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The Lumineers Talk Their New Record & Their Contagious Live Show

Estimated read time 6 min read

East coast natives Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites found solace in music after losing their best friend and brother in 2002. When they headed West and teamed up with Neyla Pekarek, a classically trained Denver native, they struck proverbial gold with The Lumineers. This up and coming trio is currently on a self booked tour, and their self titled album dropped today. Listen Up Denver! caught up with Pekarek recently to find out more about the new album, the tour, and the meaning of “Wakarusa.”

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Red Rocks Schedule Quickly Filling Up With Some Great Performances

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Archnemisis & Up Until Now – March 9th – Cervantes’ Ballroom

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Instead of a crowd made up of white furry yeti boots, spirit hoods, and a whole bunch of oblivious candy kids, there was a great mix of people giving off a staggeringly positive and uplifting vibe at Cervantes’ on Friday night. Archnemisis, Up Until Now, Fisk, and Ableminds put on a wildly diverse show that blended Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Electronica that culminated in a monumental surge of energy that simply can’t be described.

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G. Love Talks The Avett Brothers & Colorful Colorado

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Fifteen albums and almost twenty years have passed since G. Love & Special Sauce was the house band at The Plough and Stars in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Garrett Dutton (aka G. Love) and his band’s enthusiasm for playing music and constant touring have steadily built a large and well deserved fan base across the country. You can catch their brand of Hip-Hop Blues this Saturday March 10th at The Ogden Theatre, or later this month on March 22nd at the Bud Light Street Beat in Vail.

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Lance Herbstrong Talks Meth Breakfast & Wakarusa

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The trio known as Lance Herbstrong have just returned from playing Mayan Holidaze in Mexico where they shared the stage with The Disco Biscuits, Umphrey’s McGee, and STS9. Back from beach blanket bingo, they just dropped their second album, and have already begun work on their third. At home in Austin, Kamal Soliman took a rare free moment to talk to us at Listen Up Denver! about Meth for Breakfast, Colorful Colorado, and the Wakarusa Music Festival.

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The Waka Winter Classic Comes To Colorado This Week

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The anticipation for the summer festival season couldn’t be any higher than during these long winter months. Thankfully we don’t have to wait for summer to experience a bit of the Festival life as the Waka Winter Classic brings the festival experience to Colorado this week. At two different stops, Cervantes’ Other Side and Hodi’s Half Note, bands will compete for the chance to perform at Wakarusa 2012. Listen Up Denver! caught up with Aaron Stehman of Pipeline Productions to talk about Wakarusa and the idea behind the Waka Winter Classic.

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Big Gigantic – January 21st – The Ogden Theatre

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For the past few weeks a huge buzz was building steadily, on the internet and the street, for Big Gigantic’s run of Colorado shows that culminated with a massive throwdown at The Ogden on Saturday night. Being that both Dominic Lalli and Jeremy Salken have been well known in the CO music scene for a while now, and with the recent release of “Nocturnal,” it was no wonder everyone was so damn excited. The Ogden was an absolute sweatbox, but the boys delivered!

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Part One Of Wakarusa Artist Announcement Features Pretty Lights & Head For The Hills

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Venerable Arkansas music […]