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🐀👩RATBOYS LISTENING PARTY👩🐀 We’ll be hosting a listening party for Ratboys’ newest “Singin’ to an Empty Chair” on Thurs,...
01/15/2026

🐀👩RATBOYS LISTENING PARTY👩🐀 We’ll be hosting a listening party for Ratboys’ newest “Singin’ to an Empty Chair” on Thurs, January 29 at 5:30pm at Wax Trax Cap Hill — buy and listen to the album a week before it comes out, score some Ratboys colored pencils, coloring pages, posters, and enter to win a $500 travel voucher to see Ratboys play anywhere.

See y’all there!

CAVETOWN LISTENING PARTY TONIGHT @ 5:30PM at WAX TRAX CAP HILL - get an exclusive first listen of the album, snag a free...
01/14/2026

CAVETOWN LISTENING PARTY TONIGHT @ 5:30PM at WAX TRAX CAP HILL - get an exclusive first listen of the album, snag a free poster while supplies last, and maybe walk away with that custom .socks bandana by the end đŸ€«

We’ll start the album a few minutes after 5:30, looking forward to seeing y’all then.

🍃📌JOJI EARLY LISTENING PARTY📌🍃 We’ll be hosting an advanced listening party for Joji’s “Piss In The Wind” on Tuesday, Fe...
01/13/2026

🍃📌JOJI EARLY LISTENING PARTY📌🍃 We’ll be hosting an advanced listening party for Joji’s “Piss In The Wind” on Tuesday, Feb 3 at 5:30 — not only can you hear the album before the Friday release, but there’ll be free stickers and posters (while supplies last) and an exclusive Joji tote bag grand prize. Expect drinks and good times as always.

đŸ˜”â€đŸ’«FIRST SATURDAY SPINS OF 2026 — We’re stoked to welcome Neon Brown to kick off the year with a free in-store all vinyl...
01/13/2026

đŸ˜”â€đŸ’«FIRST SATURDAY SPINS OF 2026 — We’re stoked to welcome Neon Brown to kick off the year with a free in-store all vinyl DJ set on 1/24. Come hang, listen, groove and GET SPUN 🌀đŸ•șđŸ»đŸŒ€

01/13/2026

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đŸ¶đŸ‘ïž IN STOCK! Dry Cleaning’s latest, “Secret Love” available at Cap Hill and Northside (and more coming to other locatio...
01/12/2026

đŸ¶đŸ‘ïž IN STOCK! Dry Cleaning’s latest, “Secret Love” available at Cap Hill and Northside (and more coming to other locations soon).

đŸ»JOYCE MANOR LISTENING PARTYđŸ» We’ll be hosting an early listening events for ’s latest “I Used To Go To This Bar” at our...
01/09/2026

đŸ»JOYCE MANOR LISTENING PARTYđŸ» We’ll be hosting an early listening events for ’s latest “I Used To Go To This Bar” at our Broadway location on 1/29 — buy it early, snag some exclusive giveaways, and maybe score a one-of-a-kind grand prize. More info on those later.

Upcoming albums to peel your ears for - Wasted Energy #107 - https://mailchi.mp/waxtraxrecords.com/highly-anticipated-2...
01/08/2026

Upcoming albums to peel your ears for - Wasted Energy #107 - https://mailchi.mp/waxtraxrecords.com/highly-anticipated-2026-albums

In this week's newsletter, our resident pop fanatic shared 5 albums he's looking out for this year, events like our Isaac Martinez in-store tomorrow, and [just announced] listening parties for Cavetown and Joyce Manor, and new releases from Dry Cleaning, Mon Rovia, Silvana Estrada, and more.

✂CAVETOWN EARLY LISTENING PARTIES✂ Excited to announce our first listening party of the year for .socks newest “Runnin...
01/08/2026

✂CAVETOWN EARLY LISTENING PARTIES✂ Excited to announce our first listening party of the year for .socks newest “Running With Scissors.” Hear it before its Friday release, pre-order the album, and get some exclusive promo items (more on that later).

Stop by our Cap Hill on Wed, Jan 14 at 5:30 for the fun ✂✂✂
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01/07/2026



At the Gothic, the air was already primed—ozone and sweat, the low thrum of a room that knows it’s about to be told the truth at unsafe volume. Then Team Nonexistent lit the fuse on “Touch Me,” and the place buckled. This wasn’t a song so much as a courtroom verdict delivered with a left hook. The singer didn’t plead or posture—she declared. Every line came out like a banner snapped open in a riot wind: boundaries aren’t suggestions, and anger—real anger—isn’t shameful. It’s survival with teeth.

Live, “Touch Me” turns threat into triumph. The band locks into a feral, buoyant churn—fast enough to lift bodies, heavy enough to pin the message to the wall. When the hook hits, it’s a communal exhale after years of holding breath. The repetition isn’t cartoonish; it’s ritual. Each shout sharpens the edge, the singer riding the surge with a grin that says I’m still here, I’m louder now, and you don’t get to decide what happens next. This is anger that refuses surrender, anger that dances. The crowd doesn’t flinch—they surge forward, fists up, voices cracked, recognizing the power of a line drawn and defended.

Sharing the night with Dead Pioneers and Potato Pirates, Team Nonexistent didn’t just fit the bill—they redefined the temperature. The Gothic Theatre felt like a pressure chamber where fear gets burned off and joy comes out molten. No irony, no winks—just a room unified by a hard yes to autonomy and a harder no to anyone who thinks otherwise. When “Touch Me” closed, it didn’t leave rubble; it left a crowd taller, buzzing, baptized in the kind of righteous noise that doesn’t ask permission and doesn’t apologize.


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Tuesday 11am - 7pm
Wednesday 11am - 7pm
Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 10am - 9pm
Saturday 10am - 9pm
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Wax Trax is a brick & mortar record store that has been in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood for over 41 years. Founded in 1975 by Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher, it was sold to Dave Stidman and Duane Davis (pictured at right) in 1978, and Jim and Dannie moved to Chicago to launch the Wax Trax! Record Label. Look for the “!” to tell the two apart.

Since then, Wax Trax has specialized in bringing the best in independent music to Colorado. In the 70s that meant being one of the only stores in Denver importing Punk and New Wave from England. In the 80s and 90s that search for the latest and greatest expanded, eventually establishing one of the widest selections in the city and one of the centers of the local music scene.

“Wax Trax distinguished itself as the center of the universe for a new kind of fan, obsessed with whatever was new and fashion-forward, and the people they hired fit the niche and met that public with a famous attitude,” -- Westword (Nov. 2018)