Hi All...

It's cool as hell that Jay Reatard is doing a tour of record stores -- mostly CIMS and AIMS stores. Talk about Think Indie! Kudos to Jay and Matador for the love. Here are the dates:

08-19 Long Beach, CA - Fingerprints
08-20 San Diego, CA - M-Theory
08-21 Santa Cruz, CA - Streetlight Records
08-22 San Francisco, CA - Amoeba Music
08-23 Berkeley, CA - Amoeba Music
08-25 Portland, OR - Jackpot Records
08-26 Seattle, WA - Easy Street Records
08-27 Seattle, WA - Sonic Boom Records
08-28 Vancouver, British Columbia - Zulu Records

CIMS is currently looking for titles for our various September programs. One our latest launches his month: Outside The Heard (an affordable developing artist program). We're also working on a new program designed to push releases on street date. Both of these programs will have components in our digital stores as well... Which means now may be a good time to pick up a few banner ads.

Speaking of our digital store: New acquisitions (and marketing ideas) are coming all the time. Please go check it out (digital.thinkindie.com) and visit the store nearest you!

Another thing: CIMS is looking to add to our ranks in the coming months. We've come to the attention of a lot of cool stores since the advent of Record Store Day (and vice versa) and we wanna help out any way we can. We have a nice list of contenders, but know that there are still plenty of hidden gems and new treasures that we've yet to run across... So feel free to send along any suggestions.

One last thing: Long Live Pere Ubu!

Onward,

-- jim.

THE CIMS 200:

