Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores.

Top Five Albums for the Week of November 16 - 22

Sweat Records, Miami

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The first release from rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures, made up of members of Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, and Led Zeppelin, topped Sweat Records' list last week.
1. Them Crooked Vultures, Them Crooked Vultures
2. No Seasons LP, Jacuzzi Boys
3. Hearts, Awesome New Republic
4. Ultraviolet, Kid Sister
5. Through the Magical Door LP, Electric Bunnies

?Uncle Sam's, South Beach
1. Get Salted Vol. 2, Miguel Migs
2. Backspacer, Pearl Jam
3. Amsterdam, Defected in the House
4. Fame Monster, Lady Gaga
5. The Blueprint 3, Jay Z

Radio-Active Records, Ft. Lauderdale
1. Silver Sessions, Sonic Youth
2. Love Comes Close, Cold Cave
3. 45:33 Remixes, LCD Soundsystem
4. No Seasons LP, Jacuzzi Boys
5. Through the Magical Door LP, Electric Bunnies

Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores.

Top Five Albums for the Week of November 8 - 15

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This ain't your kid sister: Kid Sister climbed Radio-Active Records charts with her new hip hop/electro debut, Ultraviolet.
Uncle Sam's, South Beach

1. Kaleidoscope, Tisto
2. Get Salted Vol. 2
, Miguel Migs
3. Where the Wild Things Are [Soundtrack], Karen O & The Kids
4. Lungs, Florence and the Machine

5.This Is It, Michael Jackson

Radio-Active Records, Ft. Lauderdale
1. Ultraviolet, Kid Sister
2. Raditude, Weezer
3. Live at Reading, Nirvana
4. Swords, Morrissey
5. The Real Feel, Spiral Stairs

Sweat Records, Miami
1. No Seasons LP, Jacuzzi Boys
2. Through The Magical Door LP, Electric Bunnies
3. The xx, The xx
4. Hearts, Awesome New Republic
5. Embryonic, The Flaming Lips

Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores.

Top 5 Albums for the week of November 1 - 7

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Miami's home-grown rockers topped Sweat Records list for the first week of November.
1. No Seasons [LP], Jacuzzi Boys
2. Hearts [CD], Awesome New Republic
3. Embryonic [CD], Flaming Lips
4. Operation Spacetime Cyderblock [LP], Kreamy 'Lectric Santa
5. The xx [CD/LP], The xx

Uncle Sam's, South Beach
1. The Blueprint 3, Jay-Z
2. Get Salted Vol. 2, Miguel Migs
3. Backspacer, Pearl Jam
4. This Is It, Michael Jackson
5. One Love, David Guetta

Radio-Active Records, Ft. Lauderdale
1. Bleach [Reissue], Nirvana
2. Swords, Morrissey
3. World Painted Blood, Slayer
4. What Will We Be, Devendra Banhart
5. Opiate Sun, Jesu

Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores.

Top 5 Albums for the week of October 25 - 31

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Seattle-based indie artist Brandi Carlile topped Uncle Sam's charts this week with her newest release, "Give Up The Ghost".
Uncle Sam's, South Beach

1. Give Up the Ghost, Brandi Carlile
2. Fruit, Asteroids Galaxy Tour
3. One Love, David Guetta
4. This Is It, Michael Jackson
5. Celebration, Madonna

Radio-Active Records, Ft. Lauderdale

1. What Will We Be, Devendra Banhart
2. What We All Come to Need, Pelican
3. 3, Nouvelle Vague
4. Embryonic, The Flaming Lips
5. Tarot Sport, The Fuck Buttons

Sweat Records, Miami

1. Hearts, Awesome New Republic
2. No Seasons, The Jacuzzi Boys
3. Embryonic, The Flaming Lips
4. What Will We Be, Devendra Banhart
5. Sainthood, Tegan and Sara

Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top-sellers.

Top 5 Albums for the week of October 18 - 24

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Madonna is still the Queen of Pop with her greatest hits album, Celebration.
Sweat Records, Miami
  1. Declaration of Dependance, Kings of Convenience
  2. Embryonic, The Flaming Lips
  3. Lungs, Florence and the Machine
  4. The xx, The xx
  5. I Told You I Was Freaky, Flight of the Conchords
Uncle Sam's, South Beach
  1. Celebration, Madonna
  2. Kaleidoscope, Tiesto
  3. Music for Men, Gossip
  4. Blueprint 3, Jay-Z
  5. Get Salted Vol. 2, Miguel Migs

Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top-sellers.

