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THE SYMBOLS Smile

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Chill. Charismatic. Mellow. Funky. Rocking? It’s hard to describe Smile, the latest album from Fort Collins band The Symbols, beyond saying it’s awesome. I’ve listened to this album over and over again and I honestly love it. I can’t say why, nor can I say what genre The Symbols are a part of. On their website, they describe themselves as “spiritual porn rock,” which is definitely one of the corniest descriptions I’ve read and does a disservice to what The Symbols do as a band. Imagine a three-piece rock band lead by a jazz/R&B singer, and that

is The Symbols. Mer Sal is the lead singer and bassist, and backing her up is guitarist Jasco (yes, that’s his name) and drummer Don Stahl. The trio formed in 2010 after they all ran into each other at a Fort Collins open jam. The Symbols list among their influence Amy Winehouse, Jeff Beck, Sheryl Crow, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and knowing that, much of their work on Smile makes sense. This album possesses an infectious, bouncy energy that’s conversely relaxing. You put this album on, and you smile. (I know that sounds corny, but it’s fucking true.) Sal’s high energy vocals and the guitar work of Jasco just makes you happy and chill. You can either bounce along with the music or you can relax on your couch in a state of euphoria while listening to it. I can only imagine how these guys are during a live performance. If they’re playing near you, I highly recommend seeing them live, but if you can’t, get Smile, throw it on, and just listen to it. You will listen to it again and again. If not… you’re probably dead inside. For more information on The Symbols, visit http://www.thesymbols.net.

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ANDERSON PAAK Malibu

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BandWagon Magazine When Kendrick Lamar released the first single for what would soon be To Pimp A Butterfly, “i,” my reaction was less than thrilled, fearing its toe tapping pop hook was a sign of things to come. In the case of the sophomore release from Anderson Paak, listening to the listless synths of “The Season / Carry Me” out of context from the album as a whole left me feeling much the same. Luckily, in both cases, I was wrong. But such is the danger when judging an album by its singles. In Under Pressure, Logic says that “making a single before your album is like putting together a trailer for a movie you have yet to shoot.” Paak clearly agrees, with his lead single keeping the cards very close to chest. Growing up in Oxnard, California, Paak came to music early in life, playing drums for the church his fam-

ily attended. He began producing as a teenager, releasing his first solo effort a little later while on tour with American Idol contestant Haley Reinhart under the pseudonym Breezy Lovejoy. After releasing the second and last album as Breezy Lovejoy, Paak released Venice in 2012, a vivid trap, filled with lusty lyrics and quick beats. Malibu marks the first solo effort from Paak in a little over 2 years, a collaborative EP with Knxwledge and roiling features on half of Dr. Dre’s Compton bridging the gap in between. If you think his work with Dre might influence the content following, you’d be right. Equal parts illustrious and excessive, genuine and humble, Malibu builds on the boozy charm of Paak’s debut, Venice, doubling down on atmosphere and lush, live instrumentation. Expecting a rowdy radio banger, I was surprised (and overjoyed) to be greeted by a sultry sonic safari, breezy funk roaming freely over the ambient expanse. “The Bird” plays like the opening fanfare to some psychedelic

PANIC! AT THE DISCO Death Of A Bachelor

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BandWagon Magazine The name “Panic! At The Disco” probably rings a bell, or maybe you’re a fan of the “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” creators. Well, the band that formed in early 2004 have just released their 5th

studio LP, Death Of A Bachelor. While the band that was started in Las Vegas with original childhood friends Brendon Urie, Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith, and Brent Wilson, the words “Panic! At The Disco” are now just another name for the sole remaining founding member, Brendon Urie. The album was recorded just before Urie’s marriage

