Bassnectar has been gaining considerable steam lately with his mind- warping mash of IDM and hippie-dub. The busy San Francisco DJ — a friend of both the Burning Man and indie hipster sets — plays the Ogden Theatre on Feb. 27. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($22-$25, Ticketmaster)
Kottonmouth Kings’ stoner rap-rock hasn’t changed much over the years, which is just the way fans like it. Tickets for the SoCal band’s April 3 Fillmore Auditorium show with La Coka Nostra and Blaze Ya Dead Homie are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($25-$28, )
Hot Buttered Rum sounds like its hometown — if it were 40 years ago. Like fellow San Franciscans the Grateful Dead, the group’s nostalgic mix of bluegrass, acoustic rock and country sees release in copious live shows. They play the Ogden Theatre on April 11 with Travelin’ McCoury’s. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($22-$25, Ticketmaster)
Eric Hutchinson heads up the Kempe Foundation’s Bluebird Theater benefit on Feb. 10. Tickets for the New York singer-songwriter’s show are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($20, Ticketmaster)
Nickel Eye is the not-so-subtly named side project of Strokes guitarist Nikolai Fraiture, who joins Nickelback and Nickel Creek in the Land of Lame Band Names. He plays the Marquis Theater with Low Vs. Diamond and I Sank Molly Brown on Jan. 26. Tickets are on sale. ($10, TicketWeb)
U.S. Pipe, Denver’s hardest-working funk band, will release its CD “United Sound Pipe” at the Bluebird Theater on Feb. 19 with Foma and Future Jazz Project. Tickets for the event, which doubles as a community food drive, are on sale. ($10, Ticketmaster)
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band sounds just like its name, a twangy amalgam of gruff vocals, punchy percussion and winking humor. The Brown County, Ind., act plays the Bluebird on March 13. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($10-$15, Ticketmaster)
Lenka hails from Sydney, Australia, but her sugary, twee piano pop is universal in its cheeky melodies and polyglot influences. Tickets for her Jan. 24 show at the Soiled Dove are on sale now. ($12-$15, )
Young Coyotes, one of Denver’s most promising indie bands, will play the Hi-Dive on Jan. 23 before a string of Midwestern and Southern road dates. Tickets for the show with Bad Weather California and the Wheel are on sale. ($8, hi-dive.com)
A Shoreline Dream and Moonspeed are set to drag the Bluebird through a blissfully guitar- heavy cloud on Feb. 26. Tickets for the Denver acts’ concert are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($10, Ticketmaster)
Tapes ‘n Tapes, who play the Fox Theatre on Jan. 17, lead a killer couple months at the Boulder venue, which includes sets from Eek a Mouse, Tim Reynolds, North Mississippi Allstars, Amy Ray, Abigail Washburn (featuring Bela Fleck), Bill Kreutzmann, Toubab Krewe and many others. Tickets are on sale. (Various prices, )
