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THE BALTIC Archipelago

Noel Billups

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These days, there seems to be no shortage of new psych rock bands that are worth checking out, and today that band is The Baltic. Hailing from good ol’ Denver, Colorado, the band is comprised of drummer/ singer Graham Epstein, guitarist/ vocalist Adam Dankowski, guitarist Ari Kononov, and bassist Josh Kaplan who have been playing together since high school. They are a force to be reckoned with having just recently signed a record deal with Misra records and releasing their trippy new EP: Archipelago.

Opening up the EP with a proper introduction is the appropriately

named track, “Turquoise”. With spacey guitars and vocals and a drum beat that will make a baby boomer reminisce about Woodstock, the track sounds like how it feels when those four tabs of acid you took earlier finally kick in as you descend down the rabbit hole and into the EP. Following the opening track is a driving pop tune entitled “Bloom”.

This song is a little different as the band experiments with different textures like flutes and sweeping resonant filters on the drum fills.

Instead of lush chords, most of the guitar work is based around counter melodies over a bass line that could drive a bus. The band lays it back right smack dab in the middle of the album with a sweet tune called “San Francisco” that features acoustic guitar and what sounds like a mellotron. This song is the strongest and most well written on the EP with potential to be a popular single.

What’s impressive about this band is their ability to use different textures to their advantage without going overboard. Fans of Tame Impala, the Strokes, and the like will enjoy. Overall Archipelago is a well put together EP and a strong label debut.

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ROY CATLIN & THE DUDES Was It Life?

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Roy Catlin and the Dudes abide.

“I’ve always been interested in the concept of fate because I believe there are two sides to it. I believe there’s side you can control and that side is your thoughts and actions. The way you think and act can definitely have an effect on your fate for better or worse. I also believe there’s a side of fate you can’t control and have to learn to accept.”

We sat down with Roy Catlin and the Dudes’ very own, Roy Catlin, to discuss the release of his latest EP, Was It Life?. Recorded at Hahn Audio in Aurora, Colorado by Taylor Hahn, these tracks were intended to be unique from anything else the group had ever created.

“We wanted this EP to be different sonically than anything we had done in the past so we decided to switch some things up and record a rock album, but using only acoustic guitars as the rhythm tracks,” says Catlin. “Michael Kinney (drums) wrote all of his drum parts for the record just based off of acoustic demos I would send him and our guitarist Joel spent a lot of time finding

a way to fit his style around my acoustic guitar at our practices.”

The three-track EP takes the listener on an introspective journey, each song dancing around a new theme of bouts an individual can have with themselves in their own mind. Starting the record of is a song called “The Future” This track focuses on how one must accept their past in order to progress into the next steps of life.

The next track, “”Pawn,” takes on a darker theme. It deals with the cycles we go through in life that hold us back whether it be addiction, self doubt, or any other detriment that keeps you from attaining your true purpose,” says Catlin. Additionally, this track features up and coming rap artist Big Koast.

The final and title track of the EP deals with one’s destiny. “It’s about coming to a point in your life where your whole past makes sense in regards to the person you have become,” Catlin states.

“Life constantly puts us through ups and downs and sometimes we

have to experience things we may not like going through, but as long as you know who you are in your mind and heart and continue to stay true to your path you’ll end up exactly where you need to be.”

This EP is just the beginning for Roy Catlin and the Dudes. “Right now our main focus is playing live as much as possible and refining our performance. We’re continuing to write and grow as a band and friends and I’m also in the process of setting up my own home studio from which we will self produce and engineer or next release. We’re constantly striving to become better musicians and to challenge each other in whatever we pursue with this project and we plan to continue in those habits.”

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BRYAN THOMAS Burn It To The Ground

Jay Wallace

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While we’ve reviewed our fair share of country albums here at BandWagon, Denver-based singer Bryan Thomas is the first artist we would compare 100 proof whiskey; while casual listeners probably won’t gravitate to it, but for someone looking for something “harder,” this is it. While there are hints of country, Burn It To The Ground,

it is undeniably Southern Rock.

Thomas doesn’t possess the typical twang/drawl of a country singer; his voice is more of a guttural growl filled with the kiss-my-ass attitude you would more associate with hard rock/metal singers.

Thomas tried his luck in Nashville a few years ago, saying he “tried to get famous and failed miserably.”

When he returned to Colorado, he decided to go on tour with his band, in a roadie/extra singer capacity.

“We got a lot of buzz about us,” Thomas says, “So we started the full-blown project again, and it’s been lights out the last year. It took us one year to get a Nashville management company on board, and in 30 days of getting them signed, national radio and all the good stuff.”