stage production. While it’s predecessor (though thoroughly enjoyable) often felt cluttered under the weight of over zealous electronic sonic palette, Paak takes special care to keep his soundscape broad, not only in influence, but in scope. Evident throughout, it might be best displayed in the cavernous “Heart Don’t Stand a Chance.” In the first moments of the track, one could be forgiven for a moment of vertigo, falling through a cyclone of blustering percussion and keys. The entire record has an inherent movement, as if the instruments dance with their player. “Parking Lot” begins with flittering strings, and gives way to one of the more rousing rhythms on the record. The tune would fit just as well in a Kohl’s commercial as it would as the soundtrack to spaceflight. Beyond any critical examination, just as someone who loves music, I just fucking love this record, which may be the best sales pitch I could give, but I will say this. While young innovators drag hip-hop clawing and screaming out of the dreaded “Bling” era, and move us towards a more expressive, expansive genre, it would follow that the bustling beats and breezy vocals of the R&B scene would proceed it. Paak (and other artists like Frank Ocean or a couple years ago, and is now finally available for the world to listen. I would have to describe this 11-track as a major disappointment. Urie has stated in many interviews that he is a firm believer in change, and that is what the band has successfully done throughout each record up until DOAB. The band described the sound of this record as a combination of Queen and Sinatra, while also tying back to their original sound from their debut, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out. Luckily for them, they have managed to change their sound multiple times without completely alienating an entire audience. Panic! have changed their sound multiple times over the years. From effervescent to ‘60s style classic rock, to dark, hook-laden, synthpop anthems in their last album Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die, which they took a very sharp turn from. The goal of Death Of A Bachelor is trying to express a celebration of life changes, which the lyrics succesfully show, but the evereccentric, power pop duo (including Dallon Weekes) sees Urie’s powerful voice wielded like a hammer, sometimes inspiring a

Miguel) capitalize on this disturbance perfectly, evoking modern day hip hop producers, while playing with a old school palette. “Come Down” plays like an LL Cool J track produced by Neptunes-era Pharell, riding rails made of 808s and a bass line that is begging for a fight. Paak can occupy a combative headspace, and within the space of a couple minutes, dive head first into cool, sanguine optimism, like in “The Dreamer.” In a sample nestled between the final two tracks, the artist gives us his reckoning of his work: “I enjoy some of the old and I enjoy the new, and if I can find a balance between it, that’s where I find my satisfaction.”

mild headache. Panic! At The Disco are no longer your face painted emo boys. The radio hit, “Hallelujah”, was very successful for weeks after its release towards the end of summer, but each early released single after that just got worse and worse. The songs “Emperor’s New Clothes” and “Golden Days”, are simply just fillers to the album, while “”LA Devotee” is an annoying love letter to all things Los Angeles. I can truthfully say that the only song I enjoyed off Death Of A Bachelor is “House Of Memories.” This track managed to keep the original sound of Panic! while also creating the Sinatra-esque sound the band was aiming for. Overall, I am sad and disappointed with the final product, but I will be the first to admit that I am biased when it comes to this band, as I’ve gone the last ten years listening to and adoring the original sound of Panic! At The Disco.

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Irma Sandoval | BandWagon Magazine “Somos algo sólido difícil de romper, pero a la vez existe un espacio dentro donde ponemos todas nuestras ideas y sueños juntos.” Cuando los miembros de Roka Hueka llegaron a la ciudad de la milla alta no se imaginaban la gran aventura armoniosa en cual se embarcarían gracias al iniciador del grupo, Andy Gonzalez. En el 2013, le nació la idea de crear una banda de Ska Latino y anunció búsqueda de músicos en Craigslist. Los corazones de aquellos que se encontraron se basan de Chihuahua, El Salvador, Kansas City, Nueva York, Virginia y Ohio. Entre esta colectiva musical se encuentran Andy, vocalista, Blake Pendergrass, baterista, Ric Urrutia, bajista, Mario Rodríguez,

guitarrista y sonando la trompeta y el trombón, Matt Wilkolak y Hansen Millison. Cuando se les preguntó cuáles son sus influencias más fuertes reconocieron la diversidad desde el Ska clásico del maestro, Laurel Atkin a la energía musical de sus carnales de Panteón Rococo, al Jazz de Bela Fleck. Su género es Ska con fusiones de Reggae, Jazz, Rock y sonidos latinos que te hacen enamorarte y olvidar la presión y los problemas. Integran los temas de a diario como violencia, racismo, abuso de poder y generan conciencia a través de su música y voz. El grupo visita su cueva de ensayo cada semana para hacer nacer canciones. Di-

cen que disfrutan cada ensayo, lo viven y lo sienten, desde conectar todos los cables e instrumentos hasta la última nota que se escucha vibrar alrededor de esas cuatro paredes.” Su primer EP “En Vivo” incluye seis canciones como “Wave & Sound”, “Wrath of Skahn” y “Fantasma”, que “habla sobre las barreras que se crean alrededor del mundo, cuando no toman en cuenta la voz de quienes solamente quieren salir adelante y progresar, llenando su frente de sudor después de un día pesado de trabajo”. El 6 de febrero, con bandas de Denver y los seguidores que apoyan su movimiento, se juntaran en Rocket Space para celebrar su segundo aniversario ¡a lo grande!

