Daniel Mescher

Record Store Day officials have announced the full list of exclusive releases that will be available at participating record stores across the nation on April 19, 2014.

Vertical Scratcher’s debut album “Daughter of Everything” survives on its hooks and little else: you won’t notice any elements outside of guitars, drums, and vocals, but there’s a surprising breadth of melody keeping the record’s pulse healthy.

We’ve had Esme Patterson in our CPR Performance Studio before, both solo and with her band Paper Bird. But we couldn’t wait to get her back in to the station to perform some fiery cuts from “Woman to Woman” with her new band.

The current Spirits of the Red City touring lineup dropped into our studio last week for a gorgeous, drum-free performance session.

Before heading down to SXSW, the five members of Inner Oceans stopped in for a performance session.

This week in music news: SXSW in Austin, The Rapture break up, Neil Young launces Pono Music, and more.

Five questions with Rachel Chaparro of the Bringing Back the Arts Foundation, which held its annual music competition for Denver Public School students last Sunday at the Bluebird Theater.

Wheelchair Sports Camp dropped by our CPR Performance Studio for the first time before making the trek down to Austin for SXSW, a trip that will include a performance at the Colorado Music Party.

Angel Olsen’s rising star passed through Denver last night for a packed performance at the Larimer Lounge.

Before playing several sets at this year’s SXSW festival in Austin, including a stop at the Colorado Music Party, local rock group Sarah & the Meanies stopped by the CPR Performance Studio to play us a few songs.

This week in music news: John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats will release a debut novel, FLASH/LIGHTS changes name to Rose Quartz, new releases from tUnE-yArDs and Atmosphere, and more.

This year’s SXSW Festival in Austin will feature over 50 musical acts from Colorado. We’ve curated a list of these bands, solo acts, and DJs, along with set times, venues, and showcases (all when applicable), ordered chronologically by day.

PHOX, a seven-piece hailing from Baraboo, Wis., played a vibrant set at last year’s Denver Music Summit, and stopped into our CPR Performance Studio before heading down to SXSW 2014.

Self-described as “indie rock with cello,” the music of Fort Collins band Post Paradise puts a classical spin on alternative rock.

The Denver band stopped in prior to kicking off a U.S. tour that will include a performance at Boise’s Treefort Music Festival.

This week in music news: The Naked and Famous is supposedly Colorado’s “most distinctive” favorite band, new releases from Panda Bear and LCD Soundsystem, and more.