@queencitysounds

@queencitysounds has been a member of Linktree for 4 years and joined in November 2021. The social media accounts linked to from @queencitysounds are: • Instagram Besides social media accounts, queencitysounds has populated their site with: • Akiyoshi Yasuda’s Ambient Piece “day4 by memento” Induces the Listener Into a Deep and Transformative Environmental Awareness – Queen City Sounds and Art • Bondo’s Hypnotic Yet Cathartic Post-Hardcore Single “Running Back” Draws You In With Its Sonic Contrasts – Queen City Sounds and Art • Queen City Sounds Podcast S6E05: Michael McGrath – Queen City Sounds and Art • Queen City Sounds Podcast S6E04: Emily Rach Beisel – Queen City Sounds and Art • Coloma’s Introspective and Melancholic Dream Pop Single “Skylights” Eases Lingering Emotional Turmoil With Its Gentle Touch – Queen City Sounds and Art • Moodlighting’s Effervescent Single “Guardrail” is a Dream Pop Song About the Foibles of the Tourist Mindset – Queen City Sounds and Art • Battery Operated Orchestra’s “Alligator” is a Triumphant Synth Pop Song About Exiting an Oppressive, Toxic Relationship – Queen City Sounds and Art • Daniele Sciolla’s Sprightly and Percussive Electronic Piece “Ultra Brave” is Like Music For an Exploratory Video Game – Queen City Sounds and Art • Rehya Stevens’ Melodiously Brooding “Comedown” is a Song About How Life Can’t be Peak Moments All the Time – Queen City Sounds and Art • Subaqua’s Urgent Post-Punk Single “What a Bliss” Imagines a Future When the Psychic Weight of Patriarchal Culture is Gone – Queen City Sounds and Art • Queen City Sounds Podcast S6E03: The Builders and the Butchers – Queen City Sounds and Art • Sunken Cages’ Electro-Acoustic Single “Drum and Flowers” is Like an Industrial Song Rooted in the Sounds and Sensibilities of the Global South – Queen City Sounds and Art • Bajune Tobeta and Christian Fennesz Open a Passage to More Meditative Emotional Spaces With Tranquil Ambient Modern Classical Piece “After the Silence” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Queen City Sounds Podcast S6E02: Anne Richmond Boston – Queen City Sounds and Art • Hissuae’s Warmly Cinematic “Mayfly/Something Divin” is a Song About Transcendent Love and Desire – Queen City Sounds and Art • Best Shows in Denver and Beyond July 2026 – Queen City Sounds and Art • J’cuzzi’s Genre Bursting Psychedelic Post-Punk Single “Greasy Comb” Fuses the Ominous and the Otherworldly – Queen City Sounds and Art • “All on Black” is evrshde’s Deeply Moody Downtempo Song of Solidarity for Those Suffering Through Dark Times of the Psyche – Queen City Sounds and Art • Bad Flamingo Expands Into Sultry, Synth-Infused Dream Pop on “Velvet” – Queen City Sounds and Art • New Wolves’ Cinematic Folk Single “We Are Crowds” is an Assertion of the Importance of Our Analog, Individual Identities in the Flood of the Techno-Oligarch Agenda – Queen City Sounds and Art • The Dark Urgency of Kallsup’s “Kino” Reflects the Impetus to Exit a Situation Outgrown – Queen City Sounds and Art • eeMKay Glitches Reality on Psychedelic Lo-Fi Glitch Trap Single “BIGGER PICTURE” – Queen City Sounds and Art • The Huntress and Holder of Hands’ “Timbre Inaudible” is a Brooding Dark Folk Song About Grief as an Act of Memory – Queen City Sounds and Art • MAARA HERZ Bursts Through the Haze of Late Capitalism’s Attention Economy to Reassert Authentic Identity on Glitch IDM Song “IS IT POSSIBLE?” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Saint Kitten’s Moody Yet Liberating “Stay” is a Song About Casting Off the Comforts of Familiarity and Misplaced Nostalgia and Pursing the Fulfillment of Your Dreams – Queen City Sounds and Art • Piper Connolly’s “beautiful life” is a Song About Accepting the Good Things Coming Into Your Life Rather Than Run From Them – Queen City Sounds and Art • Dren’s Pastoral Cosmic Art Folk Single “Fading” Features Soulful Vocals From Sophia James – Queen City Sounds and Art • Head Full of Stars Elegantly Express a Sense of Loss and of Being Lost on Elegant Shoegaze Single “Burning Hearts” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Bank Myna’s Live Video of “No Ocean of Thoughts” and “The Shadowed Body” is Darkly Cosmic, Heavy Post-Rock Evocation of Spiritual Catharsis – Queen City Sounds and Art • atmos bloom’s Tender Dream Pop Single “Everything” is a Warmly Rendered Soundtrack to Hopeful Reflection – Queen City Sounds and Art • Queen City Sounds Podcast S6E01: Low Cut Connie – Queen City Sounds and Art • AUTORHYTHM’s Retrofuturist Krautrock Pop Single “Symmetry” is Imbued With an Intense Sense of Hope – Queen City Sounds and Art • applied communications Deftly Weaves Sly Cultural References Into Surreal Indie Pop Single “cowboy bebop & eric’s trip” to Cathartic Effect – Queen City Sounds and Art • Best Shows in Denver and Beyond June 2026 – Queen City Sounds and Art • Tugboat Captain’s Moody Dream Pop Single “Us & The Moon” is Brimming With a Palpable Sense of Affection and Vulnerability – Queen City Sounds and Art • Layer Cake’s Jangle Pop Single “numb” Lends Heartbreak and Heartache a Cathartic Sense of Hope – Queen City Sounds and Art • Reindeer Flotilla’s Synth Pop Single “Chef’s Knife” is a Vibrant Song About Navigating Challenging Situations – Queen City Sounds and Art • Skinny Dippers’ Cosmic Folk Song “When You Were It” Evokes a Warmly Reflective Immediacy – Queen City Sounds and Art • Young Allies Debut Single “Fingers Entwined” is an Infectious New Wave Power Pop Song About the Joys and Pitfalls of Human Relationships – Queen City Sounds and Art • Brooklyn Doran’s Melancholic and Expansive “Heavy Hurt” is a Song About Mourning Irreconcilable Differences – Queen City Sounds and Art • Josaleigh Pollett Examines Seeing and Being Truly Seen By Others on Shoegaze Infused Pop Single “The Witness” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Jupe Jupe’s Post-Punk New Wave Single “A Game of Wait and See” is a Song About the Downside of the Attention Economy – Queen City Sounds and Art • Dustin O’Halloran’s Modern Classical Song “Fragile N.1” Conveys a Deep Sense of Gentleness and Warmth – Queen City Sounds and Art • Spices Peculiar and Sunswept Carry Us on a Soothing and Transcendental Journey Across Time on Ambient Jazz Improv Track “7/9/25” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Queen City Sounds Podcast S5E50: Wheelchair Sports Camp – Queen City Sounds and Art • Twin Court Fuses Javanese Gamelan Aesthetic and Pastoral Folk Post-Rock for New Single “Wildfires” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Best Shows in Denver and Beyond May 2026 – Queen City Sounds and Art • Alden Hellmuth Leans Into Hard Bop Free Jazz Entropy on “Face the Wall” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Jennie Gillespie Mason Presents Human Love as a Path to Higher Consciousness on Psychedelic Folk Song “Rungs of Love” – Queen City Sounds and Art • The Wheel Workers’ Brightly Atmospheric Indie Pop Single “Rainbows” is a Song About Reclaiming Joy From an Oppressive Culture – Queen City Sounds and Art • Mock Media Sheds Light on the Narratives Working Against One’s Happiness on Power Pop Single “Rat Bastard” – Queen City Sounds and Art • NESYA’s “PUT THE FRIES IN THE BAG” Should be the R&B Darkwave Electronic Dance Club Hit