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Bela Fleck’s love affair with the banjo began after hearing the

theme song of the 1960s classic television show, The Beverly Hillbillies. He didn’t know what the instrument looked like at the time because it wasn’t pictured during the show, but whatever it was, he knew he had to get his hands on one. “Something about that high tech but primitive sound really grabbed my attention,” Fleck explains. “I’m still trying to figure out why, since I was a New York City kid with no connection to folk or country music.” That’s just how he was. Nothing about him was really “typical,” not even his name. Born Béla Anton Leoš Fleck, the 57-year-old Grammy Award winning artist was immersed in music from the very beginning. His biological father named him after Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, Austrian composer Anton Webern and Czech composer Leoš Janáček, and his stepfather was a cellist. “I did get some classical influence around the house,” he says. “I enjoyed hearing that music, but didn’t really connect with it at the time. It didn’t seem to have anything to do with me personally. Later on, it did.” After receiving his first banjo as a gift from his grandfather in 1973, Fleck enrolled in New York City’s High School of Music and Art, where he studied the French horn, and studied the banjo under world-renowned banjoist Tony Trischka. After graduation, he went to Boston to play in the group Tasty Licks, which included Jack Tottle, Pat Enright, and Mark Schatz. He also released his first solo album, 1979’s Crossing the Tracks, and ventured head first into progressive

to me how risky it really was gonna be, I was totally committed and making a living.” Not only did he succeed in making a living, but he is considered one of the most prolific banjo players in the world. Over a dozen solo albums and 14 Bela Fleck and the Flecktones albums later, he’s reached another milestone in his life: making music with his wife. Fleck met fellow banjoist Abigail Washburn around 2007 and eventually married. They have one son together who is jokingly referred to as the “Holy Banjo Emperor.” At the moment, his primary focus is golf. We don’t understand it.” In between visits to the golf course, Fleck and Washburn managed to record an EP together titled Banjo, Banjo, receive two more Grammy Award nominations and set up a massive North American tour. It seems Fleck has finally met his match. “It feels truly great to get on stage with your life partner and have a blast with a room full of people,” he says. “When we come off, and we know we have really turned them on, and made them laugh as well, we can look at each other and feel proud. Also the chance to travel together as a family, and bring our little golfer everywhere with us, is living some kind of dream. It’s pretty amazing.” Whether they win the Grammy or not, there’s a sense they’re beyond awards and accolades. The most important achievement of their life together is clearly their son. “I think winning a bunch of them has changed things more than any one of them since the first one,” he says. “When the press can say I’ve been nominated X

“The Emperor can do what ever he wants, but we do like it when he plays his little uke banjo and sings,”

“It’s the thing I’ve cared the most about, in different periods in my life. bluegrass composition, blind to the risks of being in the music business. “I was so intensely focused on the music itself that I didn’t even consider practicalities until high school ended and I found myself looking for work,” he says. “I used my enthusiasm as a buffer to avoid thinking about the realities of the music life. By the time it had occurred

many times, and won X many Grammys, it makes it sound like you, the audience member, ought to come to the show. It’s not made me a less egotistical banjo player. It took having a son to do that.” Last year also took him to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, a long time tradition for Fleck. He talks about the love he has for the spirit of the audiences

in Colorado, which keeps him coming back. “There’s a serious pioneering spirit,” he says. “At an outdoor show, you know the weather is not going to repel anyone and that people will show up ready for the elements. And folks like that tend to like the adventurous, but earthy music I like to get involved in.” The moment Fleck gets the instrument into his hands and starts to work his magic, it’s easy to get memorized by his undeniable skill. In fact, he even has a hard time describing how much it means to him. “It’s been my reason to live,” he says. Now it’s rightly taken a back step, to make my family number one. It’s taken me from there to here, and here is pretty great. I love playing music with all of the wonderful musicians I am fortunate enough to interact with, including Abby. And the banjo is still the best instrument ever.” “It’s the thing I’ve cared the most about, in different periods in my life.

