The Cars (yes, the Cars) will return to Denver this weekend. The tour comes in support of the band’s new album, “Move Like This,” their eighth record, and their first in more than two decades. Though they may not have invented it, the Cars popularized new-wave music with hits like “Just What I Needed,” “My Best Friend’s Girl” and “Let the Good Times Roll.” While this past Tuesday’s release inevitably lacks the hooks and melodies of those canonical pop-rock songs, the band is far from phoning it in. And with more than a few contemporary acts relying sorely on early-’80s tropes, it’s refreshing to see a veteran act employ the moves, sounds and style in a way that’s anything but ironic. Tickets to Sunday’s show at the Fillmore Auditorium, $55.10, are available through .
S. Carey has caught the attention of music media far and wide by being “Bon Iver’s bandmate,” though that means hardly anything to those out of tune with modern indie rock. Carey, a fellow Wisconsin native and multi-instrumentalist, has toured on and off for most of the past year in support of his late-summer release, “All We Grow.” To call his piano playing virtuosic would not be an overstatement — but you can see for yourself at the Hi-Dive on Monday night. Tickets to that show, presented by Reverb, are $10 and available through .
John Hendrickson: @RVRB; jhendrickson@denverpost.com
