Salida, CO, USA (Active)

Steven wears his heart on his sleeve and keeps his soul in a bottle of ink. His mind is a quill at the ready. As a longtime writer and performer while a major part of Oblio Duo and its various offshoots throughout the 00’s (Oblio Duo + The Archers, Oblio’s Arrow), Steven has always understood the craft of songwriting. His instrumental talents are as varied as the genres he’s been able to express himself in. He’s just as likely to remind you of Harry Nilsson as he is Joe Strummer, both in sound and ethos. Steven admittedly aspires to be a less-successful version of John Lurie, with a dog army in the middle of nowhere. That should give the reader more insight into the ramblin’ troubadour that comprises the makeup of Mr. Lawson. When you listen to the songs on Steven’s self-titled debut solo outing, there’s no hiding the fact that life can be hard and that Steven has done some hard living. The constant reminder in between the beautiful interplay of pain and joy is that rarely does one find satisfaction or strength of character in an easy life. Luckily for us, Steven is strong enough to know that, endure it successfully and set it to music.

Denver, CO (Active)

What exactly is the future of pop punk? Is there one? Lawsuit Models don't know the answer to that question, and they don't pretend to know. All this Denver-based four-piece knows is they love it enough to play it unabashedly, unironically, and unceasingly.

Santa Fe, NM (Active)

Lightning Cult is a project created by Mike Marchant, a self-taught songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose work received consistent critical acclaim during a productive period that began in 2007 and ended after a cancer diagnosis in 2012 while based in Denver, CO. During his musical hiatus, Marchant recovered from cancer treatments and relocated to Santa Fe, NM. By 2018 he was ready to jump back into music and he enlisted a like-minded collaborator, Luke Bern Carr. Carr began as a hired producer and performer but quickly became a full project member. His role in arranging and performing Marchant’s compositions has increased significantly over the last year and a half. They are working on their first proper album together, due out later in 2021.

Denver, CO, USA (Active)

Lost Walks is a group of artists with specialized training in musical composition, choreography, journalism, music and dance performance, education, curriculum writing, presenting, facilitation and management. Because of this range of expertise, Lost Walks possesses many ways to implement and present their productions, including several elements that allow them to offer educational programing and workshops outside of their already multifaceted show. The overall concept of the band is music, movement, collaboration and conservation (especially as it relates to the wolf population in Colorado).

Duluth, MN (Active)

Low Forms Crew AKA Zenith City Rockers know how to do it. So they do it.

Boulder, CO, USA (Inactive)

MOC was an 8-piece ska-punk band playing at the height of the "Third Wave Ska" explosion from 1996-1998. Based in Boulder, CO they opened for prominent bands such as Mephiskapheles, Less Than Jake and The Toasters, recorded tracks at The Blasting Room and amazingly survived a US tour in a converted 1970's school bus.

Denver, CO, USA (Inactive)

From 2013 to 2016, Mako1972 played rock music. Sometimes loud. Sometimes not.

Denver, CO, USA (Inactive)

Sara Belle led this three-piece trash-popster garage band from Denver that sang songs about love and partying!!

Vancouver, BC, Canada (Active)

Born in the winter of 1976 along side the Ramones’ first album and the Damned’s 'New Rose', Jiffy Marx has toured all over North America and Europe with a kitchen sink of bands such as Black Rice, Blood Meridian, Hard Drugs, Jiffy Marker and most recently Canadian new wave revivalists Autogramm. On hiatus from touring and while chipping away at Autogramm’s sophomore album, Marx took a weekend to visit his pals from Seattle’s Bread & Butter. Over the course of 36 hours they managed to drink a shit load of beer, eat a ton of peanut butter pretzels, and track Jiffy’s first solo 45rpm single. “She’s My Witch” b/w “Warning Sign” sounds like classic 70s more punk than Big Star and more pop than Buzzcocks.

Denver, CO, USA (Inactive)

Aaron, Dave, Bob and Jose's post punk band. They have songs. You can listen to them.

Salt Lake City, UT, USA (Inactive)

SLC post-hardcore/noise/math rock.

Denver, CO, USA (Active)

Denver, CO’s Native Daughters have an instrumental sound that packs many of the body blows of heavy, riff-based post-metal. It also draws melodies and rhythmic tension from the cream of the mid-90s emo/post-punk crop. There are a few of the twinkly guitar leads and crushing breakdowns which are hallmarks of these divergent styles. Equal parts blunt force trauma and tension, you won’t know what hit you, but you’ll be glad that it did.

Englewood, CO, USA (Active)

A New Lion is a place where Trevor McMorris sticks “other” songs. Over the years he’s written tunes for/with Bailer, Big Timber and Hooper, but he’s always needed another place to put the things that haven’t quite fit within the guidelines of a current project. As a multi-instrumentalist, A New Lion as a handle has become synonymous with the whimsy of a studio rat, a band geek, and a folk strummer who’s a lifelong devotee of punk rock. McMorris has Brian Wilson’s fascination with texture and arrangement, tempered by a Neil Young or Robert Pollard sense of loose creative abandon. A New Lion is where the non-classifiable of McMorris’ creative output culminates into a worthy endeavor all its own.