Their breakout hit from the album is “Burn It To The Ground,” is a party anthem that sounds closest to what’s on mainstream country radio. Still, this is not a traditional, mainstream country album, at least

in terms of sound and attitude.

While the album is heavier than most, “Movin’ On” and “The Long Goodbye,” showing off Thomas’s more emotional side. These songs on another artist’s album would easily be ignorable, but given that they’re surrounded by Thomas’s more hard-edge work, they have more punch than they usually

would. Again, this album possesses a kiss-my-ass attitude, so if you’re wanting a country music album with a kick, Bryan Thomas’s Burn It To The Ground is the album for you.

For more information, visit www.bryanthomasmusic.com. Furthermore, if you ever get the chance to see them live, do it.

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After 10 years in New York, Bright Silence singer Kevin Johnston returned home to Colorado to make the biggest leap of his music career yet. Fortunately for music listeners, he came bearing gifts – namely the winsome nine-song LP Time Is New, set to release on July 22nd.

The album, four years in the making following the group’s eponymous 2012 release, was cultivated from years of Big Apple hustle and sacrifice. “New York is vibrant and amazing,” Johnston explains, “but it’s a bitch to survive financially and get anything creative done. You have to make it your life – prove to yourself and the community you belong.”

Setting his sights on performing music full-time, Johnston packed up his apartment last year and headed out on a European tour, eventually landing in Germany for a three-month stretch and crashing where he could. The peripatetic lifestyle would eventually inspire Johnston to dedicate himself fulltime to writing, recording, and raising funds for the new record. The result is as wide-eyed and optimistic as you would hope from a songwriter pursu-

ing a dream.

Time Is New wastes no time engaging ear drums, proffering the powerful “Least Resistance” from the outset. The tidy twoand-a-half-minute vignette of galloping drums, ascending choral melodies, and almost western portamento guitars evokes golden rolling hills and the whimsy of middle America.

Even as the final refrain rings out, one can’t help but yearn for a frontier to explore.

The rest of the album follows the path blazed by its opener, layering clever effects-laden guitars, dense synth pads, and big sing-a-long choirs that frequently lift Time Is New into pure moments of rapture. The songs, though well-appointed through Alex Lipsen’s slick production, still maintain a sense of closeness and relatability. “It’s an attempt to bridge the gap between a rock show and my more intimate sets,” says Johnston.

“This one feels more like me.”

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It’s So EASY TO GET LOST

By Kyle Eustice | BandWagon Magazine lying Lotus (real name F Steve Ellison) came from a musical background. As the

great-nephew of the late jazz pianist Alice Coltrane and saxophonist John Coltrane, it quite literally was ingrained in his DNA. Music, however, wasn’t his first love.

“At first, I used to draw pictures,” Ellison says. “I used to draw a lot; things that I would see. I would draw comic book characters like Ninja Turtles and Ghostbusters. I was really into drawing and animation. I used to make flipbooks. I used to take art classes and was really into it for a while, and really wanted to pursue animation and cartoons.

That was a dream to me.”

Ellison’s family was supportive of his pursuit of art and other creative endeavors. Growing up in the Winnetka area of Los Angeles, he had an older cousin who was starting to make music at his house. He was like an older brother to the then 14-year-old Ellison.

“He had a computer back in the day, the old Apple IIC computer,” he says. “He was making music that was kind of trance meets metal, maybe like soul rock. It was trippy [laughs]. He had a little studio in his house and I would always go over there to play his video games, but he’d be playing music and showing me stuff. Eventually he was like, ‘Yo man, why don’t you make a track? Make some music.’ He would put these machines in front of me and eventually he

saw I got kind of cool at it and he bought me one. It was on ever since.”

Inspired by fellow Los Angeles resident Dr. Dre, Ellison gravitated towards that melodic, West Coast hip-hop sound Dre and Snoop had made famous with 1992’s The Chronic. It was the release of Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle in 1993, however, that ignited Ellison’s passion for beatmaking.

“Dr. Dre was the man,” he says.

“It was so cool that he was from LA, as well. I saw some connection to him. The Snoop Dogg record was my shit when I was a kid. Doggystyle was my record right there. Hearing beats that were melodic was different. You didn’t hear that before that shit came out and it was amazing. I wanted to do that with my music. When I got my hands on a machine, I was trying to do that.

It was pretty good for a 14-yearold [laughs].”

Despite his sudden love affair with music, he still wasn’t completely convinced that was his path. As soon as he graduated high school, he decided to attend film school after discovering filmmakers such as Wes Andersen, Quentin Tarantino and the Cohen brothers.

“I was really into films and was watching a lot of independent films,” he recalls. “That shit changed everything for me so I started pursuing that. I wanted

to make movies. I really liked it, but it was such a strange art form. Going to school for it was really fucked up for me. I don’t know. It seemed like the right idea at the time.”

