Glad to see Zee Avi make a nice debut. Brushfire is really stoked about her... And it's easy to hear why: Though it sounds sweet on the outside there's just the right amount of darkness in the center. Colbie Caillat she is not.

Looking for a new label to love? Let me recommend Strut -- home of Mulatu Astatke, Horace Andy and some seriously great compilations of Nigerian Rock and Samba Soul from Rio.

Once again: It looks like our daytime NARM meetings are pretty well booked up. Hopefully we'll see you at Love and Rockets or Clipse (WTF?!?). How crazy is that? Go Holly and Jim!

Here's hoping the Memorial Day weekend is cleansing.

Onward,

-- jim.

CIMS' TOP 20 DEBUTS:

1 EMINEM RELAPSE UMGD/INTERSCOPE
2 AMOS,TORI ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN UMGD/UNIVERSAL RECORDS
3 IRON & WINE AROUND THE WELL SUB POP
4 CARBON LEAF NOTHING RHYMES WITH WOMAN EMM/VANGUARD
5 MEWITHOUTYOU IT'S ALL CRAZY! IT'S ALL EMM/TOOTH & NAIL
6 ZEE AVI ZEE AVI UMGD/UNIVERSAL RECORDS
7 PARACHUTE LOSING SLEEP UMGD/UNIVERSAL RECORDS
8 PASSION PIT MANNERS FRENCH KISS RECORDS
9 METHOD MAN/REDMAN BLACKOUT 2 UMGD/DEF JAM
10 COCKER,JARVIS FURTHER COMPLICATIONS ROUGH TRADE
11 CLAPTON,ERIC & STEVE WINWOOD LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN WEA/REPRISE
12 LYTLE,JASON YOURS TRULY COMMUTER ANTI/EPITAPH
13 WHITE RABBITS IT'S FRIGHTENING TBD RECORDS
14 CAVE,NICK & THE BAD SEEDS YOUR FUNERAL MY TRIAL EMM/MUTE
15 CAVE,NICK & THE BAD SEEDS FROM HER TO ETERNITY EMM/MUTE
16 BUSTA RHYMES BACK ON MY B.S. UMGD/MOTOWN
17 DRAMA GANGSTA GRILLZ: THE ALBUM PT. WEA/ATLANTIC
18 KEARNEY,MAT CITY OF BLACK & WHITE SBME/COLUMBIA
19 BIRAM,SCOTT H. SOMETHING'S WRONG/LOST FOREVER BLOODSHOT
20 CAVE,NICK & THE BAD SEEDS FIRST BORN IS DEAD EMM/MUTE
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THE CIMS 200:

