Now on sale
The Shins like to take their sweet time between albums — an average of almost four years — but nothing about the intricately layered indie-pop of James Mercer (also of Broken Bells) is rushed or rough. The Shins will return to promote their forthcoming March 20 album for Columbia, “Port of Morrow,” with a May 29 headlining date at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, with support from the Head and the Heart and Blind Pilot. Tickets for the sure-to-sell-out show are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($36.50-$43.75, Ticketmaster)
James Taylor will take a well-deserved victory lap this spring and summer when the gentle singer-songwriter plays select European and American dates following months of honors at the White House (for the National Medal of Arts) and Carnegie Hall. And where else to end his latest trip than Red Rocks Amphitheatre? Tickets for the July 23 concert are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($45-$85, )
Miranda Lambert’s latest release for Sony Music, “Four the Record,” has been going strong since its November release, and the award-winning pop-country artist aims to keep it that way. Lambert’s wide-ranging “On Fire” tour will take her to the 1stBank Center on March 17, with openers Chris Young and Jerrod Niemann. Tickets are on sale ($38.75-$53.75, TicketHorse)
Lambchop, the swirling, brilliant, deeply eccentric mini-orchestra that hardly ever tours, is hitting Boulder’s Fox Theatre on April 28 to promote its new Merge Records album, “Mr. M.” That makes this rare glimpse of Kurt Wagner and company a cause for celebration. Tickets for the Nashville band’s show are already on sale. ($15- $18, )
Magic Cyclops, Denver’s favorite anti-comedy hero, is capitalizing on his sublimely subversive turn on “American Idol” last month with a show at the Bluebird Theater entitled “Magic Cyclops Sells Out … The Biggest Show You’ve Never Seen, In Your Life (as seen on ‘American Idol’).” A mouthful, yes, but Cyclops has never been known for his, ahem, subtlety. Tickets for the March 1 show are on sale. ($10, )
John Wenzel: 303-954-1642 or jwenzel@denverpost.com
