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
Indie-rock slackers Pavement -- who, like the Pixies, arguably seem to be more popular now than when they were together -- are reuniting in 2010, according to blog Brooklynvegan. Pitchfork notes a September show at Central Park's Summerstage next year as the first confirmed date. (Vocalist Stephen Malkmus, as you'll remember, drew a pretty disappointing crowd to the Pageant last November.)I've never been a huge Pavement fan, although I own a bunch of albums and have been trying for years to get