Cat Power

Beyond Playlist: Foo Fighters and More

Delegating Denver #48 of 56: Texas

Backwash

Whitey on the Moon is one small step for Denver music.

Backwash

Fear of a hip planet? Austin swarms with the übercool during SXSW.

Faun Fables

Friday, June 18, hi-dive, 720-570-4500

The Beatdown

In the final tally, Avril is far less Complicated than Britney.

Various Artists

Juno: Music From the Motion Picture
Rhino

Discmania

Backbeat writers revisit their favorite albums of the year.

Mini Reviews

Backbeat writers revisit their favorite albums of the year.

My Blueberry Nights

Wong Kar-Wai’s first English-language foray is a minor confection.

Mini Reviews

Wong Kar-Wai’s first English-language foray is a minor confection.

Cat Power

Jukebox
Matador

El-P

I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Definitive Jux

Class of 2007

A half-dozen acts that we think will catch fire this year.

Tara Jane O'Neil

Saturday, November 18, Chielle, 303-722-1877.

Nine Lives

Chan Marshall finds her way back to touring following a bout with exhaustion.

Smoosh

Wednesday, June 7, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Cat Power

The Greatest (Matador)

Diane Cluck

Friday, July 8, Denver Zine Library, 303-297-1143; Saturday, July 9, Cedars Jazz Club, Colorado Springs, 719-578-5744.

Critic's Choice

Rachael Marcy

On the Down-Low

Shovel away all that Usher, Prince and Lil Jon you've been jamming and dig this year's buried black-music treasures.

Various Artists

Sunday Nights: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough (Fat Possum)

Porlolo/Roger Green

What Would This Be For (Self-released)

Prosaics

Aghast Agape EP (Dim Mak)

Warming Trend

At long last, Edith Frost is done chilling out.

Mirah

Friday, October 22, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Carina Round

The Disconnection (Interscope Records)

Wright of Passage

Juggling pain, loss, hope and rage, Shannon Wright just wants a little truth.

Jolie Holland

Catalpa Anti-

Grave Expectations

Pretty Girls Make Graves is dealing with the pressures that come with making brilliant music.

Made With Love

Rosanne Cash is the friend who will say, or sing, what you can't.

This Year's Model

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs get swept up in the rock-is-back movement.

On the Records

Backbeat contributors reflect on the releases that helped them survive the year 2000.

Tara Jane O'Neil

Peregrine
(Quarterstick)

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Peregrine
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Shine On

Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse is running the race his way.

The Falling Ax

Two Dollar Guitar's Tim Foljahn wants to bring you down.

The Prize Patrol

The biggest musical winners from 1996.

Tori Amos, Blues Traveler, Pretenders shows announced

As previously reported, Tori Amos will stop at the Paramount Theatre on Tuesday, July 21, in support of her new album, Abnormally Attracted to Sin, which was released last week. Blues Traveler, who's made an annual tradition of playing Red Rocks on July 4, returns again this year. Tickets for both s ... More >>

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of August 17, 2009

​As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of ... More >>

Hope Sandoval, Juliette Lewis, the Sounds shows announced

​Former Mazzy Star singer Hope Sandoval will be hitting the road next month for the first time in eight years on the heels of her forthcoming album, Through the Devil Softly, due September 29 on Nettwerk. Sandoval her band the Warm Inventions visit the Bluebird Thursday, October 1. Tickets are $22 ... More >>

Last Night: Juliette Lewis at the Fox Theatre

Jon Solomon​Juliette Lewis, the Ettes, American BangFox TheatreTuesday, October 6, 2009Better than: Lewis' show with the Pretenders and Cat Power this past August. I wasn't expecting much before seeing Juliette Lewis open for the Pretenders and Cat Power during a ninety-degree afternoon last Augus ... More >>

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of November 2, 2009

​As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we'r ... More >>

Top Ten Songs of the Decade

This band had a leg up on everyone else for top song of the decade.​Radiohead? Arcade Fire? Interpol? The Strokes? The White Stripes? Animal Collective? Yeah, we've heard of 'em. For us, though, there was a much more intriguing, compelling batch of bands that weren't -- for the most part, anyw ... More >>

Playlist Roulette: Ten "love songs" for your super sweet Valentine's mixtape

Courtesy of shankar,shiva's FlickrIn the last two days I have overheard three different people discussing their carefully crafted Valentine's Day date playlists. Once I stifled the gag reflex, I started to wonder when the hell dates started requiring customized, more importantly, premeditated soundt ... More >>

Matador at 21: Anyone got a spare, oh, $700 or so?

​As it happens, we don't have a spare $700 or so laying around. Boy, if we did, though, you wouldn't really have to be the betting type to wager where we'd be on Friday, October 1 through Sunday, October 3. No contest: Matador at 21 in Las Vegas. Have you seen the lineup for this thing? Holy ... More >>

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone's Owen Ashworth on his background, his songs and inspiration

Hannah Persson​ Casiotone For the Painfully Alone started out in 1997 as a solo project for songwriter Owen Ashworth. Initially using just a keyboard and a basic drum machine, Ashworth challenged himself to make the most of minimal elements. The result has been a body of work that not only sp ... More >>

Indie collaborations: Are they taking cues from hip-hop?

​The National and Sharon Van Etten recorded a song for the Win Win soundtrack. It leaked yesterday, but Fox Searchlight has pretty well scrubbed the legal-ish streams. Regardless, the two artists are a good fit, Matt Berninger's sleepy baritone makes a seamless companion for Van Etten's own ho ... More >>