In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. Good thing there were so many awesome records available to serve as a soundtrack for exactly that kind of behavior. The ten discs below are just the tip of a very big, very heavy iceberg. Metal seems t
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:
Apop Records
1. Faust -- C'est Com...Com...Complique
2. Voivod -- Infini
3. Faust -- So Far
4. Russian Tsarlag -- Open Casket
5. Crocodiles -- Summer of Hate*
6. Silvester -- Anfang Silvester Anfang 2
7. Cacaw -- Get A Brain
8. V/A: Porno Groove The Sound of 70s Adult Fil
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