TW LW Artist Title Label
1 1 DEAD WEATHER HOREHOUND WEA/WARNER BROS.
2 D STRONG ISLAND-THE BEST OF LONG STRONG ISLAND-THE BEST OF LONG BROOKVILE RECORDS
3 2 WILCO WILCO (THE ALBUM) WEA/NONESUCH
4 7 SPEKTOR,REGINA FAR WEA/SIRE
5 6 HELM,LEVON ELECTRIC DIRT EMM/VANGUARD
6 5 MAXWELL BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT SBME/COLUMBIA
7 4 SON VOLT AMERICAN CENTRAL DUST UMGD/ROUNDER
8 11 PHOENIX WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX GLASSNOTE
9 12 SONIC YOUTH ETERNAL MATADOR
10 14 KINGS OF LEON ONLY BY THE NIGHT SBME/RCA
11 10 GRIZZLY BEAR VECKATIMEST WARP RECORDS
12 13 JACKSON,MICHAEL THRILLER SBME/LEGACY
13 15 DINOSAUR JR. FARM JAGJAGUWAR
14 9 JACKSON,MICHAEL NUMBER ONES SBME/EPIC
15 D MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO. JOSEPHINE SECRETLY CANADIAN
16 18 JACKSON,MICHAEL ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON SBME/LEGACY
17 D SWEET,MATTHEW & SUSANNA HOFFS VOL. 2-UNDER THE COVERS SBME/SHOUT ENT.
18 D FIERY FURNACES I'M GOING AWAY THRILL JOCKEY
19 16 MOBY WAIT FOR ME EMM/MUTE
20 D RX BANDITS MANDALA SARGENT HOUSE
21 17 DIRTY PROJECTORS BITTE ORCA DOMINO
22 3 CLUTCH STRANGE COUSINS FROM THE WEST WEATHERMAKER
23 30 JACKSON,MICHAEL THRILLER-25TH ANNIVERSARY EDIT SBME/EPIC
24 23 JAYHAWKS MUSIC FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY: SBME/COLUMBIA
25 D EYEDEA & ABILITIES BY THE THROAT RHYMESAYERS ENT
26 28 IRON & WINE AROUND THE WELL SUB POP
27 37 LEWIS,BLACK JOE & THE HONEYBEA TELL 'EM WHAT YOUR NAME IS! UMGD/LOST HIGHWAY
28 56 JAROSZ,SARAH SONG UP IN HER HEAD EMM/SUGAR HILL
29 22 MARS VOLTA OCTAHEDRON WEA/WARNER BROS.
30 33 EARLE,STEVE TOWNES NEW WEST
31 21 MATTHEWS,DAVE BAND BIG WHISKEY & THE GROOGRUX KIN SBME/RCA
32 27 BLACK EYED PEAS E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) UMGD/A&M
33 26 GREEN DAY 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN WEA/REPRISE
34 31 MOS DEF ECSTATIC DOWNTOWN RECORDS
35 29 DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS LIVE FROM AUSTIN TX NEW WEST
36 D PORTUGAL THE MAN SATANIC SATANIST EQUAL VISION RECORDS
37 66 MGMT ORACULAR SPECTACULAR SBME/COLUMBIA
38 32 DYLAN,BOB TOGETHER THROUGH LIFE SBME/COLUMBIA
39 25 YORN,PETE BACK & FOURTH SBME/COLUMBIA
40 D HUNTER,IAN MAN OVERBOARD NEW WEST
41 D RICEBOY SLEEPS RICEBOY SLEEPS XL
42 84 METRIC FANTASIES METRIC MUSIC INTERNATIONAL
43 68 SILVERSUN PICKUPS SWOON DANGERBIRD RECORDS
44 19 JACKSON,MICHAEL OFF THE WALL SBME/LEGACY
45 49 CASE,NEKO MIDDLE CYCLONE ANTI/EPITAPH
46 24 TWISTA CATEGORY F5 EMM/GET MONEY GANG ENT
47 48 SPINNERETTE SPINNERETTE ANTHEM ENTERTAINMENT
48 38 JACKSON,MICHAEL VOL. 1-GREATEST HITS HISTORY SBME/EPIC
49 54 DISCOVERY LP XL
50 59 CLEAVES,SLAID EVERYTHING YOU LOVE WILL BE TA MUSIC ROAD
51 67 INCUBUS MONUMENTS & MELODIES SBME/EPIC
52 44 JACKSON,MICHAEL BAD SBME/LEGACY
53 82 CAMERA OBSCURA MY MAUDLIN CAREER 4AD
