New releases from DeVotchKa, The Frantix, Nicki Minaj top sellers locally this week

DeVotchKa's excellent 100 Lovers, released last week on Anti, debuted at number one at both Albums on the Hill and Twist & Shout and rounded out the top five at Wax Trax. Two Rick Kulwicki-related releases, meanwhile, The Frantix's My Dad's a Fuckin' Alcoholic and the Fluid's Purplemetalflakemusic, took the...

By Jon Solomon

March 8, 2011

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DeVotchKa's excellent 100 Lovers, released last week on Anti, debuted at number one at both Albums on the Hill and Twist & Shout and rounded out the top five at Wax Trax. Two Rick Kulwicki-related releases, meanwhile, The Frantix's My Dad's a Fuckin' Alcoholic and the Fluid's Purplemetalflakemusic, took the top two spots at Wax Trax, while Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday inched back up to the top at Independent Records. Click through for the full breakdown.

Top Sellers - 3/6/11

ALBUMS ON THE HILL

01. DeVotchKa - 100 Lover
02. Big Head Todd & the Monsters - Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
03. Veronica - Emerging From Troubled Days
04. Adele - 21
05. Deadmau5 - 4x4=12
06. Sean Rowe - Magic
07. ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Tao of the Dead
08. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
09. Lucinda Williams - Blessed
10. Middle Brother - Middle Brother

INDEPENDENT RECORDS

01. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday
02. Wiz Khalifa - Black & Yellow
03.Marsha Ambrosius - Late Nights and Early Mornings
04. Adele - 21
05.T.I. - No Mercy
06. Dropkick Murphys - Going Out in Style
07. Dirtball - Nervous System
Eminem - Recovery
09. Waka Flocka Flame - FlockavelliEP
10. Cee-Lo Green - Lady Killer

TWIST & SHOUT

01. DeVotchKa - 100 Lovers
02. Slim Cessna's Auto Club - Unentitled
03. Adele - 21
04. Lucinda Williams - Blessed
05. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
06. Drive-By Truckers - Go-Go Boots
07. Big Head Blues Club - 100 Years of Robert Johnson
08. The Decemberists - The King is Dead
09. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will
10. Hayes Carll - Kmag Yoyo

WAX TRAX

01. The Frantix - My Dad's a Fuckin' Alcoholic
02. The Fluid - purplemetalflakemusic
03. OFF! - First Four EPs
04. Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs. Evil
05. Akron/Family - S/T II
06. DeVotchKa - 100 Lovers
07. Dirtbombs - Party Store
08. Various Artists - Rocky Mountain Low
09. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will
10. Bright Eyes - The People's Key

BEATPORT.COM

01. Fedde Le Grand - "Control Room" (original mix)
02. Gabriel Rocha - "Drunken Russian" (DJ PP edit)
03. Richard Dinsdale - "DJ, You've Got My Love" (original club mix)
04. Mark Knight - "Yalta Groove" (original club mix)
05. NiCe7 - "Point" (original mix)
06. Stefano Noferini - "Kids" (original club mix)
07. Pete Griffiths & Ant Brooks - "Filtered" (original club mix)
08. ATFC - "Tropicana" (original club mix)
09. Paul Thomas - "Ultraviolet" (original club mix)
10. Funkagenda - "Budgie" (original club mix)

RELATED LINKS
Angelo's
Black & Red
Atomic Records (formerly Cheapo Discs)
Vinyl Collective
Jerry's Record Exchange

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