Denver, CO, USA (Active)

Imagine reading Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine during a solar flare. That’s basically their deal.

Raleigh, NC, USA (Active)

NIGHT BATTLES was formed in 2016 by Chris Skelly (formerly of 90’s post-hardcore band Dahlia Seed) and Charlie King, who bonded over a shared love for the primal minimalism of the Spacemen 3, The Gun Club and the early 80’s hardcore punk scene where they spent their formative years in NY and DC respectively. This synthesis became the structure of the early NIGHT BATTLES sound which eventually evolved to include a heavy dose of post-punk and psych, giving NIGHT BATTLES their now familiar swirling, reverb drenched sound. Despite their decidedly dark sonic influences, "Year of No Days" retains a strong sense of melody and hook that belies the sometimes weighty and somber themes explored within.

Vancouver, BC, Canada (Active)

“Nervous Birds! One” is the debut album by Vancouver’s Night Court. Written and recorded by the band in April-July 2020, the album represents the first half of the Nervous Birds! duology and lights the fuse for Night Court’s breakout explosion onto the scene. Striking a wild balance between embracing the spirit of inspiration and abandoning the strictures of inhibition, Night Court is set loose to draw new/glue repurposed maps over the post/pop/punk/lo-fi rock landscape. Wanting to travel light, the band decided to write only good songs with no unnecessary weight, leaving concentrated grooves of distorted/indelible catchiness in their wake. Prepare yourselves.

Denver, CO, USA (Active)

Pink Hawks is an all-original future-traditional Xicanxbeat orchestra who blend Hip-Hop, Afrobeat and Afrolatin sounds to dance to. Led by Yuzo Nieto, the (up to) twelve-piece world orchestra has evolved from an entirely free-form performance art group to the more focused psychedelic Afrobeat ensemble they are today.

Santa Fe, NM, USA (Inactive)

Pitch & Bark was formed in 2010 by musician/composer Luke Bern Carr upon landing in New Mexico and performed musical interpretations of Frank Lloyd Wright's unfinished sketches.

Denver, CO/Los Angeles, CA, USA (Inactive)

pxlman was an electropoprock outfit out of Denver, CO that eventually relocated to LA. The lone constant was front man and songwriter Randy M. Washington, who had over a decade of writing electronic music and most notably, fronting the German electropop band Total Ghost.

Easthampton, MA, USA (Active)

Adam Reid & the In-Betweens is an indie/folk rock project helmed by, you guessed it, Adam Reid. He's performed solo and with a band in the US, UK and Argentina.

Denver, CO, USA (Active)

Post-Punk/Post-Hardcore that is simultaneously frantic and haunting.

Denver, CO, USA (Active)

Roka Hueka is a Denver-based Latin ska band which has been creating danceable beats since forming in 2014. From a Criagslist ad, singer Andy Gonzalez found bandmates including drummer Blake Pendergrass and bassist Ric Urrutia. They started out playing ska versions of popular songs and then began to write their own material, mixing in reggae, Afrobeat, hip hop, and punk to create a unique sound rooted in Latinx culture. The result today is a fun, lively, and fierce sound that keeps you moving. Though its sound is unique in its own right, Roka Hueka is perhaps best-known for their lyrics which tackle hard issues like racism and politics. The band also put their lyrics to action and founded Territorio Liberado, a Denver music festival and benefit that supports immigrant rights.

Lake Charles, LA/Denver, CO, USA (Inactive)

Rootbeer Ritchie and Aaron Mermentau were a two-piece southern fuzz-rock combo..

Denver, CO, USA (Active)

Rootbeer Richie & The Reveille are self-described as swamp pop. It's fitting, as singer/songwriter Rootbeer Richie and drummer Seth Stone hail from Louisiana originally. The rest of the band, cherry-picked from the best Denver indie acts of the last 10 years, are cool with it too. RR&TR has a lot of rhythm and a lot of soul, all filtered through a punk rock DIY approach and camaraderie that makes them instantly captivating. Find out what all of the fuss is about to be about!

Washington, DC/Seattle, WA, USA (Occasionally Active)

When Velocity Girl finally ended in 1997, Sarah Shannon was still eager to make music. In 1998, she recorded a demo with Geoff Turner (Gray Matter, Three) and Adam Wade (Jawbox, Shudder To Think). The songs reflected on Velocity Girl while at the same time looked forward to a hopeful future. As is often the case, life has a way of intervening and the tapes got buried on a shelf for 20+ years. Geoff recently rediscovered them and the trio were thrilled at how good they still sounded. They decided the songs should finally see the light of day and now here we are with a proper release, 25 years later.