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A letter from the publisher...

My name is Ely Corliss and I’ve been publishing BandWagon Magazine since its inception in 2011.

For those of you that don’t know, the BandWagon is a free arts and entertainment magazine that is published monthly out of our office inside the Moxi Theater in Downtown Greeley. We circulate in print throughout Northern Colorado for free and worldwide at bandwagmag.com. Our mission is, and always has been, to cultivate and report upon the arts and entertainment scene in Northern Colorado. We are supported by the advertisers that allow us to work with them, giving the independent and local scene a voice that provides press for both national and local artists; shining the spotlight on talents of every race and creed. We do this to serve the live music scene in Northern Colorado in hopes of helping it grow.

I want everyone reading this letter to know how truly sorry I am for last month’s Right Coast Pizza ad. I accept full responsibility for printing it in our magazine. I ask for your forgiveness for this insensitive display of ignorance. While they were not my words, it’s important for me as the publisher to understand my magazine’s social responsibilities. I was blind to the reality of its hurtful nature.

Upon reflection, I know I was wrong. I have some serious thinking to do, and now that I have taken time to understand what was said, I must find a way to improve our sensitivity as a marketing agency in the future. Both Right Coast and BandWagon are genuinely sorry for their part in the creation of this ad and took immediate action in removing it, both online and in print.

I, like so many of you, am upset. Upset that we hurt so many people, and upset that I ultimately allowed this to happen. Community is so important, and the last thing I want is to cause division within ours. I am confident however, especially here in Northern Colorado, that this conversation will ultimately bring people together in unity. I was overwhelmed with the outreach from both sides of the table and I’ve learned a lot from my neighbors here in Downtown Greeley.

I hope to continue to share the BandWagon for what it is; an independent monthly arts & entertainment magazine that believes in equality and a scene free of discrimination at every level.

Thank you to our advertisers, supporters, our friends, and the music scene of Northern Colorado for giving us something to write about.

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Igaus Davis

Keep Your Candles Close By Jack McManaman

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Keep Your Candles Close By, the final release by the recently retired Igaus Davis, creates solemn vignettes of despair and resignation. Musically, the soaring horn arrangements and quick time feels may lend themselves to an exciting listen, but the lyrics detail a beautiful, dull misery.

The EP often finds itself anachronistically presented, evoking a time long past. Matthew Davis’s seemingly autobiographical lyrics are presented through this lens, often accompanied by haunting banjo and arco bass which feel right at home against the backdrop of eerie barn doors creaking or homestead fires crackling after dusk. A frankly spooky presentation harkening to a less on-the-nose emotionality – à la early Decemberists. Thematically somber throughout, any hope the lyrics may provide is quickly taken away, describing the inevitable lonely shapes our lives will take. You may finally find water, but it’ll be “the day before you die.”

Glum as it may be, the EP never feels like a slog. There’s a loving admiration of life in its vivid, naturalistic depictions, even if the lyrics provide a sense of inescapable self-damnation. A constant lyrical relationship between family and cultivation lies throughout, with depictions of growth and roots taking the thematic foreground, conceptually furthering the band’s

first release Too Fallow, Too Long. In fact, some tracks from that first EP find a new, better home on this release.

You can see considerable growth between the releases, especially with regards to the triumphant, Beirutesque horn arrangements by The Burroughs’ Alec Bell and engineering by local recording hero Michael Olivier. Even the songwriting itself is better executed this time around.

Keep Your Candles Close By is sonically, emotionally intimate and thematically concise, teasing at something we won’t see pan out.

Some strife within the band has lead to this being their final release, the songs almost begetting their miasmatic message into existence.

But even while Igaus is constantly reminding you “things turn to ash,” hidden deep in the lyrics is a message to “not give up, but to give back.”

Keep Your Candles Close By is out December 1st on Bandcamp with 100% of its proceeds going to the Immigrant and Refugee Center of Greeley.

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Safekeeper

On Sludge Summit Jed Murphy

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safekeeper, the brainchild of the industrious Ft. Collins based Zach Visconti, is the music you wish you had in high school.

Boiled down into an emotional lo-fi art rock reminiscent of an early Modest Mouse, safekeeper is releasing the aptly named On Sludge Summit December 14.

This five-track EP glistens with slow ride emo guitar licks and drunken yawls that drudge through at a satisfying pace.

Along with childhood friend Matt Scorca, (who grew up with Visconti listening to bands like Pavement, Modest Mouse, and the Pixies) Visconti wrote all the songs in February then recorded everything at his duplex in Ft. Collins. After Scorca took a job in Europe, Visconti carried on the name safekeeper with a rotating line up of friends filling in as needed.

