THE RAILBENDERS
This Denver country-rock act will play at its namesake bar tonight with Machine Oil and Mean Bottle. Bender’s Tavern, 314 E. 13th Ave., 9 p.m., $10. Download pop music critic Ricardo Baca’s podcast with the Railbenders at .
BOULDER ACOUSTIC SOCIETY
This self-explanatory band performs with other locals (Paper Stars, Rebecca Folsom, etc.) at the Renaissance of Local sustainability fest at Planet Bluegrass Ranch in Lyons. Stay for the locally grown food, art and family activities. Friday-Sunday, $15-$20, .
MOCCASIN
If your Guinness has been tasting like Kool-Aid lately, you need a dose of this band’s textured, eat-it-with-a-spoon rock. Saturday with Black Mountain and Cave Singers. Hi-Dive, 7 S. Broadway, 8 p.m., $10.
LIGHT TRAVELS FASTER
This husky indie-guitar outfit plays Wednesday with Beat the Devil, the Good Old Fashioned Sinners, Colder Than Fargo and Christina the Hun. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., 9 p.m., $8.
Staff writer John Wenzel can be reached at 303-954-1642 or jwenzel@denverpost.com.