54 91 MAJOR LAZER GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE...LAZER DOWNTOWN RECORDS
55 55 ST. VINCENT ACTOR 4AD
56 39 JACKSON,MICHAEL DANGEROUS SBME/LEGACY
57 65 BJORK VOLTAIC WEA/NONESUCH
58 81 MATT & KIM GRAND ONE LABEL
59 42 EMINEM RELAPSE UMGD/INTERSCOPE
60 58 COSTELLO,ELVIS SECRET PROFANE & SUGARCANE UMGD/CONCORD
61 74 YEAH YEAH YEAHS IT'S BLITZ Artist
62 41 CAGE THE ELEPHANT CAGE THE ELEPHANT RED INK
63 D FRISELL,BILL DISFARMER WEA/NONESUCH
64 20 DAUGHTRY LEAVE THIS TOWN SBME/RCA
65 101 DECEMBERISTS HAZARDS OF LOVE EMM/CAPITOL
66 60 FLEET FOXES FLEET FOXES SUB POP
67 69 DREAM THEATER BLACK CLOUDS & SILVER LININGS WEA/ROADRUNNER
68 80 GOD HELP THE GIRL GOD HELP THE GIRL MATADOR
69 85 NUTINI,PAOLO SUNNY SIDE UP WEA/ATLANTIC
70 D FOUR YEAR STRONG EXPLAINS IT ALL I SURRENDER RECORDS -RED-
71 43 KILLSWITCH ENGAGE KILLSWITCH ENGAGE WEA/ROADRUNNER
72 51 YOUNG,NEIL EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHER WEA/REPRISE
73 D SET YOUR GOALS THIS WILL BE THE DEATH OF US EPITAPH RECORDS
74 46 AWAY WE GO SOUNDTRACK SBME/RCA
75 50 HARRISON,GEORGE LET IT ROLL: THE SONGS OF GEOR EMM/CAPITOL
76 63 ROBISON,CHARLIE BEAUTIFUL DAY DUALTONE
77 D CHEAP TRICK LATEST MRI
78 52 BINGHAM,RYAN ROADHOUSE SUN UMGD/LOST HIGHWAY
79 70 SNIDER,TODD EXCITEMENT PLAN YEP ROC
80 71 LADY GAGA FAME UMGD/INTERSCOPE
81 93 EELS HOMBRE LOBO: 12 SONGS OF DESIR VAGRANT
82 100 PASSION PIT MANNERS COLUMBIA/3 ENT.
83 104 PLANT/KRAUSS RAISING SAND UMGD/ROUNDER
84 89 GOMEZ NEW TIDE ATO
85 116 AUERBACH,DAN KEEP IT HID WEA/NONESUCH
86 61 MGMT TIME TO PRETEND CANTORA
87 73 CHICKENFOOT CHICKENFOOT REDLINE ENTERTAINMENT
88 103 BON IVER FOR EMMA FOREVER AGO JAGJAGUWAR
89 153 (500) DAYS OF SUMMER SOUNDTRACK WEA/SIRE
90 8 SICK PUPPIES TRI-POLAR EMM/VIRGIN
91 47 YOUNG,NEIL AFTER THE GOLD RUSH WEA/REPRISE
92 87 RANCID LET THE DOMINOES FALL EPITAPH RECORDS
93 90 LEMONHEADS VARSHONS THE END RECORDS
94 109 CLAPTON,ERIC & STEVE WINWOOD LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN WEA/REPRISE
95 117 BAT FOR LASHES TWO SUNS EMM/ASTRALWERKS
96 D HAYSTAK CAME A LONG WAY STREET FLAVOR
97 57 CAGE DEPART FROM ME DEFINITIVE JUX/TVT
98 108 BEATLES ABBEY ROAD EMM/CAPITOL
99 123 KRALL,DIANA QUIET NIGHTS UMGD/VERVE
100 134 OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW O.C.M.S. SBME/NETTWERK
101 D MEGAFAUN GATHER FORM & FLY HOMETAPES
102 45 YOUNG,NEIL HARVEST WEA/REPRISE
103 86 OBERST,CONOR & THE MYSTIC VALL OUTER SOUTH MERGE
104 128 MARLEY,ZIGGY FAMILY TIME TUFF GONE WORLDWIDE
105 185 AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT UMGD/ISLAND
106 199 MILLER,RHETT RHETT MILLER SBME/SHOUT ENT.
107 209 NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL IN THE AEROPLANE OVER THE SEA MERGE
108 D STEPS TAKE IT ALL IN MRI
109 40 BEASTIE BOYS ILL COMMUNICATION EMM/CAPITOL
110 96 MARLEY,BOB & THE WAILERS LEGEND UMGD/ISLAND
111 111 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION DOMINO
112 122 BIRD,ANDREW NOBLE BEAST MEGA FORCE
