Critic's Notebook

Prepare for blast off!

“I feel really, really grateful for this new chapter of my professional life.”

Denver DeathFest begins three days of musical mayhem with dozens of metal bands on 4/20 at Trailside Saloon.

The New York three-piece is “one of the best American black-metal bands ever,” Justin Criado writes.

His new album drops on Friday, April 14, and the producer will play Mishawaka Amphitheater in May.

“We mix that ’90s groove metal with sludge and doom and stoner metal.” Hear it for yourself at the hi-dive, if you dare…

Destiny Bond is playing the hi-dive on Friday, April 7, with Candy Apple, Zero Function, Crime Lab and Supreme Joy.

The Knock works “to push the culture of Denver hip-hop forward,” says founder Kelsey O’Sullivan.

Denver progressive house producer Discognition is getting signed to some of the biggest labels in his genre. He bases his success on the openness of the community.

Anderson Gallegos, aka Mersiv, remembers that when he first went to Red Rocks, he thought, “I’m going to play here one day.”

“Do you know ‘Insane in the Brain’?”

“We mostly play classical… but we’ll give it a shot.”

Protomartyr asks the question: Is everyone in Denver so high, they just say what they think?

“Knowing what heartbreak is makes being in love so much grander.”

EDM is popular in the 303, thanks to the TB-303.

“As much as everyone talks about the opioid epidemic, there needs to be more access to suboxone.”

Slug, aka Sean Daley, gives us the scoop on Atmosphere’s new album, So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously.

See it this weekend.

Boogie down!

Free advice: don’t sell undercover cops cocaine.

Be in the know!

“I am, at my core, a community organizer and advocate.”

The 160-year-old building was shaking.