This is it. 2011 has come to a halt and making way for a year where the 2012 calendar mysteriously ends. Let’s make it a good year and remember the year in Denver music for 2011. It’s impossible for me to get out to every show. I do my best to get out to the shows that seem “interesting” to me and more often than not skip acts that I’ve seen previously. It’s always fun to catch bands on the upslope like at Hi-Dive or Bluebird and later find out that they have a summer show already scheduled at Red Rocks (we’re looking at you Foster the People).

Dum Dum Girls ::: Hi-Dive ::: 02.21.11

Arcade Fire ::: 1st Bank Center ::: 04.09.11

the Vaccines ::: Ogden Theatre ::: 05.30.11

Foster the People ::: Bluebird Theater ::: 06.08.11

Hindershot ::: Broadways ::: 06.18.11

Force Publique ::: Opal ::: 06.18.11

Empire of the Sun ::: Red Rocks ::: 07.14.11

King Mob ::: illiterate Gallery @UMS ::: 07.23.11

Mombi ::: illiterate Gallery @UMS ::: 07.23.11

Zoé ::: Bluebird Theater ::: 08.11.11

||| SAUNA ||| @ LARIMER LOUNGE 08.26.11

MAN CUB ::: DENVER AFTERDARK ::: 08.26.11

TV on the Radio ::: Ogden Theater ::: 09.21.11

Cut Copy ::: Ogden Theatre ::: 10.04.11

Portishead ::: 1stBank Center ::: 10.27.11

Future Islands ::: Larimer Lounge ::: 11.09.11