20. On the...

By Justin Criado - May 15, 2024

Late bloomer

Longtime Boulder singer-songwriter Duncan Coker has been honing his craft ever since he picked up his first guitar as a New Jersey teenager four decades ago. It was a Fender...

By Kelly Dean Hansen - May 8, 2024

Moving mountains

Nearly two decades ago, a 12,497-foot peak in Colorado’s Never Summer Mountains was officially named Mount Mahler to honor the Austrian post-romantic composer. Colorado MahlerFest, the annual Boulder event dedicated...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - May 8, 2024

Concerts: May 9-16

ON THE BILL: After canceling last year’s world tour due to frontman Stuart Murdoch’s recovery from an illness, Scottish indie-pop OGs Belle and Sebastian make their triumphant return to Colorado...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - May 2, 2024

Concerts: May 2-9

Following his 2022 smash Boat Songs and last year’s debut live album, MJ Lenderman and The Wind bring the rising star’s country-fried guitar rock to the Front Range from Asheville,...

By Lindsay Temple - May 1, 2024

‘Loud bark, deep bite’

Marisa “Missy” Dabice recalls a Pablo Picasso drawing that distills her philosophy on the expression of desire. In it, a nude man and woman are depicted mid-coitus while a peculiar...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - May 1, 2024

Found Sounds: April 2024

April is the cruelest month, as “tortured poet” T.S. Eliot once wrote — and here in the People’s Republic, it belonged to Taylor Swift. It’s no surprise to see her...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Apr. 24, 2024

Concerts: April 25-May 1

ON THE BILL: Austin singer-songwriter Caroline Rose heads to Boulder’s Fox Theatre on April 27 in support of her Grammy-nominated fifth LP, The Art of Forgetting, out now via New...

By Jeremy Duke - Apr. 18, 2024

A different beast

Jesus Piece vocalist Aaron Heard acknowledges that times have changed. On the Philadelphia-based metalcore band’s current tour supporting 2023’s …So Unknown, the frontman told Boulder Weekly he doesn’t expect to...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Apr. 17, 2024

Concerts: April 18-25

THURSDAY, APRIL 18 4Tell. 6 p.m. Bricks on Main, 471 Main St., Longmont. Free Variety Show: And Now… Featuring. 6 p.m. Trident Booksellers & Cafe, 940 Pearl St., Boulder. Free...

By Jezy J. Gray - Apr. 17, 2024

Lean on me

There’s an old saying of dubious origin you’ve probably heard before, and it goes like this: If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far,...

By Justin Criado - Apr. 17, 2024

North by northeast

If you’re thinking about a road trip to the Fort Collins Music Experiment (FoCoMX) on 4/20 weekend, sifting through the extensive festival lineup of more than 350 Colorado artists playing...

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