of the Summer – Queen City Sounds and Art • Fan Girl’s Noisy Slowcore Single “Worth It?” is a Song About Emotional Disconnect and Quiet Devatation – Queen City Sounds and Art • Jeki’s Sultry Neo Soul Single “Hold On” Coaxes Us to Be Kind To Ourselves and Live Rather Than Strive – Queen City Sounds and Art • Queen City Sounds Podcast S5E48: White Satan – Queen City Sounds and Art • Queen City Sounds Podcast S5E47: George Usher – Queen City Sounds and Art • The Dead Century Offers a Refreshing Take on the Breakup Song on Impassioned Power Pop Single “Hey Chicago” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Queen City Sounds Podcast S5E46 – Queen City Sounds and Art • “After the Masquerade (Refashioned)” Casts Shaela Miller’s Americana Synth Pop Original Into a Vibrant Dark Wave Mode – Queen City Sounds and Art • “Behold!” by Radium88 is Like the Avant-Garde Synthpop Soundtrack to a Retro-Futurist Dystopian Novel – Queen City Sounds and Art • Unwed Sailor’s Instrumental Post-Rock Single “Don’t Let Go” is a Buoyant Celebration of Personal Connection – Queen City Sounds and Art • Forever Factory’s Darkly Humorous and Surreal Post-Punk Single “Never Boring” Weighs the Options of Social Activities and Self-Isolating – Queen City Sounds and Art • Lukka Celebrates the Multitudes Within Each of Us on Psychedelic Synth Pop Single “Tomboi” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Queen City Sounds Podcast E5E45: Keith Carne – Queen City Sounds and Art • Madrid Exit’s Dark R&B Pop Single “July” (ft. Delachute) is Like Deep Mood Music For an Elevated Found Footage Horror Film – Queen City Sounds and Art • Best Shows in Denver April 2026 – Queen City Sounds and Art • Kid Sistr Makes an Exuberant Case for Dropping the Egotistical Gaslighter Out of Your Life on Epic Grunge Folk Single “Maniac” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Macro/micro Taps Into the Dark IDM and Thriller Soundtracks for the Beat-Driven Menace of “Paperclip Maximizer” – Queen City Sounds and Art • La Sécurité’s Playful No-Wave Pop Single “Snack City” is an Upbeat Song About How Bread and Circuses is No Longer Enough – Queen City Sounds and Art • Susurrus Station’s Cosmic Pastoral Pop Single “Meshes of the Afterlife” is a Peak Into a More Tranquil and Nurturing Future – Queen City Sounds and Art • Queen City Sounds Podcast S5E44: Best Local Albums of 2025 – Queen City Sounds and Art • Booma Bitz’s Cinematic Ambient Single “A Pufferfish About to Pop” is a Poetic Evocation of Hospital Bed Daydreaming – Queen City Sounds and Art • The Poor Luckies Deliver Tales of Getting Through Life’s Dull and Rough Patches on Ferocious Garage Punk Single “Time’s Not Your Friend” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Landroid’s Retro-Futurist Disco Synth Pop Single “Say My Name” is a Perfect Sound for Summer – Queen City Sounds and Art • Two-Man Giant Squid’s Irreverent Post-Punk Dance Song “3 Hits” is a Sharp Commentary on the Pitfalls of Operating in Modern Music Culture – Queen City Sounds and Art • Eric Angelo Bessel’s Space Ambient Single “Upstate” Evokes the Mood of Seeing the Earth Revealed by Moonlight – Queen City Sounds and Art • The Huntress and Holder of Hands Delve Into the Conflicted Human Condition on Doom Folk Song “Promethean” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Soft No’s Post-Punk Emo Single “Oxford Street” Is an Exuberant But Heartbreaking Portrait of Friendship and Loss – Queen City Sounds and Art • Hissuae’s Cinematic, Intimate and Transcendent Art Pop Single “Guilty Pleasure” Mixes the Personal With the Mythical – Queen City Sounds and Art • Genre Is Death Savage