Thursday, July 28, 2011

American Tomahawk and POPCULT @ Illegal Pete's Denver, 10:00pm, Free

Come check out American Tomahawk tonight if you missed his set at the UMS like I did.  Adam Halferty's indie pop project is melancholy but upbeat.  It sounds happy, but once you pay attention to the lyrics you may have conflicted feelings. According to my little sister he is the "Tyler the Creator in indie".  Tonight he'll play with synth-pop youngsters POPCULT.  Some of POPCULT's members have spent the last year touring with The Chain Gang of 1974.  There is no doubt that they can play a live show and its great to see them finally working on a project of their own.  The show tonight is at the Illegal Pete's in Denver (16th St.) and its totally free since its the 3OH!3 after party.  American Tomahawk will play tomorrow at the Illegal Pete's in Boulder (The Hill) with another up-and-coming indie pop act that I love, Majic Flower Evening.  Halftery will then play the Illegal Pete's at DU (Evans) on Saturday and the Larimer Lounge BBQ on Sunday- this guy is on a roll!

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Cold Cave, Austra and The Overcasters @ The Bluebird, Doors 8:00pm, $18

Are you into synths but against the wave of happy rainbow synth music out there today?  If you are happily a little bit dark then the Bluebird is your place to be on Saturday night.  Headliners Cold Cave are known for wearing lots of black and lots of leather all while filling our ears with melodious synth lines and our heads with dreary despairing lyrics.  They are touring with another electro-goth group, Austra.  Their music is also all based around the synthesizer but is also more dark and less dance.  The local openers are Denver's guitar-shredding masters the Overcasters.