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Jed Murphy | BandWagon Magazine When Ft. Collins’ Americana band Lunde Station travelled to Portland, Oregon in October it was not to waste time. The point of the trip was to film a music video to their song “Burnside Bridge” on location and with only three days for the whole trip, they had a lot to get done and not a lot of space to do it in. “Burnside Bridge” was written by vocalist and rhythm guitarist Erik Lunde about his time living in Portland during the late ‘90s

where he would often find himself walking home late at night underneath the same bridge the song takes its name from. Lunde wrote the song in a flurry at the time, then he shelved it for almost 10 years until he formed Lunde Station in Ft. Collins. “A lot of Erik’s songs are a little more dark and I was like ‘we need a song that’s a little more upbeat,’” percussionist and vocalist Ryan Lennarston says. After looking through Lunde’s

extensive back log of original songs, “Burnside Bridge” stood out and would eventually form the basis for their EP Another Country. “Sonically, I was interested in creating a late ‘60s early ‘70s musical vocabulary,” says Lunde. Focused on getting the video shot in their time frame, the guys knocked out all the filming in one day. Using only an iPhone and the expertise of some very skilled editors, Lunde Station perfectly captured the essence of the song with a final product that is lighthearted and fun.

The real gem to come out of their trip though was the pit stop they made to the recording studio Type Foundry. Wanting something more than just the raw footage for their video to take home with them, they booked six hours in this legendary studio with producer Adam Selzer. Selzer has worked with an incredible list of musicians including M. Ward, She & Him, and The Decemberists just to name a few. On top of that, he happened to be the bus boy of the bar Lunde worked at during his time living in the city. Once again on a time crunch, the goal entering the studio was to showcase what the band was capable of live. “Water From Stone” is the band at their most epic. What begins with the familiar folk style of previous Lunde Station work soon explodes with southern rock licks and heavy percussion. This single is Lunde Station at their best. The finished product is professional and solid. Selzer’s production makes the track shine and unlocks a sound the band seems meant to have. If they could get ten more like “Water From Stone,” they would have an incredible album.

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Kyle Eustice | BandWagon Magazine “I was more upset about David Bowie’s death than I was about my own father’s,” Everclear frontman Art Alexakis says. “My father died a few days before Bowie. I felt like I knew more about Bowie and learned more from him than I did from my Dad. Bowie was a constant in my life.” Although that may sound a little harsh, it wasn’t said in a malicious way. He simply didn’t know his father. The song “Father Of Mine” was one of the Portland band’s biggest hits and accurately depicted the relationship he had with him, one that left Alexakis searching for strong male figures in his life. “I was a little boy in the ‘60s and ‘70s when ‘Space Oddity’ started playing on the radio and Ziggy Stardust emerged,” he recalls. “His ability to take something and make it his own was incredible. That was more of a lesson and he was more of a role model than my father was.” Alexakis didn’t exactly have the easiest upbringing. His father left when he was 6 and came to see him in Los Angeles once after his older brother George died from a heroin overdose when Alexakis was 12. His girlfriend committed suicide when he was 15 and he went to live with his dad for three months when he was 16, which didn’t work out so well. Eventually, he had to flee L.A. after getting caught with a gun. The path he was on was going to lead to either jails, institutions or death. It was just a matter of time. Thankfully, at the ripe age of 22, he decided to get clean and change his life. “I was shooting up a lot—coke and heroin—trying to work a regular job,” he says. “I wasn’t doing that very well. I got clean before, but kept drinking, then that go to

be a problem. I’m an addict so I put my energy into sex, power, anger, control—everything. I still did that after I got sober in 1989.” His moment of clarity came when a complete stranger said to him, “Man, you look like shit. Are you a drunk?” His immediate response was filled with expletives, but eventually he tracked the guy down and told him he needed to go to an AA meeting. The man got his coat and took him to one a half-an-hour later. “You know when it’s time,” he says. “I knew I was better than what I had been doing. I just stopped drinking.” At this time, Everclear was just getting off the ground. A month after he got sober, he went on tour, which wasn’t exactly conducive to staying clean. He was riding in a van with four drinkers, but insisted they keep their poisons away from him. He managed to stay on the wagon the entire time, even when they were playing in a lot of bars and temptation was all around him. “I had to stay focused and aware,” he says. “You have a disease other people don’t have.” His tenacity and razor-sharp focus worked. The ‘90s were strewn with Everclear hits. From “Santa Monica” and “Wonderful” to “Everything to Everyone” and “I Will Buy You A New Life,” Everclear was one of the decade’s greatest success stories. Alexakis knows it never would have happened had he not sobered up. That didn’t, however, mean life was perfect. He quickly traded drugs and alcohol for promiscuity. “There’s a reason I’ve been married four times,” he jokes. “I wasn’t just a bad boy, I was a horrible boy and I was really good at it. When you start selling records, that

