When John Denver died in a plane crash in 1997, then Governor Roy Romer ordered that all the flags in Colorado be lowered to half-staff in his honor. So it only makes sense that the singer (born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.) has been chosen to be the first person inducted…
Here’s what’s good in the Mile High City this week. On the concert front: Besides the back-to-back Mumford & Sons dates we told you about yesterday, we have word on the Cars and Taylor Swift shows, as well as Hudson Gardens’ and Mishawaka’s summer lineups. Meanwhile, on local radio, Veronica,…
Here’s what’s good in the Mile High City this week. On the concert front: Peter Gabriel and Widespread Panic are coming to Red Rocks in June, while Sade is due at the Pepsi Center in August. Meanwhile on local radio, My Body Sings Electric, Pacific Pride, the Sunshine House and…
Here’s what’s good in the Mile High City this week. On the concert front: The Flaming Lips have announced a co-headlining date with Primus this August at Red Rocks. Kenny Chesney is also at the Rocks in July, and Panic! at the Disco is due at the Ogden in June…
DeVotchKa’s excellent 100 Lovers, released last week on Anti, debuted at number one at both Albums on the Hill and Twist & Shout and rounded out the top five at Wax Trax. Two Rick Kulwicki-related releases, meanwhile, The Frantix’s My Dad’s a Fuckin’ Alcoholic and the Fluid’s Purplemetalflakemusic, took the…
Adele’s new album 21, released last week on Columbia, debuted in the number one spots at both Twist & Shout and Independent Records, while coming in third at Albums on the Hill. Stockholm Syndrome, meanwhile, claimed the top spot at Albums on the Hill with its latest, Apollo, released February…
Here’s what the area’s local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We’re currently tracking the playlists from a number of different shows, including KTCL’s Locals Only*, Radio 1190’s Local Shakedown, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show*, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and…
PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake, released last week on Vagrant, took the top spot at Twist & Shout and claimed the sixth spot at Albums on the Hill for the week ending February 20. The Drive-By Truckers, meanwhile, debuted at number one at Albums with their latest effort Go-Go Boots,…
Here’s what the area’s local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We’re currently tracking the playlists from a number of different shows, including KTCL’s Locals Only, Radio 1190’s Local Shakedown, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show*, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and…
The Decemberists latest effort, The King is Dead, continues to hold on the top spot at Twist & Shout, while Gregg Allman’s Low Country Blues, released last month on Rounder, came in first at Albums on the Hill for the week ending February 13. Akron/Family’s new album, meanwhile, S/T II:…
Here’s what the area’s local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We’re currently tracking the playlists from a number of different shows, including KTCL’s Locals Only, Radio 1190’s Local Shakedown, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and…
The Decemberists’ latest effort, The King is Dead, moved back up to claim the top spot at Twist & Shout, while moving in the opposite direction at Albums on the Hill to the seventh slot for the week ending February 6. Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday held on to the number…
Iron & Wine’s first studio effort in three years, Kiss Each Other Clean, released last week on Warner Brothers, debuted at number one at both Twist & Shout and Wax Trax, while coming in at number two at Albums on the Hill for the week ending January 30. The Decemberists’…
Social Distortion’s Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, released last week on Epitaph, claimed the top spot at Independent Records this week and came in second at Twist & Shout, while the Decemberists’ latest effort, The King is Dead , released last week on Capitol, debuted at number one at both…
Air Dubai’s Wonder Age knocked Elephant Revival’s Break in the Clouds out of the top slot at Albums on the Hill, while both T.I. and the Live at Ebbets Field Vol. 4 comp moved back into the top slots at Independent Records and Twist & Shout for the week ending…
After a month of holding down the number-one spot at Albums on the Hill and then being absent from last week’s top sellers, Nederland-based Elephant Revival is back on top for the week ending January 9. Mumford & Sons, meanwhile, which has been a strong seller at local stores, took…
After being on top at Albums on the Hill for a month, Nederland’s Elephant Revival has vanished from the top ten. Whiskey Blanket now holds the top spot with its latest effort, No Object. Elsewhere, the Live at Ebbets Field Vol. 4 comp is back on top at Twist and…
For the fourth week in a row, Nederland’s Elephant Revival claimed the top spot at Albums on the Hill with its latest effort, Break in the Clouds, while Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday knocked T.I. from the top spot at Independent Records for the week ending December 26. At Twist &…
Once again, the new Live From Ebbets Field Vol.4 took the top spot at Twist & Shout, Elephant Revival’s Revival’s Break in the Clouds came in first at Albums on the Hill for the third week in a row and T.I.’s No Mercy topped Independent’s charts for second week in…
T.I. grabbed the top spot at Independent this week with his latest, No Mercy, featuring Kanye West, Drake and Eminem, among others. Nederland’s Elephant Revival claimed the top spot for the second week in a row at Albums on the Hill. At Twist & Shout, meanwhile, the new Live From…
In-stores last week by Elephant Revival might have helped the Nederland quintet grab the top spots at Albums and Twist, with its latest effort, Break in the Clouds, released last month on Ruff Shod Records (the indie imprint headed by Chad Stokes of State Radio and Dispatch). Nicki Minaj’s Pink…
With all the hype surrounding Kanye West’s latest effort, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, it’s not surprising that disc, released last week on Def Jam, debuted at number one at Independent Records and Twist & Shout. But West didn’t make the top ten over Albums on the Hill, where Metallica’s…
