Still recovering from SXSW, we’re keeping the best shows of the week as light and folky as we possibly can. That is until we’re feeling up for loud noises again to get messed up by Wavves at the Larimer Lounge on Wednesday. Before that, though, it’s all acoustic guitars and music that will keep our battered ears and bodies happy. Here are the this week (March 22-28). Reverb will be there, and as always you can chat with us about it on Twitter @RVRB or check out our pictures from the shows on our Instagram at Heyreverb.
4) Paper Bird, Friday, Oriental Theater, $15
The New York Times got it right last month when it mentioned Denver as “a city that prizes the intricate folk-pop of Nathaniel Rateliff and Paper Bird.” At Paper Bird’s CD release party at the Ogden Theater on Friday, we can embrace Colorado’s organic and folky persona. And why shouldn’t we have pride in the fact that banjo and harmonies and vests have been part of the Colorado music scene before Mumford & Sons picked up a mandolin?
3) Lord Huron, Wednesday, Bluebird Theater, sold out
Maybe when Lord Huron dreams it’s in the “Earlybird” Instagram filter, or maybe that’s just how he sees the world. His folk music is dusted with yellow like one of those pictures that no one is ever smiling in, and like Instagram, it’s catching on. The Lord Huron show at the Bluebird on Wednesday is sold out. If you are one of the people who scored tickets to the show, please go and send Reverb as many photos of the concert with the “Earlybird” filter as you can.
2) Billy Bragg, Saturday, Gothic Theatre, $30.75-$35
A few days after the release of his first album in five years, Billy Bragg has chosen Colorado as the state to kick off his 2013 tour. The seasoned singer/songwriter has spent more than 30 years in the business making protest-focused music spanning a number of genres. This flexibility of sound is obvious from his origins touring London with the punk band Riff Raff to his later collaborations with the indie group Wilco.
1) Wavves, Wednesday, Larimer Lounge, $18-$20
Even for those living in endless summer on beautiful beaches, there’s stuff to be angry about. Wavves takes the “trouble-in-paradise” cliche and turns it into a juxtaposition of glittering, sunny beaches with a dingy, bottle-strewn bar. For any hipster-wanna-be-punk, there’s something ironic and satisfying about thrashing around to crunching Beach Boys power chords.
Follow our news and updates on and our relationship status on Or send us a telegram.
Reverb Managing Editor Matt Miller