Top 5 Albums for the week of October 11 - 17

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Monsters of Folk, an indie supergroup comprised of members from My Morning Jacket and Bright Eyes, along with M. Ward, hold steady at the top of Sweat's list.
Sweat Records, Miami
1. Monsters of Folk, Monsters of Folk
2. The xx, The xx
3. Where The Wild Things Are, Karen O & The Kids
4. Music For Men, Gossip
5. The Resistance
, Muse

Uncle Sam's Music, South Beach
1. Yeah Ghost, Zero 7
2. Love 2, Air
3. Backspacer, Pearl Jam
4. Get Salted Vol. 2, Miguel Migs
5. Wild Young Hearts, The Noisettes

Radio-Active Records,
Ft. Lauderdale
1. Embryonic, The Flaming Lips
2. There Is No Enemy, Built to Spill
3. I Love Techno, The Crookers
4. 1372 Overton Park, Lucero
5. Childish Prodigy, Kurt Vile

Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top-sellers.

Top Five Albums for the Week of October 5-10

Uncle Sam's Music, South Beach
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Jay Z continues his domination of Uncle Sam's charts with his mega-hit The Blueprint 3
  1. The Blueprint 3, Jay-Z
  2. Backspacer, Pearl Jam
  3. Celebration, Madonna
  4. Kaleidoscope, Tisto
  5. Now That's What I Call Club Hits

Radio-Active Records, Ft. Lauderdale

  1. Life of the World to Come, The Mountain Goats
  2. In and Out of Control, The Raveonettes
  3. The Strange New World of Bernard Fevre, Black Devil Disco Club
  4. Where the Wild Things Are, Karen O & the Kids
  5. All of My Friends Are Funeral Singers, Califone

Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top-sellers.

Top Five Albums for the Week of September 28-October 3

Sweat Records, Miami

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Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs led the charts at Sweat Records with the soundtrack for "Where the Wild Things Are"
1. Where The Wild Things Are, Karen O. & the Kids
2. I And Love And You, The Avett Brothers
3. Miami Bass Warriors 12", Miami Bass Warriors
4. Stone Roses (20 Anniversary Edition LP), Stone Roses
5. Rational Geographic Vol. 2 CD, Awesome New Republic

Uncle Sam's Music, South Beach
1. Celebration, Madonna
2. One Love, David Guetta,
3. The Monsters of Folk, The Monsters of Folk
4. Backspacer, Pearl Jam
5. Wild Young Hearts, The Noisettes

Radio-Active Records, Ft. Lauderdale
1. Chicken Switch, The Melvins
2. True Love's Gutter, Richard Hawley
3. 24/7, Gus Gus
4. Love 2, Air
5. La Roux, La Roux

Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top-sellers.

Top Five Albums for the Week of September 20-27

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This week, local indie act the Miami Bass Warriors topped Sweat's list

Sweat Records, Miami

1. Miami Bass Warriors 12", Miami Bass Warriors
2. Stone Roses (20 Anniversary Edition LP), Stone Roses
3. Rational Geographic Vol. 2 CD, Awesome New Republic
4. Beatles Remastered Series, Beatles
5. The Mighty Boosh DVD Series


Uncle Sam's Music, South Beach
1. The Monsters of Folk, The Monsters of Folk
2. Backspacer, Pearl Jam
3. Blueprint 3, Jay-Z
4. Defected in the House: Ibiza
5. Wild Young Hearts, The Noisettes


Radio-Active, Ft. Lauderdale
1. Wild Young Hearts, The Noisettes
2. Album, Girls
3. Hollow Me, Yura Yura Teikoku
4. God is Good, Om
5. A Brief History of Love, The Big Pink


Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

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Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top-sellers.

Best-sellers for the Week of September 13 - 19:

Radio-Active Records, Ft. Lauderdale

1. Backspacer, Pearl Jam
2. Temporary Pleasure, Simian Mobile Disco
3. We Hear You, Luke Vibert
4. Man on the Moon, Kid Cudi
5. Wild Angels, Mary Anne Hobbs

Uncle Sam's Music, South Beach

1. The Blueprint 3, Jay-Z
2. Defected in the House: Amsterdam, Various
3. "I'm In Miami Bitch" (single), LMFAO
4. Cielo: Playtime, Various Artists
5. Fame, Lady Gaga


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