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

Here's what's hot this week in music on the Front Range: On the concert front, new shows featuring the Beach Boys, Florence + the Machine, the Walkmen, Passion Pit and Justice were announced; Coles Whalen, Caleb Slade, FaceMan and the Apples got spins on local radio; and recent albums from...
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Here's what's hot this week in music on the Front Range: On the concert front, new shows featuring the Beach Boys, Florence + the Machine, the Walkmen, Passion Pit and Justice were announced; Coles Whalen, Caleb Slade, FaceMan and the Apples got spins on local radio; and recent albums from Adele, Tennis and Mark Lanegan were the top sellers at our local record stores. Page down for a complete rundown.


This Just In: New Concerts and On-Sale Dates


As reported last week, Rusko, DJ Shadow, Paper Diamond and Pictureplane will headline the Levitate Festival on April 20 at 1STBANK Center and Alan Jackson will be at Red Rocks on June 28, and earlier this week we mentioned that Bonnie Raitt will be at Red Rocks on August 26. A few more dates were added to Red Rocks summer lineup, including the Beach Boys 50th Anniversary (with Brian Wilson on board) on July 20, Florence + the Machine and the Walkmen on July 25, and Passion Pit and Justice on August 7.


BLUEBIRD THEATER


Civil Twilight: Wed., April 25, 8 p.m., $9.33/$15. Grouplove: Sat., May 19. Eric Hutchinson: Tue., April 17. The Lumineers: Fri., May 11, 9 p.m., $10.50/$15. Mark Lanegan Band: Sun., May 20. Never Say Never: With Koji, Kurt Travis and Bearcat, Wed., May 2, 6:30 p.m., $22.50/$25.


BOULDER THEATER


Boulder Roots & Blues Summit: Featuring Taj Mahal, Fri., May 18, 6 p.m., $35-$65. Featuring Keb' Mo', Sat., May 19, 6 p.m., $30-$50. Clutch and Hellyeah: Sun., April 29, 7:15 p.m., $29.50/$33. eTown with Young the Giant and Civil Twilight: Sun., April 1, 6 p.m., $20. Microbreweries for the Environment: With Grant Farm featuring Keith Moseley and Bill Nershi, the Drunken Hearts and The Mile Markers, Fri., April 27, 8 p.m., $20/$22. Paa Kow & By All Means (CD release): With Logo Ligi, Wed., April 11, 7 p.m., $15.


1STBANK Center


Levitate Festival: Featuring Rusko, DJ Shadow, Paper Diamond and Pictureplane, Fri., April 20, 7:30 p.m., $35-$42.50.


FOX THEATRE


Men: With DJ Sprinkles (aka Terre Thaemlitz), Fri., April 27, 8:30 p.m., $20. Raewkwon: With Freddie Gibbs and Supernatural, Fri., March 30, 8:30 p.m., $25/$27.50.


GOTHIC THEATRE


Nikki Glaser: Thu., March 8, 8 p.m., $12/$14. Here Lies the Difference: With Out of Options, Controlled Demise, A Daydream Suicide, Forgotten Within and DJ Dirty Panda, Sun., March 4, 8 p.m., $8/$10.


LARIMER LOUNGE


Active Child: Sat., May 19, $13.50/$18.


L2 ARTS & CULTURE


Tinariwen: Tue., June 5, 8 p.m., $32.


MARQUIS THEATER


Crowbar: With Prong and Witchburn, Sat., April 14. Enter Shakiri: With LetLive and At the Skyline, Thu., May 3, 7 p.m., $12/$15. Guttermouth: With Boldtype, Fri., March 16, $13. He Is We: With Deas Vail and South Jordan, Tue., May 29, 7 p.m., $13/$15. The Menzingers: With Cheap Girls, the Sidekicks and Elway, Tue., March 27, 7 p.m., $10/$12.


MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ


The Bright Light Social Hour: Tue., April 17, $10/$13. Dinosaur Feathers: With Petals of Spain, Tue., March 20, 9 p.m., $6/$8. Lilac: Mon., March 19, 9 p.m., $5. Modern Day Escape: With Glass Delirium, Thu., March 22, $5/$7. Peter & the Test Tube Babies: With the Bad Engrish, Potato Pirates and 99 Bottles, Wed., March 28, 9 p.m., $12/$15.


OGDEN THEATRE


Ozomatli: Wed., June 13, 8 p.m., $23.75/$30.


PARAMOUNT THEATRE


Counting Crows: Thu., April 19.


RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE


The Beach Boys: Tue., July 10. Florence + the Machine: With the Walkmen, Wed., July 25, 7:30 p.m. Global Dance Festival 10th Anniversary: July 20-22, 3-day passes $150. Alan Jackson: Thu., June 28, 7:30 p.m., $39.50-$79.50. Passion Pit: With Justice, Tue., Aug. 7. Bonnie Raitt: Sun., Aug. 26, 7:30 p.m., $40-$80.


SUMMIT MUSIC HALL


Blood on the Dance Floor: With Brokencyde, Deuce, Polkadot Cadaver, William Control, the Bunny the Bear, New Years Day and Haily Rose, Sat., April 14, $17/$20. Vapor Fest: March 23-24, $20-$25/2-day passes $30.


