While I was waiting for the Features (who I wound up skipping so that I didn’t have to make a trip down and up the soul-shatteringly high stairs of Red Rocks) I chatted for a bit with some people in the media tent and ate a breakfast of celery and ranch. These United States’ publicist Erin is a Denver native and told me that I might do better to watch the Colorado group The Knew perform a mere 50 feet from the celery tray. It was a hard sell, but I’m glad I managed to tear myself away from the ranch.

The Knew were so great at ROCKNROLL that I didn’t feel too bad about missing the Features (who, though a bit better, I’d seen half a dozen times). I really don’t know how to describe them in any way other than they’re one of the few groups I feel confident saying they play “rock ‘n roll” with no other adjectives, prepositions or qualifiers attached. These guys grab guitars, sing and shred with the sole objective of making you dance and enjoy yourself. So while I doubt anyone will ever be writing volumes on their works, who would really want them to? So hit up their Myspace and relax just like I did in Denver.