Daniel Mescher

Dirty Few released the new EP, “Volcom Sessions,” last month. The Denver garage rock quintet recorded it at the California headquarters of the skate and surf apparel company Volcom. It’s an energetic record that’s representative of the band’s potent live show. Before a release show at Denver’s Larimer Lounge, Dirty Few returned to the CPR Performance Studio for the first time since 2015. The band played three songs and spoke with Alisha Sweeney about teaming up with Volcom, hiring a “party manager” and embarking on a West Coast tour.

The New York musician’s debut album has a retro sound inspired by ’50s doo-wop music.

Down Time released its debut EP, “Good Luck!,” last year. The record features five lo-fi indie pop songs that the group itself describes as “grandma jams.” The Denver indie rock band has since expanded from a trio to a five-piece and is at work on new material. Down Time stopped into the CPR Performance Studio before a concert at Larimer Lounge. The band played four songs and spoke with Bruce Trujillo about expanding its sound with new members, working on a full-length album and filming a concert at Denver’s Alamo Drafthouse movie theater.

Phil Pirrone leads JJUUJJUU with a rotating cast of backing players. The Los Angeles psychedelic rock band recently released its debut album, “Zionic Mud.” It’s heavy on reverberated vocals, fuzzed-out guitar licks and intriguing song titles like “Italian Toothpaste.” JJUUJJUU stopped into the CPR Performance Studio before a show at Denver’s Lost Lake. The band played two songs and Pirrone spoke with Bruce Trujillo about how he started playing music, the many collaborations on “Zionic Mud” and running the California music festival Desert Daze.

Brazilian Girls this year released the album “Let’s Make Love,” the pop band’s first since 2008’s Grammy-nominated “New York City.” It features the eclectic dance sound the quartet became known for in the early 2000s. The album came together over the course of several years, with recording sessions in Istanbul, Paris, Madrid and New York. Brazilian Girls visited us in the CPR Performance Studio last month. The quartet played three songs from “Let’s Make Love” and spoke with Alisha Sweeney about recording the album all over the world and the romantic themes behind the new songs.

The Portland band tries out different sounds and genres on its seventh album.

Joel Van Horne released his third album as Covenhoven earlier this month. “A Kind Of Revelation” came from the Denver musician’s writing sessions while touring along the Pacific coast of California, Oregon and Washington. The album blends the contemplative folk of Covenhoven’s previous work with vivid orchestral string parts. Covenhoven returned to the CPR Performance Studio for the first time since 2015. Van Horne and his seven-piece backing band played three songs from “A Kind Of Revelation” and spoke with Alisha Sweeney about how his brother’s death affected the arc of the album and how the natural world inspires his music.