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#COMUSIC TOP 30 JULY 2025

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Every week I survey more than a dozen Colorado community/public and college stations, including Colorado Playlist spins on respective stations. The weekly survey period runs from midnight Sunday through the following Saturday. 

The monthly survey period runs from the first week ending with a Saturday through the last week ending with a Saturday.  Titles are linked to its respective YouTube page.

Titles are tracked from the date of release of the first single from an LP/EP, for twelve months. Example: DOR = DEC 2023. I stopped tracking it in NOV 2024 (twelve months).

KAFM, KBUT, KCSU, KDNK, KDUR, KFFR, KOTO, KSJD, KSUT, KRFC, KRZA and KVNF are surveyed via Spinitron, offering search functions for artists to track airplay on over three hundred stations and programs around the country.

LP = album (5 or more songs)
EP = extended play (3-5 songs)
SP = single play (1-2 songs)
(*) = No longer lives in Colorado, but counted as long as they got their career started here or there is some other reason to include them. 
(**) = serviced to media in Colorado by Rocky Mountain Music Network, LLC

(D) = DEBUT IN TOP 30
(R) = REENTER TOP 30

You’re most likely to hear Colorado music on one of three stations along the Northern Front Range: Indie 102.3, 105.5 The Colorado Sound and 88.9 KRFC. Their HOT SPINS are listed below.

TOP 30 JULY 2025
SURVEY PERIOD
118 titles tracked

(1) 1. the LUMINEERS – Automatic LP Jan-25
(D) 2. HOLOGRAPHIC AMERICAN – The Grace of Animals LP Oct-24
(9) 3. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – Kill the Architect LP Mar-25
(D) 4. POVI – Ritual SP Apr-25
(8) 5. THE VELVETEERS – A Million Knives LP Oct-24
(4) 6. LEFTOVER SALMON – Let’s Party About It LP Mar-25
(D) 7. THE DIRTY TURKEYS – Cowboy Caravan LP Apr-25
(D) 8. STILLHOUSE JUNKIES – The Ballad of Charlie Avalon LP Mar-25
(D) 9. KEENAN TREVON – haha (feat. Skizzy Mars) SP Mar-25
(D) 9. SWEET VIRGINIA – I Don’t Know / Redman / Mr Wright SP Jun-25
(D) 10. ZOE BERMAN – Fast Forward / Vitamin D SP Apr-25
(D) 11. AHJZAE DALLAS – Kill My Paranoia EP Dec-24
(D) 11. AHJZAE DALLAS – Turning Heads SP May-25
(D) 11. KEENAN TREVON – babygirl (demo) SP Apr-25
(R) 12. ROOTBEER RICHIE & THE REVEILLE – Never Needed Me LP Oct-24
(D) 13. CITRA – Long Way Around SP Jun-25
(14) 14. SOUR MAGIC – Silver Sands SP May-25
(18) 15. DEAD PIONEERS – PO$T AMERICAN SP Jan-25
(19) 15. DELTA SONICS – Concrete Hotel LP Jan-25
(7) 16. A.J. FULLERTON – Magnetic Light LP Feb-25
(18) 16. TENNIS – Face Down in The Garden LP Feb-2
(D) 17. BIG GIGANTIC – Fluorescence LP Jun-25
(D) 17. KYLE HOLLINGSWORTH – All We Are SP Jun-25
(D) 17. TAYLOR SHAE – American Dream SP May-25
(D) 17. THE RIVER ARKANSAS – Tin Years LP Apr-25
(R) 18. 2MX2 – Dale SP Nov-24
(D) 18. ANDY EPPLER – Valley of the Sin Eaters EP Jun-25
(D) 18. ASH REDHORSE & THE MIDNIGHT SUNS – Songs of Sirens LP Apr-25
(R) 18. BARBARA – So This Is Living LP Mar-25
(R) 18. THE CROOKED RUGS – Hear & Now LP Oct-24
(D) 18. ROB DRABKIN – City Lights & Country Sides LP Mar-25
(12) 18. THE GROCERY STORY – Situation on Isle #3 LP Oct-24