opens doors that aren’t open for a lot of other people.” With 27 years of clean time under his belt, Alexakis has resurrected Everclear with 2012’s Invisible Stars and 2015’s Black Is the New Black, clearly a new chapter for the once self-destructive artist. “I’ve always felt this has been my project,” he says of Everclear. “I was always able to do what I wanted to do. It started off as this angry, alternative punk band, but as time went on, it got weirder and more poppy. Two years ago, I was watching a band play and I missed making just a bad ass rock album, no keyboards, all guitars.” A friend of his happened to have a studio and offered Alexakis the space to make a record so he got to work. After a year of touring, he had saved enough money to fund Black Is the New Black. One million streams and 10,000 copies later, it wasn’t exactly a huge success, but it didn’t flop and Alexakis got to make a record he loves. “It was a lot of work,” he admits. “It was like pulling a Mack truck through the eye of a needle sometimes, but it was worth it.” Today, Alexakis is more grounded, married to his fourth (hopefully last) wife and in a place where he’s not angry anymore. He’s still treated like rock royalty, but he’s got a solid grasp on that, as well. “It sounds like a Hallmark card, but everyone is just a person,” he says. “Everyone has similar needs. I just need a salami sandwich, a cigar and my wife. Sex is 10 times better with my wife. I’m much better off than 30 years ago when all I wanted to do was get fucked up, get in a fight and go fuck someone else’s wife [laughs]. I’m more than happily married. I’m a miracle in progress, working on it all the time.”

NO GOING BACK... BY KYLE EUSTICE | BANDWAGON MAGAZINE Although STRFKR’s Shawn Glassford grew up in the small, agricultural town of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, he was still exposed to a pretty healthy musical community. All of his friends were in punk or hardcore bands and would routinely put on shows in various dingy basements, basically whatever they could get their hands on. Glassford was fascinated by bands like Nirvana and Fugazi. It started in 5th grade when he got his hands on a copy of Nevermind. After that, all he wanted to do was play in a band. He got a guitar and the rest is history. After a move to Portland,

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Oregon, he eventually linked up with Josh Hodges and joined his band, STRFKR (Starfucker). The group’s fourth studio album, 2013’s Miracle Mile, finds the band in top form. Almost like a modern-day disco album, Miracle Mile is full of uptempo beats, ethereal keys and the whimsical musings of mastermind Hodges. Glassford delivers the bass lines, drummer Keil Corcoran keeps the rhythm and guitarist Patrick Morris completes the puzzle. Glassford took some time to talk about learning to play bass, the Portland scene and the word ‘f*ck.’

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BandWagon Magazine (Kyle Eustice): When did you learn to play bass?

Shawn Glassford: I played guitar all through my teens, then fell in love with playing drums and just did that mostly. I didn’t start playing bass until I moved to Portland. My friend had this crazy fantasy-themed costume band called Marmits. They needed a bass player so I tried it out. Did you have any family members into music growing up?

My brother moved out when I was in 4th grade, but I found a box of his stuff once with a Fugazi CD in it and they became one of my favorite bands, still to this day. My friends, of course, influenced me. That’s all we did was listen to and talk about music, play music and skateboard. Fugazi was huge for me actually, everything about them influenced me. There was so many amazing bands that shaped my taste and styles of playing, but ya Fugazi was definitely the biggest on different levels. How did you meet Joshua? My girlfriend, now fiancé, introduced us in the spring of 2007. I was just in Portland and it seems like there’s a pretty decent music community. How has living in Portland cultivated your career?

Portland was good for us. We could practice in our basements and back then rent was still cheap. All that rain helped keep us inside to work on projects. There’s definitely a very strong music presence and lots of crossover between different styles and circles. PDX POP NOW is a really

great all local festival. The lineup sort of sums up what’s happening in Portland music each year.

