While summer is touring season for big bands and bigger festival shows, winter often heralds the arrival of smaller, stranger acts. Here are some of the top acts aiming to cure your cabin fever with some unexpected thrills before year's end.
Winter wild cards
Denver concert scene gets odd as the weather cools down
by Matt Farley
MetromixOctober 28, 2009
Afro-Punk featuring Saul Williams
- Fox Theatre - 1135 13th St. - The Hill
Poet, MC and all-around performance artist Saul Williams headlines the Afro-Punk Festival, a genre-bending celebration of punk and D.I.Y. in black pop culture
MSTRKRFT
- Fox Theatre - 1135 13th St. - The Hill
MSTRKRFT makes up for their no-show at Monolith
Rob Zombie
- Fillmore Auditorium - 1510 Clarkson St. - 17th Avenue / Up Town
The living dead man stalks into town. A bit late for Halloween, but spooky nonetheless
Swollen Members
- The Marquis Theater - 2009 Larimer St. - Denver
Canadian hip-hop might not sound like the spookiest genre of music out there, but Swollen Members comes prepared with skullfaced bandanas and urban lyrics.
Queen Latifah
- The Ogden Theatre - 935 E. Colfax Ave. - 17th Avenue / Up Town
Why, you may ask yourself, is Queen Latifah on the strange music list? Because we cannot figure out for the life of us why she chose now to hit the road. Folks are forever underestimating her, though, so this might turn out to be a hot ticket.
Nashville Pussy
- Bluebird Theater - 3317 E. Colfax Ave. - Denver
Nashville Pussy on Halloween — beer may be involved
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