It’s a UMS tradition — releasing the results of the Underground Music Poll right before the festival each year. Check out today’s Denver Post for the results and the goodness, and here are a few links to whet your appetite.

Our feature on this year’s No. 1 band, Snake Rattle Rattle Snake (which plays twice during The UMS).

The top 10 bands, in their own words.

The voting breakdown.

UMS founder tackles question: To poll or not to poll.

The 10th annual Denver Post Underground Music Showcase:
The largest indie music festival in the Rocky Mountain region with 325-plus artists. Venues include rock clubs, bars, art galleries, gardens, coffee shops and more in the Baker District, South Broadway between Sixth and Alameda avenues. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Thursday (July 22); 5:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Friday (July 23); 3 p.m.-2 a.m. Saturday-Sunday (July 24-25). Four-day wristbands are $30 now at theums.com; day-of wristbands are $40.