Ellison left film school, but not before linking up with a friend there named “Strange Loop.” He got Ellison back into making music and soon, Flying Lotus blossomed.

“That’s how it all happened,” he says. “I started making beats and stopped going to the History of Film class [laughs]. The music thing kind of took off by accident, well, not completely on accident, but I didn’t think it would ever be what it is.”

Collaborations with Erykah Badu, tracks with Kendrick Lamar and Snoop Dogg, dinner with Dr. Dre, working on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, and sold out shows with Nas have all happened.

“It was weird,” he continues (albeit trepidatiously). “I haven’t really told anyone publicly this whole story. These are some things I kept to myself [pauses].

I met Dre and I almost cried,

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“The weirdest thing for me and the most full circle thing was I got Snoop Dogg on my album,” he says. “That’s the coolest shit and I got to have dinner with Dre. I was getting drunk at the bar and getting all emotional. I was like, ‘Fuck that, don’t cry right now. Keep drinking [laughs].’ man. I was literally my 14-old-self again. I was seeing my kid self. It was weird. He was telling me his kids put him onto me [laughs]. That shit’s crazy to me. I was telling myself like, ‘This is too much. Just keep drinking’ [laughs].”

That career-defining moment still resonates with Ellison. It was a turning point, almost like a confirmation he had “made it,” although his music has always spoken for itself. While he’s often boxed into the hip-hop/electronic category, he’s evolved into much more and his music selections prove his vast sea of musical knowledge. As he began making a name for himself, people started coming out of the woodwork from the most unexpected places. Math rock band Battles invited him to play a festival in England, Mac Miller asked him to produce the track “SDS” off of his 2012 album Watching the Movies with the Sound Off and Erykah Badu came calling to co-direct her video for “Gone Baby, Don’t Be Long.”

When working with a particular artist, Ellison only has one requirement—every collaboration has to happen organically.

“I never really try super hard to get an artist,” he says. “I don’t want to be that guy that’s always knocking on people’s doors. You know how it is. There are those people that are like, ‘Retweet me, retweet me. Check me out.’ I don’t want to be that guy. If it makes sense then I will try to pursue if I believe it to be a good idea, not because ‘oh this person’s hot right now. Let me try to get some notoriety by getting on a track with them.’”

Ellison’ last record, 2014’s You’re Dead, was nearly the antithesis of what to expect from a FlyLo record—it’s

wild with the jazz influences. Perhaps it’s the touch of fellow jazz enthusiast Thundercat (Stephen Bruner) or remnants of Ellison’s ancestors creeping into his work; either way, it jumps out at the listener like a pack of exploding Black Cats.

“It all started off as kind of a joke with me and Thundercat,” he explains. “We always work on stuff.

We’ve been listening to jazz a lot.

We listen to George Duke, some crazy jazz. We’re like, ‘Let’s go there.

Let’s do some other shit and just kill everything [laughs].’ So we just kept saying ‘oh you’re dead.’ That was the joke. Then we were like, ‘Wait, what’s the music going to be like?’

That’s when the record turned.

“At first it was going to be this complete jazz record, but I wanted more than that,” he says. “Then it became my record. It took its own shape. At the heart of all the songs, I wanted them to be death songs, I guess [laughs]. It revealed this journey and it felt like this progression, and what I imagined death to be like.

“I can feel when I have to make music,” he adds. “When that happens, it’s like a flurry of ideas; ten tracks will come out, or maybe more or less. It’s like a creative, energetic burst. That’s probably my favorite time of year. But literally I’m the happiest guy on the planet when I’m creating.”

Flying Lotus with Bassnectar, Lupe Fiasco and Wu-Tang Clan, July 29-30, at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Denver, 5 p.m.Tickets start at $49.50. Visit www.dicksportinggoodspark.com for more information.

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ON THE WAY

TAKES A TRIP TO THE MISH

By Kyle Eustice | BandWagon Magazine Comprised of founder/vocalist Michael Glabicki, bassist Patrick Norman, percussionist Liz Berlin, percussionist Preach Freedom, and guitarist Dirk Miller, the current incarnation of Rusted Root explore and execute almost every type of musical genre. This fact alone is what makes them so unique. African, Latin American, Native American, and other various forms of world music are injected into their material, which are sounds Glabicki sought out in the beginning stages of the band.

“I was very politically active in high school, Glabicki says. “I played little bit of music and ended up going to Nicaragua in ’87. Down there, a revolution had just happened. There was a lot of music, jazz and poetry on street corners. It got me excited there was this world that existed like that. It was just very creative.

So when I got back, I wanted to create something like that. I went to college for one semester, dropped out, started Rusted Root, and started writing music.