Inauthentic Aspirations on No Wave Punk Single “Attractive People” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Tory Silver’s Wistful and Hopeful Indie Pop Single “Microwave” Comforts With Images of Reliably Necessary Daily Rituals – Queen City Sounds and Art • The Empty Page Eviscerates the Destructive Anti-Aging Rhetoric of Our Society on Brooding Post-Punk Single “A Feminine Ending” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Florence Dore Gives Voice to the Frustrations of Academic Bureaucracy on Rousing Americana Rock Song “Twelve Great Minds (Department Meeting)” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Lukka’s Synth-Infused Dream Pop Single “Fabric of the Cosmos” is a Ballad of Acceptance of a Universe in a Constant State of Flux – Queen City Sounds and Art • Unwed Sailor’s Brisk and Warm “West Coast Prism” is the Soundtrack to the Anticipation of a Future Road Trip – Queen City Sounds and Art • Field Hospitals’s Romantically Nostalgic “Everyfire” is a Jangle Pop Post-Punk Ballad About Reconnecting With One’s Passions – Queen City Sounds and Art • Lucille Two’s “What’s In My Mind” is a Hazy Slowcore Song About Moving on From a Relationship That Has Already Crumbled – Queen City Sounds and Art • Fugue State’s “Dark” is an Ambient Jazz Dream Pop Song That Soothes and Stirs the Imagination – Queen City Sounds and Art • Blvckhndz Boosts Community Protection on Darkwave Hip-Hop Single “I Am Your Neighbor” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Mindy Gledhill Inspires Finding Everyday Wonders Around You on Dream Folk Single “Hidden Pictures” – Queen City Sounds and Art • “Places, Everyone” by Halou is a Sensuous, Industrial Downtempo Portrait of Messianic Egomania. – Queen City Sounds and Art • Oski XD Doski’s “Bonny Wraith” is a Culture Jamming Collage of Post-Punk Psychedelic Folk – Queen City Sounds and Art • Madeline Goldstein’s Darkwave Single “One Star One Body” is a Synthpop Song of Personal Liberation From Personal and Social Limitations – Queen City Sounds and Art • “Spin Glass” by storyinsoil is an Ambient IDM Piece That Sounds Like the Score of a Utopian, Existential Science Fiction Drama From the ‘70s – Queen City Sounds and Art • The Title Track to Lizzy Rose’s New Album Faultlines is an Indiepop Map to Emotional Health in a Time of Catastrophe – Queen City Sounds and Art • The Noisy’s “Ballerino” is a Heartwarming and Affectionate Indie Rock Tribute to a New Romance – Queen City Sounds and Art • Reykjavik Kids’ “Hyper Etrian (Gleaming Universe)” is a Buoyant and Immersive Synth Pop Song About Unplugging From the Attention Economy – Queen City Sounds and Art • Silver Liz’s Electro-Shoegaze Single “Dream More Vivid” is a Sustained State of Dreamlike Bliss – Queen City Sounds and Art • Mactier’s Hypnotic and Melancholic Post-Punk Song “Fade Away” Captures What It Feels Like to Struggle to Let Go Long After You Should – Queen City Sounds and Art • “I Used To See Her On The Way Home from School and She Lit Up The Sky with her Beauty” by Dylan Henner is a Transcendent Expression of an Adolescent Experience of Infatuation – Queen City Sounds and Art • CATBEAR Tells Us How Self-Acceptance is Attainable on Breezy Synth Pop Single “It’s Okay” – Queen City Sounds and Art • don’t get lemon’s “Paid Holiday” is Like a Synth Pop Theme Song For a Jared Hess Comedy – Queen City Sounds and Art • &Tilly and BlauDisS Elicit a Deep Sense of Existential Drift on Dream Pop Song “Chaotic Neutral” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Madeline Goldstein’s Commanding Synth Pop Single “My Own Design” Reigns in a Spiral Into Anxiety and Panic – Queen