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…
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…
Cats like DJ Chonz still practice? For real? Who knew? At this point, guess we just assumed that dude’s a Jedi who doesn’t require dry runs anymore. Shows you what we know. Clearly he still got respect for the game. After the jump, listen and download Jefe’s final practice from…
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…
Reprise might have given up on these guys, but judging from the massive crowd assembled for its mid-afternoon set, the local fans haven’t given up on, nor forgotten about, Single File. Leave it to a major label to drop the ball, eh? And as you’ll hear after the jump upon…
Though these clips are rather headache-inducing at times — we presume because PieHole2000, the person filming, is either being jostled by the dancing throng or barely resisting the urge to trip the light fantastic — here’s Superchunk displaying some of its choices gems for all the boys and girls at…
As promised, thanks to our good pal Lance Stack at The Flat Response, here’s the first of four exclusive Denver Boot downloads: Tickle Me Pink getting its rocks off at the 16th Annual Westword Music Showcase. Have at it. …
As you can see from the pictures, this year’s Showcase was played in the key of awesome. Relive the whole thing with us. Over the course of the day as we get our wits about us, a few of our writers will share their thoughts on what they saw, and…
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…
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,…
Sold out? Wait, what? Did I just read that right? Seriously? Sold out? What the …? Those were my first thoughts when I woke up yesterday and fired up the old TweetDeck before jumping into the shower. My boy Ralphie, who we tapped to emcee the main stage for us…
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 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…
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…
It pretty much goes without saying at this point that this is going to be the best Showcase yet. Just take a look at this year’s headliners. Your dance card will be full from the time the gates open at 11:30 a.m. until BoomBox leads Saturday into Sunday at City…
In case you haven’t heard, Erykah Badu’s in town tonight at the Fillmore with Janelle Monáe, whom we caught at Red Rocks this past weekend with MGMT. Not only do we have tickets to the show tonight, but they’re part of a rad prize pack that includes a T-shirt, two…
By now, we’re presuming you’re already very familiar with Lilly Scott, the bewitching local siren who helped breathe new life into the tired American Idol franchise this year with her unique voice and unorthodox song selections. Given the other singers she was up against, we were certain she’d make it…
Got your tickets to the Showcase yet? Yes? Nice work. Don’t have your tickets yet? No worries. There’s still time to get yours, and here’s another reason to pick ’em up now — well, aside from the fact that they’re still just fifteen bucks: Friday night, we’re throwing another pre-party…
Here what the area’s local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We’re currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows including, Radio 1190’s Local Shakedown, KTCL’s Locals Only, KBCO’s Local Edition, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown…
Mystery solved: You won’t find “Hey!” on Streets of Gold, and that’s because it’s on Lil Jon’s new album Crunk Rock, released earlier this week. All right, so we already told you about 3OH!3 premiering Streets of Gold’s first single, “My First Kiss,” featuring Ke$ha on Monday. Evidently, if you…
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…
Here what the area’s local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We’re currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows including, Radio 1190’s Local Shakedown*, KTCL’s Locals Only, KBCO’s Local Edition*, The Colorado Sound*, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown…
