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. Elvis Presley — My Happiness
2. Alabama Shakes — Sound & Color
3. Sufjan Stevens — Carrie & Lowell
4. John Moreland — High on Tulsa Heat
5. Passion Pit — Kindred
6. Sarah Reid – Kid in a Canyon
7. Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
8. Modest Mouse– Interstate 8
9. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
10. Metallica – No Life ’til Leather
What? No Bob Marley or Cypress Hill? 4/20 came and went without making much of an impact on the chart. Apparently those celebrating couldn’t get off the couch. Neither did Norman Music Festival and the artists playing it get lots of love, except for Sarah Reid, who released her debut full-length album Kid in a Canyon this last week. The King ascended to the throne this week, ruling the list with the Jack White-aided release of his first studio recording. Alabama Shakes predictably made a strong showing with the band’s new sophomore LP, while Sufjan Stevens couldn’t be kept off the chart for long, returning to No. 3.
John Moreland’s excellent new album High on Tulsa Heat has some staying power, maintaining its spot at No. 4, while Passion Pit’s third studio album, Kindred, rounds out the top five. Courtney Barnett returns after a brief absence to No. 7, while reissues from Modest Mouse — who just played a sold-out show at Diamond Ballroom on Friday) — and Metallica bookend the relevant-now-more-than-ever To Pimp a Butterfly.
