Ray LaMontagne, Arcade Fire top sellers at local stores

Ray LaMontagne’s God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise, released August 17 on RCA, took the top spot at Twist & Shout. Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs continues to perform well, while JJ Grey & Mofro Georgia Warhorse, released last week on Alligator Records, claimed the second slots at Albums on…

Iron Maiden, Arcade Fire top sellers at local stores

Final Frontier, Iron Maiden’s fifteenth studio effort and first album in four years, debuted at second spot at Albums on the Hill and came in third at Independent Records. Arcade Fire’s latest effort, The Suburbs, is still performing well and took the top slot at Albums on the Hill for…

Just a little too short for this one

Hey there! Welcome back to our completely irregular and totally random feature, Guess Where I’m Peeing. If you can guess the location correctly, you win, well, nothing — but at least you’ll have the satisfaction of being right at least once today…

Arcade Fire, Los Lobos top sellers at local stores

Arcade Fire’s latest effort, The Suburbs, continues to dominate the local charts, claiming the top spots at Albums on the Hill, Twist & Shout and Wax Trax for the week ending August 15. Los Lobos’ Tin Can Trust, released August 3 on Shout! Factory, performed well, as did Wolf Parade’s…

Arcade Fire, the Books top sellers at local stores

The Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs, released last week on Merge, claimed the top spots at Albums on the Hill and Twist & Shout while checking in at number five at Independent Records. The Books’ latest effort, The Way Out, meanwhile, and the Black Crowes’ Croweology, a double album of the…

Best Coast, Big Boi top sellers at local stores

While there weren’t any unanimous winners across the board, Best Coast’s debut, Crazy For You, released last week on Mexican Summer, took the top spot at Wax Trax and the tenth spot at Albums on the Hill for the week ending August 1. Big Boi’s Sir Lucious Left Foot…The Son…

Danielle Ate the Sandwich, 3OH!3 top sellers at local stores

While national acts like the Roots, the Black Keys and the Wolf Parade continue to be strong sellers at local record stores, local acts came in on top at two stores for the week ending Sunday, July 11. Danielle At the Sandwich, who gave an in-store performance at Twist &…

Euforquestra, Danielle Ate the Sandwich and Something Underground got spins this past week on local radio. See who else got played.

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*, KBCO’s Local Edition, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown…

3OH!3, the Roots, Eminem top sellers at local record stores

Streets of Gold, 3OH!3’s new disc, which dropped last week on Photo Finish/Atlantic, grabbed the top spot at Twist & Shout, and claimed the top two slots (both deluxe and regular versions) at Albums on the Hill and snagged the third position at Independent Records for the week ending July…

The Northern Way, Kinetix and the World Romantic got spins this past week on local radio. See who else got played.

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*, KBCO’s Local Edition, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown…

The Roots, Eminem top sellers at local record stores

How I Got Over, the Roots’ latest effort released last week on Def Jam, took the spot at Twist & Shout, second at Albums on the Hill and third at Independent Records for the week ending June 27. Eminem’s new disc, Recovery, debuted at number one at Independent Records while…

The Pirate Signal, Epilogues and Chain Gang of 1974 got spins this past week on local radio. See who else got played.

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, KBCO’s Local Edition, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown…

It only looks like a prison bathroom

Don’t worry, none of us have been spirited away to some dank jail cell to pay for our crimes and send out the occasional dispatch in the form of a toilet pic. It only looks that way, based on this somewhat sketchy bathroom. Actually, we’re pretty sure jail toilets don’t…

Unisex bathrooms don’t have to be scary

Normally, a lady like myself would run screaming at the mere mention of the words “unisex” and “bathroom” in the same sentence. (Okay, you caught me: I’m no lady.) But this mystery bathroom is clean — even though those floor tiles are a bit yellow, they’re not sticky or gross…