Here are the best Denver shows that you should be at this week (Feb. 22-28). Reverb will be there, and you can chat with us about it on Twitter @RVRB or check out our pictures from the shows on our Instagram at Heyreverb.
4) Mike Cooley of the Drive-By Truckers, Larimer Lounge, Saturday, Sold out
For anyone who grew up in middle America, there’s something that’s just endearing about the . Maybe it goes as far as the band’s name that brings to mind sitting in the passenger seat of a car and watching people zip by, or maybe it’s the organic southern rock the band has made for almost two decades, but DBT makes something that feels organic, something that would feel right in any dive bar. So, there’s almost something patriotic about watching Mike Cooley of the Drive-By Truckers at a sold out Larimer Lounge.
3) XXYYXX, Larimer Lounge, Wednesday, $12-$15
This is not a random assortment of letters or some sort of chromosome structure, it’s a 17-year-old producer from Florida who started his music project in 2011 — so almost just as strange. His music is absorbing, pulling atmospheric cues from Flying Lotus with beats that evolve organically. He’s got an annoying name, and he’s got a lot of talent as a producer for someone so young. It’s definitely worth seeing all this in action at the Larimer Lounge on Wednesday.
2) Talib Kweli, Summit Music Hall, Sunday, $23
always has something to say. Whether itap on a few tracks from his solo catalog or from Black Star, he wants to be the guy who’s delivering sermons with his music. He wants to start revolutions, and even though he doesn’t always do this, itap pretty inspiring to see how passionate he is. Itap this conviction that has made Kweli so well respected by fellow hip-hop artists. Kweli’s show at Summit Music Hall on Sunday will be the perfect-size venue to see the rapper in all of his underground glory.
1) Toro y Moi, Bluebird Theater, Saturday, Sold Out
After Chaz Bundick became known as a trendsetter of experimental, electronic pop music as , it was rather shocking when he said he wanted to create a traditional pop album. His third album, “Anything in Return,” is successful in that it is exactly what he set out to create, but itap still to be determined if he’s pulled it off. Seeing how he executes this album live, with its more prominent dance beats and vocals, may very well be what labels “Anything” as a hit or miss. You be the judge when Bundick plays his mix of old and new, chillwave and poppy at the Bluebird Theater on Saturday.
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