Although Spoon has dominated the local charts over the past few weeks, there were no clear winners across the board for the week ending February 7. New releases from Album Leaf and Lil Wayne — his ill advised rock album — who begins serving his one year jail sentence today…
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…
Although Spoon’s latest effort, Transference, didn’t have quite the pull it did the week it came out, it was still a strong a seller among local record stores for the week ending January 31. Magnetic Fields’ Realism, released last week on Nonesuch had a decent debut, and Vampire Weekend’s Contra…
While Vampire Weekend’s Contra captured the top spot at a lot of local record stores the previous week, Spoon’s seventh album, Transference, released last week on the Merge imprint, topped the charts for the week ending January 24. The album grabbed top spots at Albums on the Hill, Independent Records,…
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…
While Vampire Weekend’s Contra is dominating the charts nationally and locally, it came in second to Young Money’s We Are Young Money, which has held the number one slot at Independent Records for a month now. Snoop Dogg’s Malice N Wonderland, meanwhile, and Gucci Mane’s State vs. Radric Davis and…
Vampire Weekend’s sophomore effort, Contra, released last week on XL, grabbed the top spot at Albums on the Hill for the week ending January 17. The reissue of Ween’s The Pod came in second, while OK Go’s latest, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky, released last week on Capitol,…
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…
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis nabbed the top spot at Wax Trax this week with their evocative score of John Hillcoat’s film The Road, based the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name. Tracks from the soundtrack also appear on the two-CD White Lunar, a compilation of the duo’s soundtrack work…
Vampire Weekend’s Contra, released last week on XL, follow-up to its 2008 self-titled debut, was one of the most highly anticipated records of the new year, so it’s no surprise the album claimed the top slot at Twist & Shout for the week ending January 17. Blakroc’s self-titled debut, Phoenix’s…
Although Lil Wayne is heading to prison next month after pleading guilty to gun charges, the rapper’s gotta be pretty damn happy with how well Young Money’s We Are Young Money is selling. It’s number twelve on Billboard’s Top 200, and locally, it’s on top of Independent’s top sellers for…
Black Keys’ singer Dan Auerbach and Edward Sharp & the Magnetic Zeros nabbed the first and second spots at Albums on the Hill for the week ending January 10. The singer Lhasa, who passed away on January 1 at the age of 37, had two albums in the top ten,…
Folks around here clearly love their smooth jazz. How else to explain the second volume of KKHi’s Smooth Sound of Colorado comp, featuring Walter Beasley, Craig Chaquico and Euge Groove, among others, being back at number one at Twist & Shout this past week?Them Crooked Vultures’ self-titled debut and Phoenix’s…
Japanese-based Boris grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax with its psychedelic opus Boris At Last – Feedbacker, while Saviours’ Accelerated Living, which was released in October on Kemado, came in second. Radio 1190’s Local Shakedown Vol. 3, meanwhile, continues to be a strong seller and nabbed the third spot,…
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…
Lil Wayne’s hip-hop project Young Money nabbed the top spot at Independent Records for the second week in a row with We Are Young Money, which features Nicki Minaj, Drake, Jae Miltz and Lil Twist. Snoop Dogg, meanwhile, came in second with Malice ‘N Wonderland and Eminem’s Relapse: Refill came…
Rodrigo y Gabriela’s 11:11 claimed the top top spot at Twist & Shout, while Phoenix’s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix came in second for the week ending January 3. Them Crooked Vultures’ self-titled debut and Tom Waits’ Glitter and Doom Live grabbed the third and fourth spots, while Tom Petty’s Live Anthology…
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, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show*, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the…
The Flaming Lips’ latest effort, Embryonic, grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax, while Alicia Keys’ new disc, The Element of Freedom, came in second for the week ending January 3. The Felt Pilotes’ Wonderful Summer, Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed a Dream and the This is Gothic: The Bat Cave…
Brooklyn’s the Antlers grabbed the top spot at Albums on the Hill with Hospice, while Lyle Lovett’s latest effort, Natural Forces, came in at number two for the week ending January 3. Lhasa’s self-titled album, Neko Case’s Middle Cyclone and Otis Taylor’s Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs rounded out the…
Jazz pianist Carla Bley grabbed the top spot at Albums on the Hill with Carla’s Christmas Carols, an ECM release that also features bassist Steve Swallow and the Partyka Brass Quintet. Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros’ Up From Below and Gregory Alan Isakov’s This Empty Northern Hemisphere came in…
KKHi’s second volume of The Smooth Sound of Colorado, featuring Walter Beasley, Craig Chaquico, Euge Groove and other smooth jazz artists, grabbed the top top at Twist & Shout for the week ending December 27. Tom Waits’ Glitter and Doom Live remained in the second spot, while Susan Boyle’s I…