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On What’s great about Sludge Summit is how little energy is spent catering to a “mainstream” audience. It has that ‘fuck it’ attitude that shows two musicians making art simply to express themselves instead of bending their own ideals to fit in any category. safekeeper gets in touch with their inner weirdness, something a lot of local bands shy away from often out of fear of what other people think. On Sludge Summit is experimental, noisy at the right times, and within it are nuggets that aren’t simply reminiscent of an early Modest Mouse but something truly their own.

Those looking for perfection won’t be satisfied with On Sludge Summit, but this isn’t for that audience. This is for people looking for something a little deeper than what’s being presented to them on the day to day.

It’s worth noting too, that Visconti is a champion of the Ft. Collins music scene. For several years he and his wife have been throwing house shows to bring together like-minded people and musicians and it’s them that he credits with inspiring him musically. If you ever receive an invite to a show at Mouse House, consider it an indie honor.

Anthony Ruptak

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It’s a testament to community that Anthony Ruptak’s A Place That Never Changes even exists at all. After releasing three EPs between 2011 and 2015, the Colorado singer/ songwriter was in the midst of recording what would become his first full-length record when the home he shares with his girlfriend was broken into and ransacked. The culprits made off with nearly every instrument he owned, the song books containing the ideas that would become these recordings and, worst of all, every dollar he had saved to finish producing it.

But what happened next was perhaps even more shocking. Ruptak’s friends in the music community took immediate action, raising not just thousands of dollars to replace the money he had

lost, but by also providing every instrument and piece of equipment he needed to realize his vision—which was a lot. Ruptak played sixteen different instruments on the record, from guitars and banjos to synthesizers and various woodwinds. And that doesn’t even cover the myriad drum and percussion textures provided throughout by his brother, Matt, or the orchestral flourishes arranged

by FaceMan’s David Thomas Bailey that weave in-and-out of the patient and rewarding 57-minute production.

In a musical era defined by digital austerity, A Place That Never Changes is a powerful ode to maximalism, a carefully layered production of towering melodies and microcacophonies that cede just the right amount of space for Ruptak’s searing lyrical attack.

The songwriter captures 2018 America’s prevailing feelings of confusion, anxiety and dread — touching on subjects ranging from toxic masculinity, racial animus, and mass shootings. Ruptak looks you straight in the eye and delivers a lyrical call-to-action so earnest and sincere, one can’t help but wonder if A Place That Never Changes isn’t the quintessential record for this moment.

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Greta Van Fleet

Anthem of the Peaceful Army

Valerie Vampola

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When I first heard “Highway Tune,” the first track off Greta Van Fleet’s first full-length album, there’s a reason I thought to myself “Huh, I have never heard this Zeppelin song before.”

In the past two years, Greta Van Fleet gained a lot of popularity by appealing to rockers both young and old. Greta Van Fleet’s second full-length album Anthem Of The Peaceful Army once again pays homage, both musically and

lyrically, to their heroes: You can hear melodic bits of John Paul Jones and the energy of Pete Townshend supporting the aggressive wails of Josh Kiszka, especially in tracks such as “When The Curtain Falls” and “Age of Man.” But with all these influences coming through, even dominating the music, do they manage to create a sound of their own?

No. In fact, arguing that Greta Van Fleet sounds like Led Zeppelin is disregarding the artistry behind Led Zeppelin’s entire discography, from their blues beginnings to their multi-cultural influence late in their career. Greta Van Fleet wrote songs that sound like a small piece of Zeppelin, such as “Immigrant Song” or “You’re Time Is Gonna Come.”

They aren’t merely imitators. The band members have simply done their homework to achieve a similar sound.

They took a small musical snapshot that works for them

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and ran with it. Many artists do that. In this case, a lot of the album maintains a heavy and upbeat vibe, with the occasional acoustic power ballad. This was the recipe for a hair metal band, not a group trying to sound like a classic rock band with higher aspirations. Greta Van Fleet relies too much on small instrumental changes to evoke different moods, instead of displaying vulnerability in their playing or lyrics.

Greta Van Fleet celebrates their influences and keep the spirit of the 70s alive and relevant. There’s nothing wrong with that, but for now, they lack the artistry that makes a band legendary. The band’s repetitive songwriting on this album reminds me of many bands of the 70s we’ve long forgotten, instead of what many consider to be the greatest rock band of all time.

