Moving Pictures: A first look at Spoke In Wordz “Never Let Go”

Fresh on the heels of issuing his white hot Western Conference mixtape with DJ Bedz, on which Spoke In Wordz spits with an absolutely venomous freestyle fire (don’t miss the lines, “Fuck the Westword, I ain’t kissing ass to perform” on “Get Rich to This Freestyle”), comes the MC’s new…

Dialed In: This week’s local music radio playlists

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, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show*, KBCO’s Local…

Q&A with Tasos Hernandez and Nick Sanders of Regret Night

Regret Night has been stretching to nipping at the coat tails of Denver’s pop scene for a little over a few years now. On stage, the act consistently delivers energetic performances. Living the Night Life, the band’s newest, dropping tonight at the Marquis Theater, represents a humbling progression in Regret…

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of March 1, 2010

As music critics — and people who generally think about, talk about, listen to and make music — the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, “What are you listening to right now?” The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy…

Hey, DJ! Q&A with Dangerous Dan Hyatt

Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats (and kittens) behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumble up…

Introducing the Westword Music Showcase VIP package

Got your tickets for Showcase yet? Talk about the steal of the century! Ghostland Observatory, Superchunk, Dirty Projectors, Neon Indian, Single File and Oh My Stars? Holy crap! Oh and let’s not forget the more than eighty of the city’s best and brightest that will be on hand — and…

Ladies night moved to tomorrow on American Idol

Looks like we’re going to have to wait until tomorrow night to see how well Lilly Scott and Haeley Vaughn do this week’s American Idol. The two ladies, who made it past last week’s elimination, were initially slated to sing this evening, but will now be showcasing their pipes tomorrow…

Freeloader: These United States’ Daytrotter session posted

Speaking of Daytrotter, this afternoon, the site just posted a Daytrotter session with These United States, a Washington D.C.-based act that’s quickly becoming a Denver favorite, featuring four free downloads. Skip on over there and pick up the tunes. And if you haven’t already, while you’re there, snag the songs…

Dialed In: This week’s local music radio playlists

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, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show, KBCO’s Local…

Meese and Atlantic Records part ways

There have been rumors swirling since the end of the year that Meese and Atlantic Records had parted company. On Friday night, we ran into both Patrick and Nathan Meese at their Dust on the Breakers show at the Bluebird, and the two confirmed that Meese is indeed a free…

Last Night: Matt Morris at the Bluebird

Matt Morris | 02.25.10 | Bluebird Theater In a recent conversation Matt Morris and I had about his album, he sternly — well, as sternly as possible; the guy’s an absolute sweetheart — deflected an assertion that his album lacked a certain continuity. On record, Morris deftly tries on a…

Hey, DJ! Q&A with DJ Walt White, aka CTRL-WALT-DEL

Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats (and kittens) behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumble up…