Denver Music Blog

​Slayer's eleventh studio album, World Painted in Blood, released last week on American recordings grabbed the top at Wax Trax for the week ending November 8. Themselves came in second with CrownsDown while the all-star metal band Shrinebuilder grabbed the third spot with its self-titled debut. Jason Molina of Magnolia Electric Co. and Will Johnson of Centro-Matic and South San Gabriel came in fourth with their new collaboration, Molina & Johnson, released last week on Secretly Canadian. See the full breakdown after the jump. 

​Tech N9NE's K.O.D., released last week on Strange Music, nabbed the top spot on Independent Records' charts for the week ending November 1. Michael Jackson's soundtrack to the film This is It and Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 came in at second and third, while Swollen Member's Armed to the Teeth and Z-Ro's Cocaine rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump. 

​Noise rock duo Lightning Bolt grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax with Earthly Delights for the week ending November 1. Investigate Witch Cults of The Radio Age, Broadcast and the Focus Group's collaborative mini-album came in at number two while Shrinebuilder's self-titled debut came in at number three. A Place to Bury Strangers' Exploding Head and Radio 1190's compilation Local Shakedown Vol. 3 round out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump. 

​Sainthood, Tegan & Sara's sixth full length released last week on Sire, nabbed the top spot at Bart's CD Cellar for the week ending November 1. Gov't Mule's latest effort, By a Thread, came in second, Rosanne Cash's The List claimed the third spot, while the Swell Season's Strict Joy and Pink Martini's Splendor in the Grass rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

​By a Thread, Gov't Mule's first album in three years, grabbed the top spot at Twist & Shout for the week ending November 1. Coming in second was the Swell Season with Strict Joy,released last week on Anti while Wolfmother chimed in at number three Cosmic Egg, released last week on Interscope. Tegan & Sara and Rosanne Cash round out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

​The Flaming Lips' new album, Embryonic, was the top seller at Bart's CD Cellar for the week ending October 25, while Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 and Roseanne Cash's The List grabbed the second and third spots. Bob Dylan's new Christmas album and Kevon Edwards's Who Knew rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

​Converge's Axe to Fall, released last week on Epitaph, grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax while the Flaming Lips' Embryonic and Atlas Sound's Logo came in second and third for the week ending October 25. Thao with the Get Down Stay Down's Know Better, Learn Faster and Radio 1190's Local Shakedown Vol. 3 rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

​The Flaming Lips' latest effort, Embryonic, grabbed the spot at Twist & Shout for the second week in row while Flight of the Conchord and Lyle Lovett came in second and third. Monsters of Folk's debut and Shrinebuilder's new self-titled album round out the top five for the week ending October 25. See the full breakdown after the jump.

​German industrial metal band Rammstein nabbed the top spot at Independent Records with Liebe Ist Für Alle Da, the band's sixth studio effort released last week on the Vagrant imprint. Jay-Z, who had been at number one for the last few weeks with Blueprint 3 was knocked down to the second slot while Mario, Five Finger Death Punch and Drake rounded out the top five for the week ending October 25. See the full breakdown after the jump.

​Radio 1190's The Local Shakedown, Vol. 3, a two-CD collection of 41 Colorado bands released last week, topped the charts at Wax Trax, for the week ending October 18. Coming in second was Run Rabbit Run, in which New York-based string quartet Osso reinterprets Sufan Stevens' 2001 album Enjoy Your Rabbit. The Flaming Lips grabbed the third spot with Embryronic, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis' White Lunar, a collection of the duo's film music, came in fourth, while Karen O's soundtrack to the Where the Wild Things Are rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

​The Flaming Lips latest effort, Embryonic, debuted at the number one spot at Bart's CD Cellar for the week ending October 18. Bob Dylan's Christmas in the Heart, released last week on Columbia, came in second and Built to Spill's There Is No Enemy came in third, while the Avett Brothers' I and Love and You and Pearl Jam's Backspacer rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

 

​Jay-Z, who's been dominating Independent's charts for the past two months with The Blueprint 3, was on top again for the week ending October 18. Mario's D.N.A., released last week on J Records, debuted at second while Drake's So Far Gone came in at third. The Flaming Lips' Embryonic and Five Finger Death Punch's War is the Answer rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

​The Flaming Lips' two-disc Embryonic, released last week on Warner Brothers, debuted at the top spot at Twist & Shout for the week ending October 18 while the Monsters of Folk's self-titled debut and Emmitt-Nershi Band's New Country Blues grabbed the second and third slots. Bob Dylan's Christmas in the Heart and Rosanne Cash's List rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump. 

​Canadian twin sisters Tegan & Sara hit the road the last week in October in support of their sixth studio album, Sainthood, which drops on Tuesday, October 27. After European and Canadian dates, the sisters are slated to swing by the Ogden Theatre next year on Sunday, April 4. General admission tickets are $35.25. In the meantime, 30 Seconds to Mars, which features brothers Jared and Shannon Leto, hits the Odgen on Tuesday, December 1, a week before the act's forthcoming album, This is War, hits stores. General admission seats are $25. Finally, Everclear, who just released an album of newly recorded versions of it hits and two new songs, come to the Bluebird Theater on Monday, November 16. Tickets for that one are $23.25 in advance and $26 day of show. All three of these shows go on sale Friday, October 16 at 10 a.m. For a complete list of the most recent shows that have been announced, the ones that are about to go on sale or are already on sale, follow the jump.

