Pissed Jeans grabs top spot at Wax Trax again

Pissed Jeans’ King of Jeans grabbed the number one spot on Wax Trax’s top seller list the second week in a row while Arctic Monkeys’ Humbug, released last week on Domino, came in second for the week ending August 30. Dead Weather, Modest Mouse and Jay Reatard rounded out the…

Third Eye Blind grabs top spot at Twist and Shout

Third Eye Blind’s fourth studio album, Ursa Major, released last week on Megaforce, topped Twist & Shout’s charts for the week ending August, 23. Brendan Benson, who was releasing his own albums years before joining the Raconteurs, debuted at the number three slot with his latest effort, My Old Familiar…

Twista continues to dominate at Independent Records

Eminem dominated Independent’s charts for quite a few weeks after the release of Relapse, but Twista’s Category F5 knocked Relapse down to the number two slot for the second week in a row. Fabolous and Tech N9ne continued to be strong sellers while Third Eye Blind’s Ursa Major, released last…

Pissed Jeans top seller at Wax Trax

Pissed Jeans’ King of Jeans, released last week on Sub Pop, grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax for the week ending August 23. Magnolia Electric Co., Greymachine, Pictureplane and the Dead Weather also earned slots in the top five. Rocky Mountain Low and Local Anesthetic compilations continue to be…

Dialed In: This week’s local music radio playlists

​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 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…

Twista top seller at Independent Records again

Twista’s Category F5 topped the charts at Independent Records for the second week in a row while Eminem’s Relapse, which has also been a strong seller, nabbed the second slot for the week ending August 16. Slaughterhouse, Behemoth and Jeremih rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after…

Chris Gaffney tribute top seller at Twist and Shout

Since Twist and Shout hosted an autograph signing with Dave Alvin at the L2 Arts and Culture Center, it might have helped push the Chris Gaffney tribute, Man of Somebody’s Dream, to the top of the store’s best sellers for the week ending August 16. After Gaffney died last year,…

Dialed In: This week’s local music radio playlists

​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 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…

Mile Hi-Fidelity interviews from the archives: Fell

With Indie 101.5 leaving the FM dial and making the move online, Mile Hi-Fidelity has officially gone on hiatus. After eight months of programming, we decided to take a break. In the meantime, until the program resurfaces, we’re in the process of going through the archives and picking out some…

Mile Hi-Fidelity interviews from the archives: Hemi Cuda

With Indie 101.5 leaving the FM dial and making the move online, Mile Hi-Fidelity has officially gone on hiatus. After eight months of programming, we decided to take a break. In the meantime, until the program resurfaces, we’re in the process of going through the archives and picking out some…

Modest Mouse top seller at Twist and Shout

Modest Mouse’s No One’s First and You’re Next, released last week on Sony, grabbed the top spot at Twist & Shout while Yim Yames (aka Jim Jones of My Morning Jacket) nabbed the second slot for the week ending August 9. Wilco’s Wilco (the album), Levon Helm’s Electric Dirt and…

Twista on top at Independent Records

Twista moved back to the number one spot and knocked Fabolous, who was the top seller last week, down to the second slot for the week ending August 9. It’s Twista’s third time in the first slot in the last month. Eminem and Tech N9ne, who have been top sellers…

Dialed In: This week’s local music radio playlists

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 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…

Mile Hi-Fidelity interviews from the archives: Alan Alda

With Indie 101.5 leaving the FM dial and making the move online, Mile Hi-Fidelity has officially gone on hiatus. After eight months of programming, we decided to take a break. In the meantime, until the program resurfaces, we’re in the process of going through the archives and picking out some…

Mile Hi-Fidelity interviews from the archives: Peña

With Indie 101.5 leaving the FM dial and making the move online, Mile Hi-Fidelity has officially gone on hiatus. After eight months of programming, we decided to take a break. In the meantime, until the program resurfaces, we’re in the process of going through the archives and picking out some…

Mile Hi-Fidelity interviews from the archives: A Shoreline Dream

With Indie 101.5 leaving the FM dial and making the move online, Mile Hi-Fidelity has officially gone on hiatus. After eight months of programming, we decided to take a break. In the meantime, until the program resurfaces, we’re in the process of going through the archives and picking out some…

Dialed In: This week’s local music radio playlists

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 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…

Wilco tops charts at Twist and Shout again

Wilco’s latest effort, Wilco (the album), has been strong seller at Twist & Shout since it was released June 30, and once again it tops the charts for the week ending August 2. Dead Weather’s Horehound, Levon Helm’s Electric Dirt, Mos Def’s Ecstatic and Regina Spektor’s Far ound out the…

Starlight Mints top seller at Wax Trax

Starlight Mints, who play tonight at the hi-dive, moved up to the top slot at Wax Trax from last week’s third slot with their latest Barsuk release, Change Remains. The Dead Weather’s Horehound, Magnolia Electric Company’s Josephine Bardo Pond’s Peri also grabbed spots in the top five. See the full…

Fabolous grabs top spot at Independent Records

Loso’s Way, the new disc by Fabolous released last week on Def Jam, grabbed the top spot at Independent Records and knocked down Twista’s Category F5 to the second slot for the week ending August 2. Eminem’s Relapse continues a long run on Independent’s top ten and nabbed the third…

Magnolia Electric Co. top seller at Wax Trax

Josephine, the latest effort by Magnolia Electric Co., grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax while Dead Weather’s Horehound came in second for the week ending July 26. Starlight Mints’ Change Remains, released last week on Barsuk, debuted on Wax Trax’s charts at number three and Billy Childish’s Archive from…

Wilco on top again at Twist and Shout

Wilco’s latest effort, Wilco (the album), moved up back up to the top spot while Dead Weather’s Horehound moved down to the third slot at Twist & Shout for the week ending July 26. Levon Helm’s Electric Dirt moved to number three while Regina Spektor’s Far grabbed the fourth spot…