There are many different versions of DJ Babyshoe running around Denver, depending on who you ask and when they last saw him. On any given weekend, Babyshoe (aka Eric Talledo) is crisscrossing the city spinning forgotten hits at the Lost Lake, playing a party hosted by TheHundred, or unleashing late night grooves for Dance-Pile.

While he says he enjoys the variety ("it can be whatever you want it to be," he explains), Babyshoe has been devoting more time to the beat scene lately, including curating evenings of chilled out, futuristic sounds for Fresh Produce, his bi-monthly live showcase at the Meadowlark.

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- Meet Real Cosby, a local producer making dynamic, retro-futuristic, experimental house
- Black Amex sounds as opulent as its name
- Nathaniel Rateliff reinvents himself with the Night Sweats

Geoff Johnson

Kylesa got its start in 2001 when former members of sludge-metal band Damad teamed up with guitarist and visual artist Laura Pleasants. From the beginning, this Savannah, Georgia-based band has shown no loyalty to a specific genre; as a result, the outfit's discography has been fascinatingly varied.

See also:
- Tonight: Kylesa at the Marquis Theater
- Review: Kylesa at Bluebird Theater, 10/3/10
- Review: Kylesa at Fox Theatre, 4/14/09

Drawing on a hardcore background, Turbonegro combined glam metal with punk to create a sound it has cheekily called "death punk." With lyrics and imagery that both celebrate and make a mockery of the gaudy aspects of glam and its thematic tropes. The band's 1996 album, Ass Cobra, established the act as a group calculated to offend the most easily offended with songs that are both raw and sophisticated.

See also:
- Monday: Turbronegro at Ogden Theatre, 5/20/13
- The ten best concerts to see in Denver this week
- The fifty best concerts of the spring

James Minchin

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club formed in the late '90s after Peter Hayes left the Brian Jonestown Massacre, when he and his high school friend Robert Been, son of the late Michael Been of the Call, started the band, influenced by acts like the Verve, Loop and the Jesus and Mary Chain. BRMC's self-titled debut album in 2001 offered a gritty, rock and roll take on dream pop.

See also:
- Monday: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at Gothic Theatre, 5/20/13
- The best shows to see in Denver this week
- The fifty best concerts of the spring

More than fifteen years after the release of Three Dolla Bill, Y'all, Limp Bizkit is back with a brand new album, Stampede of the Disco Elephants, on the Cash Money imprint. In advance of the band's return to Denver in support of that album this weekend, we caught up with Fred Durst yesterday as he was making coffee in Omaha, and we spoke with him a bit about the return of Wes Borland, how Limp Bizkit never died and how the band ended up on Cash Money.

See also:
- Saturday: Limp Bizkit at Fillmore Auditorium, 5/18/13
- The ten best concerts to see in Denver this weekend
- Cash Money signed Limp Bizkit last week. No, really.

Mike Servito is a New York-based DJ and resident of the monthly Brooklyn techno club night, the Bunker. He came of age in Detroit during the 1990s, and you can hear it in his sound, which pays a substantial debt to many of the legendary mixmasters of that era. Equally inspired by techno heroes Derrick May and Richie Hawtin as he is by house icons Derrick Carter and Ken Collier, Servito has never strayed from his roots.

See also:
- Saturday: Mike Servito at Fusion Factory, 5/18/13
- The best EDM in Denver this weekend
- Why EDM is thriving while other genres aren't

Seven Fields of Aphelion

Black Moth Super Rainbow

Although Black Moth Super Rainbow's dreamlike, psychedelic melodies sound like they could've been part of those '70s era Sid & Marty Krofft shows, the band actually formed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2003 in the wake of earlier projects from the act's singer and multi-instrumentalist, the unimonikered Tobacco (aka Thomas Fec). The group's 2007 album, Dandelion Gum, helped to bring Black Moth to a wider audience, propelled by upliftingly disorienting live shows that were part dance party and part psychedelic affair.

See also:
- Friday: Black Moth Super Rainbow at Bluebird Theater, 5/17/13
- The ten best concerts in Denver this week
- The fifty best concerts of the spring

Tom Oaxley

The men behind the Hamburg duo Digitalism have been blowing out all the stops on their tour, which hits just nine cities. Their DJ-Kicks mix last year was well received, and they've got new remixes out showcasing their take on Bloc Party's "Truth" and the Rapture's "Sail Away." We spoke with Jens "Jence" Moelle about how this tour differs from previous journeys, what forms of media he'd still like to conquer, and what we can expect from Digitalism this summer.

See also:
- Thursday: Digitalism at the Bluebird Theater, 5/16/13
- Kevin Saunderson on how dance music has gone from an analog to a digital world
- Paul Kalkbrenner on keeping his sound pure by not listening to anybody else's music

Donna Grantis (center) and the other ladies of 3rd Eye Girl.

Prince became a household name after the release of his third album, 1982's 1999. Over the years, his perfectly realized blend of rock, pop, funk and jazz has proved equally popular with audiences and critics. Throughout the '80s, Prince released hit records that broke genre barriers, not just in terms of radio programming, but within the music itself. His versatility and breadth of musical vision have influenced a broad spectrum of popular music ever since.

See also:
- Sunday: Prince and 3rd Eye Girl at Ogden Theatre, 8 & 11:30 p.m., 5/12/13
- Monday: Prince and 3rd Eye Girl at Ogden Theatre, 8 & 11:30 p.m., 5/13/13
- The fifty best concerts of spring

Yngwie Malmsteen is a guitar god known for his supremely technical fretwork. The virtuosic guitarist burst into the world of international music in 1984 with Rising Force. At the age of seven, Malmsteen says, he saw a documentary about the death of Jimi Hendrix and was so taken by Hendrix's musical power and prowess that he set about forging his own undeniable virtuosity on electric guitar.

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- Tonight: Yngwie Malmsteen at Summit Music Hall, 5/7/13
- Ten must-see metal shows in Denver this month
- Think you kick ass at Rock Band? Bet this Cephalic Carnage song would kick YOUR ass