In Pittsburgh, we have the university here. They had a lot of cultural concerts going on and such. It was sort of all around. I had cousins who were in world beat bands and when I started writing music, I had my own vision of those sounds or the feelings of those sounds. So I pretty much locked myself up for awhile and started writing. I started auditioning musicians. I knew Liz from high school so I invited her down, she knew Patrick and

slowly it came together.”

As Rusted Root began to pick up steam and secure a fan base, they could not have predicted the impact of their sophomore album, 1994’s When I Woke.

The single “Send Me On My Way” was an insurmountable hit, although the group had a slight feeling they were on to something. They just didn’t realize their music would eventually have such a global impact. In fact, the “Send Me On My Way” has been used in several movies, including Matilda and Ice Age. “At that point, our following was really coming quickly and easily,” he recalls. “We knew we had something really special. As far as getting on radio, it was secondary to what I felt about what we’re doing and the audiences that we were turning on.”

Those audiences would prove to be invaluable. Rusted Root’s live show is integral to their longevity. The shows take on their own identities and often end up feeling more like a spiritual experience. You’ll see people singing along to every word.

“The live shows are the heartbeat of what we do,” he explains. “Everything revolves around that. When I write a song, I’m writing a song I can play to the crowd. When we arrange the music, we take direction from the audience on where we should go with the song. Our business revolves around the live show.

It’s everything to us. As far as the music

goes, once they are written, they slowly get a life of their own. People singing along to them is part of that process of that song becoming something out of our control. It goes out into the world and becomes a ritual. When I heard “Send Me On My Way” on Matilda and Ice Age, it’s like the song grew up and has a life of its own.”

While on the Rusted Root path, Glabicki became more and more enthralled with the production process, which resulted in Red Cloud, his studio.

“I’m kind of moving out of the space I was in and I’m going to build a place out by where I’m living so it’s a little closer and more secluded,” he says. “I’m still producing and engineering records. I’m doing some stuff for different artists in town. I’m thinking about branching out and producing records. I surprised myself by how good the material came across.

It was just really wild because I’m always producing Rusted Root, but producing somebody else is so much easier because you’re not running back into the booth, playing guitar and singing and running out. It was really, really easy. I want to do more of that and start doing some national acts to see where it goes from there. I’ve studied under some of the best producers and engineers in the world. I was always the student watching what they did and asking questions.”

At one point, Glabicki also considered a solo career and was even contemplating

putting out his first solo record, but it never happened. Instead, Rusted Root is concentrating on its expansive catalog and touring around the festival circuit.

“I’m not sure what I’m going to do with the solo thing,” he admits. “I think it’s hard because I put so much time into the Rusted Root material and writing the Rusted Root stuff that it always feels like there’s not enough energy to do both.

I’ve been trying to do the solo thing for a while, but the solo stuff ends up being Rusted Root material. I guess in a way I feel like, ‘Why do I need to the solo thing?’ Rusted Root was my first band I put together. I don’t feel like I have to create another identity. I spend so much time touring with Rusted Root, I want to be singing songs about things that are important to me every night and take very different directions with the bands, too because you don’t want to stay with the same sound you had 20 years ago. So the best way to do that is to write from the heart. It’s easy to think, ‘Oh this is my solo project,’ write songs and go, ‘Ok, maybe this is for Rusted Root.’ It’s a really easy way to clear my mind from the past.”

Rusted Root and Toad the Wet Sprocket with Guest Luke Wade, July 15, at Mishawaka, 13714 Poudre Canyon Rd., Bellvue, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $32.50. Visit www.themishawaka.com for more information.

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By Jay Wallace | BandWagon Magazine

Rodney Barnes, ceramist and President of Madison & Main Gallery came up with the idea for a Bike Show, similar to a car show, six years ago. He said he was trying to fill a void.

“Adam Davidson, founder of ‘The Greeley Revolution,’ was leaving town for grad school,” Barnes said by email.

“Greeley Revolution organized Thursday night bike rides, Alley Cat Races, Bike Battle 1 and Bike Battle 2. Others riders were leaving town as well. Many of us were riding and assembling fixed gear bicycles. The first bike show at our gallery was a fixed gear bike show. The show is now an All Bike show. Much like a car show, people bring their bikes and we look at each others’ rides.

People love their bikes!”

The Bike Show is back this year on July 1st, accompanied by a Bicycle Art Show the same night and preceded by a screening

of The Rider And The Wolf, a documentary on deceased Colorado rider and builder Mike Rust, at The Kress Cinema on June 30th. This is the third year for the Bicycle Art Show, which features a collaboration between local artists Joe Lee Parker and Armando Silvia.

