Electro pioneer Gary Numan will be at the Gothic Theatre on Friday, April 4, as part of his 2014 North American tour in support of his latest effort, Splinter (Songs From a Broken Mind), released last October on his own Machine Music imprint. Big Black Delta and Roman Remains are set to open. Tickets ($25.75/VIP $75) go on sale this Friday, December 20, at 10 a.m. Keep reading to see what other shows are on sale, what songs were played on local radio this past week, and what’s selling at local record stores.
See also: All upcoming concerts in our constantly updated Denver Concert Calendar
Earl Sweatshirt headlines the Aggie Theatre on Sunday, January 12 and Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom on Monday, January 13, and tickets are on sale now.
Arizona-based violinist Lindsey Stirling headlines the 1STBANK Center on Friday, May 30. Tickets ($28-$39.50) go on sale on Friday, December 20, at 10 a.m.
NEW SHOWS / ON SALE DATES
Earl Sweatshirt: Sun., Jan. 12, $18/$23.
Man Man: With Xenia Rubinos, Tue., Feb. 18, 8 p.m., $10.39/$12.
Suburban Legends: With the Maxies, Mon., Jan. 20, 7 p.m., $10/$12.
12th Planet: With Protohype, Antiserum, SPL, Steady, Wed., Feb. 19, 9:30 p.m., $17.50/$20.
Tinariwen: With the Melodic, Fri., April 11, 8 p.m., $35.
Dark Star Orchestra: Fri., March 28, 9 p.m.; Sat., March 29, 9 p.m., $25/$27.50.
G. Love & Special Sauce: Fri., April 11, 8 p.m.; Sat., April 12, 8 p.m., $25.
Mike Gordon: Fri., March 14, 8:30 p.m., $28.
Neutral Milk Hotel: With Elf Power, Sun., March 30, 8 p.m., $36.75.
CERVANTES MASTERPIECE BALLROOM
Earl Sweatshirt: Mon., Jan. 13, 9 p.m., $22/$24.
Lorde: Sat., March 22, 8 p.m., $42.50/$45.
Snowdown: Featuring Juicy J, RL Grime, Salva, Bass Physics and DJ Jack Da Ripper, Thu., Jan. 30, 7 p.m., $65.
Lindsey Stirling: Fri., May 30, 7:30 p.m., $28-$33.50.
12th Planet: With Protohype, Antiserum, SPL & Steady, Tue., Feb. 18, 8:30 p.m., $15/$17.
Man Man: With Xenia Rubinos, Mon., Feb. 17, 8:30 p.m., $18/$20.
Na’an Stop: With Policulture and Wake Up And Live, Sat., Feb. 8, 8:30 p.m., $12/$14.
The Pamlico Sound: With the Symbols, Fri., Jan. 10, 9 p.m., $11.
Allegaeon: Sat., Jan. 18, 8 p.m., $10/$15.
Gary Numan: With Big Black Delta and Roman Remains, Fri., April 4, 8 p.m., $25.75/VIP $75.
Mindless Self Indulgence: Wed., April 9, 8 p.m., $25.
VNV Nation: Fri., April 11, 8 p.m., $22.75.
The Giving Tree: Thu., March 27, 9 p.m., $8/$10.
Stu Larsen: Tue., May 20, 9 p.m., $12/$14.
Bad Suns: Thu., Jan. 30, 7 p.m., $9.33/$12.
Deafheaven: With SubRosa, Sun., Feb. 23, 8 p.m., $12/$14.
Kataklysm: With Aborted, Mon., April 21, 7 p.m., $15.
A Lot Like Birds: With Sianvar, Stolas, the Venetia Fair, Mixolydia, Tue., Jan. 28, 7 p.m., $10/$12.
Sully: With Sophisticated Monkey, Moss Rock, Kelson Grogan, Sat., Jan. 4, $10.
T Bird & the Breaks: With Andy Sydow, Wed., Jan. 15, 9 p.m., $8/$10.
The Sing-Off Live Tour: Featuring the newly crowned best a cappella group in the country, along with other finalists from season four of The Sing-Off, Sun., March 23, 8 p.m., $29.50/$75.
April Verch Trio: With Birds of Chicago, Fri., March 14, 8 p.m., $16.
Gobs O’Phun (20th anniversary): Sat., March 8, 8 p.m., $16.
The Duhks: Fri., Feb. 21, 8 p.m., $20.
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.)
