Over and Under
One big show, one smaller
Whether you’ll admit it or not, the 1990s made a strong impression on pop music. Take R&B music, for example. In groups like TLC, Boyz II Men and Sade, the decade infused the already hip-forward genre with pointedly carnal energy that’s leaked into today’s pop stars and hip-hop as a whole. Sweden’s Tove Lo takes those bed-rocking jams and ups their ante. The singer doesn’t mince words in her often sex-positive dance music, singing about eating dinner in a bathtub and “staying high all the time” to forget a lover, in “Habits (Stay High),” her breakout hit. She made a splash in her 30-minute set opening for Alt-J at Red Rocks earlier this summer, so expect big things from her Sept. 20 show at the Ogden Theatre. Tickets are $30.75 via axs.com. Originally down-the-barrel Americana, Denver’s The Yawpers has mutated into a wily beast of frontman Nate Cook’s making in “Boy In A Well,” its latest album on indie label Bloodshot Records. Cook fuses the bones of rockabilly and Motörhead together with shivering electricity on the release, an irony-loaded concept album that touches on the ego, the id and, uh, incest. If that doesn’t sound like you’re idea of a rowdy Saturday night, the band comes alive on stage, particularly in its hometown. What’s more: Its show at the Oriental Theater on Sept. 16 doubles as an album release party. Jesse Dayton, Extra Gold and The Beeves will open the show. Tickets are $25 and are available via holdmyticket.com.
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