City Sounds and Art • Best Shows in Denver and Beyond November 2025 – Queen City Sounds and Art • Taleen Kali Disentangles Ego From Self-Transformation on Urgent Shoegaze Single “Crossed” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Joyer’s Indie Shoegaze Single “Glare of the Beer Can” is Warmly Rendered Portrait of Fond Reverie – Queen City Sounds and Art • Blue Tomorrows Savors Heartfelt Romantic Memories in the Wake of Heartache on Dream Pop Single “Colorado”​ – Queen City Sounds and Art • Girl Wilde Perfectly Expresses the Sound of the Disassociating Crashout of Romantic Disappointment on Glitch Pop Single “if love skips this lifetime, i’ll die in my room” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Eric Angelo Bessel’s Ethereal Ambient Single “Non-digetic Sound” Evokes a Sense of Mystery and Connection – Queen City Sounds and Art • Night Teacher’s Beautifully Brooding Slowcore Single “New Cage” is an Exploration of the Panopticon of Social Media – Queen City Sounds and Art • Mark Ohai’s Moody and Surreal Post-Punk Single “Postoy” Conveys a Strong Sense of Resignation and Hope – Queen City Sounds and Art • CATBEAR Evokes a Deep Sense of Regret and Yearning in the Immersive, Soulful Synthpop of “Darkness” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Ehsan Matoori’s “Fountain of Eternity” Sets Rumi’s Mystic Poetry to Dance Choreography and Stirring Modern Persian Classical Music – Queen City Sounds and Art • Peter Litvin’s Don’t Break It” is a Humorous and Dramatic, Psychedelic Breakup Song – Queen City Sounds and Art • Best Shows in Denver and Beyond October 2025 – Queen City Sounds and Art • Pictureplane’s Introspective “Weeping Sky” is a Slow Jam For the Late Night Dance Floor – Queen City Sounds and Art • Slouching’s “Medialyte” is an Ambient Coldwave Song Evocative of Retro Science Fiction Noir – Queen City Sounds and Art • “Marina pt. 2” is an Ambient Jazz Fusion Portrait of Leisure Times in the Coastal Subtropics – Queen City Sounds and Art • Birdie Swann Sisters & King Black Acid Embrace the Messy Aspects of Being a Passionate Person in Love on “Hurricane” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Carmine Francis Reconciles His Dreams and Existential Anxieties on Tender Psychedelic Folk Pop Single “Too Much” – Queen City Sounds and Art • SAADI Highlights the Strange and Irrational Aspects of Faith on Synthpop Single “Gotcha!” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Springworks’ “Ultraviolet Lullabies” is Like a Psychedelic Garage Folk Theme Song to Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy – Queen City Sounds and Art • Patrick Shiroishi’s Ambient Noise Rock Piece “Mountain take that wing” is the Sound of Ancient Life Reclaiming Consciousness – Queen City Sounds and Art • Queen City Sounds Podcast S5E31: Ches Smith – Queen City Sounds and Art • Eric Angelo Bessel’s Ambient Single “Scavengers” is an Enigmatic and Haunted Evocation of the Mysteries of Hidden Depths – Queen City Sounds and Art • Queen City Sounds Podcast S5E30: Shonen Knife – Queen City Sounds and Art • King-Mob’s Industrial Post-Punk Single “Buddha Tombing” is Like the Menacing Soundtrack to a David Fincher Thriller – Queen City Sounds and Art • Queen City Sounds Podcast S5E29: In the Company of Serpents – Queen City Sounds and Art • “Let Go/Ascent” by SOHN is the Sound of Both Cosmic Horror and Existential Transcendence – Queen City Sounds and Art • The Analog Detail of loverghost’s “sweet tooth” Render’s Lends Deeply Vulnerable Love Song a Cozy Intimacy – Queen City Sounds and Art • Queen City Sounds Podcast S5E28: Melodies Never Lie – Queen City Sounds