​Built to Spill's latest effort, There is No Enemy, released last week on Reprise, grabbed the top spot at Twist and Shout for the week ending October 11. Rosanne Cash's The List, which features some cameos from Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello and Jeff Tweedy, claimed the second slot, while Monsters of Folk, Brandi Carlile and the Avett Brothers rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

​The Avett Brothers' I and Love and You grabbed the top spot at Bart's CD Cellar again for the week ending October 11. Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 and Alice in Chains' Black Gives Way to Blue nabbed the second and third slots while Mariah Carey's Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel and Lil Boosie Superbad rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

​After holding on the top spot for a weeks in a row and then moving down to the fifth spot last week, Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 is back on top at Independent Records for the week ending October 11. Mariah Carey's Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, which grabbed the top spot last week, moved down to the second slot while Ghostface Killah's Wizard of Poetry came in at number three. See the full breakdown after the jump.

​French electronic duo Air grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax with its latest effort, Love 2, which was released last week on Astralwerks. A Place to Bury Strangers' There is No Enemy and Built to Spill's There is No Enemy, both issued last week, nabbed the second on third slots, while New Model Army and the Avett Brothers rounded out the top five, for the week ending October 11. See the full breakdown after the jump.

​The Avett Brothers' I and Love and You, released last week on American Recordings, grabbed the top spot at Bart's CD Cellar for the week ending October 4. Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 and Alice in Chains' Black Gives Way to Blue nabbed the second and third slots while Mariah Carey's Memoirs of an Imperfect Angels and Trick Daddy's Finally Famous rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

​Mariah Carey's Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, released last week on Island, grabbed the top spot at Independent Records for the week ending October 4. Black Give Way to Blue, Alice in Chain's first album with new singer William DuVall, and Dethklok's Dethalbum II claimed the second and third slots, while Fiver Finger Death Punch's War is the Answer and Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

​The Avett Brothers grabbed the top spot at Twist & Shout for the week ending October 4 with their latest effort, I and Love and You. Black Gives Way to Blue, the first new Alice in Chains recording in fourteen year, came in second while new releases by Monsters of Folk, Barbara Streisand and Rodrigo y Gabriela rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

​Stoner rockers Om grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax for the week ending October 4 with their latest effort, God is Good, released last week on Drag City. Muse's The Resistance and Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 came in second and third while Karen O & the Kids' soundtrack to Where The Wild Things Are and Melvins' new Ipecac release, Chicken Switch, round out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

​Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 was Independent Records' top seller for the third week in row and Five Finger Death Punch's War is the Answer, released last week on Prospect Park, and Pearl Jam's Backspacer nabbed the second and the third slots. Brand New's latest effort, Daisy, and Lil Boosie's Superbad: The Return of Boosie rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

​Monsters of Folk, which features M. Ward, My Morning Jacket's Jim James, and Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, grabbed the top spot at Twist & Shout with their self-titled debut. Pearl Jam's Backspacer, and Mark Knopfler's Get Lucky came in second and third while Brand New, Muse and Brother Ali rounded out the top five for the week ending September 27. See the full breakdown after the jump.

​Backspacer, Pearl Jam's ninth studio effort, grabbed the top spot while David Gray's Draw the Line and Mark Knopfler's Get Lucky nabbed the second and third slots at Bart's CD Cellar for the week ending September 27. Monsters of Folk (M. Ward, Jim James, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis) and Stephen Kellog & the Sixers rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

Muse's The Resistance, released last week on Warner Bros., debuted at the top spot on Twist & Shout's top seller list for the week ending September 20. Mark Knopfler's latest effort, Get Lucky, and Rodrigo y Gabriela's new release, 11:11, grabbed the second and third slots respectively while Porcupine Tree and Pearl Jam rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3, the rapper's follow-up to his two previous Blueprint albums, nabbed the first slot on Independent's top sellers list for the week ending September 20. Kid Cudi's latest effort, Man on the Moon and Lil Boosie's Superbad came in second and third while Drake and Megadeth rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

Mark Knopfler's sixth studio album Get Lucky, released last week on Warner Bros., nabbed the top spot at Bart's CD Cellar in Boulder while Muse's latest effort, The Resistance, debuted at the second slot for the week ending September 20. The String Cheese Incident keyboardist Kyle Hollingsworth grabbed the number three slot with his second solo album, Then There's Now, released last week on the Boulder-based SCI Fidelity imprint. New albums by Phish and Black Crowes rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

​Joy, Phish's eleventh studio album and first release in five years, nabbed the top spot at Bart's CD Cellar while six Beatles re-issues (including Abbey Road, Sgt. Pepper's and the Stereo Box Set) dominated the store's top ten for the week ending September 13. Yo La Tengo's latest, effor, Popular Songs, came in third while Artic Monkeys and Yonder Mountain String Band round out the top ten. See the full breakdown after the jump.