The Flaming Lips’ latest effort, Embryonic, grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax, while Alicia Keys’ new disc, The Element of Freedom, came in second for the week ending January 3. The Felt Pilotes’ Wonderful Summer, Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed a Dream and the This is Gothic: The Bat Cave…
Brooklyn’s the Antlers grabbed the top spot at Albums on the Hill with Hospice, while Lyle Lovett’s latest effort, Natural Forces, came in at number two for the week ending January 3. Lhasa’s self-titled album, Neko Case’s Middle Cyclone and Otis Taylor’s Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs rounded out the…
Jazz pianist Carla Bley grabbed the top spot at Albums on the Hill with Carla’s Christmas Carols, an ECM release that also features bassist Steve Swallow and the Partyka Brass Quintet. Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros’ Up From Below and Gregory Alan Isakov’s This Empty Northern Hemisphere came in…
KKHi’s second volume of The Smooth Sound of Colorado, featuring Walter Beasley, Craig Chaquico, Euge Groove and other smooth jazz artists, grabbed the top top at Twist & Shout for the week ending December 27. Tom Waits’ Glitter and Doom Live remained in the second spot, while Susan Boyle’s I…
Anaheim-based garage rockers Willowz grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax this past week with Everyone, the band’s latest effort on Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak Records. Rocky Mountain Low and 2010: Warp Records Collection compilations came in at second and third, while Lighting Bolt’s Earthly Delights and Jesu’s Opiate rounded…
Young Money, a hip-hop collaboration lead by Lil Wayne, grabbed the top spot at Independent Records for the week ending December 27. The group’s We Are Young Money features Nicki Minaj, Drake, Jae Miltz, Lil Twist, Gucci Mane and more. Eminem’s Relapse checked in at number two, while Mary J…
Monsters of Folk’s self-titled debut grabbed the top spot at Albums on the Hill, while eponymous releases from Blakroc and Them Crooked Vultures came in second and third for the week. Boulder-based guitarist Trace Bundy, meanwhile, checked in at number four with Adapt, and Michael Franti & Spearhead’s latest effort,…
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, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show*, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the…
Bob Dylan’s Christmas in the Heart topped the charts at Wax Trax, while Shrinebuilder’s self-titled debut continues to be a strong seller and came in second for the week ending December 20. Susan Boyle, who’s tearing up charts everywhere, came in at the third slot with her debut, I Dreamed a Dream, while…
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*, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show*, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the…
Susan Boyle continues to dominate the charts at Twist & Shout and once again grabbed the top spot with her debut, I Dreamed a Dream. Tom Waits is still putting up a fight with Glitter and Doom Live and came in second while Christmas records from Sting and Bob Dylan…
Alicia Keys grabbed the top spot at Independent Records with her fourth studio effort, The Element of Freedom, released last week on J Records. Gucci Mane, who was on top last week with The State vs. Radric Davis, slipped to number two, while Snoop Dogg’s Malice ‘N Wonderland came in…
Bob Dylan’s first Christmas album, Christmas in the Heart, grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax for the week ending December 13. Shrinebuilder’s self-titled debut continues to be a strong seller and came in at number two, while Slayer’s World Painted Blood came in at number three. Them Crooked Vulture’s…
Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane grabbed the top spot at Independent Records with his latest effort, The State vs. Radric Davis, released last week on Asylum. Snoop Dogg claimed the second slot with Malice in Wonderland, released last week on Priority, while Lady Gaga’s Fame Monster nabbed third place, and Clipse’s…
Susan Boyle, whose I Dreamed a Dream is burning up American and UK charts, grabs the top spot at Bart’s CD Cellar for the week ending December 13. Norah Jones claims the second slot with her latest effort, The Fall, and Rodrigo y Gabriela checks in at number three with…
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*, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show*, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the…
Susan Boyle and Tom Waits continue to duke it out at Twist & Shout. Three weeks ago, Boyle took the top spot with her debut, I Dreamed a Dream, and Waits grabbed the top spot with Glitter and Doom Live two weeks ago. Well, Boyle’s back on top for the…
Neil Young’s Dreamin’ Man Live ’92, which includes a complete live performance of Harvest Moon before the studio album was released, grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax this week, while Mars Volta’s Omar Rodriguez-Lopez claimed the second slot with his latest effort, Xenophanes. Tom Waits, meanwhile, checked in at…
R. Kelly’s ninth album, Untitled, released last week on Jive, grabbed the top spot at Independent Records for the week ending December 6. New-Orleans-based rapper Juvenile, meanwhile, came in second with his latest effort, Cocky and Confident, while Birdman’s Priceless took the third slot. 50 Cent’s Before I Self-Destruct and…
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*, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show*, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the…
Apparently there was a bit of a fight between Tom Waits’ Glitter & Doom Live and Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed a Dream last week at Twist & Shout, and fortunately, Waits, who turned sixty yesterday, was the victor. Blakroc, the Black Keys’ new hip-hop project, came in third, while Them…
Norah Jones latest effort, The Fall, grabbed the top spot at Bart’s CD Cellar for the third week in a row, besting Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed Up a Dream, which is number one on Billboard’s 200 chart. John Mayer’s Battle Studies and the self-titled debut by Blakroc, the Black Keys’…