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Ron: Villagers – The Art Of Pretending To Swim

Ask an American about Irish bands/artists, and you’ll find their list pretty familiar: U2, The Pogues, The Frames, The Corrs, Bell X1, The Chieftains and The Cranberries. And let’s not forget Van Morrison. For the past 10 years a rotating group of Dubliners led by Conor O’Brien have been getting on a lot of ‘award short lists’ but not getting much of a name in the U.S. Villagers have just released their 5th album, The Art Of Pretending To Swim. In it you’ll hear “sophisti-pop” influences from Cousteau (the band, not the aquarian), Roxy Music, Johnny Hates Jazz and other 80s/90s/00s crooners. The smooth & tight songs were perfect for the snowy Sunday outside my window. While “Again” & “Fool” have been getting the most radio/YouTube attention, I took a liking to how much “Ada” reminded me of George Harrison’s “Isn’t It A Pity”.

Margot: Hiss Golden Messenger - Devotion: Songs About Rivers and Spirits and Children

In a 2010 interview, David Bowie said the work of Hiss Golden Messenger put him in mind of, “mystical country, like an eerie yellowing photograph,” and this limited-edition box set only reinforces that opinion. Devotion: Songs About Rivers and Spirits and Children is a new box set made up primarily of old albums, including the album Bowie was referring to when he gave his thoughts on Hiss Golden messenger, the 2010 album Bad Debt. Along with Bad Debt, the box set is comprised of Poor Moon (2011), Haw (2013) and a compilation of rarities called Virgo Fool. If you discovered Hiss Golden Messenger in the last couple years, this box set serves as a welcome peek into the evolution of their sound. The box set serves as a snapshot in time but also reminds you that the best Hiss Golden Messenger songs are about defiance in the face of hardship. Standout tracks: “Red Rose Nantahala” (Haw) “Call Him Daylight” (Poor Moon) “Balthazar’s Song” (Bad Debt) “Back To The River Again” (Virgo Fool)

Stacy: The Teskey Brothers – Half Mile Harvest

If you’re not familiar with the Teskey Brothers, allow me an introduction. These Australian Brothers have been making music for more than a decade but are just now releasing their debut Half Mile Harvest. Drenched in American soul of the 60s with a dose of Southern rock, this debut makes an instant impact. Josh Teskey’s smoky and smooth vocals are perfectly balanced by the tasteful guitar of brother Sam and bolstered by a rhythm section firmly in-the-pocket. All the musicianship is complimented by a light touch from the production room, allowing the warm and sultry sounds to take you back to the early Muscle Shoals and Stax era. If you’re a fan of anything from Otis Redding to early Allman Brothers, do check out Half Mile Harvest, you won’t be disappointed.

Benji: Alejandro Escovedo – The Crossing

Alejandro Escovedo has created the most ambitious release of his career with The Crossing, a concept album focused on the story of two friends, one from Italy, the other from Mexico. They meet while working in a restaurant in the U.S. Together they set out on a journey to discover the United States. The pair share a common love for punk rock as well as the vagabond spirit of Jack Kerouac. The album is more than a shade autobiographical. Escovedo is the son of immigrant parents and one of the founders of the seminal punk band, The Nuns. He pays tribute to his love of Punk rock with appearances from Wayne Kramer of the MC5 and Peter Perrett from the Only Ones.

The Crossing also includes appearances from Joe Ely and has Escovedo backed by the Italian band Don Antonio. The album draws on multiple sources to create a sonic travel log that establishes a sense of place worthy of such a lofty concept. One thing The Crossing is not short on is great songs. With a very robust 17 tunes, there is plenty for all music lovers to enjoy. From the rocking “Sonica USA” to the eerie, spoken-word title track. The Crossing shows us the best and worst of the United States in a wonderfully musical manner.

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Growth, Depth and The Great War EP Dan England BandWagon Magazine On a recent Friday night, Ryan Knaub, a founding member of the Stubby Shillelaghs, drank in Patrick’s Irish Pub in Greeley, where it all started, wearing a shirt proclaiming his love for the death metal band Amon Amarth.

The Stubbies are unabashed metal fans. They played Iron Maiden one year at My Favorite Bands, Greeley’s festival of bands that pay tribute to favorites.

And yet the Stubby Shillelaghs made their living playing the kind of fun, folky music every Tuesday (and other nights) you’d expect to hear in a venue called Patrick’s Irish Pub. But when you hear Knaub, the band’s bass player, talk about the latest Stubby

project, it sounds as if he’s playing for the band on his T-shirt, not the folky Shelligans.

