Photos by Aaron Thackeray and Dave Herrera Westword Music Showcase Saturday, June 14, 2008 DC10 The feel for most of the day at DC10 was a sense of community. Hip-Hop fans and artists alike mingled in and around the venue shaking hands, giving pounds and enjoying the Colorado hip-hop vibe…
The scene on Bar Standard’s rooftop patio. Westword Music Showcase Saturday, June 14, 2008 Bar Standard patio Better than: Most other reasons to stand in the sun all afternoon. Bright afternoon sunshine and the accompanying blistering heat aren’t exactly the ideal setting for the art of the DJ. Not only…
Westword Music Showcase Saturday, June 14, 2008 Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge I’ve seen a ton of jazz shows at Dazzle — since the place does primarily bring in jazz acts — but I’ve never seen the place rock as much it did on Saturday with energetic sets from Jason Vigil,…
Westword Music Showcase Sutra Room, Bar Standard and 1144 Saturday, June 14, 2008 Better Than: Spending the day at the Highland Street Fair. It’s just before 3 p.m. when I walk into Sutra completely unmolested. No one seems to be watching the door, taking tickets or checking ID’s. I survey…
Click here to view the Showcase slide show. 2:30 p.m. As long as the laptop battery holds up and the connection stays live, we’ll be live blogging from the Showcase all afternoon. The Chain Gang of 1974 is just finishing its last song at the outdoor stage — Kam and…
LOCALS ONLY With Westword’s Music Showcase going down this weekend, let’s take a quick look at what the last five hip-hop winners have been up to the last five years: The Pirate Signal (Yonnas and DJ A-What) who won in 2007, has just released its new mixtape The PS Pt…
All right, hands up: Who’s eagerly awaiting the Olympics this August? [cue crickets] Yep. That’s about what we figured. For the non-sportos — and we’re figuring that’s you, otherwise, you’d be reading the Sports Guy or The Life of Reily right now — the Olympics are about as riveting as…
hi-dive photo booth shots shamelessly pilfered from Lisa G’s myspace. d. biddle began as Duncan Barlow’s sad, quiet solo project – a reaction against all the metal and hardcore he’d played for most of his life, with bands like Endpoint, Guilt and By the Grace of God. The original incarnation…
I like to think I have a pretty well-developed values system. I know what’s important to me, the kind of person I want to be, and I try to act in accordance with that knowledge, most of the time. I guess that’s what “integrity” means to me. But it isn’t…
Flobots were on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last week. And Last Call With Carson Daly before that. Yeah, I know — old news now, right? But five years ago, when I first started writing about local music for this paper, such an event wouldn’t have been treated like…
(DIE) PILOT NOMINATED IN INDIE ROCK Performing 4:15-4:45 PM SUTRA Personnel: Eugene Brown; Paul Jansen; Jeremiah Jones; Chris Durant; Dan Sullivan Discography: Mutiny (2008); Radiation, Weather, Art (2005) Download or stream the entire track after the jump…
US PIPE NOMINATED IN FUNK Personnel: Chris Sauthoff; Kurt Rosenbecker; Chris Murphy; Mike Chiesa; Scott Osborne; Missy Gutreuter; Azma Holiday Discography: United Sound Pipe due out later this summer (2008); Party With the Pipe (2007); Pipe Dreams (EP) (2005) Download or stream the entire track after the jump…
UMCONSCIOUS NOMINATED IN HIP-HOP GROUP Performing 8-8:30 PM at DC-10 Personnel: Johnny L; Boogie B; DJ AJ; Sibs Discography: The Avenue (EP) (2007) Download or stream the entire track after the jump…
NATHANIEL RATELIFF (THE WHEEL) NOMINATED IN FOLK/ACOUSTIC Performing 2:45-3:15 at SUTRA Personnel: Nathaniel Rateliff Discography: Desire and Dissolving Men (2008) Download or stream the entire track after the jump…
TIM POURBAIX NOMINATED IN SINGER-SONGWRITER Performing 2-2:30 PM at MILK BAR Personnel: Tim Pourbaix; Andrew Solanyk; Peter Glenn Discography: A Pony Craig, Not Greg (2007) Download or stream the entire track after the jump…
THE AUTUMN FILM NOMINATED IN POP Performing 3:30-4:00 PM at MILK BAR (SOLO SET FROM TIFAH) Personnel: Tifah-Al-Attas; Reid Phillips; Aubrea Alford; Dann Stockton Discography: Safe and Sound (2007); Tifah (EP) (2005) Download or stream the entire track after the jump…
SET FORTH NOMINATED IN POP Performing 5-5:30 PM at LA RUMBA Personnel: Steve Melton; Ryan Buller; Jeff Bostic; Marc Teets Discography: Set Forth (EP) (2008) Download or stream the entire track after the jump…
SAVAGE HENRY NOMINATED IN POP Performing 6:30-7 PM at LA RUMBA Personnel: Damon Guerrasio; Stuart Miller; John Jeffers; Mike Boyd Discography: All In (2005) Download or stream the entire track after the jump…
MENISKUS NOMINATED IN MODERN ROCK Performing 3:30-4 PM at LA RUMBA Personnel: Bryan Bardusco; Eric Ostberg; Chris Wright Discography: Foreign Beyond (2007); The Wall of Sound (2005) Download or stream the entire track after the jump…
MANELINE NOMINATED IN HIP-HOP GROUP Performing 7:15-7:45 PM at DC-10 Personnel: ManeRok; InkLine; Dee Jay Tense Discography: Till Then… (2007) Download or stream the entire track after the jump…
KINETIX NOMINATED IN JAM/ IMPROV Performing 8-8:30 PM at LA RUMBA Personnel: Adam Lufkin; Eric Blumenfeld; Jordan Linit; Josh Fairman; Jack Gargan Discography: Talking to Faces (2007); Kinetix (2005) Download or stream the entire track after the jump…
THE KNEW NOMINATED IN ROCK Performing 6:30-7 PM at ANDREW’S Personnel: Jacob Hansen; Tyler Breuer; Patrick Bowden; Tim Rynders Discography: Holladay (EP) (2007) Download or stream the entire track after the jump…
