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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 December 6 - December 12

Sweat Records, Miami

Miami-based electro-pop artist Panic Bomber is getting on everyone's mind at Sweat Records.

1. Getting On My Mind, Panic Bomber
2. No Mercy, Raffa & Rainer
3. No Seasons, Jacuzzi Boys
4. Blakroc, Blakroc,
5. Fame Monster, Lady Gaga

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 30 - December 5

Sweat Records, Miami 

Alternative hip-hop artist Edan topped Sweat Records' list with his mix tape, "Echo Party"

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1. Echo Party, Edan
2. Blakroc, Blakroc
3. Them Crooked Vultures, Them Crooked Vultures
4. Daptone Gold, Various
5. Logos, Atlas Sound

Radio-Active Records, Ft. Lauderdale

1. Losing Feeling, No Age
2. Endless Bummer, Pink Skull
3. Paranoia in Hi-Fi, Nurse with Wound
4. Live, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
5. Red, Black, and Blue, DJ Mehdi

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 23 - 29

Rap-rock collabo Blakroc made it to the lists at Uncle Sam's and Radio-Active this week; luckily, Adam Lambert did not.

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Sweat Records, Miami
1. Them Crooked Vultures, Them Crooked Vultures
2. Swords, Morrissey
3. Warp20 Series, Various Artists
4. Through the Magical Door LP, Electric Bunnies
5. Never Cry Another Tear, Bad Lieutenant

Uncle Sam's, South Beach
1. Fame Monster, Lady Gaga
2. Into the Deep, Juan Mejia
3. Get Salted Vol. 2, Miguel Migs
4. Blakroc, Blakroc
5. For Your Entertainment, Adam Lambert

Radio-Active, Ft. Lauderdale
1. Glitter and Doom, Tom Waits
2. ¡Socialismo Americano!, Mr. Entertainment and the Pookiesmackers
3. Don't Stop, Annie
4. Blakroc, Blakroc
5. Rewolf, Asobi Seksu

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

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

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

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, Tiësto
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

Miami's home-grown rockers topped Sweat Records list for the first week of November.

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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

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 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

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 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

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 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

Jay Z continues his domination of Uncle Sam's charts with his mega-hit The Blueprint 3

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1. The Blueprint 3, Jay-Z
2. Backspacer, Pearl Jam
3. Celebration, Madonna
4. Kaleidoscope, Tiësto
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 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

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 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

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

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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

​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

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.

Vintage ruled last week at Sweat, with The Stone Roses and The Beatles re-issues dominating the charts

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Sweat Records, Miami
1. Popular Songs, Yo La Tengo
2. The Stone Roses 20th Anniversary Re-Issue,  The Stone Roses
3. A Strange Arrangement, Mayor Hawthorne
4. Get Color, Health
5. The Beatles Re-Issues, The Beatles

Uncle Sam's Music, South Beach
1. The Blueprint 3, Jay-Z
2. Cielo: Playtime, Various Artists
3. I Look To You, Whitney Houston
4. Fame, Lady Gaga
5. One Love, David Guetta

Radio-Active, Ft. Lauderdale
1. Popular Songs, Yo La Tengo
2. Get Color, Health
3. Ellipse, Imogen Heap
4. Everything Goes Wrong, The Vivian Girls
5. Memoirs at the End of the World, The Postmarks

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.

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.

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.

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

Best-sellers for the week of June 28- July 3

via Wilcoworld.com

Wilco's new album made the 'Top 5' list at three record stores this week.

Uncle Sam's Music, South Beach

1. Wilco, Wilco
2. Subliminal Sessions, Erick Morillo
3. Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, Dave Matthews Band
4. The Ones, Michael Jackson
5. World Series Brazil, Hed Kandi

Sweat Records, Miami

1. Octahedron, Mars Volta
2. Wilco, Wilco
3. Voltaic, Bjork
4. Far, Regina Spektor
5. Beacons of Ancestorship, Tortoise

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

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

Sonic Youth's latest topped the lists at Sweat and Radio-Active.

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

Top Sellers for the Week of June 8-12:

Uncle Sam's Music, South Beach

1. Behind the Front, Black Eyed Peas
2. Fame, Lady Gaga
3. DJ, Oscar G
4. 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day
5. Relapse, Eminem

Sweat Records, Miami
 
1. Veckatimest, Grizzly Bear
2. Preliminaires, Iggy Pop
3. The Eternal, Sonic Youth
4. Ecstatic, Mos Def
5. Battle for the Sun, Placebo

Grizzly Bear's newest made the top five at Sweat and Radio-Active.

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

Top Sellers for the Week of June 1 - 5:

Sweat Records, Miami

1. Veckatimest, Grizzly Bear
2. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix
3. Rational Geographic Vol. One EP, Awesome New Republic
4. Sounds Of The Universe, Depeche Mode
5. It's Blitz, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Neutral Milk Hotel's 1998 classic was a top seller at Backbone

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

Top Sellers for the Week of May 22-29:

Sweat Records, Miami

1. It's Blitz, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2. Entertainment, Fischerspooner
3. Born Like This, MF Doom
4. Sounds of the Universe, Depeche Mode
5. Two Suns, Bat For Lashes