Hot Like Mars at The Velvet Elk Lounge: 8 p.m. Thursday, The Velvet Elk Lounge, 2037 13th St., Boulder. Hot Like Mars is Chicago’s funkiest, most soulful rock band, turning heads with their ...

From a snowboarder career to a nomadic psych-pop musician, Gus Englehorn is one of these creative talents whose music sounds like a fantastical fable.