By Boulder Weekly Staff - July 9,2024

Concerts: July 11-17

ON THE BILL: Since assembling in the windy city in 1997, Eric D. Johnson’s outfit, Fruit Bats, has held it down as a versatile institution of indie rock, traversing sounds from the...

By Ana Gavrilovska - July 9,2024

Not playing favorites

When Portland indie-rock duo Quasi released their 2013 album Mole City, they thought it might be their last — but life has a way of asserting itself. To wit: the...

By Justin Criado - July 9,2024

Metal for misanthropes

Pallbearer brought doom metal back from the dead. The gloomy subgenre born from the low-and-slow riffs of Black Sabbath had become redundant and tired by the early 2000s, as dozens...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - July 1,2024

Found Sounds: June 2024

Brat Girl Summer is in full effect on the Front Range. Charli XCX’s hyper-pop dancefloor masterpiece finished high in last month’s rankings of the bestselling new vinyl releases at Paradise Found...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - June 12,2024

Concerts: June 13-19

ON THE BILL: Following last week’s release of Santa Cruz, the third LP in the “musical memoir” of singer-songwriter David Bazan, the celebrated musician brings his long-running slowcore emo project...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - June 5,2024

Summer Sonics 2024

Kick out the jams — summer is back, baby! When it comes to live music during the hot months, there are few better places to be than Colorado. Acts from...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - June 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 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 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 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 - April 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 Boulder Weekly Staff - April 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 - April 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 - April 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...

By Adam Perry - April 17,2024

Record setter

Martin Banks fell in love with records through DJing. More than two decades later, the 44-year-old computer programmer from Birmingham, England, opened his tiny Vinyl Café record shop in Longmont...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - April 10,2024

Concerts: April 11-18

ON THE BILL: Following last fall’s sold-out show in Boulder, The Mountain Goats return to the Front Range for a two-night stint with celebrated Nashville singer-songwriter Katy Kirby at the Gothic...

By Justin Criado - April 10,2024

Get real

Katie Pruitt wears her heart on her sleeve, and you can hear it beat in her music. Even after releasing two deeply personal records, the 30-year-old singer-songwriter from Atlanta is...

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