1 EARLE,STEVE TOWNES NEW WEST
2 GREEN DAY 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN WEA/REPRISE
3 DYLAN,BOB TOGETHER THROUGH LIFE SBME/COLUMBIA
4 HARPER,BEN/RELENTLESS7 WHITE LIES FOR DARK TIMES EMM/VIRGIN
5 YEAH YEAH YEAHS IT'S BLITZ! UMGD/INTERSCOPE
6 OBERST,CONOR & THE MYSTIC VALL OUTER SOUTH MERGE
7 ST. VINCENT ACTOR 4AD
8 CLEAVES,SLAID EVERYTHING YOU LOVE WILL BE TA MUSIC ROAD
9 KINGS OF LEON ONLY BY THE NIGHT SBME/RCA
10 CASE,NEKO MIDDLE CYCLONE ANTI/EPITAPH
11 CAMERA OBSCURA MY MAUDLIN CAREER 4AD
12 SILVERSUN PICKUPS SWOON DANGERBIRD RECORDS
13 METRIC FANTASIES METRIC MUSIC INTERNATIONAL
14 ISIS WAVERING RADIANT IPECAC RECORDINGS
15 YUSUF ROADSINGER (TO WARM YOU THROUG UMGD/HIP-O RECORDS
16 LEWIS,BLACK JOE & THE HONEYBEA TELL 'EM WHAT YOUR NAME IS! UMGD/LOST HIGHWAY
17 DEPECHE MODE SOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE EMM/CAPITOL
18 DECEMBERISTS HAZARDS OF LOVE EMM/CAPITOL
19 MASTODON CRACK THE SKYE WEA/REPRISE
20 FLATLANDERS HILLS & VALLEYS NEW WEST
21 NOFX COASTER FAT WRECK CHORDS
22 GUCCI MANE MURDER WAS THE CASE BIG CAT RECORDS
23 PEACHES I FEEL CREAM XL
24 VASELINES ENTER THE VASELINES SUB POP
25 MY MORNING JACKET CELEBRACION DE LA CIUDAD NATAL ATO
26 EASY STAR ALL-STARS EASY STAR'S LONELY HEARTS DUB EASY STAR RECORDS
27 CAM'RON CRIME PAYS WEA/ELEKTRA ENTERTAINMENT
28 BOOKER T. POTATO HOLE ANTI/EPITAPH
29 MGMT ORACULAR SPECTACULAR SBME/COLUMBIA
30 BAT FOR LASHES TWO SUNS EMM/ASTRALWERKS
31 MARIA,IDA FORTRESS ROUND MY HEART MERCURY RECORDS
32 YOUNG,NEIL FORK IN THE ROAD WEA/REPRISE
33 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA MEAN EVERYTHING TO NOTHING SBME/COLUMBIA
34 DOVES KINGDOM OF RUST EMM/ASTRALWERKS
35 CHURCH UNTITLED #23 SECOND MOTION
36 CRYSTAL METHOD DIVIDED BY NIGHT INGROOVES
37 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION DOMINO
38 HEAVEN & HELL DEVIL YOU KNOW WEA/RHINO
39 CALLAHAN,BILL SOMETIMES I WISH WE WERE AN EA DRAG CITY
40 MEAT PUPPETS SEWN TOGETHER MEGA FORCE
41 ROSS,RICK DEEPER THAN RAP UMGD/DEF JAM
42 NELSON,WILLIE/ASLEEP AT THE WH WILLIE & THE WHEEL BISMEAUX
43 PET SHOP BOYS YES EMM/ASTRALWERKS
44 ENIGK,JEREMY OK BEAR LEWIS HOLLOW RECORDS
45 PEARL JAM TEN (LEGACY EDITION) SBME/LEGACY
46 LAMB OF GOD WRATH SBME/EPIC
47 DARK WAS THE NIGHT (RED HOT CO DARK WAS THE NIGHT (RED HOT CO 4AD
48 DOOM BORN LIKE THIS LEX RECORDS
49 HARVEY,PJ & JOHN PARISH WOMAN A MAN WALKED BY UMGD/ISLAND
50 BIRD,ANDREW NOBLE BEAST MEGA FORCE
51 LADY GAGA FAME UMGD/INTERSCOPE
52 COHEN,LEONARD LIVE IN LONDON SBME/COLUMBIA
53 GAINSBOURG,SERGE HISTOIRE DE MELODY NELSON LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
54 GROUCH & ELIGH SAY G&E! LEGENDARY MUSIC
55 GOMEZ NEW TIDE ATO
56 AUERBACH,DAN KEEP IT HID WEA/NONESUCH
57 RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ,OMAR-EL GRUPO CRYPTOMNESIA RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ PRODUCTIONS
58 CAGE THE ELEPHANT CAGE THE ELEPHANT RED INK
59 KRALL,DIANA QUIET NIGHTS UMGD/VERVE
60 FISCHERSPOONER ENTERTAINMENT EMM/FS STUDIOUS
61 NEW YORK DOLLS CAUSE I SEZ SO WEA/RHINO
62 FLEET FOXES FLEET FOXES SUB POP
63 PLANT/KRAUSS RAISING SAND UMGD/ROUNDER
64 MARLEY,ZIGGY FAMILY TIME TUFF GONE WORLDWIDE
65 BON IVER FOR EMMA FOREVER AGO JAGJAGUWAR
66 PINK MOUNTAINTOPS OUTSIDE LOVE JAGJAGUWAR
67 JADAKISS LAST KISS UMGD/DEF JAM
68 WARD,M. HOLD TIME MERGE
