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Every week, we list the top selling albums from local record stores Music Millennium, Jackpot Records, Everyday Music and Beacon Sound, and the top streamed tracks in Portland on Rhapsody, for the previous week. And given that this Saturday, April 18, is Record Store Day, we've got all the information you need to navigating local events. Scroll down below the charts to see what every store has planned.
MUSIC MILLENNIUM
3158 E Burnside St., 862-8826, musicmillennium.com
1. Sufjan Stevens—Carrie & Lowell
2. Lord Huron—Strange Trails
3. Courtney Barnett—Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit
4. The Sonics—This Is The Sonics
5. Summer Cannibals—Show Us Your Mind
JACKPOT RECORDS
3574 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 239-7561, jackpotrecords.com
1. Mountain Goats—Beat the Champ
2. Waxahatchee—Ivy Tripp
3. Sufjan Stevens—Carrie & Lowell
4. Godspeed You! Black Emperor—Asunder, Sweet & Other Distress
5. Follakzoid—III
BEACON SOUND
3636 N Mississippi Ave., wearebeaconsound.com
1. Colleen—Captain Of None
2. D'Angelo & The Vanguard—Black Messiah
3. Sufjan Stevens—Carrie & Lowell
4. Stina Nordenstam—The World Is Saved
5. Godspeed You! Black Emperor—Asunder, Sweet, & Other Distress
EVERYDAY MUSIC
1313 W Burnside St., 274-0961; 1931 NE Sandy Blvd., 239-7610, everydaymusic.com
1. Sufjan Stevens—Carrie & Lowell
2. Courtney Barnett—Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit
3. Death Grips—The Powers That B
4. Kendrick Lamar—To Pimp A Butterfly
5. Action Bronson—Mr. Wonderful
Top 10 tracks songs streaming on Rhapsody in Portland
1. Mark Ronson—"Uptown Funk"
2. Ed Sheeran—"Thinking Out Loud"
3. Maroon 5—"Sugar"
4. Rihanna—"FourFiveSeconds (featuring Kanye West and Paul McCartney)"
5. Fetty Wap—"Trap Queen"
6. Drake—"Know Yourself"
7. Drake—"Energy"
8. Wiz Khalifa—"See You Again (featuring Charlie Puth)"
9. The Weeknd—"Earned It"
10. Nicki Minaj—"Truffle Butter (featuring Drake and Lil Wayne)"
RECORD STORE DAY EVENTS AND DEALS
2nd Avenue Records
400 SW 2nd Ave, 222-3783, 2ndavenuerecords.com.
Opening: 8 am (doughnuts provided)
â "All the special releasesâ on seven-, 10- and 12-inch (and even some cassettes, CDs and t-shirts) will be available.
Beacon Sound
3636 N Mississippi Ave, 493-7202, beaconsound.com
Opening: 10 am
Friday April 17th
Kranky Records Showcase presented in association with Lifelike Family:
Loscil (Vancouver)
Benoît Pioulard (Seattle)
ETHERNET
DJ Moniker (Mr Kranky)
$7, 8 pm, all ages.
Saturday, April 18th
Like A Villain
Them Are Us Too (San Francisco / Dais Records)
Brumes
$7, 8 pm, all ages.
$10 pre-sale combo tickets available at Beacon Sound
Clinton Street Record & Stereo
2510 SE Clinton St., (503) 235-5323, clintonstreetrecordandstereo.com
Opening: 1 pm
— Clinton Street will hold a sale on the day after Record Store Day, with 20 percent off all used records.
Everyday Music
1313 W Burnside, 274-0961; 1931 NE Sandy Blvd, 239-7610, everydaymusic.com.
Opening: 8 am (coffee provided)
Downtown Location Events
DJ Sets
10 am: Members of Typhoon
11 am: Thomas Lauderdale of Pink Martini
12:30 pm: The Von Trapps
1:30 pm: Modern Kin
2 pm: Steve Turner of Mudhoney
4 pm: Laura Veirs and Tucker Martine
5 pm: Hooded Hags
6:15 pm: Summer Cannibals
In-Store Performances:
Noon: Edna Vazquez
3 pm: Ryan Sollee of Builders and Butchers
3:30 pm: Sam Coomes of Quasi
5:45 pm: The Shivas
7 pm: The Ghost Ease
7:30 pm: The Ganders
8 pm: The Dandy Warhols (with DJ set following)
Exiled Records
4628 SE Hawthorne Blvd, 232-0751, exiledrecords.com
Opening: 11 am
— Some RSD releases will be in stock.
Future Shock
1914 E Burnside St, 327-8473, futureshockpdx.com
Opening: 11 am
— $1 record sale.
— "Maybe some doughnuts."
Jackpot Records
3574 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 239-7561, jackpotrecords.com.
Opening: 10 am
DJ Sets all day (set times TBD)
- DJ Dollar Bin (Steve Turner of Mudhoney)
- DJ Derek Smith (KMHD "The Morning Session)
- DJ Nate C (Nate Carson of Witch Mountain/WW contributor)
- DJ Couches (Chris Slusarenko of Eyelids)
— Madame Zoloft, the "Vinyl Clairvoyant," will be "reading record auras," to predict which records will be given out for free.
— Free coffee beans from a Jackpot Records/Courier Coffee RSD collaboration roast.
— Free tote bags "filled with goodies" handed out throughout the day.
Music Millennium
3158 E Burnside St, 862-8826, musicmillenium.com
Opening: 8 am (coffee and doughnuts provided)
In-Store Performances:
6 pm: Dawes (signing after set)
8 pm: Dead Moon
— Free beer (!) available during the performances.
— Two raffles for goodies like a white, Fender strat signed by Boz Scaggs and an Alabama Shakes test pressing.
Platinum Records
104 SW 2nd Ave, 222-9166, platinum-records.com.
Opening: 11 am
— While they will not be participating in official Record Store Day festivities, Platinum will offer discount deals on some products.
WWeek 2015