Originally from outside of Nashville, Thomas Rutherford has lived in Colorado for over 13 years with eight of those spent living in the heart of Denver. In that time, he’s fallen in love with the music, the food, the art and most of all the people that call the Front Range home. When he’s not writing, he can usually be found going to shows all across town, playing music with friends, enjoying a nice cold beer, reading as much as he can get his hands on and chilling with his cat, Ripley. Bringing along a celebrated history as a music journalist in Denver, Thomas believes that now is the perfect time for a new voice for the city. Welcome to Denver Dive.
Denver-based indie psych-rock trio In Plain Air is focused on the future. Though informed by the past as all things are, the young band refuses to be defined by it, to let that which has come before set the tone for the story they are telling. They are much more...
On December 10th, high end cannabis consumption lounge Cirrus Social Club will be hosting its first iteration of its Colfax Christmas fundraiser. Described as the "World's First Classy Cannabis Fundraiser," the event seeks to combat the devastation wrought upon local...
Local cow-punk garage country band White Rose Motor Oil makes music that rails against the patriarchal systems of oppression put in place by our current administration by writing songs that tell stories of dangerous women seeking vengeance, murderous men getting...
On October 21st, emerging Denver jam band Gabe Mintz and the Sparrows released their first single "Colfax Swamp Blues." The completely instrumental tune feels like it was born from an era long passed, hearkening back to the early days of rock first merging with...
Dear beloved readers, Denver Dive is throwing a party! A little over a year ago, a group of longtime Denver-based journalists came together with an idea. Fueled by an intense passion for this city they have made their home and a desire to provide that city with real...
Every few years or so, a moment, an event, a season happens in a city that serves to define it, that feels like a distillation of its identity as a whole. This summer that Denver and those who call this city home just experienced was one of those moments, a summer no...
Denver-based high-flying blues-rock band Shady Oaks has always felt dangerous. Their songs are these raw, destructive things that feel like navigating a burning house with a glass of whiskey in your hand, more concerned with not spilling a drop than ever actually...
The first iteration of Denver's version of the long-running, nationwide festival Porchfest hits the Baker neighborhood on October 3rd. For those unfamiliar with the festival's concept, Porchfest directly involves the communities in the cities it's held in by turning...
Denver-based experimental indie pop singer and producer Eman El Saied — better known as Sunstoney — makes music that allows you to give yourself permission to be your true self, all of you, unabashed and beautiful. In this day and age, it is all too easy to bury...
Local shoegaze, grunge, hip-hop, art-punk group Bitstream Bleed makes music that sounds like hope. It's the sliver of light emanating through the curtains of a dive bar as you try like hell to get a smoke lit. It's the light that comes off the flame when the lighter...