There was a lot of back and forth with your band name. Are you glad you decided to keep it? Yeah, I’m glad we stuck with it, I guess.Using the STRFKR spelling is fine. It’s just annoying that’s it’s still a holdup sometimes. Everyone hears and sees the word ‘fuck’ constantly; it’s everywhere. But for some reason we have people afraid of it all the time—promoters, festivals, and obviously radio. I don’t know. It’s all silly to me. What was the joke behind it? Josh just hated to music biz and everyone trying too hard to make it playing music. So he named his new project Starfucker to make sure it was never too serious and just be a band to play for fun. I guess that’s the joke now; it being our main careers in life so far. The music biz is rough. Do you think the internet makes it harder or easier to survive? It’s both really. Being able to immediately connect with your fanbase and being able to share anything you want makes it way easier, and being able to be discovered by new listeners on sites like Pandora has really helped. But it’s obviously way

harder to actually sell any records. And I think there’s just way too much music being released. Every piece of recorded music ends up on the internet these days and it’s all pretty much out there for free. It desensitizes people and makes it harder to appreciate the art. How important is touring? What do you loathe about it? I know there’s something! Touring has been almost the most important thing to us. It’s definitely been the reason we are where we are. We toured and toured and toured and toured and more and more people kept coming out each time, so we were able to sustain ourselves from it. There’s actually a lot to loathe about being on tour all the time. You’re away from your family and home constantly, you miss loved ones birthdays and holidays, sleeping proper amounts is rare, and you almost die a lot because you’re driving on the highway for half your day everyday. But we love it, too. There’s just as much good about it. I definitely don’t plan on stopping any time soon.

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CONCERT CALENDAR Monday February 1st Safetysuit @ Bluebird Denver — 8pm Mega Ran @ Lost Lake, Denver — 8:30pm w/ Adam Selene, An Hobbes Vinyl Mondays: DJ Howeird @ Hi-Dive, Denver — 9pm

Wednesday February 3rd Tyler Grant & Friends @ Hodi’s, Fort Collins — 8pm w/ Caribou Mountain Collective Queensryche @ Summit, Denver — 7pm w/ Meytal Cohen, Halycon Way The Toasters @ Marquis, Denver — 8pm w/ The Alcapones, The Plates

Byson Tiller @ Ogden, Denver — 9pm w/ Trey

CHRIS WEBBY Thursday February 4th @ Hodi’s Half Note in Ft. Collins

Open Mic Night @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley — 10pm Pink Talking Fish @ Aggie, Fort Collins — 9pm

People’s Blues Of Richmond @ Lost Lake Denver — 9pm

Thursday February 4th

Chris Webby @ Hodi’s Fort Collins — 7pm

BandWagon Magazine: Battle of the Bands @ Moxi, Greeley - 7pm w/ w/ Bach Hotel, Church of Lazlo, Poets & Wolves, Underseer HoneyHoney @ Bluebird, Denver — 8pm w/ Tallgrass Bob Maney Birthday Celebration ft. Wake Up and Live @ Aggie, Fort Collins — 9pm w/ Tatanka, MindState

Reverend Deadeye’s Broken Spirits @ Hi-Dive, Denver — 9pm w/ special guests Irish Session @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley — 7pm Tonight We Rise @ Marquis, Denver — 7pm w/ Signs & Signals, Take Shape, This Broken Beat

Friday February 5th Trae The Truth @ Hodi’s, Fort Collins — 8pm w/ BTB Be My Valentine @ Moxi Theater, Greleey - 9pm w/ DJ Machedellic, Brooklyn2Bigg

w/ Proximity and Flowalition Mike Gordon @ Gothic Englewood — 9pm Old Time and Blue Grass Jam @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley — 7pm Emancipator Ensemble @ Ogden, Denver — 9pm w/ Chrome Sparks

Monday February 8th Vinyl Mondays @ Hi-Dive, Denver — 9pm w/ DJ Cass and DJ Karien Olsson 10 Years / P.O.D @ Summit, Denver — 7pm w/ Dead Letter Circus, War of Ages Godspeed You! Black Emperor @ Gothic, Englewood — 8pm w/ Xylourtis White

Tuesday February 9th

Jess Glynne @ Bluebird, Denver — 9pm w/ Conrad Sewell

Bullet For My Valentine @ Ogden, Denver — 7:30pm w/ Asking Alexandria

STS9 : Sound Tribe Sector Nine @ Fillmore Denver — 9pm

Enforcer / Warbringer @ Bluebird, Denver — 8pm w/ Cauldron, Exomortus

Twond Di Nation Tour: Brillz @ Ogden, Denver — 9pm w/ Party Favor, Ghastly, Infuze

Wednesday February 10th

Saturday February 6th

The New Mastersounds @ Aggie, Fort Collins — 9pm w/ MarchFourth!, Diego’s Umbrella

