Moving Units: Radio-Active Records’ Top 5 Releases for July 6-12

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flying out of his store each week.

From personal record store experience, artists like the Scissor Sisters have amazing luck selling albums once a person enters of the few remaining brick-and-mortar music outposts. Even in a crowded store, the stardust and retro cool of Jake Shears’ inventive troupe sounds immediately more appealing than whatever headphone masterpiece (sorry, John Fahey and Isis fans) a person might be considering. Night Work‘s first single “Invisible Light,” a slice of Euro-pop featuring production work by Stuart Price, gets patrons walking — even dancing — up to the county to inquire. Just hold up a copy of Night Work, ornamented by a pair of firm, toned buttocks, and that’s an instant sale. 

Radio-Active Records’ Top 5 Releases for July 6-12:

1. How To Destroy Angels – self-titled EP (Null Corporation) “Protein-shake Reznor, his wife and longtime NIN-collaborator unlesh

their new EP which was gobbled up on the first day of release. What does

it sound like? Guess.”

2. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Mojo (Reprise)

3. Scissor Sisters – Night Work (Universal) “Yes the Scissor Sisters are back but the real question is who’s caboose

is on the front cover of this album?”

4. Mystery Jets – Serotonin (Rough Trade)

5. Various Artists – Rara In Haiti: Street Music of Haiti (Soul Jazz) “Hats off to Soul Jazz Records for the incredible Rara in Haiti CD,

recorded in Port Au Prince and described as an anarchic folk-meets-punk

collision of drums, voices and bamboo sticks. Play this one when the

kids are asleep.”

Which albums will we be talking about next week?

“Look out for new bombs: M.I.A.’s ///Y/ (N.E.E.T./Interscope), The Roots’ How I Got Over (Def Jam), Dangermouse & Sparklehorse’s Dark Night of the Soul (EMI), School Of Seven Bells’ Disconnect From Desire (Ghostly/Vagrant), Sun Kil Moon’s Admiral Fell Promises (Caldo Verde), and more next week.”