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Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, December shows by Beats Antique and Pretty Lights were announced. On local radio specialty shows, Veronica, Vices I Admire, INCA and Hazel Miller all got some spins. Meanwhile, at our local record stores, new and...
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Here’s what’s happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, December shows by Beats Antique and Pretty Lights were announced. On local radio specialty shows, Veronica, Vices I Admire, INCA and Hazel Miller all got some spins. Meanwhile, at our local record stores, new and recent releases from the Wilco, Feist, Wayne Static and Dum Dum Girls were among this week’s top sellers. Click through for a complete rundown.


This Just In: New Concerts and On-sale Dates


Beats Antique, who just released Elektrafone last week, headlines the Fillmore Auditorium for a Conscious Alliance holiday benefit with Tipper, Alex Grey and Lynx on Saturday, December 3. Tickets ($27.50/$30) go on sale on Saturday, October 15 at 10 a.m. Pretty Lights will be at the 1STBANK Center for a two-night New Year’s stint on Friday and Saturday, December 30 and 31. Porter Robinson and Supervision open Friday night and ZEDD and Paul Basic open Saturday night. Tickets ($45/$55) go on sale on Friday, October 14 at 10 a.m.


BLUEBIRD THEATER


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Dirtyphonics: Thu., Nov. 24, 9:30 p.m., $20/$25.
Everlast: Wed., Nov. 16, 8 p.m., $17.50/$20.
Jerry Joseph and Wally Ingram: Thu., Dec. 8, 8 p.m., $14/$16.
Tea Leaf Green: Sat., Jan. 14, 9 p.m., $20.75/$22.
YES. Snowboards Premier After-Party: Thu., Nov. 17, 9:30 p.m., $5.
CANCELED:
The Boxer Rebellion: With Canon Blue, Wed., Nov. 2, 8 p.m., $15


BOULDER THEATER


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Buds for Boobies: Tue., Oct. 25, 7 p.m., $12.50.
Leo Kottke: Fri., Jan. 27, 6:30 p.m., $25-$45.


CERVANTES’ MASTERPIECE


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Lazer Sword:
With Heyoka, Archnemesis, Dam Funk, Gladkill, Sugarpill, Stephan Jacobs and more, Sat., Nov. 12.
Michal Menert & Gramatik: With Supervision and Paul Basic, Wed., Nov. 23.
Garage A Tois: Sat., Dec. 17.


FOX THEATRE


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Art 4 the People: Fri., Nov. 25.


FILLMORE AUDITORIUM


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Beats Antique: With Tipper, Alex Grey and Lynx, Sat., Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m., $27.50/$30.


1STBANK CENTER


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Pretty Lights: With Porter Robinson and Supervision (12/30) and ZEDD and Paul Basic (12/31), Dec. 30-31, 8:30 p.m., $45.


GOTHIC THEATER


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Brett Gelman: Thu., Dec. 8, 8 p.m., $15/$17.
Jeremih: With Dre Lane, Wed., Nov. 2, 8 p.m., $29/$33.
Corey Taylor (of Slipknot): Sat., Nov. 19, 9 p.m., $25/$28.


HI-DIVE


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Centro-Matic: With Polica, Sat., Nov. 12, $10.


LARIMER LOUNGE


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Nicole Atkins: Sat., Dec. 10, $12.
Kathryn Calder: Mon., Nov. 7, $10.
That 1 Guy: Mon., Oct. 17, 8 p.m., $15.75/$18.
Rachael Yamagata: Wed., Nov. 16, $18.


L2 ARTS & CULTURE CENTER


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Tom Rush: Fri., Feb. 10, 8 p.m., $26.


MOE’S ORIGINAL BBQ


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Reviving Cecilia: With In the Whale and Ancient Mariner, Fri., Nov. 4, 9 p.m., $5.
Thee Oh Sees: With Total Control and Sauna, Wed., Oct. 26, 9 p.m., $8/$10.


SWALLOW HILL


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Elizabeth Cook: Fri., Jan. 13, 8 p.m., $18.
Matt Flinner Trio & Grant Gordy Quartet: Sat., Feb. 25, 8 p.m., $17.


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Click through for this week’s Local Radio Playlists

We’re currently tracking the playlists from a number of different shows, including KTCL’s Locals Only, Radio 1190’s Local Shakedown*, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show, The Colorado Sound, an independently produced show that is broadcast all over Colorado, and The Colorado Wave, which is syndicated on a number of stations across the country. Here’s what the area’s local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. *Playlist not available


LOCALS ONLY (KTCL)

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10.09.11

Novus Folium – “Knights on Fire”
Able Archer – “Soyuz II”
Swayback – “Concrete Blocks”
Wire Faces – “Magic Mountain”
Until Midnight – “Within Reach & Reason”
Calibrate Me – “2 Years Faster”
DubSkin – “Warrior Stomp”
Tennis – “Marathon”
Inherit Earth – “Suckerpunch”
Veronica – “Allison & Andrew”
Instant Empire – “Marco Polo”
Quitters Anonymous – “Bleed Out”


