After two decades on Geffen Records, Eternal, Sonic Youth’s Matador Records debut released last week, was the top seller at Twist & Shout for the week ending June 14. Mos Def’s The Ecstatic, Dirty Projectors’ Bitte Orca, both released last week, came in at the second and fourth slots while…
The Dave Matthews Band’s brand new album, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, was the top seller at Twist & Shout for the week ending June 7. Albums released last week by 311, Rancid and Elvis Costello debuted on the store’s top ten as well. See the full breakdown after…
Rocky Mountain Low, a compilation of Colorado underground bands from the late-’70s, grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax for the week ending June 7. The album, which was the top seller a few weeks ago, beat last week’s top seller, Sunn O)))’s Monoliths & Dimensions and Rancid’s new album,…
For the third week in a row, Eminem grabbed the top spot at Independent Records for the week ending June 7. The rapper’s Relapse beat out brand new albums by Dave Matthews, Rancid and 311. Tech N9ne’s Sickology 101 came in fifth and has stayed in the top ten on…
Over the weekend, we entered all of the songs that we’ve played on the show into a database. It was quiet eye-opening. Since launching back in December, we’ve played somewhere around 450 songs. Minus the songs we’ve played more than once, we’ve played more than 350 songs by 350 artists,…
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 long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL’s Locals Only (except for this week: Due to unforeseen technical difficulties, Alf ended up assembling a flashback show on the fly),…
Monoliths & Dimensions, the brand new release by Sunn O))), grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax for the week ending May 31. New releases by the Monks, Fishcherspooner, Clues and Eminem also placed in the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump…
Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest, released last week on the Warp imprint, knocked Green Day down to the second slot at Twist & Shout for the week ending May31. Phoenix’s new album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, grabbed the third slot while Steve Earle and Bob Dylan rounded out the top five. See the…
Eminem’s Relapse grabbed the top spot for the second week in a row at Independent Records for the week ending May 31. Marilyn Manson’s High End Low, released last week on Interscope, came in second while Tech N9ne, Method Man & Redman and Busta Rhymes rounded out the top five…
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 long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL’s Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the Colorado Wave, which is…
After coming in second to Steve Earle’s Townes last week, Green Day moved took over the top spot with 21st Century Breakdown at Twist & Shout for the week ending May 24. New releases by Tori Amos, Eminem, Iron & Wine and Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood rounded out the…
Metric’s Fantasies grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax for the week ending May 24. St. Vincent’s Actor, Peaches’ I Feel Cream and the Colorado late-’70s punk compilation Rocky Mountain Low each held ground in the top ten. See the full breakdown after the jump…
For those of you that managed to catch the show last night, apologies for the train wreck that was the segue (ahem, read dead-air) between the first and second song and the second and third song. Evidently, there was some button on the board that wasn’t engaged, which caused us…
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 long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL’s Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the Colorado Wave, which is…
Rocky Mountain Low, a compilation of Colorado underground bands of the late 1970s, was the top seller at Wax Trax for the week of May 17. Green Day’s new album came in second, while Peaches, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Obits grabbed slots in the top five. See the full…
Steve Earle, who performed songs from his new Townes Van Zandt tribute album at Twist & Shout last Friday, beat out Green Day for the top spot on the store’s best seller list for the week of May 17. Bob Dylan, Ben Harper, Iron & Wine and Conor Oberst continue…
Green Day’s highly anticipated new album, 21st Century Breakdown, grabbed the top spot on on Independent’s best seller list for the week ending May 17. New releases by Paul Wall, Cam’Ron and Gucci Mane made their debut in the top ten as well. See the full breakdown after the jump…
As if this wasn’t already painfully apparent, Andy and I are hopelessly devoted to music, particularly the music made here. Exhibit A: Last night, instead of pounding beers and watching the Nuggets trounce the Mavericks like the other bandwagoneers in this city (my co-hort being the exception — A to…
For the week ending May 10, local glacial rockers Pleistocene topped Wax Trax’s best seller list with their new album, The Mammoth and the Microchip. New releases by Bob Dylan, Metric, Cursive and Isis also earned spots in the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump…
Bob Dylan’s latest disc, Together Through Life, was the top seller for the second week in a row at Twist and Shout, while new releases from Ben Harper, Isis, Peaches and St. Vincent rounded out the list for the week ending May 10. See the full breakdown after the jump…
For the second week in a row, Tech N9ne’s Sickology 101 and Rick Ross’ Deeper Than Rap grabbed the first and second slots at Independent Records for the week ending May 10. Keri Hilson, Gorilla Zoe and the Dream continue to hold on to slots in the top ten. See…
Here what the area’s local-centric specialty radio shows were playing this week. We’re currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190’s long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL’s Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, the Colorado Wave, which is syndicated…
