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…
Founded in 2003 in Paris by sisters Bianca “Coco” Casady and Sierra “Rosie” Casady, CocoRosie has been responsible for making music that combines otherwordly electronic pop with organic sounds, hip-hop and conceptual art. As a whole, it’s the musical equivalent of a magical-realism novel featuring mythological creatures and situations –…
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…
The Showcase may have sold out, but 11,000 fans managed to get in — and we photographed most of them. Here are the best of our fan photos, presented in two parts: Part 1 (by Brian Landis Folkins) Part 2 (by Aaron Thackeray)…
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…
Our annual Music Showcase, Denver’s biggest one-day music fest with 100-plus bands on 15 stages, all but blew up the Golden Triangle yesterday, starting with noon-time rock from Oh My Stars and others and ending with Boombox booming from City Hall. We’ve got scores of photos up here, and more…
Editor’s note: We scrounged up enough Bubble Yum and pesos to convince fearless intern Abbie Grueskin to hunker down in the Curious Theater and upload photos of the Showcase throughout the day on Saturday. Look for the photos after the jump, and check back for reviews, slideshows and other coverage…
If you’ve listened to KTCL even briefly in the past year, you’ve heard the handiwork of Lee Miles. You’ve either heard his band, Oh My Stars, who has one of the top played songs on the station, or you’ve heard his production on songs by Colorado-based acts like Tickle Me…
We all know that every single weekend in Denver is like a confectionery of delicious shows: Too many choices, too little time. But if you have a hard time with that status quo, you’re going to be ripping your hair out with indecision this weekend, because it’s finally here, the…
Due to a scheduling conflict, Serj Tankian’s show with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra originally scheduled for July 11 at the Denver Botanic Gardens-Chatfield has been canceled. Refunds are available at the point of purchase. Tickets purchased online or by phone will receive a refund within two-three business days. For tickets…
DeVotchKa, who peformed for over 90,000 people when the band opened for Muse in Paris last weekend (see a few pics after the jump), has recently been at Wavelab studio in Tuscon working on the follow-up to its last album, A Mad and Faithful Telling. No word yet on what…
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…
Just how prolific is Zachary Tipton of I Am the Dot/Young Coyotes? How about so prolific he can stop by a friend’s house in the middle of a move across country and “unexpectedly” record and release a cool new song with them? That’s the story behind “Good Person,” a brand-new…
Today’s video conjures the halycon days of ’80s MTV, when bands would pair their slick, irresistible synth-pop masterpieces with heady, high-concept videos. It was a time that gave us timeless classics like a-ha’s animated masterpiece for “Take on Me,” and its spirit has returned with Hey Champ’s “Neverest” video. But…
