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Trey Anastasio Band – May 31st – Red Rocks

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Trey Anastasio, legendary guitarist for Phish, stopped into Red Rocks for the first time since 2009 (and first time with TAB since 2005) and there’s no doubt he was happy to be back. Anastasio’s grin was a near permanent fixture from the first time he appeared on stage to sit in with Vulfpeck for a take on “Rango” early in the night, till the final notes of “Dazed and Confused” reverberated off the rocks and disappeared into the night air.

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Cage The Elephant – June 1st – Red Rocks

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Red Rocks is the pinnacle of live music for both musician and fan, and the effects it has on the concert experience are undeniable. Cage the Elephant reacted to that catalyst effect and blew out the highest energy rock show they could deliver. Front man, Matthew Shultz, made the stage his personal romper room, bouncing all over it and the first rows of the audience alike. The audience was comprised of a very young majority who ate up the visual bonanza, and fed the energy back to the artist. Portugal. The Man and The Mowglis opened the show and got the audience primed for the spectacle headline act to come.

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Underground Music Showcase (UMS) – July 24th-27th – S. Broadway

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The Underground Music Showcase (or UMS as it’s known); Denver’s four day run of diverse, audible splendor, occupied South Broadway this past weekend. People of all sexes, styles, shapes and sizes inhabited the streets for this region’s version of SXSW. UMS can be gritty and grimy, or tame and timid; at times relishing its theatrics or simply swaying to the formulaic, yet assuredly catchy 4-chord progression…

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Portugal. The Man – October 19th – The Ogden Theatre

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A rumbling chatter filled the Ogden Theater last Saturday night for a sold-out show of epic mysticism and psychedelic fervor. Portugal. The Man with opener, Crystal Fighters, packed the venue to capacity (roughly 1,500 people) and it was very apparent. The Portland-based band is on tour promoting their seventh full-length studio album, Evil Friends, produced by none other than world-renowned Danger Mouse. Even with seven albums out, Portugal. The Man shows no signs of slowing.

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Snowball Music Festival – March 8th, 9th, 10th – Winter Park, CO

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Driving into Winter Park on Friday afternoon was a 3mph parade of late teens and twenty-somethings already in neon accessories and ski gear, piled six deep in SUV’s on the way to one of the more unique electronic music events in the country, Snowball Music Festival. The police, who vowed to be less aggressive than last year, pulled over cars left and right as we made our way through downtown Winter Park to the condo. It was 4pm and the anticipation had everybody in full party mode before sunset.