ZetaKaye release residency takes over Lost Lake Lounge in June

Cowtown. It’s a pejorative that haunted Denver for years and still gets thrown around from time to time. Those of us in the know realize that whatever merit that appellation might have held, it’s hardly fair now. For one thing, you pretty much have to go to Greeley to see any cows, except when the stock show is in town. For another, “cowtown” is supposed to mean a boring, sleepy place where there’s nothing cool happening. That isn’t Denver.

For example, we’ve got a pretty kickass music scene (and only some of it references cows, cowboys, and other Western stylings). As evidence, ZetaKaye House has put together a sprawling new compilation series called This Ain’t No Cowtown. After sifting through more than 300 tracks submitted by 70 artists, John and Kim Baxter of ZetaKaye have hand-picked tracks from the best 22 artists (plus a handful of comedians, for laughs) for this first in a planned series. The free compilation will be available for download any day now, and to celebrate its releases, ZetaKaye has planned a “release residency” for next month at the Lost Lake Lounge.

Starting at 9 p.m. every Thursday in June, a different selection of bands and several of the comedians from the comp will offer up some of their sounds live and in-person for the inebriated masses. It’s cheap, too—a $5 suggested donation gets you in the door, with proceeds going to the artists themselves, and if you like the music, they’ll have a limited-edition hard-copy of the compilation for sale. (Those proceeds also go to the artists.)

Find the full list of acts on the compilation, and the “release residency” lineup below.

Bands on the comp

-The Big Motif
-Black Dots
-Black Sleep of Kali
-Chella Negro
-Eolian
-Glass Hits
-I Sank Molly Brown
-Il Cattivo
-ManCub
-The Morning Clouds
-New Ben Franklins
-Oliver Vanity
-The Outfit
-The Raven and the Writing Desk
-Robin Walker
-Royal Talons
-Safe Boating Is No Accident
-School Knights
-Serious Moonlight
-Shiny Horses
-Snubluck
-Tommy Metz

Comedians on the comp

-Greg Baumhauer
-Adam Cayton-Holland
-Chris Charpentier
-Nathan Lund
-Sam "Danger" Tallent
More comedians to be announced.

Residency lineup

Thursday, June 2
-The Outfit
-New Ben Franklins
-ManCub
-Oliver Vanity

Thursday, June 9
-Greg Baumhauer (comedian)
-Nathan Lund (comedian)
-Robin Walker (CougarPants)
-Snubluck (DJ)
More to be announced

Thursday, June 16
-Serious Moonlight
-School Knights
-The Big Motif
-Chella Negro

Thursday, June 23
-Chris Charpentier (comedian)
-Iuengliss/Tommy Metz
More to be announced.

Thursday, June 30
-Il Cattivo
-Eolian
-Royal Talons
-The Raven and the Writing Desk