Over and Under
One big show, one smaller
In the style of Shakey Graves, Daniel Norgren can make a whole lot of racket by himself. With a jangling electric guitar in hand, a basic drum kit underfoot and a bobcat growl in his belly, the Swedish 34-year-old is like a oneman musical bonfire. (His folky snarl burns even hotter when he’s joined by a bassist and a keyboard player on stage, though.) The heat glows from the blues, which Norgren every sprinklesonce in awhilewith grit— like and on lets the gallop nearly into nine-minute trance-blues “Moonshine Got Me” — a style pioneered by Boulder’s own Otis Taylor. It’s getting cold out: Warm yourself around Norgren fire at Globe Hall on Sept. 30. Tickets are $15-$17 and available via ticketfly.com. Remember “Garden State”? The navel-gazing 30-something existentialist Zac Braff vehicle didn’t just birth thousands of snarky armchair film critics; its smart, mostly indie soundtrack launched a thousand mixtapes, too. Besides Coldplay, who used the album as a stepping stone to the throne of pop rock’n droll royalty, no band has benefited from the film more than The Shins. Since “Caring Is Creepy,” its breakout single on the soundtrack, the sly Portland-via-Albuquerque band has continued to cut deeper into its self-made niche, culminating this year with its latest album, “Heartworms.” Austin’s Spoon will join the band at Red Rocks on Oct. 5 on one of the season’s truly can’t-miss bills. Tickets: $50-$55. — Dylan Owens