DenverThread Picks of the Weekend – Pre-Thanksgiving Edition

DenverThread Picks of the Weekend – Pre-Thanksgiving Edition

November 18, 2015 Off By Billy Thieme

This year, as you’re getting ready to load up on tryptophan, relatives, scotch and football, we’ve got a few recommendations to make sure you get a good filling of music to hold  you over the holiday. We’ve picked out quite a selection of underground coming through Denver over the next week or so, from straight up folk, to singer-songwriter smoothness, to grindcore and the beauty of fuzzed-out stoner rock. Read on – and listen – to find out just what you’re in for from these shows.

FUZZ
Sunday, November 22 – Bluebird Theater

Rock’s latest answer to James Brown, workaholic guitarist Ty Segall‘s latest trio promises to pound the fuzz into and out of you this Sunday night at the Bluebird. With Segall on drums for this endeavor, this trio envelopes all the best creamy goodness of Mudhoney, with more than a little Sabbath mixed in (maybe a result of guitarist Charlie Moothart’s  Ozzy-esque whining drone). Wicked stoney guitar riffs, heavy bass and blasting drums are in store. If you’re not feeling stoned soon after you arrive, you will – whether you smoke or not. Check out “Rat Race,” from the new album FUZZ II, to get a taste:

Fuck the Facts
Monday, November 23 – Mutiny Information Café

If your cup of tea includes screeching, lightspeed guitars, screaming vocals, and plenty, plenty, plenty of glorious feedback, make sure you don’t miss Fuck the Facts at Mutiny Information Café this Monday. This Canadian grindcore band may just be the perfect way to prepare your ears and head for the inevitable screaming – from parents, siblings or brand-new young-uns – you’re heading into for Turkey Day. If nothing else, this band will make you thankful for earplugs. Take a listen to “La Mort I,” from their latest Desire Will Rot, released last summer. It won’t get quieter than this – guaranteed:

Abby and the Myth
Wednesday, November 25 – Herman’s Hideaway

How about a soupçon of straight up folk for the night before the big feast? If you’re into the music that The Lumineers and Brooklyn’s latest folk fad has popularized over the past few years, you’ll love this set. Guaranteed to put a lift in your step, this acoustic group led by the multi-talented Abby Posner centers on her talents with strings, and a strong vocal range. Check out “This Room,” from For You, the Spring, below:

Joel Ansett
Thursday, November 19 – Soiled Dove Underground

New to Denver as of this past Summer, Joel Ansett shows off a tender skill at crooning that recalls Sufjan Stevens or a slightly-less edgy Ed Sheeran. A golden voice and solid songwork pair well with strong lyricism – which is probably why Ansett was able to raise enough money via a recent KickStarter to record his debut album, due to be released on November 23. Listen to “Already In Love” below, while you get your tickets online.

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  • Billy Thieme

    Aging punk rocker with a deep of all things musical and artistic, enough to remain constantly young and perpetually mystified. Billy has journalistic dreams, but of a decidedly pastoral, Scottish nature.