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Best of 2025 Music Playlist - Rock & Indie - Denver Music Blog

Best of 2025 Music Playlist: Indie, Alternative, and Denver Favorites

Posted on December 10, 2025
by Aimee

Every year since 2012, I’ve kept a running playlist of the songs that really defined my listening. It started as a simple way to track what caught my attention during a year full of concerts, photo editing sessions, festival weekends, and late-night rabbit holes. Over…

Hometown for The Holidays - Denver Song Contest - KTCL Channel 93.3

Hometown For The Holidays 2025: Top 11

Posted on December 9, 2025
by Aimee

Every December, KTCL Channel 93.3 gives Colorado bands a shot at one of the coolest local music boosts around: Hometown For The Holidays. It’s part contest, part discovery playlist, part bragging rights for the scene. Fans vote, bands submit their best tracks, and this year’s…

2024 Best of Indie Music Playlist - Spotify Playlist - Alternative Music

2024 Indie Music Playlist (525+ Songs!)

Posted on December 11, 2024
by Aimee

If you’re looking for the perfect way to soundtrack your year, I’ve got just the thing: my "Best of 2024" Spotify playlist which packed with over 500 songs. I start building them every January and add songs all year round. It’s a mix of mostly…

UMS 2022 Schedule and All The Info

Posted on July 19, 2022
by Aimee

Header photo by Nikki Rae It's almost here! The UMS (Underground Music Showcase) returns to Broadway in Denver and is bigger + better than ever. I was pretty thrilled to see Youth On Record join Two Parts this year to lead the festival. That means…

UMS Underground Music Showcase 2021 Denver - Lineup and Information

UMS Lineup & Information 2021

Posted on July 18, 2021
by Aimee

If you had asked me just a few months ago, I would have been unsure if the Underground Music Showcase (UMS) would be happening this year. But the lineup was released this week, and indeed Denver's showcase of hidden musical talent is going down! A…

Big Head Todd & The Monsters at Red Rocks

Posted on June 21, 2021
by Aimee

I have lived in Denver for over 27 years and Big Head Todd started his music career quite a bit before that. However, for a million different reasons, last week was the first time I had ever photographed Big Head Todd & The Monsters live.…

Rock De Mayo at Levitt Denver with iZCALLi

iZCALLi’s Rock De Mayo VIII at Levitt Pavilion Denver

Posted on May 18, 2021
by Aimee

Live music is back, baby! Denver rock band iZCALLi hosted their 8th Rock De Mayo at Levitt Pavilion last weekend, and even Mother Nature smiled on us by keeping the rain away. The lineup spanned many local Latin and jazz bands, including personal favorites Wes…