Moves at Midnight @ Moxi Greeley — 9pm

Open Mic Night @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley — 10pm

Punch Drunk Monkey Funk @ Hodi’s, Fort Collins — 8pm w/ Andy Frasco & The U.N

Senior Jazz Recital @ Moxi, Greeley — 4:40pm w/ Miles Roth and Connor Terrones

Kap Slap @ Bluebird, Denver — 9pm w/ Brian Kramer, Pruitt

Dweezil Zappa @ Gothic Englewood — 8pm

STS9 : Sound Tribe Sector Nine @ Fillmore, Denver — 9pm Non Phixion @ Aggie, Fort Collins — 9pm

Thursday February 11th Midnite Mass: Keys N Krates @ Ogden, Denver — 9pm w/ Stooki Sound, Jesse Slayter

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Saturday February 13th BandWagon Magazine: Battle of the Bands - The Final Round @ Moxi, Greeley - 8pm w/ Gii Astorga, TBA Jeff Austin Band @ Bluebird, Denver — 8pm w/ Rumpke Mountain Boys Old Time and Blue Grass Jam @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley — 7pm

SILVER & GOLD Friday February 12th @ Moxi Theater in Greeley

Irish Session @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley — 7pm

MarchFourth! @ Gothic, Englewood — 9pm w/ Diego’s Umbrella, A-Mac DZ

Adelitas Way @ Marquis, Denver — 7pm w/ Failure Anthem, Through Fire, Eyeonattraction, Gravity Lies

Option4 @ Bluebird, Denver — 9pm w/ Rose Quartz

Futurebirds @ Larimer Lounge Denver — 9pm

Ween @ 1st Bank Center Broomfield — 8pm

The Dirty River Boys @ Marquis, Denver — 7pm w/ The O’s

Manic Focus @ Ogden, Denver — 9pm w/ Buku, Marvel Years, Modern Measure, Toybox

Ott @ Aggie, Fort Collins — 9pm w/ Templo, kLL sMTH, Moon Frog and Miss. Jaedha

Friday February 12th Silver & Gold @ Moxi, Greeley - 8pm w/ The Condors, Quentin

Ween @ 1st Bank Center Broomfield — 8pm Jeff Austin Band @ Bluebird, Denver — 8pm w/ Rapidgrass Quintet Dr. Dog @ Ogden, Denver — 9pm w/ The Bright Light Social Hour

Jack & Jack @ Summit Denver — 8pm

Sunday February 14th Decadon @ Bluebird, Denver — 9:30 pm w/ Paws, Tortuga, Spectral b2b Endo Edison @ Hi-Dive, Denver — 9pm

Ween @ 1st Bank Center Broomfield — 8pm Cradle of Filth @ Gothic, Englewood — 8pm w/ Butcher Babies, Neobliviscaris Metalachi @ Moxi, Greeley — 9pm w/ locals TBA My Naughty Valentine Party ft. Naughty by Nature @ Marquis, Denver — 8pm

Monday February 15th Islah Tour Part 2: Kevin Gates @ Ogden Theatre Denver — 9pm Gallows Bounds @ Marquis, Denver — 7pm w/ Saddle of Southern Darkness

Tuesday February 16th Reel Big Fish @ Aggie, Fort Collins — 8pm w/ Suburban Legends and The Maxies Metric @ Fillmore, Denver — 9pm w/ Joywave

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FREE with RSVP at http://bit.ly/comusiccon Featuring performances by: AJ Fullerton Band, American Blackout, Eldren, Gasoline Lollipops, Hello Dollface, Jack + Jill , Let Them Roar, Matt Mahern, Russick Smith, Split Window, The Hollywood Farmers, We Are Not a Glum Lot, Wiredogs, Yamn

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Neck Deep / State Champs @ Summit, Denver — 5:30pm w/ Knuckle Puck, Like Pacific Pickin’ On Dead @ Hodi’s Fort Collins — 8pm Troye Sivan @ Ogden, Denver — 8pm w/ Seinabo Sey, LANY Diane Coffee @ Lost Lake, Denver — 9pm

Wednesday February 17th Big Something & Caribou Mountain Collective @ Hodi’s, Fort Collins — 8pm

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Happy Camper Tour: Hoodie Allen @ Ogden, Denver — 9pm w/ SupaDupaKyle, Blackbear Heavy Dose DJs @ Hi-Dive Denver — 9pm Flesh God Apocalypse @ Marquis, Denver — 7pm w/ Carach Angren, Abigail Williams, Eye of Minerva, Helleborus