88.9 KRFC (Fort Collins / NoCO) – 42 titles tracked
(2) 1. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – Kill the Architect LP Mar-25
(5) 2. DEAD PIONEERS – PO$T AMERICAN SP Jan-25
(D) 3. SWEET VIRGINIA – I Don’t Know / Redman / Mr Wright SP Jun-25
(D) 4. ASH REDHORSE & THE MIDNIGHT SUNS – Songs of Sirens LP Apr-25
(6) 5. LEFTOVER SALMON – Let’s Party About It LP Mar-25
(1) 6. THE GROCERY STORY – Situation on Isle #3 LP Oct-24
(4) 7. CHRISTINE ALICE – Wood, Strings & Simple Things LP Feb-25
(R) 8. LEASHY – Pump the Bellows SP May-25
(3) 9. A.J. FULLERTON – Magnetic Light LP Feb-25
(8) 9. CHARLIE STEVENS – Tomorrow Starts Today LP Apr-25
(D) 9. SOUR MAGIC – The Hive LP May-25

INDIE 102.3 (Denver) – 8 titles tracked
(R) 1. the LUMINEERS – Automatic LP Jan-25
(D) 2. HOLOGRAPHIC AMERICAN – The Grace of Animals LP Oct-24
(D) 3. POVI – Ritual SP Apr-25
(R) 4. THE VELVETEERS – A Million Knives LP Oct-24
(D) 5. KEENAN TREVON – haha (feat. Skizzy Mars) SP Mar-25
(D) 6. AHJZAE DALLAS – Kill My Paranoia EP Dec-24
(D) 6. AHJZAE DALLAS – Turning Heads SP May-25
(D) 6. KEENAN TREVON – babygirl (demo) SP Apr-25

105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND (Greeley / NoCO) – 32 titles tracked
(2) 1.  BARBARA – So This Is Living LP Mar-25
(D) 1. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – Kill the Architect LP Mar-25
(D) 1. QUESO RA – Glass SP May-25
(R) 2. BISON BONE – Lean EP Apr-25
(R) 2. CHEROKEE SOCIAL – Lakota SP Oct-24
(R) 2. FLUTTER – Standing On A Corner SP Apr-25
(2) 2. JUNIPER BLUE – Stick Around SP Apr-25
(D) 2. LOLITA – My Head f. DMD the Producer SP Feb-25
(1) 2. N3PTUNE – WMD SP Feb-25
(D) 2. NATHANIEL RILEY – Hands SP Apr-25
(2) 2. ROOTBEER RICHIE & THE REVEILLE – Never Needed Me LP Oct-24
(D) 2. SOUR MAGIC – The Hive LP May-25

KAFM, KBUT, KDNK, KDUR, KFFR, KOTO, KRZA, KSJD, KSUT, KVNF – 49 titles tracked
(1) 1. LEFTOVER SALMON – Let’s Party About It LP Mar-25
(D) 2. STILLHOUSE JUNKIES – The Ballad of Charlie Avalon LP Mar-25
(2) 3. the LUMINEERS – Automatic LP Jan-25
(4) 4. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – Kill the Architect LP Mar-25
(D) 5. CloZee & LSDREAM LSZEE: ENIGMA MIXTAPE LP Jun-25
(3) 6. A.J. FULLERTON – Magnetic Light LP Feb-25
(5) 7. BIG RICHARD – Girl Dinner LP Sep-24
(D) 7. CLAY STREET UNIT – Where Have You Gone / Let’s Get Stoned SP Apr-25
(7) 7. DAVID STARR – Must Be Blue LP Feb-25

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The Colorado Sound S9|EP40 2015

I spend my days listening to music from here in Colorado.  I am frequently blown away.  Lately it’s been new releases from Megan Burtt and Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, both of which deserve plenty of national attention and one of which is.

night sweatsThis weekend I got into a conversation about the state of Colorado music – and talk got around to Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and how they just landed at #1 on the Billboard Adult Alternative singles chart.  A brilliant song + #1 Billboard chart action => ?Grammy nomination??  …can you name each of the Grammy nominees and winners from Colorado the past several years?  It’s a pretty impressive list that includes Gerald Albright, Dianne Reeves, Chris Daniels, Pretty Lights, Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic) and the Lumineers.  

