Mogwai, which is slated to release its eighth album, Rave Tapes , on Sub Pop in January, will be making its way back to Denver for a show at the Ogden Theatre on Tuesday, May 20. Tickets ($25/$30) go on sale Saturday, November 9, at 10 a.m. Keep reading to see what other shows are on sale this week, what songs are being played on local radio and what’s selling at local record stores.
See also: All upcoming concerts in our constantly updated Denver Concert Calendar
Brother Ali will be at the Fox Theatre for a two-night New Year’s run on Monday, December 30, and Tuesday, December 31. The ReMINDers open both shows. Tickets ($25/$40) go on sale on Friday, November 8, at 10 a.m.
White Denim headlines the Bluebird Theater on Monday, January 27, and the Fox on Tuesday, January 28. Tickets for the Bluebird ($13/$15) go on sale on Saturday, November 9, at 10 a.m., and for the Fox ($15) on Friday, November 8, at 10 a.m.
NEW SHOWS / ON SALE DATES
David Cook: Tue., Jan. 7, 8 p.m., $25.75-$30/VIP $75.85.
Earphunk: Presents Daft Phunk, Wed., Dec. 11, 8 p.m., $10/$15.
Fox Street: Fri., Jan. 10, 9 p.m., $10/$12.
Futurebirds: With Dragondeer, Sat., Jan. 18, 9 p.m., $16/$20.
MxPx: Thu., Jan. 30.
The Revivalists: Sat., Feb. 8,
St. Lucia: Tue., Jan. 28.
White Denim: Mon., Jan. 27, 8 p.m., $13/$15.
Hauschka: Thu., April 24, 7 p.m., $18-$35.
The Johnny Clegg Band: Tue., April 22, 7 p.m., $25-$45.
CERVANTES MASTERPIECE BALLROOM
Shredded Beats: Thu., Jan. 30; Fri., Jan. 31; Sat., Feb. 1, $15-$40.
Too $hort: With Warren G, Fri., Dec. 13, $25-$40.
Wu Year’s Eve: Featuring Method Man and Ghostface Killah, with the Foodchain and very special guests, Tue., Dec. 31, $45-$800.
Naive Melodies: Sat., Jan. 11, $10/$12.
Tea Leaf Green: Mon., Dec. 30; Tue., Dec. 31.
Through The Roots: With Tatanka, Mon., Jan. 27, $5-$10.
STS9: Fri., Jan. 31; Sat., Feb. 1.
White Denim: Tue., Jan. 28, 8:30 p.m., $15.
Brother Ali: Mon., Dec. 30, 8:30 p.m.; Tue., Dec. 31, 8:30 p.m., $25-$40.
Earphunk: Performing as Daft Phunk, Thu., Dec. 12, 8:30 p.m., $13/$15.
Los Lobos: Sat., March 29, 8:30 p.m., $35.
Aer: Tue., Feb. 25.
Cat Power: Sat., Nov. 23.
White Lies: Tue., Feb. 11.
The White Panda: Fri., Dec. 13, 9 p.m., $5-$12.
Baywood (CD release): With Pretty Mouth, Fri., Jan. 24, 7 p.m., $13/$15.
The Epilogues: Fri., Dec. 20, 7 p.m., $10/$12.
Into It. Over It.: Sat., Jan. 25.
Neck Deep: With Knuckle Puck and Light Years, Tue., March 4, 7 p.m., $10.
A Mac DZ: With Hatch The Bird, the DBC, the Tide Pools, Fri., Nov. 15, $5-$8.
MOON ROOM AT THE SUMMIT MUSIC HALL
DC Fallout: Fri., Dec. 13, 7 p.m., $5/$7.
Falling in Reverse: With Escape the Fate, Chelsea Grin, Survive This!, Fri., Feb. 7, 7 p.m., $20.
Mogwai: Tue., May 20, 8 p.m., $25/$30.
The Fab Four: Sat., March 1, 7:30 p.m., $29-$49.
Pentatonix: Sat., Feb. 15
Children of Bodom: Thu., March 6.
Mary Flower & Pat Donohue: Sat., March 1, 8 p.m., $22.
Continue reading for this week’s Local Radio Playlists.
We’re currently tracking the playlists from a number of different shows, including KTCL’s Locals Only, 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 this week.)
