Kegan Warner

OpenAir is excited to host The Blue Rider 10″ Vinyl Release Dance Party w/ Dirty Few and Kitty Crimes Friday, August 30 at the Hi-Dive. They stopped by the performance studio earlier this week to play a few songs and talk with Alisha about their new release, music videos, side projects and more!

Black Joe Lewis will release his next full length album Electric Slave on August 27 on Vagrant Records.

Stay tuned to OpenAir, new music from Colorado Public Radio, to hear the latest from Braids, Ski Lodge, and Johnathan Rice.

1 S/T – Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros 2 Evil Friends – Portugal. The Man 3 The Argument – Grant Hart 4 Pure Vida Conspiracy – Gogol Bordello 5 One True Vine – Mavis Staples 6 The Weatherman – Gregory Alan Isakov 7 Stills – Gauntlet Hair 8 Modern Vampires…

 by ROBIN HILTON Million Miles is the group’s second single from a yet-to-be-titled fifth studio album, due for release sometime soon on producer Dave Sitek’s own record label, Federal Prism.

OpenAir is excited to host Broncho at the Larimer Lounge Tuesday, August 27th. The Tulsa, OK based band released their first full length Can’t get past the lips back in 2011.

OpenAir’s download of the week is Comrade, the new single from Volcano Choir’s upcoming release, Repave. Due out on September 3rd, it is the atmospheric band’s sophomore release and is the second side project release this year for Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon.

1 Pure Vida Conspiracy – Gogol Bordello 2 Evil Friends – Portugal. The Man 3 The Argument – Grant Hart 4 The Weatherman – Gregory Alan Isakov 5 Modern Vampires… – Vampire Weekend 6 S/T – Edward Sharp & The Magnetic Zeros 7 One True Vine – Mavis Staples 8 Honey Locust Honky Tonk – Robert Pollard 9 I Hate Music – Superchunk 10 PDX Pop Now!

Nathan Willett of Cold War Kids talked to Alisha about their upcoming EP of cover songs called Tuxedo that will be out this fall, time in the studio, and the story behind their song “Bottled Affection.”

Chris Adolf of Bad Weather California talks about the band calling it quits and what’s next. Also hear their new single “Keep It Together.” Listen to the full interview.

We broadcast live from Steadbrook at the 2013 Denver Post Underground Music Showcase on South Broadway back in July. Flashbulb Fires stopped by to play a few new songs. Here is an exclusive video of that session!

Former Unicorn Nick Thorburn is about to put out his fifth studio album with his band Islands. “Ski Mask” has already released two singles, and we have one as a free download for you!

1 Evil Friends – Portugal. The Man 2 Pura Vida Conspiracy – Gogol Bordello 3 The Argument – Grant Hart 4 S/T – Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes 5 One True Vine – Mavis Staples 6 I Hate Music – Superchunk 7 Modern Vampires…

Just after the release of their third full length album,The Circle in the Square, Colorado band the Flobots joined us in the CPR Performance Studio. They played a few songs from their new album, and talked with Corey about their experiences traveling, and its effect on their music.

We’ve put together a one of a kind listening station at Twist & Shout Records. Stop by to check out our rotating recommendations of local releases. August includes new music from Gregory Alan Isakov, A. Tom Collins, and many others.

Denver band Flashbulb Fires put out one of our favorite local albums of 2012, Gasconader, and we’re excited to debut their new single “Unseen Things” as our free weekly download of new music.