We said it was an Iceberg!!!

Our pals over at Reverb have the skinny on our big lineup release release today.  Today’s lineup release represents a compelling mix of local and national talent.

 

The 320 local acts like Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, Speedwolf and The Epilogues provide solid evidence that the music scene in this region is thriving.  The addition of Lord Huron, Small Black, and Hockey to the already announce national acts,  Cults, Mudhoney, Born in the Flood, Bleached,  Baywood and The Fresh & Onlys takes the UMS to yet another level this year.   While this announcement includes almost 350 acts, we still have more to come.  We are still adding music, comedy and spoken word performances to this already solid lineup.

 

We also have plenty more news and information coming your way, including the EyeRock: Art in Music Show, The Sesh Panel Discussion Schedule, and other exciting new developments.

And don’t forget to check out this rad video announcement!

 

The Tip of the Iceberg!

Hey everybody!  Our pals over at Reverb just announced a few of the artists that will be playing this year’s UMS.  Like the headline says, this is just a taste of what we have in store for you fine folks this summer.  We are quite pleased to have Cults, Mudhoney, Born in the Flood, Bleached, The Fresh & Onlys, and Baywood on board.  Stay tuned!  We look forward to telling you about the hundreds of others that will be playing July 18-21!

 

Now, That Didn’t Take Long!!!

Thanks to everybody who took advantage of our presale.  We sold the allotment in less than 8 hours.   Stay tuned for other ticketing and lineup news coming next week…

Pre-Sale Tickets Available Now!!!

Hey, everybody!

Our pals over at Reverb just announced a limited quantity presale of our 4 Day wristband!  A measly $20 for 4 days of goodness.   That’s right, four days of awesome, buzzworthy indie artists from around the country plus many of the best acts our great Denver music scene has to offer….350+ artists in all.  It is a limited quantity, get them here while you can!

SAVE THE DATE!!!!

The 13th Edition of the Denver Post Underground Music Showcase will take place July 18-21, 2013!  Mark your calendars, put in vacation requests and call your friends. It is going to be special again this year.

In the meantime, check out these killer recap videos from last year.  Courtesy of our pals at Concerted Effort.

Day 1 – July 19, 2012

 

Day 2 – July 20, 2012

 

Day 3 – July 21, 2012

 

Day 4 – July 22, 2012

 

 

Special Guest Revealed!

That’s right, folks.  Our pals over at Reverb have the scoop!  UMS veteran, Nathaniel Rateliff, has been revealed as our special guest at 8:00 Sunday on the Goodwill Main Stage.  We remember 2 years ago when, fresh from the road, he captivated the audience with a beautiful set at the Main Stage.  We are so happy to have him back this year!    Good for us!  And you!

Wait! What? More artists?!

OH YES WE DID!!!!

It is never too late to make a great thing even more great!  We proudly announce the addition of Atlas Sound and Paper Bird to our Sunday lineup.

Atlas Sound is the new project from Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox.  We will be closing down the Goodwill Lot in fine style again this year.  Our pals over at Reverb have the breaking news about this and other notable additions here.

 

Lineup!!!

 

Check out this killer lineup!  We still have some surprises up our sleeve – we will get to those later.  For now, soak it up!  The schedule will be ready June 21.

NATIONALS

 

A Place to Bury Strangers

A Seasonal Disguise

Aan

Alone at 3am

Atomic Mama

Big Freedia and the Divas

Black Moth Super Rainbow

Buildings

Class Actress

Cloud Nothings

Cowboy Indian Bear

Dirty Moogs

Dressy Bessy

Driftless Pony Club

Driftwood Singers

Emily Wells

Ezra Furman

Far Away Strays

Finn Riggins

Fort Frances

Gauntlet Hair

Goldenboy

Holy Water Buffalo

Horse Thief

Jenny Dalton

Junior Rocket Scientist

Lost Lander

Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles

Mark Mallman

Maudlin

Me and My Arrow

Michael Donner and the Southern Renaissance

Mrs. Magician

Musikanto

New York Rifles

oOoOO

Owlright

Patches and Gretchen

Reverend Red

Savannah Smith

Shabazz Palaces

Shades

Shovels and Rope

Signal Path

Slim Cessna’s Auto Club

Speedy Ortiz

Super Secret Special Guest (that isn’t a band name)

the Burned

The Heavy Drags

The Mallard

The Melismatics

The Redwood Plan

the Slants

THEESatisfaction

Thrift Store Cowboys

Western Haunts

Wymond Miles

Yards

Yukon Blonde

 

LOCALS

 