After all, on the new EP, The Great War, the band covers classic tunes that detail the horrors of war, with a special focus on World War I. Knaub got the idea for the record from a popular podcast, Hardcore History,

by Dan Carlin, a show that details “the extremes of human existence,” Knaub said.

The band broke up in 2015, burnt out on playing three times a week, including every week at Patrick’s.

Six months later, the three founding friends, Knaub, Andy Mithun and Shaughnessy McDaniel, decided they

missed the music, the whiskey and each other and got back together in early 2016. This project is the first since the band reunited, and the Stubbies couldn’t be happier with the result – partly because Knaub now has a recording studio in his home, and Mithun, who lives in Salt Lake City, has a similar set-up.

“We tried to up the quality of our recordings,” Knaub said. “We’ve paid for them at a pro studio before, and our recent results were less than what we wanted. This was really liberating Actually.”

This project was Knaub’s idea, and he acted as the producer of this record as well as the bass player. He

acknowledges that it’s much different than what fans are used to hearing.

Even the music has a much sadder tone, though fans will still recognize the instrumentation and the Stubbies’ folk sound.

“Normally we are partying and having a great time,” Knaub said. “This is a remorseful, violent and almost depressing release. But war is a piece of shit, and I don’t want anyone to endure it again.”

The project comes on the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI, and that makes it appropriate, Mithun said. And while you may not think a party band was capable of such deep music, part of the reason Mithun and the other band members were excited to record the EP was to prove that the Stubbies were more than just a band that danced in kilts and chugged whiskey to folk songs in a pub.

“As an artist, it is exciting to get

out of your comfort zone and grow,” Mithun said. “It is also great to show another side of ourselves.”

Knaub’s passion for the project rubbed off on the rest of them, he said. “It was a privilege to help Ryan see the project through,” Mithun said.

“He made us all very excited to record The Great War.” The band will play at the Moxi Theater on Saturday, December 15 performing The Great War in its entirety in addition to more familiar, fun songs. But you shouldn’t expect to see the Stubbies play many gigs in Greeley any longer. The band’s moved on to larger festivals and now believes in quality, not quantity, and is much choosier about where to play.

Patrick’s was wonderful, Knaub said, and so is Greeley, but the band is determined to avoid the burnout that split them apart the last time.

Still true to their folk-y, metal

t-shirt-wearing roots, the “new Stubbies” are keenly aware the power music has to break friends apart, keep them together and to rouse emotions deeper than those of drunken pub shenanigans.

“Folk music can jerk a tear far more than brutal metal music,” Knaub says, and therein lies the Shillelaghs new depth of power: purpose.

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hen Bryan Thomas decided he wanted to ditch his southern rock style and turn to a genre affectionately known as “hick-hop,” he knew he had a lot to learn. He learned how to bend and flex words from his bandmate, JT Adams. He had to learn how to write a hiphop hook. Most of all, he had to learn how to get in shape.

dropping at Bandwagon press time on Nov. 9. There are more plans for a national tour and an album next year. And Thomas eats what he wants now, including some meat, only in smaller portions. He feels better than he has in a decade.

“It was the tone in his voice,” Adams said and laughed. “There was no option.” Thomas raves about Adam’s rapping ability and said he learned a lot from him, and Adams, for his part, talks about Thomas’ attention to detail and ability to sing and write a good country hook.

All this started three years Both believe hick-hop has a ago, when Adams admired real future in music and want Thomas’ southern rock band to ride the wave.

Rapping is a tiring, literally and helped out with occasional breathtaking affair, and gigs, especially several in “It’s the fastest-growing Thomas, quite honestly, northern Colorado. Thomas thing in music right now,” didn’t have the stamina for had a history, including Thomas said. “We believe we it. He had kids, was reaching headlining a are on the tip of adulthood (he turns 30 this night on the the spear of a new “It’s the month) and was, to be blunt, Free Stage at the genre of music. fastest-growing too fat to rap. He then endured Greeley Stampede It’s right where a sickly stint in the hospital at least once a thing in music we need to be. You that led to him having throat year. The two right now... we notice the people surgery. So he quit drinking, became friends. who are rich – are on the tip of stopped taking street drugs Early on, after they took a big and started eating better, Thomas heard risk. They weren’t the spear.”

- Bryan Thomas, Long Cut including flirting with a Adams freestyle afraid to quit their Vegan diet, and exercising. rap – a skill he day job. That’s Since he and Adams formed honed in battles in the Kroger where we are with this. We the hip-hop/country band parking lot in Dallas – the got something special.”

