Neko Case

Five best concerts in Colorado this weekend

See also: - Brennen Bryarly goes Into the Night as option4 - Parting words: A Sauna Q&A before its farewell show - Sharon Van Etten Q&A: "I get nervous sometimes that my songs are too personal" - Q&A with Brendan Perry of Dead Can Dance - Q&A with Derek Vincent Smith of Pretty Lights Welcome to the ... More >>

Paper Bird's Paul DeHaven: "The ballet changed everything. There's nothing we can't do."

Over the last six years Paper Bird (due tonight at the Fox Theatre in Boulder and tomorrow night at the Aggie Theater in Fort Collins) has become a Denver favorite for all ages and backgrounds. Since dropping its debut album, Anything Nameless and Joymaking, in 2007, the bandmembers have been on a r ... More >>

Eric Bachmann of Crooked Fingers on the time he spent in Denver and Breaks In the Armor

Justin Evans​After the breakup of his influential underground pop band Archers of Loaf, frontman Eric Bachmann formed Crooked Fingers (due at the Larimer Lounge tonight with Strands of Oak and Ian Cooke) and had a kind of second chapter in his long musical career, one favored by some over the ... More >>

Neko Case is right: Women in bands are groupie starved and don't get any action

For real, Neko. We hear you.​A few days ago, Neko Case sparked an excellent dialog regarding a regular facet of female musicianhood with this simple Twitter statement: "To answer your question, no, ladies in bands don't get ANY action. Actresses have a lean on all the 'pussy' we were supposed ... More >>

Denver does Denver, but who's doing the rest? A list of our five dream covers.

The act we've chosen for Magnetic Fields to cover is so obvious, it just might work.​With Denver Does Denver now safely in the rearview, we've been pondering what an expansion of the concept beyond the Colorado borders might look like. More to the point, we've been thinking about what some of ... More >>

Jakob Dylan's new album is artful and rough in all the right places

Top 10 Summer Jams for 2010

Kiernan Maletsky​The cover's off the grill, the windows are down and sweet freedom is on the horizon. Ahh, summer is coming. And while it's still early, there have already been more than enough entrants in the summer jam sweepstakes to make a short list. A few ground rules: 1. Must have been ... More >>

Is Parental Advisory sticker still being affixed to albums these days? If so, how effective is it? Actually, was it ever effective?

​ "Parental Advisory. Explicit Content." Remember that little sticker? The little black and white one that used to rest in the corner of only the most bad-ass of cassette tapes? The first albums I remember seeing with this warning were Danzig's self titled album, Soundgarden's Louder than ... More >>

Neko Case switched things up when it came time to record her latest album

Back to Its Roots

The Antlers top seller at Albums on the Hill

​Brooklyn's the Antlers grabbed the top spot at Albums on the Hill with Hospice, while Lyle Lovett's latest effort, Natural Forces, came in at number two for the week ending January 3. Lhasa's self-titled album, Neko Case's Middle Cyclone and Otis Taylor's Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs rounded ou ... More >>

Top 10 College Rock (or whatever you want to call it these days) Albums of the Year

Thanks to Micachu & the Shapes for making us keenly aware of a vacuum cleaner's emotional properties​Yeah, pal, that's "college rock," scare quotes very much included. Look, it's a meaningless term. As are "indie," "alternative," "hipster," etc., etc. Let's not overthink this: Here we have ten ... More >>

This Just In: RootsFest, Galactic, Jane's Addiction shows announced

Neko Case (pictured) and Judy Collins headline Swallow Hill's RootsFest​This just in: Judy Collins and Neko Case will be headlining Swallow Hill's fourth annual RootsFest on Saturday, March 6 at Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Local favorites Paper Bird and Trace Bundy are also slated to perform at th ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 b ... More >>

Neko Case

Friday, May 29, Chautauqua Auditorium, 303-440-7666.

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

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 te ... More >>

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.

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 al ... More >>

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 c ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 n ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 Ogd ... More >>

Monolith Announces 22 More Acts

Monolith Line Up Announced

Reunited and It Feels So Good

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

DeVotchKa Signs with Anti-

The New Pornographers

Challengers
Matador

After the Loaf

Eric Bachmann's Cuban sandwiches rock.

On the Download

The best in legitimate, artist-approved exclusives.

Tara Jane O'Neil

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

Neko Case

Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (Anti-)

Let There Be Rock

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

Cat-A-Tac

Cat-A-Tac (Needlepoint)

New Pornographers

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

The New Pornographers

Twin Cinema (Matador)

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter

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

Neko Case

The Tigers Have Spoken (Anti)

Critic's Choice

New Pornographers

Critic's Choice

Catherine Irwin

That's a Wrap-Up

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

A Special Case

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

Neko Case & Her Boyfriends

Furnace Room Lullaby

On the Case

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

Storey Time

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