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Here’s what’s happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, shows from Radiohead, Roger Waters, the Descendents and Los Lobos were announced; Nautical Mile, Tennis, Churchill and Dressy Bessy got spins on local radio; and new and recent releases from Tom Waits, Wale and Florence and the Machine were among this week’s top sellers at our local record stores. Click through for a complete rundown.
This Just In: New Concerts and On-sale Dates
It’s been a pretty damn stellar week for concert announcements, namely Radiohead, which will be hitting the 1STBANK Center on Tuesday, March 13. Tickets ($69) go on sale to the public through TicketHorse on Saturday, November 12, at 10 a.m. Roger Waters brings The Wall back to the Pepsi Center on Monday, May 7. Tickets ($54-$203) go on sale Monday, November 14, at 10 a.m. Punk legends the Descendents will be at the Fillmore Auditorium with Hot Water Music and Endless on Saturday, January 28. Tickets ($26/$30) go on sale Friday, November 11, at 11 a.m. Finally, Los Lobos will give a rare acoustic performance at the Boulder Theater on Friday, March 9. Tickets ($25-$45) go on sale Friday, November 11, at 10 a.m.
BOULDER THEATER
The Christmas Revels: Sun., Dec. 11, 1 & 6 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 17, 1 & 6 p.m., $18.50-$39.50.
Face Holiday Show: Wed., Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m., $10-$25.
Ignite Boulder 17-Fall Ball: Wed., Nov. 30, 6 p.m., $10.
Los Lobos (acoustic): Fri., March 9, 7 p.m., $31.50-$53.50.
The Movement: One Man Joins an Uprising: Wed., Dec. 7, 5:30 p.m., $12/$VIP $44.
FILLMORE AUDITORIUM
Descendents: With Hot Water Music and Endless Monster, Sat., Jan. 28, 8 p.m., $26/$30.
Gigantour 2012: With Megadeth, Motorhead, Volbeat and Lacuna Coil, Tue., Feb. 28, 6:30 p.m., $44.50.
Rebelution: With The Green and Pep Love of Hieroglyphics, Sat., March 17, 8 p.m., $22.50/$25.
1STBANK CENTER
Radiohead: With Other Lives, Tue., March 13, 7:30 p.m., $69.
FOX THEATRE
Borgore: Wed., Dec. 14, 8:30 p.m., $20/$22.
Jedi Mind Tricks: Sat., Jan. 21, 8:30 p.m., $20.
Perpetual Groove: Sat., Feb. 11, 8:30 p.m., $13/$15.
The Pimps of Joytime: Fri., Jan. 13, 8:30 p.m., $10/$12.
GOTHIC THEATRE
Zach Heckendorf: With Rocky Mountain Funk, Thu., Dec. 29, 8 p.m., $12/$15.
Purple Reign: Sat., Dec. 31.
Wednesday 13: With Aiden, Modern Day Escape, Glass Delirium and AIM 2 MISS, Sat., Jan. 14, 8 p.m., $13/$15.
LARIMER LOUNGE
Cherub: Thu., Dec. 15, $8.
Gauntlet Hair: Sat., Dec. 31, $10.
Lukas Nelson & the Promise of the Real: Fri., Dec. 2, 9 p.m., $12/$15.
Allen Stone: Thu., Dec. 8, 9 p.m., $10/$12.
MARQUIS THEATER
Ghost: Fri., Jan. 27.
MOE’S ORIGINAL BBQ
Art Out Loud: Denver Public Art University benefit with Atomga Groove Alliance, James & the Devil, Twine!, Minor Note Orchestra, Hot Cheeze Soup and So Star, Sat., Dec. 3, $20/$25.
Stellar Corpses: With Captain Blood and Thee S.O.B.’s, Tue., Dec. 6, 9 p.m., $5.
PEPSI CENTER
Lady Antebellum: Wed., Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m.
Roger Waters: The Wall: Mon., May 7, 8 p.m., $54-$203.
SUMMIT MUSIC HALL
In Flames: With Trivium, Fri., Feb. 10.
WELLS FARGO THEATRE
Il Divo: Sun., Aug. 19.