“Armando had a piece in the art show last year and Joe brought his ‘Ambient Live’ performance to Bike Show 5,” Barnes said.

“Both were well received.

This year they will collaborate. I’ve had this idea brewing for a couple years. Armando will do a Tribute Painting honoring the accomplishments of Mountain Bike Hall of Famer Mike Rust, A.K.A. Mike The Bike. Joe will provide musical accompaniment for Armando’s live painting creation.”

Barnes, originally from Yonkers, New York, said he’s been riding most of his life; he’s ridden in Greeley

for 46 years. Along with assembling his own fixed gear bikes and participating in Bike 2 Work Greeley for years, he also learned to ride a High Wheeler, also known as a Penny Farthing. The specific bike Barnes used was built by Mike Rust, the subject of The Rider And The Wolf. Rust disappeared in 2009, and it wasn’t until June 21st this month that his remains were identified after they were discovere in April in Saguache County.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation announced an arrest warrant for Charles Moises Gonzales, who’s serving time in jail in Canon City.

“Wade Veazy, owner of Subculture Cyclery in Salida,” he said, “has allowed me to bring one of the High Wheelers built by Mike Rust and Don McClung (Colorado Cyclery) to Bike Show 4 and 5. It is a thing of beauty and a beast to learn to ride.

I have come to know Mike thru stories and riding his High Wheeler. Mike was such a good rider he rode High Wheelers in Ride The Rockies. Something I will never do!”

The Rider And The Wolf will be screening at The Kress Cinema on June 30th at 7 p.m. Bike Show 6 and Bicycle Art Show 3 will b?e taking place at Madison & Main Gallery, located at 927 16th Street, July 1st from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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By Kyle Eustice | BandWagon Magazine

Before Jr. Jr. was unmistakably on the main-stream musical radar, multiinstrumentalist Daniel Zott was still living in grandmother’s basement, where the duo actually recorded 2010’s reinterpretation of The Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” off their first EP, Horsepower.

Along with musical partner Josh Epstein, Zott established the original incarnation of the group, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. in 2009. The Beach Boys have always been a big influence on the Detroit natives.

“I think they do this particular thing the best that we always aspired to do, which is write something that feels complicated and complex, but simple enough to sing along with,” Epstein explains.

It took awhile for them to realize they were on to something special, but within a year of forming, publications like Rolling Stone, SPIN and Under the Radar were paying attention. Epstein, however, took a little more convincing.

He initially chalked it up to “dumb luck,” but the truth was the music they were making was strikingly good.

“The first moment when I noticed something special was happening was when I brought some songs home Daniel and I had worked,” he explains.

“I got this reaction I’d never gotten.

They were over-the-top positive about it. It dawned on me they had been lying to me that everything else I had done before had been good [laughs].”

After Horsepower, the duo followed with a second EP that same year, My Love Is Easy: Remixes Pt.1 and a third in 2011 titled We Almost Lost Detroit.

Shortly after, they secured a deal with Warner Bros. Records and released their first full length album, It’s A

Corporate World. It was full of eclectic pop songs bursting with unbridled creativity.

The most alluring aspect of Jr. Jr. is their rebellious nature and refusal to stick to any particular formula. Each album is like an evolution of their artistry.The Speed of Things followed in 2013, which featured the single, “War Zone.” The legendary Paul Simon had a hand in the fine-tuning.

“Our A&R guy knew Paul Simon,” Epstein explains. “He sent him the song and Paul sent us back his production notes. It’s just an honor to know that he’s even heard our music.”

In 2015, the duo released its third full-length, Jr. Jr., and also announced they were formally dropping “Dale Earnhardt” from the band’s name.

“When we first started, we wanted the name to just be crazy so we could make the music we wanted to make and feel like we had this freedom to be outlandish,” he explains. “The name just became the focal point of everything. We felt it was getting in the way of us connecting with people and felt more like a distraction. It became like another member people were always asking us about, so we decided to drop it.”

Jr. Jr. released the first single off the new album in July 2015 to critical acclaim. Titled “Gone,” it was polished and sonically courageous, making it seem like Zott and Epstein have finally

found their niche. Epstein’s hope is to reach people all over the world, not just in their hometown of Detroit.

“Having Motown be a part of our fabric has informed our musical, melodic sensibilities,” he says. “Both Daniel and I try to look at music more as a universal tool. As much as we love Detroit, being from Detroit and all that Detroit has to offer, we always wanted out music to be able to reach people elsewhere, like Barcelona and Lichtenstein. I don’t even know where that is, but I hope we can reach someone there [laughs].”

At this point, Jr. Jr. is having fun exploring the possibilities music brings them. They don’t have to worry about sticking to any type of formulaic sound—they can create whatever they want. In fact, Epstein was on his way to a warehouse in Detroit to record somebody who knows how to play the marimbas for their fourth full-length album, which they’ve already started working on. While he wasn’t too sure about the release date, it should be out sometime early next year.

