ѱٲԻJessica Hernandez & the Deltas 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 .
Metallica
It’s been almost a decade since mainstream metal battalion Metallica came to Denver on their last tour. They’re expecting company: To make up for the time away, the band is taking the stage at the ~76,000-person Mile High Stadium. But a lot has changed since then. The band released the head-scratching album “Lulu” with Lou Reed in 2008, James Hetfield moved to Vail (, naturally) and what was supposed to be a comeback performance at the Grammys turned into one of the . What does a Metallica with something to prove look like? Find out on June 7. Tickets are $59.50-$159.50 via .
Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas
The ghosts of doo-wop, hard rock and classic R&B roam the jaunty jams that Detroit’s Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas have laid down since forming in 2009. A regular in choir and school musicals, Hernandez swings for the fences in her melodies, which fly high and bounce hard over vintage drum machines, beguiling synths and crunching guitars. Hernandez cut “Telephone/Telephono,” her latest double-album effort, in both English and Spanish, a nod to her dual heritage (she is American, but her mother and father are Mexican and Cuban respectively). Catch her with Denver’s own dominant rock en Español band, , at the Lost Lake Lounge on June 2. Tickets are $12-$14 via .
