Daytrotter.com posts another session featuring Nathaniel Rateliff

Daytrotter is clearly smitten as we are with the young Mister Nathaniel Rateliff. Not only did the outfit tap Rateliff for its Barnstormer 3 tour (which, come to find out, took place in actual barns, BTW — somehow, we just discovered this), but it just posted another session featuring him…

Westword Music Showcase 2010: Dirty Projectors

If you can get past the crackly sound (a detestable drawback of Flip-style cameras, whose condenser mikes are easily overwhelmed), here’s a brief but enjoyable clip of Dirty Projectors shot by our pal Julio Enriquez from Cause=Time at the Showcase this past Saturday…

Westword Music Showcase: Denver rocks — thought you Knew!

Here’s another semi-headache inducing video for ya’ from this year’s Westword Music Showcase. This one features the Knew electrifying a capacity crowd at Sutra. Props are due to ColoradoKid. While the rest of the us were popping Ibuprofen and feverishly trying to rehydrate while shaking off the remnants of the…

Westword Music Showcase 2010: Git Some at Broadway’s

Just came across this on YouTube. Evidently, esteemed videographer Jim Hucks was on hand at the Showcase this past weekend and caught some footage of Git Some at Broadway’s doing “Trixy Loves Misty.” Hucks shot it, so you know it’s rad. Next best thing to being there…

Westword Music Showcase edition of The Denver Boot

Our periodic feature, The Denver Boot, has been conspicuously dormant for the past, oh, six months or so. Perhaps you’ve noticed. Excellent reason for that: The master taper guy supplying the recordings, the illustrious Lance Stack from The Flat Response blog, has been a face on a milk carton for,…

Presenting the 2010 Westword Music Showcase Schedule and Map

IMPORTANT SCHEDULING UPDATE: Due to circumstances beyond our control (and, more to the point, frontman Chris Fogal’s) TAUNTAUN will not be performing in the 6:15 – 7 p.m. slot at Broadway’s tomorrow. While Fogal is resting his aching back (“I would tough it out,” he assures us, “but the problem…

BoomBox at Larimer Lounge: A Westword Music Showcase Pre-Party

BoomBox played a very special DJ set last night at the Larimer Lounge for our penultimate Westword Music Showcase pre-party. The dance party was in full effect. One of our ace shutterbugs, Kate Levy, was on hand to immortalize the evening. See what you missed if you missed last night…

Ghostand Observatory, Jonathan Tyler on our playlists this week

As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, “What are you listening to right now?” So whether you’re looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we’ve compiled a list of…

New York Times critic praises Nathaniel Rateliff

So just in case you were wondering how well Nathaniel Rateliff is being received in other parts of the country, check this out: Last week, he caught the notice of Jon Pareles, the highly estimable pop critic for the New York Times, who saw fit to include Rateliff’s show at…