The Green Apple Festival’s Earth Day message will be spread by the Neville Brothers,the Benevento/Russo Duo, Rose Hill Drive and the Heyday Sunday at City Park with a free show. Visit for more local venues and bands taking part in the national eight-city festival.
Yeasayer continues to bolster Brooklyn’s rep as a painfully hip epicenter of new music by looking back to the ’70s/’80s yacht rock scourge. Trust that they rock harder live. Saturday at the Bluebird Theater with Man Man.
Kimya Dawson’s critical drubbing smacks of more than a little misogyny when paired with the backlash to last year’s “Juno,” a movie heavy with her music. Dawson has never pretended to write anything but simple, melodic acoustic tunes. Tuesday at the Bluebird Theater with Angelo Spencer and L’Orchidee D’Hawai.
Ladyhawk’s animalistic approach is more Wolf Parade than Crazy Horse, but bits of both exist in the Vancouver band’s trembling, guitar-centric musings. Wednesday at the Hi-Dive with Neva Dinova and Vampire Hands.
John Wenzel: 303-954-1642 or jwenzel@denverpost.com