113 135 FLEET FOXES SUN GIANT EP SUB POP
114 215 ADELE 19 SBME/XL/COLUMBIA
115 D STARLIGHT MINTS CHANGE REMAINS BARSUK RECORDS
116 53 HOOD,PATTERSON MURDERING OSCAR (& OTHER LOVE RUTH ST RECORDS
117 142 KINGS OF LEON A-HA SHAKE HEARTBREAK SBME/RCA
118 160 FLATLANDERS HILLS & VALLEYS NEW WEST
119 174 WARD,M. HOLD TIME MERGE
120 64 RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE HOMETOWNS SADDLE CREEK
121 62 TORTOISE BEACONS OF ANCESTORSHIP THRILL JOCKEY
122 77 YOUNG,NEIL NEIL YOUNG WEA/REPRISE
123 110 NELSON,WILLIE/ASLEEP AT THE WH WILLIE & THE WHEEL BISMEAUX
124 167 BEASTIE BOYS CHECK YOUR HEAD LIMITED COLLEC JUNKETBOY
125 35 DEVILDRIVER PRAY FOR VILLAINS WEA/ROADRUNNER
126 112 MASTODON CRACK THE SKYE WEA/REPRISE
127 125 PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON EMM/CAPITOL
128 140 JEFFERSON AIRPLANE VOLUNTEERS: THE WOODSTOCK EXPE SBME/LEGACY
129 144 RADIOHEAD IN RAINBOWS ATO
130 146 WILCO YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT WEA/NONESUCH
131 D BEIRUT MARCH OF THE ZAPOTEC POMPEII RECORDS
132 88 WHITE RABBITS IT'S FRIGHTENING TBD RECORDS
133 95 ALL TIME LOW NOTHING PERSONAL HOPELESS RECORDS
134 97 DARK WAS THE NIGHT (RED HOT CO DARK WAS THE NIGHT (RED HOT CO 4AD
135 133 WAITS,TOM FRANKS WILD YEARS UMGD/MERCURY
136 159 DOOM BORN LIKE THIS LEX RECORDS
137 208 AVETT BROTHERS EMOTIONALISM EMERGENT
138 240 POET: A TRIBUTE TO TOWNES VAN POET: A TRIBUTE TO TOWNES VAN FAT POSSUM
139 234 BETTYSOO HEAT SIN WATER SKIN CD BABY.COM/INDYS
140 D ALLEN,LILY IT'S NOT ME IT'S YOU EMM/CAPITOL
141 D OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW TENNESSEE PUSHER SBME/RCA
142 D HE IS LEGEND IT HATES YOU TRAGIC HERO
143 34 AUGUST BURNS RED CONSTELLATIONS EMM/TOOTH & NAIL
144 94 AGAINST ME! ORIGINAL COWBOY FAT WRECK CHORDS
145 121 HARPER,BEN/RELENTLESS7 WHITE LIES FOR DARK TIMES EMM/VIRGIN
146 137 WAITS,TOM SWORDFISHTROMBONES UMGD/MERCURY
147 148 YEAH YEAH YEAHS IT'S BLITZ! UMGD/INTERSCOPE
148 151 MY MORNING JACKET CELEBRACION DE LA CIUDAD NATAL Artist
149 169 WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS THESE FOUR WALLS FATCAT RECORDS
150 181 COHEN,LEONARD LIVE IN LONDON SBME/COLUMBIA
151 193 AMONG THE OAK & ASH AMONG THE OAK & ASH UMGD/VERVE
152 228 ALVIN,DAVE & THE GUILTY WOMEN DAVE ALVIN & THE GUILTY WOMEN YEP ROC
153 D STRYPER MURDER BY PRIDE RED MERCH
154 102 THOSE DARLINS THOSE DARLINS OH WOW DANG RECORDS
155 161 MARTIN,STEVE CROW: NEW SONGS FOR THE 5-STRI UMGD/ROUNDER
156 163 CHALI 2NA FISH OUTTA WATER DECON
157 194 MRAZ,JASON WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THIN WEA/ATLANTIC
158 237 R.E.M. RECKONING UMGD/UNIVERSAL RECORDS
159 D CARLL,HAYES TROUBLE IN MIND UMGD/LOST HIGHWAY
160 D OUR LADY PEACE BURN BURN OUR LADY PEACE
161 72 WU TANG CHAMBER MUSIC KOCH RECORDS
162 76 SUNSET RUBDOWN DRAGONSLAYER JAGJAGUWAR
163 114 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA MEAN EVERYTHING TO NOTHING SBME/COLUMBIA
