Oh, how times have changed in the Denver radio market. Back in 2000, KXPK/96.5 FM, then known as the Peak, sold to Emmis Communications for $36 million -- a price tag that didn't seem outrageous at the time. Cut to December 2008, when CBS peddled three high-profile Denver FMs -- KWLI/92.5 FM (known as The Wolf) , KIMN/100.3 FM (The Mix) and KXKL/105.1 (KOOL 105) -- to Wilks Broadcasting, a firm based in Alpharetta, Georgia, for $19.5 million. For all three stations.
Jeff Wilks, the company's
This Friday night in Philadelphia, DeVotchKa is kicking off a fairly exhaustive eight week tour that will take the band across the country from New York to San Francisco to Austin -- not during South By Southwest, surprisingly -- back up through the midwest before culminating in Cleveland on Saturday, March 22. In the midst of all that road work, Nick Urata and company will pull into town just in time for a pre-Valentine's day gig at the Paramount on Friday, February 13. Make plans with your sw
Photo: Sarah CassThis news will probably come as no surprise to those who were paying attention last summer when HEALTH sang the praises of Pictureplane in Pitchfork: Travis Egedy, who makes music under the Pictureplane moniker, has been picked up by Lovepump United. The New York-based imprint, which has also issued platters by HEALTH, is slated to release Pictureplane's Trance Doll 7-inch on Tuesday, March 10. A week later, Pictureplane will hit the road with HEALTH for a dozen dates, includin
