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Festival Review — Blucifer’s First Rodeo Was a Raging Celebration of What Community Can Achieve
A feeling between trepidation and excitement takes hold of me as I step to the front of the mosh...
Blucifer’s First Rodeo Preview: Where Denver Dive Will Be Hanging Out
The time is finally upon us. After months of anticipation, lineup drops, surprise announcements,...
San Leandro Talks Paving His Own Way While Staying True to What’s Come Before
Denver-based artist Leandro Albertoni — better known by his musical name San Leandro — has spent...
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Album Review — Chroma Lips Claim Their Territory With Debut Album “chromaZone”
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...
Dive’s July Picks: What We’re Looking Forward to This Month
Every month brings something worth looking forward to. Ours is measured in new discoveries, old favorites and the wonderfully specific moments that make Denver, Denver. At the beginning of each month, the Dive team comes up with our favorite picks in music, food, art,...
Frail Talk Holds Onto Hope Amidst Grief With “Circles and Visions” EP
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...
Jesus Christ Taxi Driver Talks Laughing Through a Burning World Ahead of 6/24 Show at Hi-Dive
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...
Chroma Lips Talk Debut Album “chromaZone” Ahead of June 22nd Release
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...
Tarantula Bill Talks New Album “Norm” Ahead of June 12th Album Release
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 Searches for Home on New Album “Bad Luck”
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 Music Recap: All the Music We Saw
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...
Dollpile Talks Melding Intention With Spontaneity Ahead of June 4th Release of New Album “Someone Else’s Heaven”
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 for Troubled Times
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...