Subject: Neko Case

• DeVotchKa Signs with Anti-

  November 27, 2007

• Monolith Line Up Announced

  April 29, 2008

• Over the Weekend... The Hollyfelds, Kosmos and Three Miles West @ the Walnut Room

  May 5, 2008

• Monolith Announces 22 More Acts

  May 19, 2008

• Vintage Q&A with Nathan Willett of Cold War Kids

  October 3, 2008

• A Special Case

  Neko Case has yet to make the Opry, but her reputation as a new country pioneer is grand.

  August 23, 2001

• Neko Case & Her Boyfriends

  March 9, 2000

• From the week of June 4, 2009

  June 4, 2009

• Letters to the Editor

  February 13, 2003

• No Doubt, Neko Case, Def Leppard shows announced

  No Doubt just announced a 45-city tour with Paramore and the Sounds that includes a Wednesday, May 27 stop at Fiddler's Green. On Monday, August 24, Def Leppard, Poison and Cheap Trick will also share a bill at Fiddler's, while Lady Sovereign hits the Bluebird Monday, May 18, Neko Case plays the Ogden Theatere, Saturday, May 30 and Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer will be performing acoustic renditions of songs from This Is Spinal Tap, Mighty Wind and more as party of their Un

  March 3, 2009

• U2 top seller at Twist & Shout

  U2's No Line on the Horizon and Neko Case's Middle Cyclops, both released on Tuesday, March 3, showed some of best numbers at Twist & Shout in many months. The Fray moved back up into the top five, followed by Van Morrison and Beirut for the week ending March 8. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  March 9, 2009

• The Fray still in Top 10 on Billboard 200

  In its fifth consecutive week on the charts, the Fray's self-titled sophomore release is still generating impressive sales figures, good enough, in fact, to remain in the top ten on the Billboard 200. Last week, the group registered 30,000 more sales, which moved it up a notch to number seven from number eight the week previously. The acts in front of the Fray: U2, Taylor Swift, Neko Case, Lady Gaga, Nickelback and, uh, Jamie Foxx.

  March 12, 2009

• U2 top seller at Twist & Shout

  U2 and Neko Case nabbed the top two spots for the second week in a row on Twist & Shout's bestseller list for the week ending March 15. Madeleine Peyroux's new album, Bare Bones, which was released last week, Raphael Saadiq's The Way I See It and Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band's The Whole Fam Damily also placed in the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  March 16, 2009

• Bonnie Prince Billy grabs top spot at Twist & Shout

  After two weeks of U2 and Neko Case sitting at the number-one and -two spots, Bonnie Prince Billy's new album, Beware, knocked U2 down to the second spot and Case moved down to the eighth slot at Twist & Shout for the week ending March 22. Les Claypool's new disc, Of Fungi & Foe, came in at number three. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  March 23, 2009

• The Decemberists grab top spot at Twist & Shout

  The Decemberists' new album Hazards of Love grabbed the top spot on Twist & Shout's bestseller list for the week ending March 29. Mastodon's Crack the Skye came in second, while Neko Case's Middle Cyclone and U2's No Line on the Horizon stayed in the top 10 for the fourth week in a row. See the full breakdown after the jump. 

  March 30, 2009

• Neil Young top seller at Twist & Shout

  Neil Young's brand new album, Fork in the Road, grabbed the top spot at Twist & Shout last week, followed by Neko Case's Middle Cyclone, which has been a strong performer since it was released March 3. New releases from Doves, Grateful Dead and Yeah Yeah Yeahs rounded out the top five. See the complete breakdown after the jump.

  April 13, 2009

• Heavy Rotation, our top five spins for the week of April 13, 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 all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with your own picks after the jump.

  April 14, 2009

• Steve Earle grabs top spot at Twist and Shout

  Steve Earle, who performed songs from his new Townes Van Zandt tribute album at Twist & Shout last Friday, beat out Green Day for the top spot on the store's best seller list for the week of May 17. Bob Dylan, Ben Harper, Iron & Wine and Conor Oberst continue to hold down spots in the top ten. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  May 18, 2009

• Reunited and It Feels So Good

  The ghost of Denver’s past pays us a visit, just in time for the holidays.