Long Cut in January, he’s lost two talked about forming a 115 pounds. rap/county band one day.

The two call Greeley their Inspiration struck home base, but they will be “It takes a lot to Thomas during on the road for the rest of “It feels be able to get all his mainstream this year and all the next. like I’m those words in,” c o u n t r y They credit Demun Jones Thomas said in a songwriting gig with most of their influence restarting phone interview. in Nashville. He and inspiration, and he’s on my life.”

“It’s very taxing. remembered their their first single, but they are - Bryan Thomas, Long Cut It’s been a process. dreams, wrote a making a name for themselves I basically went couple songs and now. Along with the 16 back in time 10 years. It feels called Adams up. singles, they have a presence like I’m restarting my life.” on YouTube, Instagram and “I told him, ‘I just wrote a every social media platform.

He is, both in his life and badass country rap song,’” They feel good about where in his music career, and both Thomas said. “‘Let’s crank out they are. They are healthy seem to be working out for a record.’ The two wrote two and ready to go. him. The duo is selling out more as Thomas drove back to shows, got a record deal with Colorado from Nashville, and “You’re learning every RAHHH records in October they hit a recording studio in day,” Adams said, “and that’s and will release 16 singles Brighton. the whole point.” in 16 weeks, with the third

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Eugene Hütz’s beginnings were humble. A butcher’s son descendent from Servitka Roma Gypsies (known musicians and performers) he made his first guitar with his father out of plywood and his first distortion pedals out of radio parts. He and his family fled their home-town of Boyarka, Ukraine to avoid the Chernobyl Meltdown in 1986, arriving state-side in the early 90’s as a political refugees.

Today, he travels the US and the world with a band of musician immigrants, much like his ancestors would have, but his life now is a far cry from the days of plywood guitars. He’s worked with everyone from Madonna to Les Claypool, acting opposite Elijah Wood in 2005’s Everything Is Illuminated which features his band Gogol Bordello. 2019 will mark the 20th anniversary of Gogol Bordello’s debut album Voi-La Intruder (produced by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ drummer Jim Sclavunos, no less) and to commemorate, they’re playing a string of New Year’s Eve shows across Colorado this month, doing what they know how to do best: party.

Hütz is at a party, in fact, at NYC’s Mercury Lounge for his bandmate Boris Pelekh’s birthday celebration, a rock-show by Pelekh’s side project Hey Guy. He explains the Colorado run like this: “We gotta make the New York City - our girlfriend - jealous! We traditionally do a run of New Years shows and have a great history with Colorado.

In our very first tours, that was one of the hotspots for us. I remember punching holes in the ceiling with my fists there. The usual, you know,” he grins.

But the band’s 20-year milestone isn’t what’s significant, Hütz says.

Rather, it’s staying true to himself, his ideals and his passions.

“There was never really a specific

date when the band started,” Hütz says. “It just sort of snowballed. It’s simply what I do. Being a creative and continuing my creative path.

I knew it would continue with one thing or another.”

And though Hütz is a prolific writer and multi-creative, the band has brought him the most recognition, doing so through the power of a vibrant, diverse group of performers.

“We always looked at the band in a way that people traditionally look at the bands back in Eastern Europe,” Hütz explains, “which is more of a group of friends. It’s a gang, you know. Luckily, the people that became core members of the gang are also phenomenal musicians; each in their own right.”

Hütz continues, “my idea of this band was along the lines of Jim Jarmusch’s Down By Law. Everyone in that movie is a character and star in his own right. The movie’s plot is very loose - you just get these people together and allow for awesomeness to unfold. I wanted everyone to shine through with their own gusto and charisma.”

You can witness the group gusto at the four Colorado shows leading up to New Years Eve. Each member of the multicultural melange grandstands throughout, exuding practically nuclear energy. From Russian-born Pelekh’s dizzying solos to Pedro Erazo’s spitfire Ecuadorian rapping en Español, native Ethiopian Thomas Gobena’s rich, reggae bass and more, the whole band take the spotlight with a prowess that commands respect, invigorating Gogol’s crazy crowds.

Most fans define Gogol’s music as “Gypsy Punk,” and the giant banner at their shows literally reads as such. But it’s not that simple for Hütz. “Definition is a death mask,” he says. “But at the same time, Picasso had his blue period. It is a

similar thing. Call it a banner that defines the origin of Gogol Bordello.

Musically, we are kind of a box that never closes. A box with no roof. It continues to take dives and corners we don’t even see coming. And that’s how it should be!”

