On Plastic Beach, the Gorillaz first release since 2005’s Demon Days, frontman Damon Albarn recruited a hell of a guest line-up, from Lou Reed and the Clash’s Mick Jones and Paul Simonon to Mos Def, Bobby Womack and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. The album, which was released last week on…
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…
Johnny Cash’s American VI: Ain’t No Grave, the sixth and final installment of his American album series, and Joanna Newsom’s new three-disc set Have One on Me grabbed top spots at local record stores for the week ending March 7. Peter Gabriel’s covers albumScratch My Back, released last week on…
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…
Have One of Me, Joanna Newson’s three-disc set released on Drag City last week, debuted strong at Albums on the Hill and Wax Trax for the week ending February 28. Sade’s Soldier of Love continues to hold the top spot at Independent Records while Johnny Cash’s American VI: Ain’t No…
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 there weren’t any clear winners across the board at local stores for the week ending February 21, Sade’s Soldier of Love did grab the top spots at Independent Records and Twist & Shout for the second week in a row. Beach House’s Teen Dream and Yeasayer’s Odd Blood were…
Soldier of Love, Sade’s first album in a decade, grabbed the top spots at Independent Records and Twist & Shout, while coming in at second at Albums on the Hill for the week ending February 14. Yeasayer’s Odd Blood, released last week on Secretly Canadian, and Spoon’s Transference, which came…
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…
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 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,…
