WHOLE SHOW HAIM Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO 5, 28, 18 ( HD Video, HQ Sound)

Every once in a while there comes along an artist who restores your faith in (real) music. They capture you with familiarity. They keep you with their novelty. And all of a sudden you re energized, inspired, touched in that unexplainable way that sorta just shook the earth beneath your feet. Totally turned on. HAIM hails from LA. They re a band fronted by three sisters with two chaps in the back on drums and keys. They ve got a deadly and powerful cocktail of impactful, raspy and emotionlaced vocals; song structures that avoid staid, expected progressions; catchy lyrics (in the good way); the stage banter of someone comfortable in their skin and sense of humor; and megasolos. Artist comparisons flooded my head as I watched; Fleetwood Mac, The XX, John Mayer, Tracy Chapman, Nirvana; and yet they re incomparable. THERE S NO STOPPING HAIM