Whatever they create, it’s genuine, pure and something they feel they need to produce.

“I don’t think our fans expect anything from us and we change things up all the time,” he says. “It might be a little confusing for people at times, but I think that’s the beauty of it.”

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CONCERT CALENDAR Friday July 1st Van Wholen (80’s Rock Tribute) @ Moxi Theater, Greeley­–8pm w/ Open Fire Thomas Rhett @ The Greeley Stampede Greeley–8pm w/ Kory Brunson Band Hog MaGundy Album Release Party @ Hodi’s Half Note, Fort Collins­ –8pm w/ Midnight North featuring Grahame Lesh Relix and Organic Alternatives Present: Fiyo on the Mountain w/ Dumpstaphunk & Eric Krasno Band @ Mishawaka Amphitheater Bellvue–6pm w/ Moves At Midnight NME (No More Excuses) Album

Release Show @ Marquis Theater, Denver–7pm w/ The Hollow, The Born Readies, Poor Me, and Mollie Ralston’s Revenge Dark Star Orchestra @ The Ogden Theater, Denver–7pm Live Nation and AEG Live Presents: Beats Antique @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–5:30pm w/ Shpongle, Alex and Allyson Grey, That 1 Guy

Saturday July 2nd Kirko Bangz @ Moxi Theater, Greeley–7pm w/ Special Guests TBA Vince Neil of Motley Crüe @ The Greeley Stampede Greeley–8pm w/ Vixen

xavier rudd Sunday July 3rd @ Mishawaka Amphitheatre

Senorita Sometimes @ Downtown Artery Fort Collins–8pm w/ Little Vicious and The Symbols

Xavier Rudd @ Mishawaka Amphitheater, Bellvue–6pm w/ Dustin Thomas

InAeona @ Marquis Theater, Denver–7pm w/ Kill Minus Nine, FACES UNDER THE MIRROR, and Blakk Mantra Umphrey’s McGee @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–5pm w/ Dweezil Zappa

Umphrey’s McGee @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–5pm w/ Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, The Main Squeeze

Bandits @ Larimer Lounge Denver–8pm w/ Blanket Empire, Meeting House

Sunday July 3rd Kingdom of Giants @ Moxi Theater, Greeley - 7pm w/ The Panoramic, Iridium Chris Janson @ The Greeley Stampede Greeley–8pm ft. Earl Dibbles Jr. Life At Risk Entertainment Presents: “Self Independents” ft. Life at Risk Ent., Freaky Zeaky, P.S.A., Miss Rice, and more @ The Pit Greeley–8pm

Monday July 4th Blues Traveler @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–5pm w/ Thompson Square, Uncle Kracker, Sam Palladio

Tuesday July 5th The Queers / The Defects @ Marquis Theater, Denver–6pm w/ Frontline Attack, Assault and Battery, The Kaotix, and 4 Minute Warning Flight of the Conchords @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–7pm w/ Special Guests TBA The Baltic (EP Release) @ Larimer Lounge, Denver–7pm Turvy Organ Marti and The Dads

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w/ Analog Son and Punch Drunk Munky Funk Otherwise @ Marquis Theater Denver–7pm w/ Sons of Texas, Shallow Side, and Astreya Global Dance Festival ft.

Above and Beyond @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–5pm w/ 12th Planet, Brillz, Cash Cash, Four Color Zack, Fransis Derelle, Jack Novak, Jackal, Slumberjack

Hotel books Wednesday July 6th @ Moxi Theater in Greeley

Wednesday July 6th

Thursday July 7th

Hotel Books @ Moxi Theater, Greeley–7pm w/ Hearts Like Lions, Underseer, Anterrior, Harkener

Hypnotic Vibes @ Moxi Theater, Greeley - 7pm w/ Captain Squeegee, MISCOMUNICADO, Gabe Kubanda, Poets & Wolves

Grass Fed Mule @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins–8pm w/ Special Guests Taste of Chaos ft. Dashboard Confessional and Taking Back Sunday @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–4:30pm w/ Saosin, The Early November The Sheepdogs @ Larimer Lounge, Denver–7pm w/ The Patient Zeros

Mickey Avalon @ The Aggie Theater Fort Collins–8pm Four Score Hero @ Marquis Theater, Denver–7pm w/ The Sleights and Wow! Signal

