Matthew Sweet is playing tonight at the Duck Room. We'll have a review tomorrow. (P.S. I'm going to freak out if he plays "Superdeformed" tonight. Just saying.) Also -- go check out this random blog I found that posted an entire set of Altered Beast demos for you to stream and download. And you can get the second part of those demos, right here at this random Cleveland blog called Addicted to Vinyl.
"Sick of Myself""Cinnamon Girl" (Neil Young, with Susanna Hoffs)
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
Every Monday (Tuesday this week -- sorry, Warped Tour), 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. SON VOLT: American Central Dust
2. WILCO: Wilco (The Album)*
3. LEVON HELM: Electric Dirt
4. FIERY FURNACES: I'm Going Away
5. MATTHEW SWEET/SUSANNA HOFFS: Under the Covers, Vol. 2
6. REGINA SPEKTOR: Far
7. DIRTY PROJEC
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. Bottle Rockets: Lean Forward*
2. Wilco: Wilco The Album*
3. Son Volt: American Central Dust
4. Matthew Sweet/Susanna Hoffs: Under The Covers Volume 2
5.Willie Nelson: Lost Highway*
6. Yim Yames (Jim James) Tribute To George Harrison
7. Green Day: 21rst Cen
In June, power-pop darlings Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs released the second volume in their covers series. Under the Covers, Vol. 2 focuses on the '70s -- which means the album spans prog (Yes' "I've Seen All Good People"), sappy folk (Carly Simon's "You're So Vain"), power-pop (the Raspberries "Go All the Way") and rock royalty (Tom Petty's "Here Comes My Girl"). Sweet rocked the Duck Room in June -- and Hoffs is playing the Illinois State Fair this weekend in Springfield with the Bangles -
Every Monday, A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. (Vintage Vinyl will be added once it arrives!) An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado:
Euclid Records
1. Bottle Rockets: Lean Forward*
2. Arctic Monkeys: Humbug
3. Modest Mouse - No One's First, And You're Next
4. Matthew Sweet/Susanna Hoffs - Under The Covers Vol.2
5. Son Volt: American Central Dust*
6. Mew: No More