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4) Inner Oceans — Nov. 9, Hi-Dive $6
If you remember the well-loved and sadly disbanded Colorado act Dovekins, you might want to do yourself a favor and check out . This new act — a project of Dovekins’ Griff Snyder — builds sandcastles of slightly folk and sometimes electro-psych rock. Though the band doesn’t release its first EP until Nov. 9 at the Hi-Dive, what we’ve heard of the band is more than enough to keep us interested. We offered the band’s reverb-washed ahead of the EP release. If you like it, check the band out on Nov. 9.
3) Rihanna — Nov. 9, Pepsi Center, $39.50-$125
There are few pop princesses as tough as Rihanna. She has a swagger that demands respect and a voice to match it. On Nov. 9, her persona will fill the entire Pepsi Center as she makes her way to Denver on her Diamonds World Tour. This week, Rihanna became one of three acts to top the UK singles chart seven times in as many years thanks to her new track, “The Monster,” with Eminem. That, and her tour that has stopped everywhere from Abu Dhabi to New Zealand, speaks to the singer’s global appeal.
2) Judy Collins — Nov. 8, Paramount Theatre, $38-$99, VIP $200
has had a few lifetimes’ worth of success: singles that have charted from the ’60s up to the ’90s, 20 studio albums, a Grammy award and plenty of social activism along the way through UNICEF. Now the singer-songwriter/activist can add to that list an accolade that comes from the state she grew up in — an induction into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony takes place on Nov. 8 at the Paramount Theatre and also includes a performance by Collins. The event also features other Hall of Fame inductees the Serendipity Singers, Bob Lin and Chris Daniels.
1) Mazzy Star — Nov. 10, Ogden Theatre, $35
Emotional and drifting, Mazzy Star’s pop music from the mid-’90s led the way for a number of contemporary dream-pop acts. But after three albums, the band abruptly went on hiatus after 1996’s “Among My Swan.” Now as the band’s sound is making a comeback with younger musicians, Mazzy Star has chosen the perfect time to release its first album in 17 years. The band’s new album, “Seasons of Your Day,” calls to mind Mazzy Star’s biggest hits from the ’90s — “Fade into You” and “Into Dust” — while sounding modern. The band plays Denver’s Ogden Theatre on Nov. 10.
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