Bon Iver and Methyl Ethel are our picks for the best shows around Denver this week. See you there, and if you don’t make it out, follow our music musings on and our selfies on . If you do, mind where .
Bon Iver
If the three albums Justin Vernon has released as Bon Iver — an intentionally butchered spelling of the French words for “good winter” — sound like they were written by three different people, that’s not far off. First acoustic, then fuzzy rock and now crunching electronic, Vernon has re-invented his sound as his life has re-invented him. The only constant that carries through from his decade-old debut to 2016’s “22, A Million” is a knack for langue-bending songwriting and his ethereal falsetto, an unmistakable mewl that always sounds stretched to the breaking point. Hear it when Vernon plays Broomfield’s FirstBank Center on April 11. Tickets are $40.95-$60.50 and available via .
Methyl Ethel
Perth, Australia’s Methyl Ethel is a prime example of today’s over-choked millennial music scene. The left-of-center pop group sound every bit the part of future stadium-stompers, finding a niche space between the smart rock of Portugal. The Man and the pure pop ecstasy of Imagine Dragons. That said, the band is nowhere near a Pepsi Center gig, or even one at a mid-sized music venue. To wit, it’s playing the teensy, 75-person Lost Lake Lounge On April 9. But how often do you get to hear a proto-arena band’s sound squeezed into a club the size of a living room? Catch them with Fort Collins’ Slow Caves on Sunday. Tickets: $10 via ticketfly.com.
