Claude Debussy

Backbeat's top five spins: This is what we're listening to this week. What's on your playlist?

As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it shouldn't be surprising to find that the most common (and mutually favorite) topic of conversation among us is the same: "What are you listening to right now?" Stick a quarter in us, and, boy, wouldn't you know it, off ... More >>

Top 5 Youtube videos of the lunar eclipse

​Late last night's lunar eclipse was the best night ever to be a conspiracy theorists and/or drug enthusiast. We're talking about a remarkably boring visual spectacle -- the moon very slowly turned red. That didn't stop The Internet from producing comprehensive documentation of the "excitemen ... More >>

The National, Bassnectar, Sleigh Bells, the Slits filled our playlists this past week

​As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, "What are you listening to right now?" Whether you're looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we've compiled a list of al ... More >>

Cee Lo Green's inescapably charming (and shamelessly profane) kiss off tops our playlists

​As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most persistent question we encounter is: "What are you listening to right now?" So whether you're looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we've compiled a lis ... More >>

Grant Gordy

Grant Gordy
Self-released

Grant Gordy's folk songs rely on a global palette of sounds

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of December 21, 2009

​As music critics -- and people who generally think about, talk about, listen to and make music -- the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to right now?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation. For ... 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 >>

Frankie and Johnny at the Clair de Lune

Twenty years later, this love story resonates at Paragon.

Blue Angel

Great Perks

Ballets Russes

Muenzinger Auditorium on the CU-Boulder campus

Scattershot

Machine Gun Blues takes aim at rock and roll's dirty black heart.

Westword Music Showcase 2005

Retro Rock Talk

The Go-Go's bring back (mixed-up) memories.

Clair de Lune

Tuesday, February 8, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Elea Plotkin

Classical Dreamscapes (Self-released)

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Out of the Blue

The Blue Noise Band's brilliant amalgam of sounds may make jazz purists see red.

Chucho Valdes

Live at the Village Vanguard
(Blue Note)

Trischka's Treat

The banjo champion makes music that's finger-pickin' good.

Judgment Day

Backbeat contributors offer up their favorite recordings of 1999.

Practice Makes Perfect

Night & Day

May 14 - 20, 1998

Playlist

Thrills for the week

Throw Away the Keys

Every good boy does fine? Not according to this Denver music teacher's new system of music notation.