and Art • Kramies’ Psychedelic, Orchestral Pop Single “Hollywood Signs” is a Trip From Haunted Headspaces to Tranquil Accceptance – Queen City Sounds and Art • Ana Hausmann’s “nausea-stalgia” is an Organic Ambient Articulation of the Dark Mysteries of Nighttime Streets – Queen City Sounds and Art • The Pastoral Grandeur of Dustin O’Halloran’s Minimal Piano Piece “Gold” is an Expression of the Mind Free of the Pressure of Mediated Life – Queen City Sounds and Art • Dag och Natt Leans Into the Acceptance of Impermanence and the Healing Properties of Emotional Drift With Dream Pop Single “Tunis” – Queen City Sounds and Art • How local independent record labels are helping Denver bands • Queen City Sounds Podcast S5E27: Rebecca Pidgeon – Queen City Sounds and Art • Smokey Brights’ “Peace Sign Pentagram” is a Fuzzy Power Pop Anthem to Making One’s Unfulfilled Rock and Roll Dreams Come True – Queen City Sounds and Art • Queen City Sounds Podcast S5E26: Janet Feder – Queen City Sounds and Art • “Lost & Burnt” by Legends of the Seven Golden Vampires is Hypnotic, Noir-Inflected Downtempo – Queen City Sounds and Art • Patrick Shiroishi’s Ambient Jazz Piece “There is no moment in my life in which this is not happening” is a Meditation on the Ongoing, Daily Impact of the Legacy of Racism and Colonialism – Queen City Sounds and Art • Origami Ghosts Travel Through the Ephemeral Charms of Digital Life to the Human Yearning for Analog Connection on Psychedelic Pop Single “Virtual Reality Boy” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Pynch Speaks Eloquently to the Anxiety of an Era of Endless Choices on Genre Eclectic Single “Post-Punk/New-Wave” – Queen City Sounds and Art • “Tarha” is Bombino’s Uplifting, Tuareg Guitar Folk Tribute to Love, Friendship and the Beautiful Tranquility of the Desert – Queen City Sounds and Art • Doc No’s Live Modular Piece “Q-41_QV_050325a” is Charged With the Playful Percussive Tones and Bright, Sustained Harmonics – Queen City Sounds and Art • The Picture Tour Debuts Video For Shoegaze Noir Single “Nobody Cruises Anymore” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Madeline Goldstein’s Darkwave Synth Pop Single “Apogee” is a Deeply Evocative Song About Embracing the Energy of Complicated Feelings – Queen City Sounds and Art • Ava Della Pietra Reclaims Her Power by Turning The Tables on a Shady Lover on Alt-Pop Single “2 can play” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Trentemøller’s Rework and Remix of Tan Cologne’s Shoegaze Single “In Resin” Sounds Like a Daydream of Itself – Queen City Sounds and Art • Fletcher Tucker’s Organic Ritual Drone Track “To Light a Fire” is a Mystical Rite of Birth and Renewal – Queen City Sounds and Art • Minus Bear Evokes a Yearning For True Intimacy and Connection on the Demo Version of “The Pig War” – Queen City Sounds and Art • Queen City Sounds Podcast S5E25: Kyle Hollingsworth – Queen City Sounds and Art • Best Shows in Denver and Beyond September 2025 • Angel T33th Moody Dream Pop Single “Mika 2000” is a Tale of Unlikely Love in the Isolated Corners of the Human Intergalactic Diaspora • Elly Kace’s Baroque Pop Single “Even with the lights on” is a Gentle Goodbye to the Lingering Attachments to a Former Love • Riot Grrrl: Denver's Punk Rebellion • The Double Headed Seagull Captures the Joy of Newly Sentient Communication on Ambient IDM Single “Play Artful” • Editrix Embodies the Tantalizing Tension and Apprehensions of Romantic and Physical Desire on Art Punk Single “Flesh Debt” • Scatterbrain’s Hip-Hop Punk Debut “Switch” is a Poignant Look at the Joys and Compromises of Choosing to Live a Creative Life