The band reissued classic records East Infection, Voi-La Intruder and Multi-Kontra Culti vs Irony earlier this year, with accompanying descriptions on their website, reading “heartaches of broken families, illegal border crossing, traumas of dislocation and deportation, chronicles of nomad life” in what is likely Hütz’ unique delivery. Yet the re-issues are not a reaction to the current immigration stories in the news.

“It would be pretty corny to try to commercialize that now that that’s the hot-button.” Hütz says.

“Authenticity lies in being consistent and persistent and not wavering.

Staying true to one’s expression.

The songs of ours which seem to be most relevant now were just as relevant 5, 10 or 15 years ago.”

And so Hütz maintains focus on the passions of human struggle, but the passion of community too.

“Our music brings a lot of people together,” he says. “It creates a community celebration where people look at eachother in a better light. If you can go up on stage and genuinely make people’s eyes sparkle, they will take that charisma and look through those eyes at the world when they leave the concert - for a little while longer - and that is a pretty tangible contribution.”

Gogol Bordello perform at The Aggie in Fort Collins December 30, as well as The Ogden Theater in Denver December 28 and 29, and The Boulder Theater December 31.

These shows promise to be – you guessed it – a party.

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CONCERT CALENDAR

Saturday, December 1st Retro Eighties Tribute Band @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm

Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein @Bluebird Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Lotus Gait, Killing Creation

Trout Steak Revival @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, 8pm Rotten Reputation @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ Old Salt Union, Lindsay Lou w/ Viqueen, Claudzilla, RAT BITES Hip Hop Christmas Toy Drive @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins, 8pm Black Marlin w/ Black Pegasus and DJ @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm Sh3vy w/ Hail Satan The Lil Smokies @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Meadow Mountain

Monday, December 3rd

Sing it to Me Santa @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ The Fray, Tracksuit Wedding

Doom Side of the Moon @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Chieftain, URN.

Goodnight Freeman @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ Scotty & The Late Nights, Forest Porridge

Tuesday, December 4th White Panda @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Caye, New City

Koo Koo Kanga Roo @Marquis Theater – Denver, 2pm Minus The Bear w/ Kitty Cat Fan Club @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Tera Melos Red City Radio @Marquis Theater – Denver, 8pm Inoculated Life w/ Smoking Popes, The Bombpops, Russian Girlfriends @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ Remain and Sustain, Cyclonus, Malefic Levitation Giraffage @Summit – Denver, 8pm w/ Ryan Hemsworth, Nite Jewel Atreyu @Summit – Denver, 8pm (DJ Set) w/ Memphis May Fire, Ice Nine Kills, Sleep Signals

Sunday, December 2nd

Ubiquitous @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm w/ The Palmer Squares, Joey Cool, True Apollo, D-Stylz & High Key Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins, 8pm

Wednesday, December 5th An Evening of A Capella @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 7pm w/ Vocal Iron, Northern Lights - UNC Women’s A Cappella, Beauty Shop, Bearitones, 11th Ave, Varsity Men’s

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Doobie @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Krash Minati & DJ Hylyte The Black Lillies @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm w/ Samantha Crain Red Fang @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 7pm w/ Telekinetic Yeti

Friday, December 7th Angry Again @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm w/ Deathbrand, Watery Grave

Chief White Lightning Thursday, December 6th at Moxi Theater in Greeley

Mike Watt And The Secondmen @Downtown Artery – Ft. Collins, 7pm w/ Dressy Bessy and The Pollution Aqueous @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Mungion

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Chief White Lightning @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ The Corner Girls, And The Black Feathers Tengger Cavalry @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm w/ Ponder the Albatross Red Fang @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 7pm w/ Telekinetic YetiThe

Thursday, December 6th Chief White Lightning @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm w/ The Corner Girls, Nelsen, Chess at Breakfast Pink Talking Fish Feat. The Giant Country Horns @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Special Guests

The English Beat @Washington’s – Ft. Collins, 7pm w/ 12 Cents for Marvin Brad Parsons & Starbird @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Morsel Sunsquabi @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm Allen Stone @The Gothic Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Nick Waterhouse

Snow Tha Product @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Kanon Lebron, Swizzy J, David Frederick The Number 12 Looks Like You @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ Rolo Tomassi, Arsonists Get All The Girls 3OH!3 @Summit – Denver, 8pm w/ Emo Nite LA, Lil Aaron

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saturday, December 8th Hip Hop for The Holidays @Moxi Theater – Denver, 8pm Snow Tha Product @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Kanon Lebron, Anville King Cardinal with Porlolo @Downtown Artery – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Whippoorwill