Friday July 8th Honey Island Swamp Band @ The Aggie Theater Fort Collins–8pm

w/ We Dream Dawn and Home Fried Boogaloo Live Comedy @ Syntax Distillery, Greeley - 7pm w/ Mara Wiles, Nate Brown The Falcon @ Marquis Theater, Denver–7pm w/ The Copyrights, Sam Russo, and Mikey Erg Global Dance Festival ft. Knife Party @ Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison–5pm w/ Dash Berlin, Autoerotique, Boombox Cartel, Bear Grillz, Phutureprimitive, Terravita, Troyboi

Jesse R.S. @ Larimer Lounge, Denver–7pm w/ Hamhock, Mitchal Evan & The Mangrove, Will Crossland (of Digg)

Sunday July 10th SWMRS @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins–7pm w/ Partybaby and Dog Party Shatterproof Tour Kickoff Show @ Marquis Theater, Denver–7pm w/ Racing On The Sun, Never Let This Go, Saints of Never After, and This Broken Beat

Dead Winter Carpenters @ Larimer Lounge, Denver–7pm

Global Dance Festival ft. DJ Snake @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–5pm w/ Anna Lunoe, Ephwurd, Hermitude, Malaa, Skydyed, Tritonal, Unlike Pluto, W&W

Saturday July 9th

Monday July 11th

Lee DeWyze @ Moxi Theater, Greeley -8pm w/ Bre & Benji, Esai Sanchez

Intronaut @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins–7pm w/ Entheos, Moon Tooth, and Chieftain

Pimps of Joytime @ The Aggie Theater Fort Collins–8pm w/ Special Guests

Tuesday July 12th

The Grippe @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins–8pm w/ Special Guests

KGNU Presents: The Temperance Movement @ Marquis Theater, Denver–8pm w/ The Stone Foxes

Wookiefoot @ Mishawaka Amphitheater Bellvue–6pm

Twenty One Pilots @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–5:30pm

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Phoebe Ryan @ Larimer Lounge, Denver–7pm w/ Cardiknox, Secret Weapons

Wednesday July 13th Beefcake from Gwar @ The Pit, Greeley–7:30pm The Plot in You @ Marquis Theater, Denver–6:30pm w/ Erra, Sylar, invent, animate, and Enemy In I The English Beat + Soul Asylum @ The Ogden Theater, Denver–7pm Twenty One Pilots @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–5:30pm

Alexander Jean @ Marquis Theater, Denver–7pm w/ Chloe Tang and Kaia Kena Galactic and Boombox @ Red Rcoks Amphitheater, Morrison–6:30pm w/ special guest Pimps of Joytime

Friday July 15th Shakedown Street: Tribute to the Grateful Dead @ Moxi Theater, Greeley - 8pm Kutt Calhoun @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins–8pm w/ Whitney Peyton, Sincerely Collins, MRDR, Skitzo, and Loctavious

Thursday July 14th

DJ Avalon @ Downtown Artery Fort Collins–8pm

Shwayze @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins–9pm w/ Shelton Harris, Prinz Spadez, and Jerney

Rusted Root & Toad the Wet Sprocket @ Mishawaka Amphitheater Bellvue–6pm w/ Luke Wade

Al Scorch @ Downtown Artery Fort Collins–8pm

Spawnbreezie @ Marquis Theater, Denver–7pm w/ House of Shem

Stephen “Ragga” Marley @ Mishawaka Amphitheater Bellvue–6pm w/ Jo Mersa Marley, Rica Newell, Ranoy Gordon, Rochelle Bradshaw

Streetlight Manifesto @ The Ogden Theater, Denver–7pm w/ Kemuri and Dan Potthast

kutt calhoun & WHITNEY PEYTON Friday July 15th @ Hodi’s Half Note in Fort Collins

The String Cheese Incident @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–5:30pm w/ Tauk Love Thy Chopper Preparty @ Larimer Lounge, Denver–7pm w/ Ol’ Hickory, Randall Conrad Olinger

Saturday July 16th Shaun Mercier (of Fresh Crew) @ Moxi Theater, Greeley - 8pm “Whitney Young Manor” Album Release w/ Special Guests House of Bass Presents: DIESELBOY @ The Aggie Theater

Fort Collins–8pm w/ Knives, facePUDDLE, Dak-Attack, and Counterfeit Rainbow One Click Presents: “Lavish Nights” w/ Starving Youth, Thin Air Crew, DJ Kosmo, DJ Full Metal @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins–8pm Dark Sermon @ Marquis Theater, Denver–7pm w/ Exalt, Arkaik, and Singularity (AZ) 97.3 KBCO and Twist & Shout Present: Rusted Root / Toad The Wet Sprocket @ The Ogden Theater, Denver–7pm

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The String Cheese Incident @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–5:30pm w/ Kamasi Washington Mitski @ Larimer Lounge Denver–7pm w/ Japanese Breakfast, Jay Som