Versus Going Into the Straight World • THISFAR’s Tense Yet Soothing Downtempo Single “Leave Me and Go” Speaks to the Ambient Resignation and Anxieties of Living in a War Torn Nation – Queen City Sounds and Art • Queen City Sounds Podcast S5E24: Cloakroom • Queen City Sounds Podcast S5E23: Buildings • Queen City Sounds Brief Guide to Ghost Canyon Fest – Queen City Sounds and Art • Queen City Sounds Podcast S5E22: Latter – Queen City Sounds and Art • Reiyo The Giant’s Hyper Pop Song “The Show Must Go On” is Otherworldly Downtempo for Fans of Glitchcore • Cartamira’s Downtempo Synth Pop Single “Look at Me” Captures the Yearning Hopefulness of Unrequited Love • Queen City Sounds Podcase S5E21: Suicide Cages • lylyn’s IDM Single “4m Hiero” Flows From Digital to Analog Sounds and Back in its Sparkling Evocation of Joy • S.C.A.B.’s Warmly Melancholic “4th of July” is a Song About Lingering and Unresolved Affection • Mary Middlefield Indulges in the Joys of a Casual Romance on “Summer Affair” • queencitysoundsandart.wordpress.com • Best Shows in Denver and Beyond August 2025 • Indie Rock History with Tom Murphy • Best Shows in Denver and Beyond July 2025 • Best Shows in Denver and Beyond May 2025 • Big Cairo Fuses Arabic Music, Hip-Hop and EDM on the Bold and Hypnotic “Mesh Rage3” • Velatine’s Moody, Darkwave Pop Single “Till Death Do We Art” is a Heartfelt Statement of Commitment to the Creative Life • In Covert Summons Strong Spirits of Cacophony and Chaos on Noise Metal Post-Punk Single “Nowhere To Turn” • Avery Friedman Untangles the Gnarled Places in the Heart on “New Thing” • DEADSET’s Edgy and Dramatic Post-Punk Single “Party Line” is a Reflection on the Worrying Upswing of Misogyny • The Mae Shi Return as HLLLYH With Apocalyptic, Synth-Infused, Post-Pop Punk Single “Dead Clade” • Chanel Beads Transforms LEYA’s Modern Classical Pop Single “Corners” Into a Haunting Funhouse Mirror Image of Itself • Bad Flamingo’s Noir Pop American Single “Miles” is a Tale of Outlaw Love on the Run • Pillow Prince Powerfully Calls for Empathy in a Time of Great Challenges on Dream Pop Single “Care About” • Springworks’ Psychedelic Pop Single “Bradbury” is a Retrofuturist Commentary on the Nature of Humanity’s Space Exploration • Lula Asplund’s Ambient Drone Composition “Awaken In The Marsh” is Like an Earworm From a David Lynch-ian Universe • J. Eka Suggests Letting Your Creative Success Speak For Itself on Bold Yet Introspective Hip-Hop Single “Talk Less” • Cleo Handler Walks Away From a Relationship With Too Many Granular Demands on Indie Pop Single “rules” • Dream Bodies’ Krautrock Infused Gothic Rock Single “Eclipse” is a Song of Personal Transformation and Transcendence • Baby Grendel Embrace the Madness of Living the Creative Life on Art Punk Single “Hatching” • Frally’s Slowcore Reinvention of Yazoo’s “Only You” Gives it a Heartfelt, Pastoral Resonance • Joseph Salazar Builds a Cosmic Sense of Wonder on Hazy Ambient Synth Track “Everything Is Information” • Queen City Sounds Podcast S5E04: Mike Baggetta of mssv • Lucille Two’s Richly Melodic Synth Pop Single “Seasons” is a Soothing Song About the Art of Letting Go • Brunch Deconstructs the Dark End of Modern Science on Noisy Post-Punk Single “Dr. Benway” • Araz Salek’s “Âshenâ” is Orchestral Yet Intimate Evocation of Melancholic Yet Passionate Yearning • BB Sabina Pushes Back Against Restrictive Notions of Identity on the Gorgeously Expansive Downtempo Post-Punk Single “Multitude” • Errunhrd’s Ambient Slowcore Single “Don’t Drink Chemicals” Vividly Sketches the Inner Edges of Romantic Dysfunction • Rindert Lammers Eases Us Into a State of Tranquil