Topping our picks of best Colorado shows this week are Thundercat, and more. We’ll be seeing you there, and if you don’t make it out, follow the music musings on our Twitter @RVRB and our selfies on Instagram @heyreverb.
4) HARD: Red Rocks — Thursday, Red Rocks, $47.50-$80
Compared to other EDM parties like , s is far more manageable in size and scope. No need to stress out with multiple days or an encyclopedia of acts — HARD just has a handful of greats. My favorite is Disclosure, the British duo whose new album has become my go-to album for running and starting a party when it needs to be done. And of course Diplo has been pretty much all over the place for the last year, including his new album as Major Lazer.
3) Mac Miller — Tuesday, Ogden Theatre, $29.50-$30
Something happened to between the release of his debut album “Blue Slide Park” and his sophomore album “Watching Movies With the Sound Off.” Itap almost as if he spent the time listening, and listening intently, to what was emerging in the hip-hop scene rather than what was popular. His debut lacked charm, any depth and was at its most a shameful and dated recreation of what had been popular a few years beforehand. Thatap what makes his growth on his sophomore album so impressive. “Watching Movies With the Sound Off” is a brooding, smoky album that tackles anything from mortality to the economy. The newly reborn artist plays the on Thursday.
2) Bob Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket — Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, Wednesday, $49.10-$107.35
Bob Dylan has always been smart with his opening acts — especially in his later years. Itap almost as if he knows he’s not much to look at or listen to these days, but people will go look at and listen to him regardless. So he balances out whatap missing during his own live show with a solid, almost irresistible, lineup of openers. As is the case for his show at on Wednesday where and act as support. Both bands have been heavily influenced by Dylan and can bring a live show you would expect from the icon in his heyday.
1) Thundercat — Cervante’s Masterpiece Ballroom, Friday, $20
Take a look at Stephen Bruner’s (a.k.a ) strange career path: Suicidal Tendencies bassist to Metallica bassist to Erykah Badu’s studio bassist and now an associated musician on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label. There’s one common theme here — Bruner is a bass virtuoso, and now he’s putting that talent into his own solo music. Mixing funk, jazz, pop and the experimental electronics from being associated with Brainfeeder, Bruner’s two albums execute each genre with only a studio musician’s perfection. This technical prowess should make for a fantastic show on Friday at .
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