11.3.13
Skyfox – “Last Night on Earth”
Anchorage – “Truth”
The Soul Electric – “Where Will You Go”
The Royal – “Daggers”
Calder’s Revolvers f/SF1 – “See to Believe”
BLKHRTS – “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know”
Meniskus – “Can’t Remember”
Portrait – “Billy the Kid”
Black Brown & the American Dust Choir – “Theives”
Hatch the Bird – “Start Anew”
Knew – “What’s Hip (Long Walk)”
Lionized – “Far Away”
11.2.13
Gary Stites – “Shine That Ring”
Sugarloaf – “Green Eyed Lady”
The Piedmont Brothers Band – “The Road”
The Samples – “Wild River”
OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
Glass Delirium – “Reality”
Signal Path – “Wolf Cry (feat Relic Secure)”
No Fair Fights – “Kiss From A Rose”
The Railsplitters – “My World”
Casey James Prestwood – “Good Ones”
Manuel Lopez Trio – “Searching Out”
Danny Holien – “Colorado”
Dewey Terry – “Funky Old Town”
Leftover Salmon – “Get Up and Go”
Rob Roper – “Me”
Kristina Murray – “Unravelin'”
Matt Nasi Band – “Impact”
Beats Noir! – “Going Nowhere (feat Venus Cruz)”
The Apples in Stereo – “Nobody But You”
Tennis – “Tell Her No”
Mosey West – “Old Stone”
Grant Sabin – “Dreaming”
Sam Lee – “Honesty”
Tom Gershwin – “Sugar”
11.4.13
Junior Turner – Better Day
Krissy Krissy – Dream
David J Nann – Touching Heaven
Danni Rosner – Didn’t Mean It That Way
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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Click through for this week’s Top Sellers
Top Local Sellers – Albums & Downloads
Arcade Fire’s Reflektor, released last week, took the top spot at Independent Records,Twist & Shout and at Albums on the Hill, and Russian Circles’s new disc Memorials came in first at Wax Trax.
ALBUMS ON THE HILL
01. Arcade Fire – Reflektor
02. Elephant Revival – These Changing Skies
03. Pearl Jam – Lightning Bolt
04. Cameron McGill – Gallows Etiquette
05. Bob Dylan – Another Self Portrait
06. Kings of Leon – Mechanical Bull
07. Mount Kimbie – Cold Spring Fault Less Youth
08. Gregory Alan Isakov – The Weatherman
09. Nirvana – In Utero(vinyl release)
10. Red Fang – Whales & Leeches
INDEPENDENT RECORDS
01. Arcade Fire – Reflektor
02. Drake – Nothing Was the Same
03. Lorde – Pure Heroine
04. Dirty Heads – Home Phantoms of Summer
05. 2 Chainz – B.O.A.T.S. II
06. Korn – The Paradigm Shift
07. DJ Khaled – Suffering from Success
08. Pearl Jam – Lightning Bolt
09. Tech N9NE – Something Else
10. In This Moment – Blood
TWIST & SHOUT
01. Arcade Fire – Reflektor
02. Brett Dennen – Smoke & Mirrors
03. Lorde – Pure Heroine
04. Pearl Jam – Lightning Bolt
05. The Avett Brothers – Magpie and the Dandelion
06. Paul McCartney – New
07. Mike Doughty – Circles…
08. Head and the Heart – Let’s Be Still
09. Gov’t Mule – Shout!
10. Van Morrison – Moondance
WAX TRAX
01. Russian Circles – Memorial
02. Doomriders – Grand Blood
03. Arcade Fire – Reflektor
04. Deltron 3030 – Event 2
05. Of Montreal – Lousy With Sylvainbriar
06. Pearl Jam – Lightning Bolt
07. Cults – Static
08. Mazzy Star – Seasons of Your Day
09. RJD2 – More Is Than Isn’t
10. Volcano Choir – Repave
BEATPORT.COM
01. Dusky – “Careless”
02. Cedric Gervais – “Young & Beautiful”
03. Hardwell, MAKJ – “Countdown”
04. Lissat & Voltaxx – “Groovejet”
05. 2 Unlimited – “Get Ready”
06. Dyro – “Go Down”
07. Twoloud – “Big Bang”
08. Jay Lumen – “Nobody”
09. Green Velvet, Hot Since 82 – “Bigger Than Prince”
10. Dense & Pika -“Colt”
RELATED LINKS
Angelo’s
Black & Read
Atomic Records (formerly Cheapo Discs)
Vinyl Collective