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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
11.06.11
Nautical Mile – “Face You”
My Body Sings Electric – “Living Proof”
Aloft in the Sundry – “Tell Me How to Answer”
Rose Hill Drive – “Psychoanalyst”
Last Castrato – “Body in the Basement”
Joshua Novak – “The Heart Hits the Wall”
Autumn Film – “Ship on the Ocean Floor”
David James Band – “Napoleon”
Mouthful of Thunder – “Don’t Tread on Me”
From Slaves to Kings – “Born Again”
A-OK’s – “Rebellion”
Genre Theory – “Alone”
LOCAL SHAKEDOWN (RADIO 1190/KVCU)
11.04.11
Wovenhand – Aeolian Harp
Tennis – Waterbirds – Cape Dory
Super Band – Acid Indigestion
Sun Red – Glitch in Animal Programming
St. Elias – Icarus II
Snubluck – Nightosphere
Popcult – One Reward
Planes Mistaken For Stars – To All Mothers
King Mob – Body Mob
Vitamins – Vimanas
Shaky Molars – Danielle Marie Miller
Paper Bird – Sounds Like Rain
Glass Hits – Battleground States
Lightlooms – Signs
Vices I Admire – Sweetest Girl
The Swayback – Just Like The Old Days
Epilogues – Adieu
Caleb Slade – Hands to Reach For
The Knew – Purple Raincoat
Nathaniel Rateliff -You Should’ve Seen the Other Guy
The Photo Atlas – Jealous Teeth
Take To The Oars – Monster Eats Pilot
11.05.11
Petals of Spain – “Lady Luck”
Rob Roper – “Misfit”
Air Dubai – “Lights Down”
Rachel James – “We Don’t Care”
Novus Folium – “Knight’s on Fire”
Honey Gitters – “Diamonds in a Bag”
Whiskey Bottles – “Blackjack Betty”
Ben Lewis – “Devil’s Train”
Spires – “Blue Occupation”
Fingers of the Sun – “The Leaves Were So Green”
Carmelita’s Lovers – “Haunted”
The Dirty Lookers – “Cry On”
FaceMan – “BigHead”
Peter Sommer – “Times They Are a-Changin'”
Jami Lunde – “Some Place Tonight”
Gary Bragg – “Locked and Loaded”
Fierce Bad Rabbit – “Live and Learn”
John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light – “The Dreamers”
Monroe Monroe – “A Place to Start”
Paul Russell – “Our Beautiful Crime”
Elephant Revival – “Barefoot Friend”
Churchill – “Miles”
Full Belly – “Too Blessed to be Stressed”
Juno What?! – “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get”
Tennis – “Marathon”
Jim McTurnan & the Kids That Killed the Man – “Don’t Count Me Out”
The Don’ts and Be Carefuls – “The Still Favorites”
Adam Bodine Trio – “From the Button on My Heart”
11.07.11
Xiren – Ship of Fools
Hazel Miller – Do Go On
Andy Ard – Wonderful
Ash Ganley – Smoke Signals
Dressy Bessy – Pretty Pleaze
Roots and Fire – Pass My Way
Ken K – Breathing Hard
Kirsten Price – Magic Tree
John DiBiasi – Free Yourself
Kim Ciara – The Mountain The Rainbow and You
Tim Yunker – A Mile Away
Cody Montoya – Get Out of Town
Treva Blomquist – Love Abounds
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Click through for this week’s Top Sellers
Top Local Sellers – Albums & Downloads
For the second week in a row, Tom Waits’s Bad as Me, claimed the top spots at Albums on the Hill, Twist & Shout and Wax Trax, while Wale’s latest effort, Ambition, came in first at Independent Records. Florence & the Machine’s Ceremonials, released last week on Universal, debuted at the second spot at Twist & Shout and at the number-four slots at both Albums on the Hill and Independent Records.
ALBUMS ON THE HILL
01. Tom Waits – Bad As Me
02. Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire
03. Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
04. Florence & the Machine – Ceremonials
05. Primus – Green Naugahyde
06. Rachael Yamagata – Chesapeake
07. Tinariwen – Tassili
08. Mastodon – The Hunter
09. Yo-Yo Ma/Stuart Duncan/Edgar Meyer/Chris Thile – The Goat Rodeo Sessions
10. Dave Alvin – Eleven Eleven
INDEPENDENT RECORDS
01. Wale – Ambition
02. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV
03. Megadeth – Th1rt3en
04. Florence & the Machine – Ceremonials
05. Adele – 21
06. Tyrese – Open Ivitation
07. J. Cole – Cole World: The Sideline Story
08. Five Finger Death Punch – American Capitalist
09. Insane Clown Posse – Featuring Freshness
10. Puscifer – Conditions of My Parole
TWIST & SHOUT
01. Tom Waits – Bad As Me
02. Florence & the Machine – Ceremonials
03. The Beach Boys – Smile Sessions
04. Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
05. Rich Robinson – Through a Crooked Sun
06. Tony Bennett – Duets II
07. Decemberists – Long Live the King
08. Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire
09. Mike Doughty – Yes and Also Yes
10. Chris Isaak – Beyond the Sun
WAX TRAX
01. Tom Waits – Bad as Me
02. Void – Sessions ’81-83
03. Bonnie Prince Billy – Wolfroy Goes To Town
04. Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire
05. Snake Rattle Rattle Snake – Sineater
06. Skinny Puppy – Handover
07. Decemberists – Long Live the King
08. David Lynch/Chrysta Bell – This Train
09. Russian Circles – Empros
10. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
BEATPORT.COM
01. Fedde Le Grand, Coldplay – “Paradise'” (Fedde Le Grand remix)
02. Avicii – “Levels” (original mix)
03. Bingo Players – “Rattle” (original mix)
04. Eric Prydz, Digitalism – “Circles” (Eric Pryd remix)
05. Moguai, Fatboy Slim – “Ya Mama (Push the Tempo)” (Moguai mix)
06. Deep Mind – “True” (original mix)
07. Miguel Campbell – “Something Special” (original mix)
08. Dirty South, Those Usual Suspects – “Walking Alone” (original mix)
09. Basto – “Again and Again” (original mix)
10. Stefano Noferini – “Fact” (original mix)
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