MGMT, Manchester Orchestra, Roky Erickson and Other Top Sellers at Local Record Stores

Here's a look at what's selling this week at local record stores.MGMT's Congratulations holds steady with several number one spots, Record Store Day exclusives manage to still be selling well, especially at Revolver Records, even several weeks after Record Store Day, and comedian Brian Posehn makes an appearance on Zia's...

By Sarah Ventre

May 4, 2010

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Here's a look at what's selling this week at local record stores.

MGMT's Congratulations holds steady with several number one spots, Record Store Day exclusives manage to still be selling well, especially at Revolver Records, even several weeks after Record Store Day, and comedian Brian Posehn makes an appearance on Zia's charts, probably in anticipation of his upcoming performance at the Tempe Improv.

Hoodlums Music and Movies

1. MGMT - Congratulations

2. Manchester Orchestra - Live at Park Ave. EP
3. Roky Erickson with Okkervil River - True Love Cast Out All Evil
4. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
5. Mason Jennings - Live at Figerprints
6. Ozomatli - Fire Away
7. Gogol Bordello - Trans-Continental Hustle
8. Broken Bells - Broken Bells
9. The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You
10. Johnny Cash - American VI: Ain't No Grave

Revolver Records

1. Flaming Lips - Dark Side of the Moon
2. Jimi Hendrix - Live At Clark University
3. Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds - Squirm
4. Soundgarden - Hunted Down
5. Rolling Stones - Plundered My Soul
6. MGMT - Congratulations
7. Roky Erickson with Okkervil River - True Love Cast Out All Evil
8. Sonic Youth - Evol
9. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - I Learned The Hard Way
10. Eddie Detroit - Immortal Gods

Stinkweeds Record Exchange

1. MGMT - Congratulations
2. Trans Am - Thing
3. Dr. Dog - Shame, Shame
4. Plants and Animals - La La Land
5. Caribou - Swim
6. Frog Eyes - Paul's Tomb: A Triumph
7. Gogol Bordello - Trans-Continental Hustle
8. Mono - Holy Ground: NYC Live
9. Lali Puna - Our Inventions
10. Apples In Stereo - Travellers in Space and Time

Zia - Phoenix

1. E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift
1. E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift
2. B.o.B. Presents - The Adventures of Bobby Ray
3. Ludacris - Battle of the Sexes
4. MGMT - Congratulations
5. Murs & 9th Wonder - Fornever
6. Gucci Mane - Burrprint Mixtape
7. Cypress Hill - Rise Up
8. Kurupt - Streetlights
9. Little Brother - Leftback
10. Devin the Dude - Suite #420

Zia Records - Tempe

1. Gogol Bordello - Trans-Continental Hustle
2. Zia Records Compilations - You Heard Us Back When (Vol. 4)
3. Bullet for My Valentine - Fever
4. MGMT - Congratulations
5. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
6. La Roux - La Roux
7. Circa Survive - Blue Sky Noise
8. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Up from Below
9. Brian Posehn - Fart & Wiener Jokes
10. Coheed and Cambria - Year of the Black Rainbow

If you work at an independently owned record store and would like your charts added to the list, leave a comment at the end of the blog.

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