What are your neighbors listening to? Oxford Karma decided to survey Oklahoma mainstay Guestroom Records about its top-sellers each week to figure out just that. Here’s what was flying off the shelves/out of the crates this week:
1. Modest Mouse — Strangers to Ourselves
2. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp a Butterfly
3. Purity Ring — Another Eternity
4. D’Angelo — Black Messiah
5. Houndmouth — Little Neon Limelight
6. Broadcast — Reissue LPs
7. Rush — 2112
8. BadBadNotGood/Ghostface Killah — Sour Soul
9. Various Artists — Lost Highway OST
10. J. Cole — 2014 Forest Hills Drive
It’s no surprise that one of the most popular indie-rock bands of the 21st century stormed the gates and took the number 1 spot in this week’s list; the Isaac Brock-led crew sold out their upcoming Diamond Ballroom show the same day tickets went on sale. Even less surprising is that the current king of hip-hop’s new album To Pimp a Butterfly almost caught it, despite slight delays with the release of a physical copy.
Purity Ring and D’Angelo held tight at three and four, respectively, while the BadBadNotGood & Ghostface Killah collaboration Sour Soul slides to eight. Broadcast reemerges with the vinyl reissue of the band’s lauded back catalog at six. Names new and old fill in the rest of the chart. The latest LP from Mumford-approved, Indiana-based alt-country band Houndmouth pops in at number 5, as the reissue of 2112 from Rush, your uncle’s favorite band, makes a splash at No. 7. The vinyl rerelease of the Trent Reznor-produced soundtrack for the David Lynch-directed flick Lost Highway clocks in at nine, while J. Cole — probably in thanks to a sold-out performance at Farmer’s Market last week — rounds out the top 10 with his latest album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive.
