Nine-time Grammy winner John Legend will headline the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on Thursday, November 21, as part of his twenty-city Made to Love tour. Reserved tickets ($49.50-$89.50) go on sale Saturday, July 27, at 10 a.m. Keep reading to see what other shows are on sale, what local songs are being played on the radio, and the top album sellers locally.
See also:
– New shows: Passion Pit, Umphrey’s McGee and Tech N9ne
– New shows: KBPI’s Locura Festival, Thirty Seconds to Mars
– New shows: Foxygen, Heavyweight Dub Champion and Salt-N-Pepa
After a two-year hiatus, the Black Crowes kick off their Lay Down With Number 13 tour, which stops at the Ogden Theatre for three shows, including Wednesday, November 13, Friday, November 15, and Saturday, November 16, as well as a show at the Boulder Theater on Monday, November 11. Tickets for all shows are $55 and go on sale on Saturday, July 27, at 10 a.m.
NEW SHOWS / ON SALE DATES
Icon for Hire: Thu., Oct. 3, 6 p.m., $10/$12.
Kung Fu Vampire: With Gritty, Draztik, Yoshi, Mr. Grey, Aphotic, Bolimic, Hex Rated, Wed., Aug. 14, 7 p.m., $12/$14.
Built to Spill: With Slam Dunk, Genders, Thu., Oct. 17, 7 p.m., $22.50/$25.
The Black Crowes: Mon., Nov. 11, 8 p.m., $55.
Joey Porter’s Funk Throwdown: Featuring Joey Porter (Motet/Juno What?!), Nigel Hall (Lettuce/Nigel Hall Band), Dominic Lalli (Big Gigantic), Nikki Glaspie (Dumstaphunk), Garrett Sayers (Motet), Dan Schwindt (Kyle Hollingsworth Band) and Gabe Mervine (Motet), Fri., Aug. 16, 8:30 p.m., $18/$20.
OTT: With Filastine and Anomie Belle, Sat., Sept. 14, 7 p.m., $22/$25.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band: Thu., Sept. 12, 7 p.m., $20-$40.
John Legend: Thu., Nov. 21, 7 p.m., $49.50-$89.50.
A Day to Remember: With All Time Low and Pierce the Veil, Wed., Sept. 11, 6:30 p.m., $29.95-$38.50.
Blockhead: With Little People, Sat., Oct. 26, 8:30 p.m., $15/$17.
The Magic Beans: With the Malah, Fri., Oct. 4, 8:30 p.m., $13/$15.
Policulture: With P-Nuckle, Fri., Aug. 16, 8:30 p.m., $10.
West Water Outlaws: Sat., Nov. 2, 8:30 p.m., $12/$15.
Ben Rector: With Tyrone Wells, Sun., Sept. 29, 8 p.m., $20.75.
DJ Shadow: Thu., Sept. 26, 9 p.m., $30.
Greensky Bluegrass: With Fruition, Fri., Nov. 15, 9 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 16, 9 p.m., $22/2-day pass $30.
Jay Brannan: Sat., Nov. 9, 9 p.m., $12.50/$15.
ON AN ON: Thu., Sept. 19, 9 p.m., $10/$12.
PAPA: Sat., Oct. 5, $12/$15.
Supersuckers: With Holley 750, Thu., Oct. 10, 9 p.m., $13/$15.
Surfer Blood: Wed., Oct. 16, 9 p.m., $17.50.
Widowspeak: Sun., Oct. 27, 9 p.m., $10.75/$12.
You Me & Apollo: With Tumbleweed Wanderers, Fri., Aug. 16, 9 p.m., $10/$12.
Baywood: Fri., Sept. 6, $12/$15.
Guitar Wolf: With the Coathangers and Coward, Sun., Oct. 6, 7:30 p.m., $14-$16.
Leftmore (album release): Sat., Aug. 17, 7 p.m., $8/$10.
Monster Magnet: With Zodiac, Sat., Nov. 16, $20/$22.
Moving Units: With Some Ember, Tue., Sept. 17, $12/$14.
Riot Fest Pre-Party: With Authority Zero, Boldtype, Allout Helter and Self Service, Thu., Sept. 19, $12/$15.
Trapdoor Social: With Syke 96 and SR3, Sat., Aug. 10, $8/$10.
Kung Fu Vampire: Thu., Aug. 15, 9 p.m., $12/$14.
MOON ROOM AT THE SUMMIT MUSIC HALL
Douglas & the Furs: Thu., Aug. 15, $5/$7.
The Black Crowes: Wed., Nov. 13, 9 p.m.; Fri., Nov. 15, 9 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 16, 9 p.m., $55.
Cher Lloyd: With Fifth Harmony, Wed., Sept. 18, 8 p.m., $28.
Papadosio: Fri., Oct. 4, 9 p.m., $20.
KMFDM: With Chant, Wed., Oct. 23, 7 p.m., $26/$28.
Trivium: With DevilDriver, After the Burial, Sylosis, Sat., Oct. 12, $25/$28.
Acoustic Eidolon: Fri., Dec. 13, 8 p.m., $18.
Daniel Martin Moore: Sat., Sept. 28, 8 p.m., $20.
The Melodians: Sat., Aug. 17, 8 p.m., $18.
The Patti Fiasco: With Feufollet and Grant Farm, Thu., Oct. 3, 8 p.m., $10.