chrisdanielsthekings3Big Birthday Hugs to my pal Chris Daniels who posted over the weekend that “…FUNKY TO THE BONE is nominated for 4 different Grammys in the 58th Grammy Awards! It is the preliminary round – but we are up for BEST BLUES ALBUM Category 49! There are 143 artists in that category like Buddy Guy, Robert Cray and on an on — so making it to an actual nomination is going to be pretty impossible – but hey – I’m alive and that’s a miracle in and of itself – …”

Chris Forsythe, age 42, a lifelong resident of the Colorado Springs area, passed away suddenly on October 14, 2015 at his home. He was a sound engineer for the Black Sheep, a musician, a father, son, brother, uncle and friend to the music community of Colorado.  More info.

Speaking of spending my days listening to Colorado music …I listen a lot in my car and at the gym via my Verizon data plan to The Colorado Sound Live365 … based on the most heard tracks the past 30 days it seems like (if you’re listening) it’s during the morning mix set .. which is heavy on the classics.  If you’d like less “old” / more “new,” with more snap-crackle-pop then listen noon-6PM … at 6PM it’s the Jazz Dinner time … at night it gets edgier.

KCMJ logoBeginning Saturday Oct 24, The Colorado Sound will be presented on KCMJ in Colorado Springs.  The show will air from 3PM-5PM on Saturdays.  KCMJ is currently only streaming; they’re working on raising the remaining $10K needed to erect a tower, purchase a transmitter etc. to get on the FM dial at 93.9FM.

That brings The Colorado Sound up to 60 hours of programming a week, aired on 39 frequencies.

KUNC 2The KUNC Colorado Music Spotlight OCT 20-23  

  • Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids
  • Eldren
    • Tuesday 10: 20 am & 11:20 pm
    • Wednesday 12:20 pm
    • Thursday 11:20 am & 9:20 pm
    • Friday 1:20 pm
    • 91.5FM Northern Front Range/Denver
    • 91.7FM Denver, Golden
    • 102.7FM Boulder
    • online at KUNC.org

VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK

I’ve been waiting for a new Dressy Bessy with anticipation for a while now.  They have a new album due out on February 5, 2016 on Yep Roc Records called Kingsized.  This is the first single … Lady Liberty.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY

The Colorado Sound is supported by listener donations, and by local businesses and organizations.  Sponsorship opportunities are very limited.  If you have an organization or business that would like a bit more statewide exposure during the upcoming holiday season please contact me at thecoloradosound@gmail.com for more information.

mishawakaThe Colorado Sound is supported by the Mishawaka Amphitheater … and yes, they have shows year round … during the cold months indoor in the SpokesBUZZ lounge … see www.themishawaka.com for upcoming events.

SpokesBuzz Fort Collins logoThe Colorado Sound SUPPORTS SpokesBUZZ … a Colorado 501C3 non-profit dedicated to supporting the global visibility of Colorado sound and culture and to developing the professionalism of our local artists.  More info atwww.SpokesBUZZ.org

PLAYLIST S9|EP40 2015

HOUR 1

Townes Van Zandt “Colorado Girl” from Townes Van Zandt (1969)
Judy Collins “Someday Soon” from The Very Best of Judy Collins (2001)
(N) Post Paradise “Generator” from Bring It To Life (Side A) (2015)
Andy Palmer “Good Son” from Hazard of the Die (2013)
Mosey West “Old Stone” from Bermuda (2014)
Beki Hemingway “Lay It Down” from I Have Big Plans for the World (2013)
Drag the River “Not That Kind” from Drag The River (2013)
Elephant Revival “Shadows Past” from Sands of Now (2015)
(D) The Fremonts “How Often” from The Fremonts EP (2015) 
Acoustic Junction “The Wind” from Acoustic Junction (1995)
Rose Quartz “Leaving Now” from Axis of Love (2015)
Chip Stephens Trio “Cookin’ At the Continental” from Hold On to What Counts (2007)