69 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE OPEN DOOR EP WEA/ATLANTIC
70 PETER BJORN & JOHN LIVING THING ALMOST GOLD RECORDINGS
71 THERMALS NOW WE CAN SEE KILL ROCK STARS
72 HILL COUNTRY REVUE MAKE A MOVE RAZOR & TIE
73 AKRON/FAMILY SET'EM WILD SET'EM FREE DEAD OCEANS
74 U2 NO LINE ON THE HORIZON UMGD/INTERSCOPE
75 HORRORS PRIMARY COLOURS XL
76 WHITE LIES TO LOSE MY LIFE UMGD/GEFFEN
77 KILLS KEEP ON YOUR MEAN SIDE DOMINO
78 BEIRUT MARCH OF THE ZAPOTEC POMPEII RECORDS
79 CLUTCH SLOW HOLE TO CHINA RARE & RERE WEATHERMAKER
80 BYRNE/ENO EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS WILL H TODOMUNDO/OPAL
81 DEATH FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE DRAG CITY
82 CRACKER SUNRISE IN THE LAND OF MILK & SAVOY JAZZ
83 LAMONTAGNE,RAY GOSSIP IN THE GRAIN RCA/RED INK
84 INDIGO GIRLS POSEIDON & THE BITTER BUG EMM/VANGUARD
85 DOE,JOHN & THE SADIES COUNTRY CLUB YEP ROC
86 CIARA FANTASY RIDE SBME/ZOMBA LABEL GROUP
87 ROLLING STONES STICKY FINGERS UMGD/HIP-O RECORDS
88 HEARTLESS BASTARDS MOUNTAIN FAT POSSUM
89 PLAYING FOR CHANGE PLAYING FOR CHANGE UMGD/CONCORD
90 MORRISON,VAN ASTRAL WEEKS LIVE EMM/MANHATTAN RECORDS
91 DEVINE,KEVIN BROTHER'S BLOOD COLUMBIA/3 ENT.
92 TINTED WINDOWS TINTED WINDOWS EMM/S-CURVE RECORDS
93 KEEP YOUR SOUL: TRIB DOUG SAHM KEEP YOUR SOUL: TRIB DOUG SAHM EMM/VANGUARD
94 KOZELEK,MARK LOST VERSES LIVE CALDO VERDE
95 WALL,PAUL FAST LIFE WEA/ELEKTRA ENTERTAINMENT
96 BETTER THAN EZRA PAPER EMPIRE MRI
97 TECH N9NE COLLABOS SICKOLOGY 101 STRANGE MUSIC
98 HOLD STEADY POSITIVE RAGE VAGRANT
99 PAPER ROUTE ABSENCE UMGD/MOTOWN
100 HARPER,BEN/RELENTLESS7 WHITE LIES FOR DARK TIMES (DLX EMM/VIRGIN
101 ADELE 19 SBME/XL/COLUMBIA
102 NEVILLE,CYRIL BRAND NEW BLUES M.C. RECORDS
103 ALLEN,LILY IT'S NOT ME IT'S YOU EMM/CAPITOL
104 TRUCKS,DEREK BAND ALREADY LIVE EP SBME/RCA VICTOR
105 TOUSSAINT,ALLEN BRIGHT MISSISSIPPI WEA/NONESUCH
106 WILLIAMS,LUCINDA LITTLE HONEY UMGD/LOST HIGHWAY
107 LOS STRAITJACKETS FURTHER ADVENTURES OF YEP ROC
108 DEVIL WEARS PRADA WITH ROOTS ABOVE & BRANCHES BE A.D.A. DIST.
109 CROCODILES SUMMER OF HATE FAT POSSUM
110 LACUNA COIL SHALLOW LIFE EMM/CENTURY MEDIA
111 MICHELE,CHRISETTE EPIPHANY UMGD/ISLAND
112 LADY SOVEREIGN JIGSAW EMM/EMI
113 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE SOUNDTRACK UMGD/INTERSCOPE
114 SHINEDOWN SOUND OF MADNESS WEA/ATLANTIC
115 HAYSTAK NATURAL 2 REAL TALK RECORDS
116 DEVIL MAKES THREE DO WRONG RIGHT MILAN
117 TRUCKS,DEREK BAND ALREADY FREE SBME/RCA VICTOR
118 MILLER,JULIE & BUDDY WRITTEN IN CHALK NEW WEST
119 FEVER RAY FEVER RAY EMM/MUTE
120 EARLE,JUSTIN TOWNES MIDNIGHT AT THE MOVIES BLOODSHOT
121 FOXX,JAMIE INTUITION SBME/J RECORDS
122 BLACK KEYS ATTACK & RELEASE WEA/NONESUCH
123 FITZSIMMONS,WILLIAM SPARROW AND THE CROW DOWNTOWN RECORDS
124 BIG BUSINESS MIND THE DRIFT HYDRA HEAD
125 HATEBREED FOR THE LIONS KOCH RECORDS
126 SEAL SOUL WEA/WARNER BROS.
127 FOSTER,RUTHIE TRUTH ACCORDING TO RUTHIE FOST BLUE CORN MUSIC
128 HANCOCK,WAYNE VIPER OF MELODY BLOODSHOT
129 GOURDS HAYMAKER! YEP ROC
130 GREENCARDS FASCINATION EMM/SUGAR HILL
131 MORRISSEY YEARS OF REFUSAL UMGD/LOST HIGHWAY
132 VAMPIRE WEEKEND VAMPIRE WEEKEND XL
133 PASSION PIT CHUNK OF CHANGE FRENCH KISS RECORDS
134 AMADOU & MARIAM WELCOME TO MALI WEA/NONESUCH
135 EARTH CRISIS TO THE DEATH EMM/CENTURY MEDIA