3Two

4H Royalty

A Mouthful of Thunder

A Shoreline Dream

A. Tom Collins

Abi Robins and The Miniature Mountains

Accordion Crimes

Achille Lauro

Air Dubai

All Capitals

Allout Helter

Bad Luck City

Bare Bones

Bear Antler

Bearsnail

Bethany Kelly

Bike Theft

BLKHRTS

Bonnie & the Clydes

Bonnie and the Beard

Bop Skizzum

Boyhollow

Broken Spirits

Caleb Slade

Candy Claws

Carbon Choir

Carl Carrell and The Consequence

Charly “the City Mouse” Fasano

Chella Negro & the Charm

Chimney Choir

Churchill

Colfax Speed Queen

Dan Craig

Dear Rabbit

Dirty Few

DJ Narky Stares

DJ Patrick Collins

Dragondeer

Drunken Arrows

Eight Bucks Experiment

El Toro de la Muerte

Eldren

Eolian

Eye & the Arrow

FaceMan

Fairchildren

Fierce Bad Rabbit

Fingers of the Sun

Fire Season

Flashbulb Fires

Flashlights

Force Publique

Git Some

Glowing House

Go Star

Gora Gora Orkestar

Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams

Hills and Hollows

Hindershot

Hollagramz

Holophrase

Hot Apostles

Ian Cooke

Idlewhile

In The Whale

Input

Instant Empire

Iuengliss

iZCALLi

J. Alonzo

Jason Cain

Jay J Matott & The Arctic

Jeffrey Dallet

Jen Korte & The Loss

Jesse Manley and the October Death Bird

Jessica Sonner

Jim Mcturnan

John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light

Jon Boland

Joshua Novak

Joy Subtraction

Juniper Trees

Kingdom of Magic

Kissing Party

Kyle James Hauser

Lama

Land Lines

Le Divorce

League of Extraordinary Gz

Lightlooms

Lil’ Thunder

Lips & Teeth

Lords of Fuzz

M and the Gems

Mancub

Mane Rok & DeeJay Tense

Married in Berdichev

Megan Burtt

Men In Burka

Minor Note Orchestra

Miss America

Mombi

Morriconez

Mosey West

Mr. Pacman

Mr. Right

Munly and the Lupercalians

Natalie Tate

Native Daughters

New Ben Franklins

Night of Joy

Oh, Starling

Oliver Vanity

Option 4

Overcasters

PALACE

Pan Astral

Panal S.A. DE C.V.

Patrick Brown

Patrick Dethlefs

Petals of Spain

Peter Black

Places

Pretty Girl

Pretty Mouth

Rachael Pollard

Rachel and the Kings

Red Fox Run

Reviving Cecilia

Rob Drabkin

Ross Etherton and the Chariots of Judah

Rossonian

Rowboat Row

Rubedo

Safe Boating is No Accident

Sam Lee

Samurai Buck

Sarah Slaton

Sauna

School Knights

Science Partner

Serious Moonlight

Shady Elders

Shaky Molars

Sid Pink

Snake Rattle Rattle Snake

Soundboy Punishment

SoundRabbit

Sour Boy Bitter Girl

StaG

Steve Law

Strange Americans

Sun Red

Super Secret Special Guest (that isn’t a band name)

Swing Hero

Take To The Oars

The Belle Jar

The Big Get Even

The Blue Rider

The Cardinal Grey

The Centennial

The Changing Colors

The Don’ts and Be Carefuls

The Epilogues

The Foot

The Hate

the Heavy Drags

The Heyday

The Hollyfelds

The Jekylls

The Kevin Costner Suicide Pact

The Knew

The Legendary River Drifters

the Lollygags

The Marrow

The Maykit

The Morning Clouds

The Oak Creek Band

The Outfit

The Photo Atlas

The Pirate Signal

The Polkanauts

The Raven & the Writing Desk

The Royal

The Say So

The Skeleton Show

The Swayback

The Taints

The Wales

The Whicker and Pine

The Yawpers

Tim Bruns

Tim Pourbaix

Tin Horn Prayer

Tjutjuna

Total Ghost

TREES

Tulip Wars

Twin Peaks

Uphollow

Varlet

Von Blonder

Warhawk

We Are Not a Glum Lot

We Like Monsters

Wheelchair Sports Camp

WhiteCatPink

Wire Faces

You Me & Apollo

Zebroids

 

Three Important Dates to Note

 

There will be plenty of fun stuff to share between now and July 19th, but we at UMSHQ would like to you to note these three very important dates.

 

May 30, 2012

 

Our good friends over at Reverb will have the exclusive release of the 2012 lineup – save for a few suprises we like to keep in the back pocket.  You will also want to tune in to our other friends at OpenAir® that day, as they will be spinning many of the artists we announce.  Heck, you should tune into OpenAir® everyday.  It’s good for your ears.

 

June 1, 2012

 

Ticket prices go up!  The sooner you buy the better the deal.  Get yours pronto!  Especially if you want a badge.  Those are going to be gone before you know it.

 

June 21, 2012

Hey, Everybody.  We apologize for not sending an update on this… We are postponing the party, but look for more pre-UMS events to be announced soon.

Schedule Release Party!  More details to follow, but don’t you want to be the first to see the schedule?  In person?  With your friends? And get free stuff?  YES, YES, YES, and YES!!!

 

The radness is forthcoming, y’all!!!!

1st Round of 2012 Performers

The fine folks over at Reverb just release a little taste of the 2012 UMS.  Check it! AND, we still have hundreds more performers to share!  After you are done rubbing your eyes, and you believe what you see, you had better get tickets -PRONTO!  Badges won’t last long – you know, if you are into that whole line skipping and late night lounge thing…  Four day wristbands are only $30 while they last.  Get ‘em!