HOUR 2

Chris Daniels & the Kings “Not Dead Yet” from Is My Love Enough (1993)
Electric Swingset “Inebriated Witch Doctor” from Inebriated Witchdoctor (1996)
(N) Liz Barnez “If I Had A Gun” from Welcome Back (2015)
Haunted Windchimes “Out With the Crow” from Out With The Crow (2012)
(N) Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band featuring Erica Brown “Next To Me” from Born to Love the Blues (2015)
String Cheese Incident “Song in My Head” from Song In My Head (2015)
(N) Andy Hackbarth “Mountains” from Panorama Motel (2015) 
(N) Eldren “Deathville” from Welcome to Deathville (2015)

In The Whale “Mail” from Full Nelson (2015)
The Knew “Modern Woman” from Schmew (2015)
The Apples in Stereo “Same Old Drag” from New Magnetic Wonder (2007)
Dressy Bessy “Automatic” from HollerandStomp (2008)
Gerald Albright “Slam Dunk” from Slam Dunk (2014)

The Colorado Sound S9 EP35

Late getting this post done.  Busy busy weekend …. my band played Thursday and Sunday evenings, and my wife and I performed at the inaugural RimRock Music & Camping Festival in Conifer.  Got to “sleep in” today LOL … (no, not really) …

I got a pretty cool anthology this week that contains some rare and unreleased cuts from the Monocles / The Higher Elevation called “The Spider, The Fly & the Boogie Man” that came out in 2008 on Denver’s Gear Fab records.  It’s all music from the bands as they emerged from about 1964 to 1967 ,…. good stuff.

The first two The Colorado Sound Presents @ (The Walnut Room) / (Avogadro’s Number) went well.  We’re working on some upcoming pairings at both rooms.  Look for upcoming shows with Danny Shafer and with No Fences among others … Goatz! has also been invited to perform at a new room in Denver, that’s due to “open” for music in October – more on that as it develops, but it seems that this new place will be themed Americana, bluegrass, country, and folk.

I got confirmation this week to do an episode of Offstage Beyond the Music with Bloodshot recording artists the Yawpers … I’ll be sitting down with them in October for a November episode of the series.

Video Pick of the Week

PLAYLIST S9 EP35

Hour 1

Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Bittersweet” from Sister Sweetly (1993)
(N) Finnders & Youngberg “Watch Out for the Blues” from Eat The Moon (2015)
Reed Foehl “Wolves” from Once An Ocean (2009)
Paul Kimbiris “Dark Side of Pearl” from Dark Side of Pearl (2014)
Kerry Pastine & the Crime Scene “Let’s Do This Thing!” from Let’s Do This Thing! (2015)
The Burroughs “My Shining Star” from Sweaty Greeley Soul (2015)
Bobby Walker “Rollin’ Me Back Home” from Feelin’ Good (2013)
Subdudes “Work Clothes” from Street Symphony (2007)
(N) Lara Ruggles “The Dove” from Cynics & Saints (2015) 
Beats Noir! “Talkin and Talkin” from Where the Sun Goes Down (2013)
Ben Markley ~ Clint Ashlock Quintet “The Return” from The Return (2014)

Hour 2

The Higher Elevation “Here Comes Sunshine” from The Spider, The Fly & The Boogie Man (2008)
The Rainy Daze “In My Mind Lives A Forest” from That Acapulco Gold (1967)
(N) Danny Shafer “Barbeque” from Weddings, Floods and Funerals (2015)
String Cheese Incident “Can’t Wait Another Day” from Song In My Head (2015)
Todd Adelman “Right Before You Said Hello” from Highways & Lowways (2015)
Rob Drabkin “Down to Fate” from Little Steps EP (2013)
Edison “Be Someone” from Ghosts (2015)
OneRepublic “I Lived” from Native (2013)
(N) Megan Burtt “Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” from The Bargain (2015) 
(D) No Fences “Bakersfield Drawl” from No Fences (2015)
Drag the River “Wichita Skyline” from Drag The River (2013)
The Knew “Major Nights” from Man Monster (2012)
Aakash Mittal Quartet “Jeeju’s Jeeju” from Ocean (featuring Ron Miles) (2013)