Needlepoint Records
This Denver-based indie label has a knack for finding smart, melodic acts that would be right at home on national labels like Merge or K Records. It will showcase its wares tonight at the Hi-Dive, with music from Rabbit is a Sphere, Cat-a-Tac and Everything Absent or Distorted. 7 S. Broadway, 9 p.m. $7.
Hapi Skratch Awards
Morris Beegle’s Loveland-based full-service label and promotions company will hold its fifth annual awards party Sunday, featuring music from Savage Henry, Jar of Flies (acoustic Alice in Chains tribute) and Ash Ganley. There’s no cover, but RSVP to morris@hapiskratch.com because seating is limited. Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret, 1600 Arapahoe St. 6:30 p.m.
Denver Joe
This guitar-totin’ Mile High City institution moved from Cricket on the Hill – where he spent over a decade in residence – to Bender’s Tavern last month. Worry not: His trademark whiskey-soaked take on classics from Jimmie Rogers to Waylon Jennings is as ornery as ever. Wednesdays at 314 E. 14th Ave. 9 p.m. No cover.
Staff writer John Wenzel can be reached at 303-954-1642 or jwenzel@denverpost.com.