SWALLOW HILL MUSIC HALL


The Alash Ensemble: Fri., April 6, 8 p.m., $18. The Dunwells: Fri., March 23, 8 p.m. Michelle Shocked: Sat., May 12, 8 p.m., $26. Missy Raines & the New Hip: Fri., June 1, 8 p.m., $16.


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)
02.19.12

Photo Atlas - "Move It Darling" Nautical Mile - "Weeds" Caleb Slade - "Always on My Mind" John Common - "Go to Hell (With Me)" Sibling Rivalry 3 (SR3) - "Restart" Tommy & the Tangerines - "Sam I Am" Buntron Smith - "Invitation" Synthetic Elements - "The Fire" Coles Whalen - "Cactus" Rachel James - "Not Giving Up" David James Band - "Napoleon" Seismic Event - "Heaven"


THE COLORADO SOUND
02.18.12

Haunted Windchimes "Leadbelly Medley" Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams "Just Don't Care" Katya Chorover "Movin' On" Freddi / Henchi and the Soulsetters "I Like Funky Music" Dan Treanor & African Wind "From African Soul" Tennis "It All Feels the Same" Rose Hill Drive "Birds Against the Glass" Full Belly "New Voice" Everything Absent or Distorted (a love story) "Houses" Catch Bees "Atlanta (f. Denison Witmer)" The Fray "The Fighter" Adam Bodine Trio "From the Button On My Heart" The Motet "The Lesson" FaceMan "FeedingTime" Achille Lauro "Upward Away From the Ground" The Apples in Stereo "Energy" Devotchka "Along the Way" Harry Tuft & Friends "A-Roving On A Winter's Night" Harry Tuft & Friends "One Mint Julep" Otis Taylor "The Devil's Gonna Lie" Megan Burtt "Walls Come Down" Dave Sonner "Come Clean" Railbenders "Whiskey Drinkin' Man" Coles Whalen "Cannonball" Jim Stranahan "Hip Street"


THE COLORADO WAVE
02.20.12

Burn - Come Back Jonathan Clay - Love At War Next Door - Suzie Q Healer - Awakening Bettys Not A Vitamin - Home The Informants - Stuck On You Great American Taxi - Kali Hans York - Inside Out Tempa & The Tantrums - You Lost me Slow Burning Car - Slow Burning Car Vaughan Penn - Forgive You Steve Glotzer - Beso Azul



Click through for this week's Top Sellers


Top Local Sellers - Albums & Downloads


You'd think that pretty much everyone and their mom would have Adele's 21 by now since it's been a top seller since it came out just about a year ago, but with some help from the Grammy's, the singer is on top at both Independent Records and Twist & Shout while Tennis's sophomore effort, Young & Old, debuted at the top spot at Albums on the Hill and Bad Weather California's's Sunkissed was number one at Wax Trax.


ALBUMS ON THE HILL


01. Tennis - Young & Old
02. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
03. Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A. - Area 52
04. Adele - 21
05. Snake Rattle Rattle Snake - Sineater
06. Dr. Dog - Be the Void
07. Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
08. The Fray - Scars & Stories
09. Punch Brothers - Who's Feeling Young Now?
10. Skrillex - Bangarang


INDEPENDENT RECORDS


01. Adele - 21
02. Wale - Ambition
03. Skrillex - Bangarang
04. Drake - Take Care
05. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV
06. Young Jeezy - TM 103
07. J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story
08. Rihanna - Talk That Talk
09. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans
10. Yelawolf - Radioactive


TWIST & SHOUT


01. Adele - 21
02. Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
03. Gotye - Making Mirrors
04. Punch Brothers - Who's Feeling Young Now?
05. Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
07. Van Halen - Different Kind of Truth
08. Black Keys - El Camino
09. The Fray - Scars & Stories
10. Whitney Houston - Greatest Hits


WAX TRAX


01. Bad Weather Caflifornia - Sunkissed
02. Air - Le Voyage Dans La Lune
03. Pop.1280 - The Horror
04. Mark Lanegan Band - Funeral Blues 05. Gotye - Bad as Me
06. A Place to Bury Strangers - Making Mirrors
07. Hawks & Doves - Year One
08. Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II
09. Tom Waits - Bad as Me
10. Speedwolf - Ride With Death


BEATPORT.COM


01. Axwell, Ivan Gough - "In My Mind" (club mix)
02. Afrojack and Shermanology - "Can't Stop Me" (club mix)
03. Hardwell - "Spaceman" (original mix)
04. Tommy Trash - "Cascade" (original mix)
05. Chuckie - "Together" (original mix)
06. Wolfgang Gartner - "There and Back" (original mix)
07. Richard Grey, Federico Scavo - "Lady" (Federico Scavo remix)
08. Disco Stu, John Monkman - "Don't Have to Be Beautiful" (original mix)
09. Dirty South, Thomas Gold - "Eyes Wide Open" (original mix)
10. Starkillers, Nadia Ali - "Keep it Coming" (original mix)


RELATED LINKS


Angelo's Black & Read Atomic Records (formerly Cheapo Discs) Vinyl Collective



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