Saturday, December 8th @ Aggie Theatre in Fort Collins

Ookay @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 9pm w/ Bonnie X Clyde, DNMO Said The Sky @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Bass Physics, William Black

WeinerCat @SurfSide7 – Ft. Collins, 9pm w/ Wheels

Fist Fight @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ MF Ruckus, Hydraform, Smiths Grove

The Swashbuckling Doctors @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Hoss and Bevin Luna

A Place That Never Changes Anthony Ruptak LP Release @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm

sunday, December 9th Glimpses of a Vision Tour featuring Exmag @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ FunkStatik and Special Guests Charlie Parr @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Willie Watson The Band Perry @The Gothic Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ MAKUTA

JMSN @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm With Confidence @Marquis Theater – Denver, 6pm w/ Broadside, Sleep On It, Small Talks Ayla Nereo @Summit – Denver, 7pm

Monday, December 10th Preoccupations @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm

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w/ Protomartyr, Teeth Of The Hydra The English Beat @The Gothic Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ The Dendrites Middle Kids @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm w/ The Shacks Can’t Be Satisfied: Blues Night @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm

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Tuesday, December 11th Secondhand SerenadeStandUp Comedy Showcase @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 7pm w/ Valdez, Michael Olivier John Grant @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Two Medicine H.E.R @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Bri Steves, Tone Stith Spendtime Palace @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ The Brazen Youth, Slynger

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Thursday December 13th @ Aggie Theatre in Fort Collins

The Helio Sequence @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm Seaway @Marquis Theater – Denver, 6pm w/ Trophy Eyes, Microwave, Can’t Swim, Hot Mulligan

WEDNESDAY, December 12th “These Jokes Are For You” Stand-Up Comedy Showcase @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm w/ John “Hippieman” Novosad, Patrick Richardson

The Supervillains @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ MountainUs and Special Guests Kid Astronaut @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm w/ Kayla Marque, Dylan Streight, Shalom Dubas

Thursday, December 13th Rebirth Brass Band @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Guerrilla Fanfare Brass Band

and Special Guests Valdez ( Nate from In The Whale) @Downtown Artery – Ft. Collins, 7pm w/ special guests Some Kind of Nightmare @SurfSide7 – Ft. Collins, 9pm w/ Filthy Hearts DMVU @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Special Guests Sharone & The Wind @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm

w/ DüllHaus, Oxygen Thief, Feigning Muscle Beach @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm w/ Giardia, Vexing, Matriarch Asagraum @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm w/ Sar Isatum, Amdusias, Tyrannus

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Havok @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm w/ Draghoria, Skinned

Sunday, December 16th at Moxi Theater in Greeley

The Travelin’ McCourys @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Lineage, Blue Grama

Harry Hudson: Can Cowboys Cry Tour @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm w/ JP Saxe

Khruangbin @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ The Marias

Holiday Salsa @Downtown Artery – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Bachata Social

Red Tide Rising @Marquis Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Late Night Fights, New Fiction, Right Before Rain, Hunter Hallber, Nate Tharp

Slow Caves @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ Modern Leisure, Corsicana

Head For The Hills @Washington’s – Ft. Collins, 7pm w/ Andy Thorn (Leftover Salmon) & Silas Herman

saturday, December 15th

Lola Black’s Nightmare Before Christmas @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Saints of Never After and Kind Dub

The Stubby Shillelaghs “The Great War EP Release” @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm w/ Keep Britain Irish

Brent Cowles @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Strange Americans

Thin Air Crew Birthday Bash @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins w/ Deathleague, Red Coat Kid, St Paul

EOTO @The Gothic Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Youngsta, Skydyed

MF Ruckus @SurfSide7 – Ft. Collins, 9pm w/ Granny Tweed

The New Mastersounds @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ DJ Williams Shots Fired

Coral Creek @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Bill McKay, House With a Yard

Too Many Humans (Not Enough Coats) @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm w/ The Trujillo Company, HR People

Rebirth Brass Band @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 7pm

Magic Sword @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm w/ Crystal Ghost

Decemburger III @hi-dive – Denver, 5pm w/ UADA, Axeslasher, Crypt Trip, Glacial Tomb, Bummer, The Ditch And The Delta

Sunday, December 16th Devon Allman Project @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm w/ Duane Betts

Meliora @Globe Hall – Denver, 7pm w/ Tolstoy, Pythalo, Redivider

Monday, December 17th

Ivory Circle @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm w/ Nina & The Hold Tight, Vatican Vamps

