If you’re like me, you’ve always wondered what’s going on behind the scenes at local record stores: what’s flying off the shelves, who’s got what in stock, can I get a collectible tote bag with that?
Every week, starting today, TVD will act as your virtual tote bag with What’s in Store. We’ll connect with DC shops to find out all kinds of goodies, from what people walk out with most, what the staff thinks is worth a listen, what events are coming up, or whatever other secrets we can needle out of them.
We’ll kick things off this week with top seller lists from two awesome stores, Crooked Beat (2116 18th Street, NW) and Red Onion (1901 18th Street, NW # B)
CROOKED BEAT’S TOP SELLERS, MARCH 2011
Open Mon: 2pm-9pm | Tue-Wed: 12pm-9pm | Thu-Sat: 12pm-10pm | Sun: 12pm-7pm
1. Telekenisis – 12 Desperate Straight Lines
2. Dismemberment Plan – Emergency #1
3. Black Keys – Brothers
4. Destroyer – Kaputt
5. Decemberists – The King is Dead
6. Beach House – Teen Dream
7. Can – Peel Sessions
8 Jimi Hendrix – Blues
9. Walkmen – You + Me
10. Fela Kuti – Vinyl Box Set #1
RED ONION TOP SELLERS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
Open Tue-Thu: 12pm-7pm | Fri-Sat: 12pm-8pm | Sun: 12pm-6pm
Beach Fossils – What a Pleasure
Infinity Window – Artificial Midnight
Smith Westerns – Dye it Blonde
Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 1972
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – The Doldrums
Various Artists – Those Shocking, Shaking Days – Indonesian Hard, Psychedelic, Progressive Rock and Funk: 1970-1978
Peaking Lights – 936
Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring for My Halo
Various Artists – Busted at Oz
Spacemen 3 – Transparent Radiation
