Jadakiss tops Independent’s best seller list

Jadakiss’s Last Kiss, released last week, topped Independent Records best seller list for the week ending April 12. Local act Single File, who had an in-store performance April 7, grabbed the second spot  while UGK, Hurt and Dream were also in the top five. See the full breakdown after the…

Neil Young top seller at Twist & Shout

Neil Young’s brand new album, Fork in the Road, grabbed the top spot at Twist & Shout last week, followed by Neko Case’s Middle Cyclone, which has been a strong performer since it was released March 3. New releases from Doves, Grateful Dead and Yeah Yeah Yeahs rounded out the…

Mile Hi-Fidelity playlist – 04.08.09

So I had my first solo flight on Wednesday night. Since the show launched in December, I’ve always had a co-host, even when Andy was conspicuously absent as he was this past Wednesday. Andy couldn’t make it this time because evidently, his band was, like, um, gallivanting across the country…

Dialed In: This week’s local music radio playlists

Here are the playlists from the area’s local-centric specialty radio shows this week. This week marks the addition of 99.5 the Mountain’s Home Grown Show, whose playlist we’ve added to in additon to the others we’re already tracking: Radio 1190’s long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL’s Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which…

Mono grabs top spot at Wax Trax

Mono’s fifth studio album, Hymn From the Immortal Wind, moved up from the third spot to the top of Wax Trax’s best seller list for the week ending April 6. Dan Auberbach, Kylesa and MF Doom were also in the top five while local acts the Omens, Eyes & Ears…

Yeah Yeah Yeahs top seller at Twist & Shout

Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ brand new album, It’s Blitz, topped the best seller charts Twist & Shout for the week ending April 6 while new albums by Diana Krall, PJ Harvey & John Parish, Leonard Cohen and the Decemberists also grabbed slots in the top five. See the full breakdown after…

UGK tops Independent Records best seller list

UGK’s latest album, UGK 4 Life, grabbed the top spot at Independent Records for the week ending April 6. The Dream and Slim Thug held on to top five slots again this week while Keri Hilson’s A Perfect World moved to the ninth spot after being number one week. See…

Mile Hi-Fidelity playlist – 04.01.09

All right, I gotta admit: It felt a little bit weird at first being back on the air last night after a two-week, self-imposed hiatus. Got sidelined by a nasty sinus/ear/throat infection the first week, while an infected tooth, which later got pulled, conspired with a hockey game and a…

Yo La Tengo’s alter ego grabs top spot at Wax Trax

Matador Records tried to pull a fast one by saying the Condo Fucks was a legendary New London, Connecticut trio that returned after a long hiatus from performing. The label also stated that a secretive Hoboken rehearsal was recorded and was released March 24 as the album Fuckbook, which just…

Dialed In: This week’s local music playlists

Here are the playlists from the area’s local-centric specialty radio shows this week. We’re still tracking 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 syndicated on a number of stations across the…

The Decemberists grab top spot at Twist & Shout

The Decemberists’ new album Hazards of Love grabbed the top spot on Twist & Shout’s bestseller list for the week ending March 29. Mastodon’s Crack the Skye came in second, while Neko Case’s Middle Cyclone and U2’s No Line on the Horizon stayed in the top 10 for the fourth…

Keri Hilson tops Independent Records best sellers list

Keri Hilson’s A Perfect World, which had endured some delays and was finally released last week, grabbed the number-one spot on Independent Records’ top-sellers list for the week ending March 29. Jim Jones, the Dream, Mastodon and Slim Thug also earned spots in the top five. See the full breakdown…

Dialed In: This week’s local-music radio playlists

Here’s the most recent playlists from the area’s local-centric speciality radio shows. We’re still tracking Radio 1190’s long running Local Shakedown, KTCL’s Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is rebroadcast all over Colorado, and the Colorado Wave. We’re still in the process of tracking down a…

Bonnie Prince Billy grabs top spot at Twist & Shout

After two weeks of U2 and Neko Case sitting at the number-one and -two spots, Bonnie Prince Billy’s new album, Beware, knocked U2 down to the second spot and Case moved down to the eighth slot at Twist & Shout for the week ending March 22. Les Claypool’s new disc,…

Twiztid top seller at Independent Records

Twiztid’s brand-new album, W.I.C.K.E.D., knocked the Dream’s Love vs. Money down to the second spot while Jamie Foxx, Hollywood Undead and T.I. still hold top-ten positions at Independent Records for the week ending March 22. See the full breakdown after the jump…

Wavves tops Wax Trax best sellers

Wavves’ new album, which was released last week on Fat Possum records, grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax for the week ending March 22. Local acts the Omens and Tauntaun sit in the top five for the second week in a row. See the full breakdown after the jump. …

The Omens best seller at Wax Trax

Local albums, including new albums by the Omens and Tauntaun, grabbed the top three spots on Wax Trax’s best seller list for the week ending March 15. The Handsome Furs and Antony and the Johnsons were also in the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump…

The Dream grabs top spot at Independent Records

U2, which was the top seller the previous week, was knocked down to the number-ten spot after the Dream’s brand-new Love Vs. Money, which was released last week, claimed the top stop for the week ending March 15. Jamie Foxx, Lamb of God and T.I. still hold on to top…

U2 top seller at Twist & Shout

U2 and Neko Case nabbed the top two spots for the second week in a row on Twist & Shout’s bestseller list for the week ending March 15. Madeleine Peyroux’s new album, Bare Bones, which was released last week, Raphael Saadiq’s The Way I See It and Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn…

Mile Hi-Fidelity playlist – 03.11.09

Ah, good to be back. After a week off, Andy and I were back behind the mike once again with two more hours of handpicked local goodness. Unfortunately, the stream was whacked again last night, so we weren’t able to record the show, but as always, you’ll find the complete…

Dialed In: This week’s local-music radio playlists

Here are this week’s playlists from the area’s local-centric speciality shows. We’re still in the process of trying to track down the playlist from KCSU’s Loco Local show. With any luck, we’ll be able to post that next week. In the meantime, we’re still tracking Radio 1190’s long-running Local Shakedown,…

U2 grabs top spot at Independent Records

U2’s brand-new album No Line on the Horizon also claimed the top spot at Independent Records this week, bumping Lamb of God’s latest down to the number-two slot for the week ending March 8. Elsewhere, Independent’s top ten this week is filled out by the likes of T.I., Soulja Boy…