Nothing,nowhere. @Marquis Theater – Denver, 7pm w/ Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, smrtdeath, St. Panther

Emma Ruth Rundle @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ Jaye Jayle, Abrams

Future Joy (Holiday Toy Drive) @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm w/ MIDIcinal, Sassafactory, Maddneto, Elton Tom Advance Base (Casiotone for the Painfully Alone) @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm w/ Lisa/Liza, Karima Walker

Tuesday, December 18th Convictions @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ Roseview, Thousand Frames

Wednesday, December 19th Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ The Texas Gentlemen

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Thursday, December 20th OTEP @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm w/ The World Over, Midnite Hellion, Infinite Conscious Dead Jam @Downtown Artery – Ft. Collins, 9pm Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ The Texas Gentlemen Wild Lives @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ Cheap Perfume, Bad Year Doe Paoro @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm w/ The Whimsy of Things, Erika Ryann Vista Kicks @Summit – Denver, 7pm w/ Backseat Vinyl Television Generation @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm w/ Mr. Atomic, The Rainbow Treatment

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Thursday, December 20th at Moxi Theater in Greeley

Friday, December 21st Naughty XMas Party @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm w/ Undeclared, Ben Pu & Crew, Scarlet Canary, Soul Solum The Railbenders @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ The Jons Miles Over Mountains @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm Overslept @Lost Lake – Denver, 7pm w/ Postcards, Silver & Gold, Tyto Alba

Biz Markie @Summit – Denver, 8pm w/ SNAP90s DJs Eric Lake and Garthy Garth

Eon @Downtown Artery – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Spliff Tank and Los Toms

The Texas Gentlemen @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm w/ Bad Licks

Keys N Krates @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 9pm w/ CRL CRRLL, Unexotic

Saturday, December 22nd

Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers @The Gothic Theatre – Denver, 8pm

Rocky Mountain Country Christmas @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm w/ Double Wide, Christopher Thomas, Romero, D.J Bridwell, Jesse Cornett, Caitlyn Ochsner

Parrish B2B Mport @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm w/ Kalatana B2B Hazardous Tofu, Duper B2B LikeU, Killa Nilla B2B iLL Vandals, CLLCTD,

w/ The Drunken Hearts Wildermiss @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm w/ The Solid Ocean, Panther Martin STS9 @Summit – Denver, 8pm

Monday, December 31st The Burroughs Superfly Moxi NYE @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm w/ Special Guests

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Blind Melon @ Aggie Theatre - Ft. Collins, 8pm

Monday, December 31st at Moxi Theater in Greeley

Sulphurensis @Marquis Theater – Denver, 7pm w/ Poolside At The Flamingo, It’s Always Sunny in Tijuana, Give Up, Phantom Host

Wednesday, December 26th Kiltro @Lost Lake – Denver, 8pm w/ Whole Milk, Cole Naylor

Friday, December 28th Marc Rebillet @Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins w/ SynthLordz and Special Guests Gogol Bordello @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas Slim Cessna’s Auto Club @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm Khemmis @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm w/ Dreadnought, Green Druid

Saturday, December 29th Persuasion @Moxi Theater – Greeley, 8pm Yarmony Holiday Heater @Aggie Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ The Drunken Hearts, Grant Farm and Jon Stickley Trio Rally ‘Round The Family @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ Mom and Dad

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Brenden Kelly @SurfSide7 – Ft. Collins, 9pm w/ Garrett Dale, Tim Brown

Gogol Bordello @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas

Church Fire Album Release @hi-dive – Denver, 8pm w/ Wheelchair Sports Camp, The Milk Blossoms, Mirror Fears

Slim Cessna’s Auto Club @Globe Hall – Denver, 8pm

Sunday, December 30th

Khemmis @Larimer Lounge – Denver, 8pm w/ Of Feather And Bone, Nightwraith

Gogol Bordello @Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, 8pm w/ Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas

IO Saturnalia @Marquis Theater – Denver, 7pm w/ SKYBURIAL, Adam Selene, Slim the Living Cyborg, Katalysk, Punk Rock Burlesque

Devotchka @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ The Sweet Lillies

Leftover Crack @The Gothic Theatre – Denver, 8pm w/ Youth Brigade, Lower Class Brats, Potato Pirates

The Infamous Stringdusters @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm

The Infamous Stringdusters @Ogden Theatre – Denver, 8pm

NYE @Mishawaka Amphitheatre – Bellvue, 7pm w/ Shakedown Street Devotchka @Bluebird Theater – Denver, 8pm w/ The Sweet Lillies

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