Restfulness on Ambient Jazz Track “Sleep Well Hiroshi Yoshimura” • Isaiah Stone’s Psychedelic Rock and Soul Single “Leavin!” is an Exuberant Anthem of Self-Liberation • Sweets Reflects on Life’s Deep Memories and Personal Transformation on Post-Punk Hip-Hop Single “HOCKEY PUCK” • Best Shows in Denver and Beyond April 2025 • Tess Perry’s Vibrant Synth Pop Single “Anemoia” is a Song About Connecting With the Romance of a Time Before Technofeudalism • TR!CKS’ Noise Punk Single “Place 2 Hide” is Humorously Surreal and Sinister • a.MIDI’s 16-bit Ambient Composition “nighttime on earth” is Like a Journey To a Hopeful Future • Piscean Daydreams’ Tranquil Ambient Single “Transmedium” is the Soundtrack to Cosmic and Aquatic Voyages Into Mysterious Spaces • Baby Bats’ Darkwave Techno Single “too much” is a Dance Track Against the Downsides of the Attention Economy • SUNGRAVE’s Post-Metal Epic “Contorta” Reflects the Dynamic Drama of Human Civilization Unraveling • Tapeworms Invite Us Into an Effervescent World Illuminated By Retrofuturist Synthgaze on “Pitch Pop” • VLF’s Synth Punk Single “Fashion” Rages Against the Violent Inhumanity of Late Capitalism’s Demands For Uniformity • Pink Turns Blue Make a Case For Hope in Basic Human Connections on the Melancholic Post-punk Single “Can’t Do Without You” • Twin Court Conveys a Deep Sense of the Mystical Pastoral on Ambient Folk Gamelan Track “Iroh” • Avery Friedman’s “Photo Booth” is a Glittery and Entrancing Song About Daring to Coming Into Your Own • Eliana Glass’s Downtempo Jazz Single “Shrine” is an Impressionistic Evocation of the Deep Places of Memory • Queen City Sounds Podcast S5E3: Nikki O’Neill • Chris Bullinger’s Folk-Inflected Pop Song “Shin” Draws You Into Its Tale of Serendipity With Its Leisurely Charm • Miss Torsion’s Darkwave Pop Single “Too Close To See” is an Enchanting Song About the Perils of Delusional Beliefs • Mikey Demilio Burns Through the Cloak of Dark Memories on the Exuberant Noise Punk Single “2 Dead In New Brunswick” • RAT BATH Scorches the Foundations of Religious Fundamentalism on Spirited Punk Single “Fuck you and Fuck yur god too” • George Solonos Contemplates Moments of Existential Doubt on Ambient Jazz Single “Why Did You Put Me Here.” • Pain in the Yeahs Channels the Exhausting Demands of the Attention Economy Into the Upbeat Energy of Synthpop Single “Consumer” • Cici Arthurt’s World Weary Jazz Pop Single “Way Through” is a Song About the Inspiration Deficit in a World Plagued With Marketing • Ceremony Shadows’ Darkwave Dance Single “Prey” is a Song of Solidarity Against Sociopathy • AUS!Funkt’s “Reincarnation Blues” is an Industrial Punk Song About the Constant Need For Reinvention in the Work of Resistance • Cleopatrick’s Bitcrushed, Lo-Fi Single “BAD GUY” is an Anthem Against Being Villainized • Robert Ascroft’s “Dorian Gray” is an Existential Dream Pop Song About Embracing Our Lifelong Becoming • Laurel Smith Takes Down the False Strength of Tough Guy Antics on Lushly Energetic Hip-Hop Single “pink gun” • Emily Kinski’s Dead’s Darkwave Pop Single “Black Light District” is a Celebration of Subculture • A Place To Bury Strangers Rejects the Emptiness of Dystopian Despair on “Plastic Future” • Waves_On_Waves’ Tragically Romantic Single “Bloody Valentine” is a Melodic Earworm of Darkwave Post-Punk • Pink Turns Blue’s “Dancing With Ghosts” is a Song About the Will to Break From Stifling Relationships • Impulse Nine’s Cinematic Epic “Call of the Void” Combines Fiery Doom Drone and Modern Classical Sounds For an Emotionally Charged Journey Through Inner Space • A.M. 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