Every Tuesday, we list the top selling albums from local record stores Music Millennium, Jackpot Records and Everyday Music for the previous week.
This week, we're super excited to add a new section to PDX Charts: Rhapsody's top streamed tracks for Portland. Very exciting.
Also exciting is that this week's in-store guide includes Record Store Day events.
Rhapsody
1. Gotye â "Somebody That I Used To Know" featuring Kimbra
2. Matisyahu â "King Without A Crown"
3. Fun. â "We Are Young" (feat. Janelle Monáe)
4. Jennifer Lopez â "Dance Again"
5. Depeche Mode â "Never Let Me Down Again" [Digitalism Remix]
Jackpot Records
3. Fun. â "We Are Young" (feat. Janelle Monáe)
4. Jennifer Lopez â "Dance Again"
5. Depeche Mode â "Never Let Me Down Again" [Digitalism Remix]
Jackpot Records
1. Lotus Plaza â Spooky Action At A Distance
2. Chromatics â Kill For Love
3. Alabama Shakes â Boys and Girls
4. M.Ward â A Wasteland Companion
5. Rocket Juice and The Moon â Rocket Juice and The Moon
Music Millennium
1. Curtis Salgado â Soul Shot
2. Bonnie Raitt â Slipstream
3. Alabama Shakes â Boys & Girls
4. M.Ward â A Wasteland Companion
5. Esperanza Spalding â Radio Music Society
2. Bonnie Raitt â Slipstream
3. Alabama Shakes â Boys & Girls
4. M.Ward â A Wasteland Companion
5. Esperanza Spalding â Radio Music Society
Everyday Music
1. Gotye â Making Mirrors
2. The Shins â Port Of Morrow
3. Alabama Shakes â Boys & Girls
4. Adele â 21
5. Of Monsters & Men â My Head Is An Animal
2. The Shins â Port Of Morrow
3. Alabama Shakes â Boys & Girls
4. Adele â 21
5. Of Monsters & Men â My Head Is An Animal
THIS WEEK'S IN-STORES
Tuesday, April 17
Dry the River @ Music Millennium (3158 E Burnside St., 231-8926), 5 pm
Saturday, April 21
Record Store Day!
Jackpot Recordsâ downtown location opens at 10 am with Mudhoneyâs Steve Turner and Talkdemonicâs Kevin OâConnor providing special DJ sets. The storeâs Hawthorne location also opens at 10 am and will be giving out free vinyl and gift bags.
Everyday Musicâs downtown store opens at 8 am, with DJ sets from the Thermals (11 am) and Radiation City (1 pm) before moving on to live music from the Lower 48, John Heart Jackie and Evan Way of the Parson Red Heads later in the day. The Northeast Sandy Boulevard location opens at 8 am and will feature Mudhoneyâs Steve Turner (busy man!) DJ-ing at noon and Mike Scheidt of Yob playing a rare solo set at 5 pm.
The Record Room opens at noon and hosts a free, all-day bash with bands like Death Songs, Orca Team, the Shivas and Hooded Hags headlining (minors are welcome until 7 pm). There will also be tacos.
Other stores are participating, so keep your eyes peeled: Record Store Day comes but once a year!
WWeek 2015