Because your life needs a soundtrack, and because your life is richer and more rewarding when that soundtrack reflects where you live, the UMS is here. This year’s 9th annual Denver Post Underground Music Showcase will spotlight more than 200 bands… (Read More)

This is American music. Drawing on (perhaps channeling?) The Velvet Underground and Post Beatles era John Lennon, Bad Weather California is both timeless and classic while somehow being, simultaneously, forward thinking and modern. They have been around – as in around… (Read More)

In less than two years of existence as a band, Churchill has turned more heads and attracted more attention than many bands that have been working the scene for years. Not only have they built a solid fan base with their… (Read More)

Curious Yellow was started by Adam Lancaster (an ex-Marine) upon relocating to Denver from Minneapolis in 2001. Quickly receiving positive support from the local music community, they performed along side such national acts as Built to Spill, Phantom Planet, Lovedrug, and… (Read More)

Chapters of Dakota Chapter One: IX. Let’s kill them both and move to Mexico Chapter Two: V. Chapter Three: XI Chapter Four: I. At sea pt.2 II. The snake’s in the basket III. Drink your wine with the devil Chapter Five… (Read More)

“A sort of Silverlake-style Sigur Ros, the L.A. duo makes experimental instrumental music that’s both highly skilled and deeply felt… the duo’s compositions take on an incredible musical and emotional complexity.” – Spin (Read More)

Denver band, The Rouge, is ready to crash through the gates like a freight train. The rock band has been quick to gain the skills, fan-base and local attention that most bands will take years to attain. Fronted by Joshua Vaught’s… (Read More)

The Knew’s version of rock and roll is one of blistering hopefulness that explodes in positive, energetic odes to love and hate, life and death – ultimately landing on a final note of enduring optimism and fun. Their debut full-length, Pulpería… (Read More)

Astrophagus were formed in 2003. They combine electronic and nonelectronic elements, truncated song structures, and short lyrical statements into cohesive relevant emotional outlays. Astrophagus have shared the stage with many great national bands including Dressy Bessy, Aqueduct, The Mathematicians, Metal Hearts… (Read More)

The Still City began in a basement apartment that smelled constantly of Ramen noodles and mold. With a duct taped Epiphone Les Paul, an electric drum set constructed circa 1989, and two sets of headphones, we played to the cart pushers… (Read More)

After a two-year hiatus, experimental Brooklyn duo Wardens (MaryEllen DeVaux & Shawnté Salabert) are back in the saddle, cranking out raw, hypnotic, dream-charged indie rock almost three thousand miles away, fueled by the hyper dichotomy of their new home in sun-soaked… (Read More)