Sunday July 17th DJ True Justice @ The Pit Greeley–7pm w/ Equipto, Vocab Slick, and DJ Gabe Soda Jerk Presents: Candlebox @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins–6pm w/ Lullwater and Temple Agents Abandoned By Bears @ Marquis Theater, Denver–7pm w/ Save The Lost Boys The String Cheese Incident @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–4:30pm w/ Hot Rize

Monday July 18th Sufjan Stevens @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–6:30pm w/ Rhye

Tuesday July 19th KGNU and Twist & Shout Present: Woods @ Marquis Theater Denver–7pm Channel 93.3 Presents: Eagles of Death Metal @ The Ogden Theater Denver–7pm w/ The Beaches Joe Bonamassa @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–6:30pm

Jonny lang Saturday July 23rd @ Mishawaka Amphitheatre

Wednesday July 20th The Stubby Shillelaghs @Moxi Theater, Greeley - 8pm w/ Ben Pu, Megan T Grass For That Ass Fort Collins Presents: Cranford Hollow @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins–9pm They Might Be Giants @ The Ogden Theater Denver–7pm Portugal. The Man @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–6pm w/ Glass Animals

Thursday July 21st These Jokes Are For You @ Moxi Theater, Greeley - 8pm Live Comedy w/ Patrick Richardson Brother Scoo Presents: An Evening with Buckethead @ The Aggie Theater Fort Collins–8pm Dan Hubbard and Dave Tamkin @ Downtown Artery Fort Collins–8pm

Droplitz Album Release @ Marquis Theater, Denver– 7pm w/ Morpheus, Antandra, Shaman, Jhaeda, and Seen Halsey @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–7pm w/ Oh Wonder

Friday July 22nd The Bright Silence @ Moxi Theater, Greeley - 8pm Live Comedy @ Syntax Distillery, Greeley - 7pm w/ Jason Keyes, Kyle Pogue Protoje with Raging Fyah @ Mishawaka Amphitheater Bellvue–6pm

King FOE @ Marquis Theater Denver–8pm w/ Rob4Real, U.T.I.C.A, and Sid Madrid The Motet @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–6pm w/ Medeski Martin & Wood, Vulfpeck

Saturday July 23rd Bryan John Appleby @ Downtown Artery Fort Collins–8pm Jonny Lang @ Mishawaka Amphitheater Bellvue–6pm w/ Guthrie Brown

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Stumble Monkey @ Moxi Theater, Greeley - 8pm Purple @ Marquis Theater Denver–7pm The Avett Brothers @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–6:30pm w/ Gary Clark Jr.

Saturday July 30th Helvetia, Plum, and Slow Caves @ Downtown Artery Fort Collins–8pm

Edison Friday July 29th @ The Artery in Ft. Collins

Ironhorse (A Tribute to Widespread Panic) @ The Aggie Theater Fort Collins–8pm w/ Special Guests EVE 6 @ Marquis Theater Denver–7pm w/ OZ, Christina Holmes, Amzy Greensky Bluegrass @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–5:30pm w/ Leftover Salmon

@ Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison–6:30pm

Monday July 25th Soda Jerk Presents: Atlas Genius and Bear Hands @ The Aggie Theater, Ft Collins– 7pm w/ Special Guests

Tuesday July 26th

Sunday July 24th

JR JR @ Moxi Theater, Greeley–7pm w/ Special Guests TBA

EVE6 @ Moxi Theater, Greeley–7pm w/ Oz, Christina Holmes , Undeclared

Killer Queen @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–6:30pm

Michael Kirkpatrick & Elise Wunder @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins–7pm w/ Antonio Lopez Face @ Mishawaka Amphitheater Bellvue–4pm School of Rock All Stars @ Marquis Theater Denver–6pm Chris Botti and Joshua Bell w/ the Colorado Symphony

Wednesday July 27th Dolly Parton @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–6:30pm

Thursday July 28th Late Night Radio @ The Aggie Theater Fort Collins–8pm w/ SoDown, Miss Jaedha, TwoScoops, and Cezbot

New Madrid @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins–8pm w/ Special Guests The Avett Brothers @ Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison–6:30pm w/ Nahko and Medicine for the People

Friday July 29th SpokesBUZZ Presents: An Evening with Edison ft. dinner

by Juli y Juan @ Downtown Artery Fort Collins–5pm w/ Maxwell Hughes (formerly of The Lumineers)

Lights and Music’s “Drake vs.

Kanye” @ Marquis Theater Denver–8pm The Avett Brothers @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–6:30pm w/ J Mascis

Sunday July 31st Ryan Bingham @ Mishawaka Amphitheater, Bellvue–5pm w/ The Americans The National @ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–6pm w/ Real Estate

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