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 artist Leandro Albertoni — better known by his musical name San Leandro — has spent much of his life in the company of greats. Having worked with legends such as Eddie Roberts (of The New Mastersounds), Andy Frasco, Neal Francis and blues legend Buddy...
On June 22nd, Chroma Lips released their debut album chromaZone. The band has been making waves in the city since their formation about a year and a half ago, building a hell of a name for themselves based on sheer word of mouth and by sharing bills with some of the...
Experimental indie-folk group Frail Talk makes songs that feel like the summer storms, the sun illuminating the clouds and turning raindrops into memories that seep into your skin and stay with you forever. Their music is what it feels like to hope when thunder...
Denver-based rock and roll band Jesus Christ Taxi Driver delves into the depths of sacrilege in order to find their own form of divinity. Oscillating between stark sincerity and tongue-in-cheek yet prescient satire, the music feels like dancing while the world burns...
If you've been anywhere near the local Denver music scene in the last year or so, you've heard whispers of this band Chroma Lips. The whispers have grown louder with each passing month as the young psych-rock/pop band has released single after single while sharing the...
Local psych-rock project Tarantula Bill absolutely rips. With their new album Norm — releasing on June 12th — the band tears a hole in spacetime, ripping reality to shreds with each heart-pounding riff. The album represents the band at their best, a confident...
Banshee Tree makes music to wander to. It sounds like getting lost in the woods with those you love most as a summer storm rolls in, fading sunlight bouncing between raindrops and turning everything gold for just a few moments. It helps you realize that home is not a...
Outside Days has come and gone leaving behind only sweet memories of a weekend well spent dancing in the sunshine in the heart of Denver. The festival formerly known as Outside Festival moved from its original home at Civic Center Park to the Auraria campus this year...
Local indie gothic pop band Dollpile makes music that conjures ghosts, inviting them to step out from behind the veil and return to the mortal plane to dance in a macabre reverie not meant for the likes of the living. Yet, still you join in — propelled by lead singer...
Local punk band Toxic Authority makes music that hearkens back to the early days of punk, its chaos and brutality but also its necessity within a society in which many — young people especially — feel increasingly disillusioned. It's a direct response to the times we...