Winter wild cards

Denver concert scene gets odd as the weather cools down

by Matt Farley

Metromix
October 28, 2009

Winter wild cards
(Credit: Courtesy of http://www.myspace.com/saulwilliams)

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.

Afro-Punk featuring Saul Williams

pick 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

MSTRKRFT

Fox Theatre - 1135 13th St. - The Hill

MSTRKRFT makes up for their no-show at Monolith

Rob Zombie

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

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

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

pick Nashville Pussy

Bluebird Theater - 3317 E. Colfax Ave. - Denver

Nashville Pussy on Halloween — beer may be involved

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