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99.5 THE MOUNTAIN HOMEGROWN SHOW (KQMT)


10.11.11

My Blind Alley – “Mystery”
Love Lies – “Whirlpool”
Garden Weasels – “Uncoil Your Nose”
Scott Brainerd – “Terminal Empathy”
Mixed Breed – “Deja Vu”
Chris Daniels & the Kings – “An American Tragedy”
Romano Paoletti – “Can You Run”
The Informants – “Hold Back”
John Bunzli – “The Well”
Vices I Admire – “Sweetest Girl”

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THE COLORADO SOUND


10.08.11

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The Soul Thieves “Starting Tonight”
Cassie Taylor “Keys”
The Aunteaters “If the Tele Took Teardrops”
The Bimarinal “Move Me”
Constitution “Broken Down”
Bop Skizzum “Beauty Queen”
Fierce Bad Rabbit “Everything’s Alright”
Post Paradise “The Ghost in the Airwaves”
Juno What?! “Late Night”
Big Jim Adam & John Stilwagen “When It Started to Rain”
Julie Hoest “Hot Time In the Old Town Tonight”
Andy Ard “That’s What She Did to Me”
Carmen Sandim Sextet “Feliz”
Mercury Project “Refuge”
Beats Noir! “Bad Beats”
Shel “Ruby Slippers”
Spring Creek “Evening Turns to Ashes”
Great American Taxi “Poor House”
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club “My Last Black Scarf”
Andy Palmer “I Died Today”
INCA “Eye of the Storm”
Andy Monley “Anything”
Jim McTurnan & the Kids That Killed the Man “Don’t Count Me Out”
Angie Stevens & the Beautiful Wreck “Queen of this Mess”
Zach Heckendorf “All the Right Places”
Jim Stranahan “Hip Street”


THE COLORADO WAVE


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10.10.11

Julian Shome – Escapism
Little Hercules – Cool Ride
Soul Rabbit – Blue Skies Forever
Liz Barnez ~ Whiskey Bay
Chupacabra – Soledad
The Visitors – Down In The City
Just Jinjer – She Knows
Hans York – Lives Apart
Hazel Miller – Do Go On
JP White – Trailer Queen
5 On Tap – A Voice From The Crowd
The Smackers – I Go Blind


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Top Local Sellers – Albums & Downloads

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Wilco‘s The Whole Love stayed on top at Albums on the Hill and moves down to the second spot at Twist & Shout, while Feist‘s latest effort, Metals, debuted at number one at Twist & Shout and came in second at Albums on the Hill. An in-store appearance helped Wayne Static‘s Pighammer come in on top at Independent Records, and the Dum Dum Girls came in first at Wax Trax.


ALBUMS ON THE HILL

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01. WilcoThe Whole Love
02. FeistMetals
03. DJ ShadowThe Less You Know, the Better
04. SuperheavySuperheavy
05. BlessthefallAwakening
06. The MisfitsDevil’s Rain
07. Indigo GirlsBeauty Queen Sister
08. Jack’s MannequinPeople and Things
09. Johnny WinterRoots
10. New Found GloryRadiosurgery


INDEPENDENT RECORDS

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01. Wayne StaticPighammer
02. Lil WayneTha Carter IV
03. J. ColeCole World: The Sideline Story
04. Adele21
05. Blink-182Neighborhoods
06. GameThe R.E.D. Album
07. PrimusGreen Naugahyde
08. Foster the PeopleTorches
09. Machine HeadUnto the Locust
10. MastodonHunter


TWIST & SHOUT

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01. FeistMetals
02. WilcoThe Whole Love
03. VariousLost Notebooks of Hank Williams
04. The JayhawksMockingbird Time
05. Foster the PeopleTorches
06. Blink-182Neighborhoods

07. Pink FloydDark Side of the Moon
08. Adele21
09. Merle HaggardWorking in Tennessee
10. Indigo GirlsBeauty Queen Sister


WAX TRAX

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01. Dum Dum GirlsOnly in Dreams
02. Bonnie Prince BillyWolfroy Goes to Town

03. Neon IndianEra Extrana

04. FeistMetals
05. William ShatnerSeeking Major Tom
06. Various ArtistsLost Notebooks of Hank Williams
07. We Were Promised JetpacksIn the Pit of the Stomach
08. BeirutRiptide
09. Zola JesusConatus
10. GirlsFather, Son, Holy Ghost


BEATPORT.COM

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01. Eric Prydz“2Night” (original mix)
02. Miguel Campbell“Something Special” (original mix)
03. Zedd“Shave It” (original mix)
04. Stefano Noferini – “Fact” (original mix)
05. Fedde Le Grand – “So Much Love'” (original club mix)
06. Greg Gregor Salto, Chuckie – “What Happens in Vegas'”
07. Maceo Plex – “Can’t Leave You” (original mix)’
08. TJR – “One Love” (original mix)
09. Sander Van Doorn – “Drink to Get Drunk” (extended mix)
10. Basto – “Again and Again” (original mix)


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Angelo’s
Black & Red
Atomic Records (formerly Cheapo Discs)
Vinyl Collective


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