  December 6, 2007

• A Fine Frenzy

  Alison Sudol is indeed someone You Oughta Know. Thanks, VH1.

  October 18, 2007

• The New Pornographers

  Challengers
  Matador

  August 23, 2007

• After the Loaf

  Eric Bachmann's Cuban sandwiches rock.

  August 2, 2007

• On the Download

  The best in legitimate, artist-approved exclusives.

  June 21, 2007

• Tara Jane O'Neil

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

  November 16, 2006

• Westword Music Showcase 2006

  Be there or be square!

  June 15, 2006

• Neko Case

  Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (Anti-)

  March 30, 2006

• Let There Be Rock

  Ten albums that make it easy to avoid fretting about your old-fashioned Rockist ways.

  December 29, 2005

• Cat-A-Tac

  Cat-A-Tac (Needlepoint)

  October 20, 2005

• New Pornographers

  Monday, October 3, Gothic Theatre, 303-788-0984.

  September 29, 2005

• The New Pornographers

  Twin Cinema (Matador)

  August 18, 2005

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  June 23, 2005

• Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter

  Tuesday, April 26, Bender's Tavern, 303-861-7070.

  April 21, 2005

• Neko Case

  The Tigers Have Spoken (Anti)

  November 18, 2004

• Lip Service

  Grazing in the bluegrass, Split Lip Rayfield keeps pickin' and grinnin'.

  January 8, 2004

• Critic's Choice

  New Pornographers

  May 29, 2003

• Critic's Choice

  Catherine Irwin

  February 6, 2003

• That's a Wrap-Up

  Backbeat writers sound off on a few of their favorite musical things from 2002.

  December 26, 2002

• Still Scorching

  Jason Ringenberg embraces his title as alt country's architect.

  September 5, 2002

• Kelly's Heroes

  Kelly Hogan takes great songs by great artists and makes them her own.

  November 15, 2001

• On the Case

  Neko Case aims to shake up the world of country music.

  August 20, 1998

• Storey Time

  Nina Storey is moving into one of her career's most important chapters.

  August 20, 1998

• Bob Dylan top seller at Twist & Shout

  Bob Dylan's Together Through Life, released last week on Columbia, grabbed the top spot at Twist and Shout for the week ending May 3. Depeche Mode, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Neko Case rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  May 4, 2009

• The newer generations' love of classic rock shows a lack of imagination

  May 21, 2009

• Neko Case

  May 28, 2009

• Westword Music Showcase reviewed: Mo's

  Chad FahnestockJoshua Novak helped break in Mo's on Broadway. See more photos from Mo's and the other venues at westword.com/slideshow. Andrea Ball, 12:00 p.m. Andrea Ball kicked off the Mo's lineup with an enjoyable set of mostly piano-driven, literate yet approachable songs that fit well in the Mo's space, outfitted as it was with lots of comfy chairs and couches and a white-and-blue paint scheme. Ball's band -- a violinist, bassist and drummer -- seemed to have a lot of fun playing these s

  June 15, 2009

• From the week of June 18, 2009

  June 18, 2009

• NPR's All Songs Considered weighs in on the best music of 2009

  ​Last time we checked, there's still a good four months left until the end of the year. Regardless, that hasn't stopped Bob Boilen and company from NPR's All Songs Considered from weighing in on the best music of 2009 (so far). Actually, check that -- the results, which were posted on the show's blog last week, were evidently voted on by the listeners, who apparently really, really dig Animal Collective. Take a look at their picks after the jump and see if you agree. Did they get it right, or

  August 6, 2009

• Over the weekend: Jolie Holland at the Walnut Room

  Adam Perry​Jolie Holland, with Matt Bauer The Walnut Room Saturday, October 10, 2009 Better Than: Walking from Market St. Station to Walnut & 31st in the cold No one shines like Brooklyn-based indie-folk goddess Jolie Holland. Just as Neil Young was the depth and edge of CSNY, Holland was the stand-out talent in the Canadian, all-girl, alt-folk group the Be Good Tanyas, and for the last half-decade has excelled on her own. Last fall, Holland drew a large crowd to the Boulder Theater on th

  October 12, 2009