The Denver UMS has been spread out over four days this year and has concentrated on fewer venues to maximize the concert viewing experience. In what promises to be a four day blowout, the UMS has decided to bring an external flavor to the Showcase by bringing in talent from outside the state of Colorado.

THE UNDERGROUND MUSIC SHOWCASE CELEBRATES ITS 9th YEAR BY INCLUDING THE BEST LOCAL AND NATIONAL TALENT TO ITS LINEUP – INDIE BUZZ BANDS AND UP-AND-COMERS ALIKE

More Than 200 Bands Are Set To Take the Stage in Denver July 23rd thru July 26th

DENVER – June 5, 2009 – The Underground Music Showcase – now known simply as The UMS – is excited to welcome over 200 local and national bands, singer-songwriters, and comedians to 20 of Denver’s best local venues when The UMS takes over a half mile stretch of South Broadway from July 23rd to July 26th. The UMS, which has grown to be the largest indie music festival in Colorado, yearns to become the foremost festival of independent music in the Western United States – focusing on both national and local independent artists in its ninth year. It has been referred to as “the South By Southwest of Denver”, by Heather Browne, editor of the popular music blog, I Am Fuel, You Are Friends.

Some of the national buzz bands already booked for this year’s festival include Bowerbirds (Raleigh, N.C.), KaiserCartel (Brooklyn, NY), El Ten Eleven (Los Angeles, CA), the Smug Brothers (Dayton, Ohio), Big Time (Cambridge, MA), Seneca (Limerick, Ireland), Wardens (Los Angeles, CA), Megafaun (Durham, N.C.), the Caribbean (Washington, D.C.), Mark Mallman (Minneapolis, MN), Band of Annuals (Salt Lake City, UT), the Slants (Portland, OR), Melissa Fuller (Nashville, TN), Red Light Driver (Indianapolis, IN), 1090 Club (Billings, MT), Undersea Explosion (Brooklyn, NY) and many others.

The four day event will feature food, beverage and retail vendors on-site, offering product samplings, giveaways and other promotions all weekend long. Four day passes for the event will be available, from 9 a.m. Friday, June 5th to midnight on June 7th, for just $10 at www.theums.com. Take advantage of this great offer because regular priced passes ($20 per four day pass) will go on sale on June 8th, 2009.

This year’s lineup includes the best independent local bands and artists, as well as talent from all over the country. Confirmed Denver artists include:

900 Ancestors
A Mouthful of Thunder (with Stephen Till of Hearts of Palm)
Achille Lauro
Alltunators
Andrea Ball
Anisette
Astrophagus
The Atlantic Formerly Fiance)
b.sous
Bad Luck City
Bela Karoli
Big Timber
Black Lamb
Blue Million Miles
Chella Negro
Churchill
Cowboy Curse
Curious Yellow
Danghead
Danielle Ate a Sandwich
Dario Rosa
Ego vs. Id
Elin Palmer
The Epilogues
Everything Absent or Distorted
Eyes & Ears
Fell
Fight Spider With Spider
Fissure Mystic
The Getdown!
Git Some
Gritch
Hawks of Paradise
Hello Kavita
The Heyday
The Hollyfelds
Hot Robots
Houses
I Sank Molly Brown
Ideal Fathers
Iuengliss
Jamie Mefford (of Bluelight)
Jeffery Hyde Thompson
Jen Korte & The Loss
Joe Sampson
Joseph Pope III
King For A Day
Kingdom of Magic
Kissing Party
The Knew
Laylights
Lion Sized
Magic Cyclops
Magic Mice
Molly Cherington
Munimula
Murder Ranks
New Ben Franklins
The Omens
Only Thunder
The Orangu-Tones
Overcasters
Pena
Popwreck
PowerPoint
Pseudo Dates
Rabbit Is A Sphere
Raleigh
Ramaya (From A. Ballad Nightly)
Roger Green
The Rouge
Sonnenblume
Still City
The Swayback
Sweet Tooth Meat Tooth
TaunTaun
Tim Pourbaix
Vitamins
We Are! We Are!
Widowers
The Wheel
World Romantic

Confirmed National Artists Include:
1090 Club (Billings, MT)
Anchor Down (Portland, OR)
Anchor (Baltimore, MD)
Band of Annuals (Salt Lake City, UT)
Bastards of Young (Sacramento, CA)
Big Time (Cambridge, MA)
Bowerbirds (Raleigh, NC)
The Caribbean (Washington, DC)
El Ten Eleven (Los Angeles, CA)
For the Win (San Francisco, CA)
In The Red (Santa Barbara, CA)
Josh Rush (Nashville, TN)
KaiserCartel (Brooklyn, NY)
Kleveland (Portland, OR)
Lee Penn Sky (Boise, ID)
Mark Mallman (Minneapolis, MN)
Megafaun (Durham, NC)
Melissa Fuller (Nashville, TN)
Mishka Shubaly (Brooklyn, NY)
New York Rifles (Portland, OR)
Red Light Driver (Indianapolis, IN)
Red Sammy (Baltimore, MD)
Seneca (Limerick, Ireland)
The Slants (Portland, OR)
The Smug Brothers (Dayton, OH)
Wardens (Brooklyn, NY)
Undersea Explosion (Brooklyn, NY)

The event is sponsored by Floyd’s 99 Barbershops, Rolling Rock, Scion, Gigbot, Soundstructure Studios, Fuze, Car Toys, Planned Parenthood, Red Bull, Evergroove Studios, The Walnut Room, Bocumast, Notably Fine Audio, The Lockerpartners, Indie 101.5, Radio 1190 and The Deuce.