Thursday February 18th @ Moxi Theater in Greeley

Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds @ Aggie, Fort Collins — 9pm w/ special guests

Saturday February 20th Mandolin Orange @ Bluebird Denver — 9pm

Friday February 19th

The Budos Band @ Gothic Englewood — 9pm

Open Mic Night @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley — 10pm

Liquid Stranger @ Bluebird, Denver — 9pm w/ Space Jesus, Au5

Galactic @ Fillmore Denver — 9pm

Thursday February 18th

Billy Strings @ Larimer Lounge Denver — 9pm

Jonny Craig @ Marquis, Denver — 8pm w/ Heavy Hearts

Metalachi @ Marquis Denver — 9pm

Trauma @ Summit Denver — 7pm

The Budos Band @ Aggie Fort Collins — 9pm

Old Time and Blue Grass Jam @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley — 7pm

Mass Gothic @ Lost Lake, Denver — 9pm w/ Mazed Irish Session @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley — 7pm Billy Strings @ Hodi’s, Fort Collins — 8pm w/ The Whiskey Treats Jukebox the Ghost @ Bluebird, Denver — 8pm w/ The Family Crest Carolyn Wonderland @ Moxi Greeley — 7pm Prince Fox + Stelouse @ Larimer Lounge, Denver — 9pm w/ Said The Sky

Vance Joy @ 1st Bank Center, Broomfield — 8pm w/ Elle King, Jamie Lawson Meat Wave @ Hi-Dive Denver — 9pm The Lil’ Smokies @ Hodi’s Fort Collins — 8pm G. Love & Special Sauce @ Ogden Denver — 8:30

Logic @ Ogden, Denver — 7:30pm w/ Dizzy Wright

Primitive Man @ Hi-Dive, Denver — 8pm w/ In The Company Of Serpents, Spectral Voice, Wayfarer, Christworm, Modok, Deer Creek

Tuesday February 23th Lochness Mobsters @ Hi-Dive, Denver — 9pm w/ Dudebabes, Zebroids, Best Creeps Megadeath @ Fillmore Denver — 9pm Freakwater @ Larimer Lounge, Denver — 9pm w/ Jaye Jayle

Wednesday February 24th STRFKR @ Aggie, Fort Collins — 9pm w/ Com Truise

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Kris Lager Band @ Hodi’s, Fort Collins — 8pm w/ Ben Caplan & Caribou Mountain Collective The Three Header MonsTOUR ft. Hawthorne Heights, Mest, The Ataris @ Summit, Denver — 6pm w/ Handguns, London Falling

Thursday February 25th Live Comedy w/ Patrick Richardson @ Moxi Theater, Greeley - 8pm Hot Buttered Rum & Tea Leaf Green @ Aggie, Fort Collins — 9pm w/ special guests Irish Session @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley — 7pm Jon Wayne & The Pain @ Hodi’s, Fort Collins — 8pm w/ SATSANG Black Tiger Sex Machine @ Bluebird, Denver — 9pm w/ Apashe, Dabin

Friday February 26th The Panoramic @ Moxi Theater, Greeley -8pm w/ The Anchor, Harkener H20 @ Marquis, Denver — 8pm w/ Allout Helter, Line Brawl

THE PANORAMIC Friday Feb. 26th @ Moxi in Greeley | Saturday Feb. 27th @ Marquis in Denver

BTSM Church Tour @ Hodi’s, Fort Collins — 8pm w/ Dabin, Apashe, Scary Thoughts

Back 2 You Tour: Mike Stud @ Gothic, Englewood — 8pm w/ OCD: Moosh & Twist, Futuristic

The World Alive @ Summit, Denver — 6pm w/ Fit for a Being, Out Come The Wolves

Saturday February 27th

Smooth Hound Smith @ Hi-Dive, Denver — 9:30pm w/ Chella & the Charm, RL Cole Seven Lions @ Ogden Denver — 9pm

Songs & Stories: An Evening with Art Alexakis of Everclear @ Moxi Theater, Greeley - 7pm Summer Is Forever: Best Coast @ Bluebird, Denver — 9pm w/ Wavves, Cherry Glazer

Old Time and Blue Grass Jam @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley — 7pm Blessthefall @ Summit, Denver — 5:30pm w/ Miss May I, The Plot In You, Sirens & Sailors, A War Within St. Lucia @ Gothic, Englewood — 9pm w/ Grace Mitchell Borgeous & Morgan Page @ Ogden, Denver — 9pm w/ Delora

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