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.
7.21.13
Fierce Bad Rabbit – “You”
Swayback – “What Death Cares About”
Foot – “Dark Dark Ways”
Wiredogs – “I Knew Me”
Portrait – “Billy the Kid”
Knew – “What’s Hip”
Ivory Drive – “Breath of the Victory March”
Gregory Alan Isakov – “Suitcase Full of Sparks”
Inoculate – “Celebrity”
Five Day Rhetoric – “Tear Gas”
Cascade Kinzie – “Weary Soul”
Maddy Ellwanger – “Hypocrite”
7.20.13
The Astronauts – “Baja”
The Rainy Daze – “That Acapulco Gold”
Rick Roberts – “In My Own Small Way”
SHEL – “When The Dragon Came Down”
String Cheese Incident – “Tinder Box”
Lisa Bell – “Bring the Love”
Foxfield Four – “Weatherman (feat. Mathenee)”
The ReMinders – “Africa On My Mind”
Flobots – “The Rose and the Thistle”
Head for The Hills – “Never Does”
Rob Roper – “Me”
I’m With Her – “Gonna Be Sad”
Ryan Chrys – “The Road Never Ends”
Jonny Barber & the Living Deads – “Rockaway Beach”
Brad Goode – “St. Louis Blues”
Chris Daniels – “Better Days”
Chris Daniels & the Kings – “Roadhouse Music”
Fierce Bad Rabbit – “Shine A Light”
Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – “The Only Thing I Like”
Churchill – “The Surgeon”
Cassie Taylor – “Out of My Mind”
Beki Hemingway – “Lose My Mind”
Idlewhile Band – “Dragonfly”
Electric Swingset – “Inebriated Witchdoctor”
The Samples – “Wild River”
Selina Albright – “Why Does Life”
Beats Noir! – “Talkin and Talkin”
El Toro de la Muerte – “Dancer”
GogoLab – “Honey Trap”
7.21.13
Aimie Laws – “The Easiest Thing”
Jenn Cleary – “Sun Don’t Shine”
Clare – “Listen”
Marie Hines – “Wrapped Up In Love”
A Melodic Daydream – “Stand Alone”
Erica Brown – “Never Found A Man”
Sarah Packiam – “Goodbye Lonely Me”
Jude Johnstone – “It’s Gonna Take A While”
Angie Mattson – “Drive”
Jill Stevenson – “Believe”
Julia Bryan and The Last Flight Out – “Hurricane”
Laurie Dameron – “Bedroom Eyes”
Liza Oxnard – “Sweet Talkin’ Lovin'”
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Top Local Sellers – Albums & Downloads
Jay-Z’s Magna Carta…Holy Grail the number one spot again at Independent Records while Gregory Alan Isakov’s The Weatherman was on top at Albums on the Hill, The Pet Shop Boys’ Electric, released last week on x2 Recordings, debuted at the first slot at Twist and Shout and Pretty Light’s A Color Map of the Sun came in first at Wax Trax.
ALBUMS ON THE HILL
01. Gregory Alan Isakov – The Weatherman
02 Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
03. Cassie Taylor – Out of My Mind
04. Slightly Stoopid – Top of the World
05. Thundercat – Apocalypse
06. Rose Windows – The Sun Dogs
07. Mount Kimbie – Cold Spring Fault Less Youth
08. Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire
09. Sigur Ros – Kveikur
10. Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite – Get Up!
INDEPENDENT RECORDS
01. Jay-Z – Magna Carta…Holy Grail
02. Ace Hood – Trials & Tribulations
03. Wale – The Gifted
04. ¡Mayday! – Believers
05. J. Cole – Born Sinner
06. Lil Wayne – I Am Not a Human Being II
07. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
08. Kanye West – Yeezus
09. Black Sabbath – 13
10. Ciara – Ciara
TWIST & SHOUT
01. Pet Shop Boys – Electric
02. Gregory Alan Isakov – The Weatherman
03. Robert Randolph & the Family Band – Lickety Split
04. Jay-Z – Magna Carta…Holy Grail
05. Mayer Hawthorne – Where Does This Door Go
06. Pretty Lights – A Color Map of the Sun
07. Jason Isbell – Southeastern
08. The National – Trouble Will Find Me
09. DeVotchKa – Live With the Colorado Symphony
10. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
WAX TRAX
01. Pretty Lights – A Color Map of the Sun
02. Boards of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest
03. The National – Trouble Will Find Me
04. Queens of the Stoneage – …Like Clockwork
05. Kanye West – Yeezus
06. Oblivians – Desperation
07. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
08. Public Image Ltd. – First Issue (Reissue)
09. Skinny Puppy – Weapon
10. Man or Astroman? – Defcon 54321
BEATPORT.COM
01. Martin Garrix – “Animals”
02. Sultan, Ned Shepard – “No Good”
03. Lil Jon, Alvaro – “Welcome to the Jungle”
04. Purple Disco Machine – “My House”
05. Josh Butler, Pleasurekraft – “Got a Feeling”
06. Hardwell – “Three Triangles”
07. Paris & Simo, 3LAU – “Escape”
08. David Guetta, Glowinthedark – “Ain’t a Party”
09. Michael Woods – “Clanga”
10. MAKJ -“Springen”
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