Slide Shows Part 1 Part 2 Westword Music Showcase June 16, 2007 DC10 Better than: KS107.5’s Summer Jam (cheaper too!). This is real hip-hop. DJ Bedz kicked off things at DC10 this past Saturday afternoon around 2 p.m. before a rather sparse crowd — a stage manager, a sound guy…

Slide Shows Part 1 Part 2 Westword Music Showcase June 16, 2007 The Sutra Room Better than: Endless margaritas on the beach. What a long, fucking amazing day it was at the Westword Music Showcase this past Saturday. Despite the outrageous amount of music that was spilling out of Golden…

Jim McTurnan is astounded by how well his band’s new record is doing. Released at the beginning of May, Past Lies and Former Lives has already cracked the top 50 on CMJ’s Top 200 chart. “Given the enormous flood of new records out, I didn’t think this was even a…

When MxPx got its start in 1993, it was known as Magnified Plaid. Back then, the Bremerton trio was little more than a replicate of its influences, specifically groups like NOFX. But the threesome never dreamed it would go on to be as influential in the Christian punk scene as…

What is Ozzy now, a hundred or something? You’d think the old coot would call it a career rather than further tarnish his legacy. Like most icons past their prime, though, maybe he just doesn’t know when to say when. He’s clearly saddled by idiots; why else would he choose…

Gregory Alan Isakov isn’t a big talker. Live, he rolls through his sets with graceful efficiency and a minimum of banter. When he does speak, it’s at such low levels that you’re forced to lean in close to catch the gist of what he’s saying. As soft-spoken as Isakov is,…

Slide Show Bob Dylan is a wierdo among freaks. Even when he was a leader of the ’60s folk scene, he considered himself an outcast, a stranger who was lost, and by his own admission had “no direction home.” So maybe it was fitting that the Bob Dylan tribute show…

I was in the middle of shaving Saturday morning when Sweetie bellowed something in my direction. I couldn’t make out what, exactly, because…well, because I was shaving and concentrating on not cutting myself. “David, come here,” she beckoned again, sounding slightly bemused. “You’ve got to see this.” I could hear…

Mustangs and Madras continues to play a passionate brand of emo that’s woefully (and refreshingly) out of step with the times. From first listen, the act’s latest release recalls a bygone era when scenester kids took style cues from the geek chic of Rivers Cuomo rather than the guy-liner of…

It’s almost June in Denver, and you know what that means, right? Yep. The beginning of summer is upon us. Listen, folks, I’ve seen the future, and here’s what we all have to look forward to: heat. More heat. Sweltering. Unbearable. Suffocating. Heat. As much as I’d like to pretend…

Insane. That was the scene this past Friday night at the Fillmore. The Clown was in town, and the Juggalos were in full effect. “What’s up, my Juggalo pissin’ homeboys?” asked one guy as he flung open the door to the Fillmore’s secret bathroom. “If you’re not down with the…

Alright, so the wait is over. This year’s Showcase ballot has finally been revealed. As with every year, the event continues to evolve and improve (we like to think so, anyway). This year, you’ll notice that we’ve added five new categories, and there’s 57 acts making a first-time appearance on…

Denver has an absolute embarrassment of riches when it comes to singer-songwriters. Attempting to determine whos the best well, thats just a fools errand, as I can tell you, because I have to do it every year for this papers annual Best of Denver issue. And its agonizing. Ultimately, my…

Virgil Dickerson had always suspected that people were stealing his music. Now he has proof. But when we spoke last month (Beatdown, March 8), the Suburban Home Records head had no quantifiable evidence to support his claims that illegal downloads were taking a toll on the label’s bottom line –…

What a kick ass weekend for live music in the Mile High City. Started things off this past Friday night at the Marquis Theater for the Brotherhood of Dae Han’s CD release party. The scream theater commenced with a blistering set from Ft. Collins’ In Case You’re Curious, who years…

I’m going to make a quick hypothesis here,” says Jeff Wiant. “One of us is going to die on stage tonight. This is not a large stage.” Or a stage at all, really. It’s just after 7:30 p.m. on a Saturday at Surfside 7 in Fort Collins, and the Brotherhood…

Thank God for MySpace. If it weren’t for MySpace, I know some people who wouldn’t have any friends. At all. That’s not just a witty T-shirt slogan; it’s gospel. MySpace can be more than a little soul-sucking: I’ve seen it consume lives, World of Warcraft style. But as nefarious as…