136 ROTH,ASHER ASLEEP IN THE BREAD AISLE UMGD/UNIVERSAL RECORDS
137 FRANTI,MICHAEL & SPEARHEAD ALL REBEL ROCKERS ANTI/EPITAPH
138 MRAZ,JASON WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THIN WEA/ATLANTIC
139 ROYKSOPP JUNIOR EMM/ASTRALWERKS
140 K'NAAN TROUBADOUR UMGD/A&M/OCTONE
141 GRATEFUL DEAD TO TERRAPIN: HARTFORD '77 WEA/RHINO
142 LONELY ISLAND INCREDIBAD UMGD/UNIVERSAL RECORDS
143 TV ON THE RADIO DEAR SCIENCE UMGD/INTERSCOPE
144 SANTIGOLD SANTIGOLD DOWNTOWN RECORDS
145 WOODEN BIRDS MAGNOLIA BARSUK RECORDS
146 BELLEVILLE OUTFIT TIME TO STAND THIRTY TIGERS
147 RADIOHEAD IN RAINBOWS ATO
148 STARFUCKER JUPITER BADMAN
149 FLEET FOXES SUN GIANT EP SUB POP
150 VAN ZANDT,TOWNES LIVE AT THE OLD QUARTER FAT POSSUM
151 THE-DREAM LOVE VS. MONEY UMGD/DEF JAM
152 BAND OF HORSES CEASE TO BEGIN SUB POP
153 TOSCA NO HASSLE !K7
154 SPRINGSTEEN,BRUCE WORKING ON A DREAM SBME/COLUMBIA
155 AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT UMGD/ISLAND
156 PINK FUNHOUSE SBME/ZOMBA LABEL GROUP
157 BONNIE PRINCE BILLY BEWARE DRAG CITY
158 FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS SUB POP
159 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA EMM/CAPITOL
160 ACEYALONE ACEYALONE & THE LONELY ONES DECON
161 GLISS DEVOTION IMPLOSION RYKO
162 WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM BLACK CASCADE SOUTHERN LORD
163 OTHER LIVES OTHER LIVES TBD RECORDS
164 HILSON,KERI IN A PERFECT WORLD... UMGD/INTERSCOPE
165 BLITZEN TRAPPER FURR SUB POP
166 THEE OH SEES HELP IN THE RED
167 FRANZ FERDINAND TONIGHT: FRANZ FERDINAND SBME/EPIC
168 FELICE BROTHERS YONDER IS THE CLOCK TEAM LOVE RECORDS
169 MOULD,BOB LIFE & TIMES ANTI/EPITAPH
170 LIL WAYNE THA CARTER III UMGD/UNIVERSAL RECORDS
171 WEST,KANYE 808S & HEARTBREAK UMGD/DEF JAM
172 PERKINS,ELVIS ELVIS PERKINS IN DEARLAND XL
173 HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD SWAN SONGS UMGD/A&M/OCTONE
174 VIOLENT J SHINING PSYCHOPATHIC
175 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE NARROW STAIRS WEA/ATLANTIC
176 SMITH,CAROLINE & THE GOOD NIGH BACKYARD TENT SET CD BABY.COM/INDYS
177 RETURN TO FOREVER LIVE AT MONTREUX 2008 EAGLE EYE MEDIA
178 CLARKE,STANLEY JAZZ IN THE GARDEN UMGD/CONCORD
179 ROMAN CANDLE OH TALL TREE IN THE EAR THIRTY TIGERS
180 MELUA,KATIE PICTURES UMGD/UNIVERSAL RECORDS
181 KILLERS DAY & AGE UMGD/ISLAND
182 COMPANY FLOW FUNCRUSHER PLUS 12 YEAR ANNIV EMM/DEF JUX
183 ISAAK,CHRIS MR. LUCKY WEA/REPRISE
184 COREA/MCLAUGHLIN FIVE PEACE BAND LIVE UMGD/CONCORD
185 THEORY OF A DEADMAN SCARS & SOUVENIRS WEA/ROADRUNNER
186 DEACON,DAN BROMST CARPARK
187 MY MORNING JACKET EVIL URGES ATO
188 SHE & HIM VOLUME ONE MERGE
189 HICKS,DAN & THE HOT LICKS TANGLED TALES SURFDOG
190 MATT & KIM GRAND ONE LABEL
191 SAADIQ,RAPHAEL WAY I SEE IT SBME/COLUMBIA
192 MOGWAI HAWK IS HOWLING MATADOR
193 KWELLER,BEN CHANGING HORSES ATO
194 BECK ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE UMGD/ILIAD RECORDS/K RECORDS
195 BEASTIE BOYS CHECK YOUR HEAD EMM/CAPITOL
196 PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART SLUMBERLAND
197 LEWIS,JENNY ACID TONGUE WEA/WARNER BROS.
198 RADIOHEAD OK COMPUTER EMM/CAPITOL
199 VAN ZANDT,TOWNES LIVE AT THE OLD QUARTER HOUSTO MEGA FORCE
200 CLAYPOOL,LES OF FUNGI & FOE PRAWN SONG RECORDS
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THE CIMS TOP 50 VINYL CHART:

1 EARLE,STEVE TOWNES NEW WEST
2 MASTODON CRACK THE SKYE WEA/REPRISE
3 DYLAN,BOB TOGETHER THROUGH LIFE SBME/COLUMBIA
4 MY MORNING JACKET CELEBRACION DE LA CIUDAD NATAL ATO
5 YEAH YEAH YEAHS IT'S BLITZ! UMGD/INTERSCOPE
6 VASELINES ENTER THE VASELINES SUB POP
7 ST. VINCENT ACTOR 4AD
8 FLEET FOXES MYKONOS SUB POP
9 VAN ZANDT,TOWNES LIVE AT THE OLD QUARTER FAT POSSUM
10 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION DOMINO
11 CAMERA OBSCURA MY MAUDLIN CAREER 4AD
12 GAINSBOURG,SERGE HISTOIRE DE MELODY NELSON LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
13 DEATH FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE DRAG CITY
14 OBERST,CONOR & THE MYSTIC VALL OUTER SOUTH MERGE
15 SUBLIME SUPERSTAR PUNANI/APRIL 29 1992 UMGD/GEFFEN
16 NOFX COASTER FAT WRECK CHORDS
17 FLEET FOXES FLEET FOXES SUB POP
18 MISFITS WALK AMONG US WEA/RHINO
19 HEAVEN & HELL BIBLE BLACK/NEON NIGHTS (LIVE) WEA/RHINO
20 LAMB OF GOD WRATH SBME/EPIC
21 PINK MOUNTAINTOPS OUTSIDE LOVE JAGJAGUWAR
22 EASY STAR ALL-STARS EASY STAR'S LONELY HEARTS DUB EASY STAR RECORDS
23 PEACHES I FEEL CREAM XL
24 STOOGES 1969/REAL COOL TIME WEA/RHINO
25 CALLAHAN,BILL SOMETIMES I WISH WE WERE AN EA DRAG CITY
26 AKRON/FAMILY SET'EM WILD SET'EM FREE DEAD OCEANS
27 KINGS OF LEON ONLY BY THE NIGHT THE CONTROL GROUP
28 RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ,OMAR-EL GRUPO CRYPTOMNESIA RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ PRODUCTIONS
29 WARD,M. HOLD TIME MERGE
30 AUERBACH,DAN KEEP IT HID WEA/NONESUCH
31 GRIZZLY BEAR TWO WEEKS WARP RECORDS
32 EAGLES OF DEATH METAL HEART ON IPECAC RECORDINGS
33 BON IVER FOR EMMA FOREVER AGO JAGJAGUWAR
34 SUPER FURRY ANIMALS DARK DAYS/LIGHT YEARS ROUGH TRADE
35 GREEN DAY DOOKIE WEA/REPRISE
36 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA MEAN EVERYTHING TO NOTHING SBME/COLUMBIA
37 RADIOHEAD KID A EMM/CAPITOL
38 DEF JAM 25: DJ BRING THAT BACK VOL. 1-2-DEF JAM 25: DJ BRING UMGD/ISLAND
39 DEERHUNTER MICROCASTLE KRANKY
40 LEWIS,JENNY CARPET BAGGERS/GO AWAY WEA/RHINO
41 MC5 KICK OUT THE JAMS/MOTOR CITY I WEA/RHINO
42 BON IVER BLOOD BANK JAGJAGUWAR
43 KING KHAN & THE SHRINES WHAT IS?! TVT/VICE
44 BAND OF HORSES CEASE TO BEGIN SUB POP
45 RADIOHEAD IN RAINBOWS ATO
46 THEE OH SEES HELP IN THE RED
47 ISIS WAVERING RADIANT IPECAC RECORDINGS
48 BEIRUT MARCH OF THE ZAPOTEC OBEY YOUR BRAIN
49 DECEMBERISTS HAZARDS OF LOVE EMM/CAPITOL
50 RADIOHEAD OK COMPUTER EMM/CAPITOL
CIMS Top 50 vinyl sales chart by StreetPulse, Inc All Rights Reserved