Jake Schroeder

Best of Denver Winners from 1999

Taste of Taste of the Nation

The Beatdown

Elevators, Frappuccinos, and things that go bump in the night.

Best Commitment to Local Music by a Commercial Radio Station

The Mountain

Dialed In: This week's local music playlists

Here are the playlists from the area's local-centric specialty radio shows this week. We're still tracking Radio 1190's long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and The Colorado Wave, which is syndicated on ... More >>

Dialed In: This week's local music radio playlists

Here are the playlists from the area's local-centric specialty radio shows this week. This week marks the addition of 99.5 the Mountain's Home Grown Show, whose playlist we've added to in additon to the others we're already tracking: Radio 1190's long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, the ... More >>

There really is no place like home

Here are the playlists from the area's local-centric specialty radio shows this week. This week marks the addition of 99.5 the Mountain's Home Grown Show, whose playlist we've added to in additon to the others we're already tracking: Radio 1190's long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, the ... More >>

And the Winners Are...

A complete list of this year's Music Showcase winners.

Jake Action

Mountain Homegrown artists raise money to save the music.

It Takes Balls

Cranky Steve Horner won’t stay in his corner.

Marathon Men

Run with your favorite Denver celebrity.

Namecheck

What have Colorado’s legislators been smoking?

Westword Music Showcase 2006

Be there or be square!

Westword Music Showcase 2005

Be there or be square!

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Be there or be square!

Let Us Fray

With God on their side, these musicians have gone from zeros to heroes.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

With God on their side, these musicians have gone from zeros to heroes.

Consumed

Opie Gone Bean

The Show(case) Must Go On!

Opie Gone Bean

Fantasy Island

JLO for dessert

Star-Spangled Bad Boy

Jake Schroeder raises a flag for Opie Gone Bad.

Other Voices, Other Tunes

Two new releases -- and a certain music awards showcase -- prove Denver's no one-note town.

Feedback

Two new releases -- and a certain music awards showcase -- prove Denver's no one-note town.

Music Showcase, Take Three

Two new releases -- and a certain music awards showcase -- prove Denver's no one-note town.

Westword Music Showcase Awards Wrap Up

David BarberJohn Baxter and Matty Clark in the fleshThe picture above pretty much tells the tale of last night's Westword Music Showcase Awards -- drunk and debaucherous. Everyone (well, we think everyone -- we didn't exactly take a formal poll or anything) had a pretty swell time. Hugs were smiles ... More >>

Zebra Junction closes up shop this evening

DanielK​After four albums, extensive touring and a decade together, Zebra Junction, who just took home honors at this year's Westword Music Showcase awards, will be playing its last show tonight in Golden at Parfet Park. Although the members intend to continue to collaborate and record music with ... More >>

Presenting the 2010 Westword Music Showcase Ballot

​ This past February, when we started putting together the 2010 Westword Music Showcase, we posted an item asking you how we could improve our annual music festival, this year set for Saturday, June 19, in the Golden Triangle (if you haven't already purchased your tickets, you can still buy d ... More >>

Play On, Players

​ This past February, when we started putting together the 2010 Westword Music Showcase, we posted an item asking you how we could improve our annual music festival, this year set for Saturday, June 19, in the Golden Triangle (if you haven't already purchased your tickets, you can still buy d ... More >>