April 2018 | Denver's Most Highly Anticipated Shows

W 4/4 Tokimonsta @ Bar Standard

Now that LiveNation has dipped its hands in most venues across the Mile High (including most recently, talent buying for Vinyl and Bar Standard) music fans will be seeing more national and international acts come through town. Tokimonsta graced us last October, and she's back again with a Broadway club gig. Catch up on her Lune Ruge album and the tracks of collaborators like Anderson. Paak & Selah Sue to gear up for the show. 

F 4/6 Phoebe Bridgers @ Gothic

Initially booked at Larimer Lounge, the Phoebe Bridgers show is now headed to Englewood's massive Gothic Theatre. If that's not indicative for her continuing rise in popularity, check out all the lists she's landed on for Best This and Favorite That. Bridgers astutely strikes that ever longed for balance between haunting and evocative, sincere and irreverent. 

M 4/9 Jungle @ Gothic

Spring has sprung and it's time for a solid dance party! Get your blue suede shoes on and head to the Gothic for a Jungle set that is sure to set your week right!

Sa 4/14 The Still Tide EP Release + Panther Martin + Bluebook @ Lost Lake

Swoon. Swoon. Swoon. What a line-up, Denver. Come for any of these local bands, and stay for ALL of them. Bluebook, with their costumes and stage set up, will seduce your eyes and your ears. Panther Martin will make you jump up and down and remember how good it feels to just rock out. Headliners, The Still Tide, in all their western pop glory and with Anna Morsett's blessed set of pipes will wrap up the night celebrating their Run Out EP launch. 

Sa 4/21 The Colorado Bluebirds @ Bluebird Music Festival (Macky Auditorium)

You can thank Future Arts Foundation for booking the debut show of The Colorado Bluebirds, a stellar bluegrass band with folks from Elephant Revival, Head for the Hills, and Yonder Mountain String Band. They'll be playing the early show at Macky Auditorium for the Foundation's Bluebird Music Festival that raises money for an arts house that will offer kids free and reduced cost art and music lessons. 

F 4/27 Vulfpeck & Kamsai Washington @ Red Rocks

Red Rocks season is upon us! Get your party bus plans ready, friends! And let's start by partying to... JAZZ. Yes, Kamasi Washington, the lauded To Pimp a Butterfly studio musician gracing festivals all over this year, opens for funk gurus and outspoken critics of streaming services royalties rates, Vulfpeck, at the end of the month.

Margaret Glaspy, Pearl Charles & The Still Tide To Headline Next Red Bull Sound Select Presents: Denver Showcase

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Red Bull Sound Select is excited to announce the next installment of Red Bull Sound Select Presents: Denver, which will take place Friday, October 20 at The Bluebird Theater, 3317 E Colfax Ave. The live music showcase features headliner Margaret Glaspy and rising artists Pearl Charles and The Still Tide.

The show is 18+ and tickets are $5 for those who RSVP online at Red Bull Sound Select and $15 at the door without an RSVP.

This month’s showcase was curated by The Underground Music Showcase and features one headliner and two artists on the rise. Throughout the rest of 2017, the showcase visits different career-launching Denver venues and introduces an exciting lineup of artists to audiences.  

Margaret Glaspy is a singer-songwriter based in New York. Having cut her teeth as a touring musician, Glaspy’s solo career began in earnest in 2012 with a sound that’s drawn nice comparisons to stalwarts like Elliott Smith, Liz Phair and Joni Mitchell. Having spent a few years perfecting her craft, her debut album, Emotions and Math which she self-produced, dropped last summer via ATO Records. The California-born musician hit the road hard behind her debut playing stages the world over in North America, Australia, China and Norway and sharing bills with the likes of The Lumineers, Andrew Bird and Car Seat Headrest. This marks Glaspy’s first CO performance in over a year.

Red Bull Sound Select alum Pearl Charles will support. This Los Angeles native culls her sound from a shimmering palette of Americana, southern blues, 70’s country and beyond to create a very comfortable kind of nostalgia. A touring musician since 18, Charles has been member of outfits The Blank Tapes and The Driftwood Singers, having shared the stage with the likes of Father John Misty, The Growlers and The Allah Las before embarking on a solo career in 2015. Her debut, self-titled EP followed in 2016 on Burger Records. Hear it here. With new music and the horizon and a very select set of live dates for the rest of 2017, her Denver performance is one not to miss.

Rounding out this exciting lineup are the Denver-based project The Still Tide. A creation of Anna Morsett and Jacob Miller who originally met while living in New York, the pair traded the big city for a move out west where a first Denver show band found the transplants opening for Angel Olsen at the tiny Hi-Dive. Country-rock swagger with a dusty open road freedom, The Still Tide’s third release, the EP Run Out was released in August via Greater Than Collective. Take a listen here.

The UMS Artist Spotlight: The Still Tide

Our first UMS Artist Spotlight is The Still Tide. DO you ever listen to a song/band and are instantly  falling in love with their sound. We had a chance to see The Still Tide a few years ago and since then they have been one of our favorite bands in the Denver music scene. Originally from Brooklyn and now making Denver their home, the duo of Anna Morsett and Jake Miller have been winning fans over for a couple years now. We recently reviewed their most recent EP Run Out and   gave it the Ultra5280 stamp of approval. Catchy lyrics and masterful guitar play makes for a truly enjoyable listening experience that just makes you want to fill up that wine glass to the brim, kick your feet up and explore the true meaning of a complicated relationship. The band is set to play two shows during this years festival:

The Still Tide

Saturday July 29th / 3 Kings Tavern / 2:00-2:40 PM

Sunday July 30th / Main Stage / 4:30-5:10