After Neon Trees last single, Animal, climbed the charts to hit #1 of Billboard's Alternative Rock charts, the band has gained the attention it deserves. The pop-punk-dance quartet has had songs featured in commercials and popular television shows, so even if you don't think you know Neon Trees, you probably do.

Combine Van Halen's classic rock and Kool & the Gang's celebration-style jams, and you've got a rockin' good time at the Pepsi Center. The pairing might seem strange, but frontman David Lee Roth seems to have confidence that the styles will mesh for a solid evening of loud music that requires some different dance moves for each set. Sat 7:30 p.m. 

After the Shins’ breakout success in Garden State, the band couldn’t stop and rest—they were too pent up with creative ideas and new ways to show them. Each album has been a progression from the last, while still holding true to the sound that listeners’ fell in love with. Their latest, Port of Morrow, brings a touch of morose to complement the normally peppy beats.

This singer’s draw comes from her experiments with her favorite ‘60s and ‘70s musicians and her own inherent lyricism. Her dedication to her craft is present in every element—even the album cover is a watercolor by Holland. This attention to detail and her effort to bring out her own personality comes through especially at her shows, where you can see the honesty she works for in each lyric.

There’s no better time to see this California dream pop band than the summer. Best Coast has the perfect mix of sweet and tough—a product of lead singer Bethany Cosentino’s living experiences on both coasts.

Seventy-year-old Lee Perry has seen most of the developments in reggae music—and he’s been behind many of them. The singer and producer’s influences in dub reggae and across the music scene have been felt since his first record in 1959.

Denver native, multi-instrumentalist, member of internationally renowned indie-rock band Devotchka: Tom Hagerman's resumé needs no padding.

Maybe its all of the electronica-focused college kids in town, but Boulder doesn't often connect to its bluesy roots anymore. This summit of some of the country's top blues musicians hopes to change that by bringing two days of down-to-earth music back into town.

There is something particularly epic about gang of blaring guitaris accompanying intense German vocals as fireworks explode on stage, and we would expect no less of Rammestein. German for "ramming stone," this heavy metal band is known for turning a few heads with its elaborate theatrical pyrotechnic displays and multilingual ballads.