Vintage Vinyl just released its list of best-selling LPs and CDs of 2008. (Physical product? Remember that?) Interesting to see how many local releases -- and how much hip-hop/R&B/rap -- is on the CD list, while how much old (and new) indie rock is on the LP list. Looks like you kids are downloading albums by the new rock bands for free, eh? Top 50 Best-Selling CDs1. Story Of The Year Black Swan
2. Lil Wayne Tha Carter III
3. Ludo You're Awful I Love You
4. Youn
After many delays, the Coachella lineup was finally announced a wee bit ago. The lineup is light on huge reunions -- shocker, the Smiths aren't playing -- but has a few cool surprises. Night one headliner Paul McCartney is preceded by Morrissey and Leonard Cohen. Mr. Cohen is the big surprise/draw, because he's playing his first U.S. shows in fifteen years in 2009. Franz Ferdinand and Conor Oberst are also marquee names. Night two features headliners the Killers (sigh), along with Amy Winehouse,
Every Monday, A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado:
Euclid Records
1. REGINA SPEKTOR: Far
2. DINOSAUR JR.: Farm*
3. ELVIS COSTELLO: Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
4. SUNSET RUBDOWN: Dragonslayer
5. PATTERSOON HOOD: Murdering Oscar
6. BOB DYLAN: Together Through Life*
7. GOD HELP THE GIRL: God Help the GIrl
8. WHITE RABBITS: It's Fri
Every Monday, A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado: Vintage Vinyl:1. MAXWELL: BLACKsummers'night2. MICHAEL JACKSON: Thriller3. MICHAEL JACKSON: Essential Michael Jackson4. MICHAEL JACKSON: Number Ones5. MICHAEL JACKSON: Bad6. MICHAEL JACKSON: Dangerous7. MICHAEL JACKSON: Vol. 1: Greatest Hits8. WILCO: Wilco (The Album)*
9. MICHAEL
Monday, Schmonday: Tonight's a great night for music in St. Louis, if you're feeling adventurous.First, at Off Broadway is a pretty dynamic quadruple bill featuring the Postmarks, Brookville, Pretty Little Empire and Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps. The latter act hails from Minneapolis and is fantastic; I fully expect the band to be opening for someone at the Duck Room or Pageant within the year. Take a listen to its August Daytrotter session, where its literate lyrics, Smith's evocati
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Julie Peel
Where: Off Broadway
With: Joe Purdy
Sounds Like: The crispness of autumn. Songs from Peel's debut, Near the Sun, sigh with winsome acoustic guitars and soft-glow percussion -- and are the perfect gentle accompaniment for her husky alto voice.
RIYL: Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Joni Mitchell, Land of Talk
MP3: Julie Peel, "Unfold"
