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Concert PhotosAmyl and The Sniffers Live at Red Rocks, Part 1Amyl and The Sniffers performed at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, photographed for BandWagon Magazine.Jackie Wagner · Jun 19, 2026FeaturesElektric Animals Take You Somewhere New on B&B MOTELAs mainstream sounds continue to dominate, Elektric Animals carve out space for alternative indie to evolve within Colorado’s growing music scene.Ava Harris · May 1, 2026Concert PhotosPrivate School Live at The Black BuzzardPrivate School played The Black Buzzard in Denver in a hardcore punk show captured in our photo gallery.Jason Alfaro · Feb 27, 2026FeaturesPrivate School: A Loud Lesson on RebellionLos Angeles has never had a shortage of loud bands, but every so often one catapults through the noise with a sound that feels genuinely urgent.Landon Ungerman · Feb 24, 2026FeaturesPsych-punk band Bitchflower amazes with latest album Aghast, Aroused, AppalledNorthern Colorado’s psych punk power house Bitchflower came out of the gate swinging with their latest album, Aghast, Aroused, Appalled.Jed Murphy · Oct 6, 2025MusicAlbum Review: Melkbelly – Nothing ValleyMelkbelly’s debut, full-length album Nothing Valley may be one of the most refreshing albums of the year.Noel Billups · Nov 1, 2017MusicAlbum Review: The Great Aerodome– Happy Birthday to Me, I GuessGenre-bending rockers, The Great Aerodrome knock it out of the park with their debut album Happy Birthday to Me, I Guess.Noel Billups · Nov 1, 2017MusicAlbum Review: Victim Culture – Self-TitledBack in April, Denver-based hardcore band, Victim Culture, released their debut, self-titled album.Noel Billups · Sep 1, 2017MusicAlbum Review: Attack On Venus – XOAttack on Venus is your local pissed off galactic explorers.Samm Barrett · Sep 1, 2017FeaturesPeelander Z: Conversations in YellowWhen it comes to colors in the rainbow, yellow is the loudest.Jed Murphy · Apr 3, 2017FeaturesAmerican Blackout– Yeah So What EPAmerican Blackout, the punk band out of Ft. Collins is here to have a good time. In today’s heavily charged political climate, it’s easy to associate their name with a more protest oriented style of punk but the truth of the matter is these guys came to party.Jed Murphy · Dec 5, 2016MusicAlbum Review: Omni – DeluxeIt’s strange to describe a record so aesthetically planted in nostalgia as anachronistic, but it’s oddly difficult to describe Omni’s debut record otherwise.BandWagon Magazine · Aug 2, 2016MusicAlbum Review: I Am The Owl– A Mission to Civilize: Part IA Mission to Civilize: Part I is the first EP from Fort Collins punk rock band, I Am The Owl.Noel Billups · Jun 6, 2016MusicTop Tunes Thursday: Fuzz — IITy Segal’s Fuzz looks to dustier paragons of noise like Sabbath, Wolfmother, The Hives and The Eagles of Death Metal and says “we’ll take it from here.” The sounds born within the mildewed and crawling horror swamp that is Segal’s musical brain can only be truly appreciated in the context of honestly curious rock exploration. When you’re talking about pushing the guitar to its structural and audial limits, about reaching to the very corners of our musical expectations and poking a finger over the line, Ty Segall is the only one we millennials can claim for our own. Like the artful goofballs of old (Bowie, Reed) Segall is relentlessly catapulting himself from project to project, with no love lost in between.Clark Lamson · Oct 29, 2015MusicTop Tunes Thursday: The Garden — hahaThis week, I stumbled across Orange, California duo, The Garden. Founded by twin brothers Fletcher and Wyatt Shears, The first couple of vexing seconds told me I had found a winner. I wouldn’t describe the clattered natterings of The Garden weird (though you wouldn’t be wrong to do so), so much as unexpected. It doesn’t matter what you’re doing or listening to at the time, The Garden is a non sequitur.Clark Lamson · Oct 15, 2015MusicThe A-Ok’s with Be Like Max and guests at The Bluebird TheaterThe A-Ok’s with Be Like Max, White Cat Pink, Rotten Blue Menace and Short Bus Rejects at the Bluebird Theatre Saturday, June 20th. The historic Bluebird in Denver is a blast, and these talented local bands delivered an epic performance.Dylan Adams · Jun 23, 2015Riot Fest, Day 3BandWagon Magazine · Sep 24, 2014CommunityA Place to Stay: Helping the Fort Collins Youth One Punk at a TimeThere are a handful of charities that provide shelter for the homeless people of northern Colorado, but are only geared towards families, have religious affiliations, or their services are not available twenty-four hours a day.Jordan Wood · Jun 20, 2013MusicAlbum Review: Nasty Bunch of Bitches – DysfunctionAs their name naturally invokes a sense of unadulterated expression, so too does their music. Their forthcoming EP, entitled Dysfunction (released June 1st release), displays a range of musical stylings, while sustaining the steadfast energy that is the essential core of all punk rock.Alex Graff · Jun 14, 2013FilmReview: Iceage @ The Marquis Theater, 4/4The Marquis Theater in Denver was filled with black T-shirts and denim vests last night as Iceage took the stage.Jordan Wood · Apr 5, 2013