12.15.13
Claymore Disco – “Light Ahead of Me”
Monroe Monroe – “Departures and Arrivals”
Windermeres – “Better Bandage Those Hands”
Defy You Stars – “Eventually”
Pikes – “Strung Out”
Filthy T – “Destiny”
Red Fox Run – “We All Got It”
Common Anomaly – “Funle Down”
Hot Apostles – “Wheels of Motion”
Attic Attack – “Silver Lining”
Current Youth – “Buried”
Sean Waldron – “Should Have Known Better”
Whaledogs – “Forsake Me”
12.13.13
The Jekylls – “Mele Kalikimaka”
Opie Gone Bad – “It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas (w/Jim Dalton)”
Rob Drabkin – “Down to Fate”
Wendy Woo – “Hold On”
Toad In the Hole – “FireGirl”
Dave Preston – “Shine”
Halle Tomlinson – “Falling Snow”
String Cheese Incident – “Walk This Way”
Fox Street Allstars – “Baby Don’t Fight It”
Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – “Good Love”
AdrienneO – “Take It In”
Star Jaguar feat. Erin McKeown – “The Jailer: Part 2”
Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra – “Beauty and the Beast”
Dianne Reeves – “Let It Snow”
Chris Daniels & the K0ings – “Cool Yule”
Bad Brad & the Fat Cats – “I’d Like to Stay (f/Larea Edwards)”
OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
Fierce Bad Rabbit – “Matter of Time”
Matt Skinner Band – “I’ll Keep Loving”
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – “Colorado Christmas”
Big Head Todd & The Monsters – “Please Don’t Tell Her”
Cassie Taylor – “No Ring Blues”
Yawpers – “Sister Mary”
Signal Path – “Wolf Cry (feat Relic Secure)”
Brad Goode – “All Fall Down”
12.16.13
Scott Von – “Long Gone”
Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s – “Quiet As A Mouse”
Trace Bundy – “Porch Swing”
Hazel Miller – “Time To Reconcile”
Brendan McKinney – “Jimmy Rain Split Town”
Radius – “There She Goes”
Dusty Hughes – “Waiting For You”
Johnny O Band – “Wrapped Up In Love Again”
Jude Johnstone – “Hard Lessons”
Angie Mattson – “Drive”
Stoned Emotion – “Love”
Jenn Lane – “River Of Truth”
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Click through for this week’s Top Sellers
Top Local Sellers – Albums & Downloads
Neil Young’s Live at the Cellar Door, released last week on Reprise, was in first place at Twist & Shout, Five Finger Death Punch’s latest effort, The Wrong Side of Heaven & the Righteous Side Of Hell, Vol. 2, moved back to the top at Independent Records and Childish Gambino was first at Albums on the Hill.
ALBUMS ON THE HILL
01. Childish Gambino – Because the Internet
02. Jeff Brinkman Band – Strange
03. Elephant Revival – These Changing Skies
04. Billie Joe & Norah – Foreverly
05. Arcade Fire – Reflektor
06. Puscifer – What is…Puscifer
07. Cut Copy – Free Your Mind
08. Chvrches – The Bones Of What You Believe
09. Protest the Hero – Volition
10. Kurt Vile – Deluxe Daze (Post Haze)
INDEPENDENT RECORDS
01. Five Finger Death Punch – The Wrong Side of Heaven & the Righteous Side Of Hell, Vol. 2
02. Childish Gambino – Because the Internet
03. R. Kelly – Black Panties
04. E-40 – Vol. 5 Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil
05. Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP 2
06. Lorde – Pure Heroine
07. R Kelly – Black Panties
08. Hopsin – Knock Madness
09. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – Art of War III
10. In This Moment – Blood
TWIST & SHOUT
01. Neil Young – Live at the Cellar Door
02. Billie Joe & Norah – Foreverly
03. Arcade Fire – Reflektor
04. 7 Days of Funk – 7 Days of Funk
05. Childish Gambino – Because the Internet
06. Various Artists – Inside Llewyn Davis Soundtrack
07. Lorde – Pure Heroine
08. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
09. Tedeschi Trucks Band – Made Up Mind
10. Nick Lowe – Quality Street
BEATPORT.COM
01. Martin Garrix – “Wizard”
02. Mako – “Beam”
03. Nicky Romero – “Rip it Up”
04. Pryda – “Lycka”
05. Henry Fong – “Requiem”
06. Ten Walls – “Requiem”
07. Juliet Sikora – “Set it Off”
08. Sander Van Doorn – “Neon”
09. Ummet Ozcan – “Revolution”
10. Thomas Schumacher – “Hush”
RELATED LINKS
Angelo’s
Black & Read
Atomic Records (formerly Cheapo Discs)
Vinyl Collective