164 136 KINGS OF LEON BECAUSE OF THE TIMES SBME/RCA
165 188 NICKELBACK DARK HORSE WEA/ROADRUNNER
166 198 PARACHUTE LOSING SLEEP UMGD/UNIVERSAL RECORDS
167 205 SHE & HIM VOLUME ONE MERGE
168 246 NOFX COASTER FAT WRECK CHORDS
169 D SOUNDS CROSSING THE RUBICON ORIGINAL SIGNAL
170 D WONDERLAND,CAROLYN MISS UNDERSTOOD BISMEAUX
171 78 LA COKA NOSTRA BRAND YOU CAN TRUST SUBURBAN NOIZE
172 98 DEER TICK BORN ON FLAG DAY PARTISAN RECORDS
173 119 MARLEY,BOB & THE WAILERS B IS FOR BOB UMGD/ISLAND
174 158 DARKEST HOUR ETERNAL RETURN VICTORY RECORDS
175 182 DEAD PREZ & DJ GREEN LANTERN PULSE OF THE PEOPLE INVASION/TVT
176 195 BLACK KEYS ATTACK & RELEASE WEA/NONESUCH
177 D HEARTLESS BASTARDS MOUNTAIN FAT POSSUM
178 D M.I.A. KALA UMGD/INTERSCOPE
179 D KILLERS DAY & AGE UMGD/ISLAND
180 D DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE SOMETHING ABOUT AIRPLANES BARSUK RECORDS
181 D PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART SLUMBERLAND
182 D IWRESTLEDABEARONCE IT'S ALL HAPPENING EMM/CENTURY MEDIA
183 130 SUICIDE SILENCE NO TIME TO BLEED EMM/CENTURY MEDIA
184 138 SWIFT,TAYLOR FEARLESS UMGD/UNIVERSAL RECORDS
185 147 JACKSON,MICHAEL HISTORY PAST PRESENT & FUTURE SBME/COLUMBIA
186 170 BAND OF HORSES EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME SUB POP
187 172 RADIOHEAD OK COMPUTER EMM/CAPITOL
188 186 JEREMIH JEREMIH UMGD/DEF JAM
189 190 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE OPEN DOOR EP WEA/ATLANTIC
190 191 FEVER RAY FEVER RAY EMM/MUTE
191 207 AMADOU & MARIAM WELCOME TO MALI WEA/NONESUCH
192 248 TRUCKS,DEREK BAND ALREADY FREE SBME/RCA VICTOR
193 D COCKER,JARVIS FURTHER COMPLICATIONS ROUGH TRADE
194 D PLAYING FOR CHANGE PLAYING FOR CHANGE UMGD/CONCORD
195 D YOUNG,NEIL GREATEST HITS WEA/WARNER BROS.
196 D STEVENS,SUFJAN ILLINOIS ASTHMATIC KITTY RECORDS
197 D SPEKTOR,REGINA BEGIN TO HOPE WEA/LONDON/SIRE
198 D BEIRUT FLYING CLUB CUP BA DA BING!
199 79 DANDY WARHOLS DANDY WARHOLS ARE SOUND EMM/BEAT THE WORLD
200 83 AMOS,TORI ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN UMGD/UNIVERSAL RECORDS
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CIMS' TOP FIFTY VINYL:

TW LW Artist Title Label
1 4 MODEST MOUSE PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE SBME/EPIC
2 1 DEAD WEATHER HOREHOUND WEA/WARNER BROS.
3 2 WILCO WILCO (THE ALBUM) WEA/NONESUCH
4 3 YEAH YEAH YEAHS IT'S BLITZ JUNKETBOY
5 D FIERY FURNACES I'M GOING AWAY THRILL JOCKEY
6 9 BEASTIE BOYS CHECK YOUR HEAD LIMITED COLLEC JUNKETBOY
7 13 DINOSAUR JR. FARM JAGJAGUWAR
8 D NOISETTES NEVER FORGET YOU UMGD/MERCURY
9 D MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO. JOSEPHINE SECRETLY CANADIAN
10 10 BEATLES ABBEY ROAD EMM/CAPITOL
11 52 JACKSON,MICHAEL THRILLER-25TH ANNIVERSARY EDIT SBME/EPIC
12 19 MODEST MOUSE AUTUMN BEDS SBME/EPIC
13 58 DEERHUNTER RAINWATER CASSETTE EXCHANGE KRANKY
14 8 DIRTY PROJECTORS BITTE ORCA DOMINO
15 11 GRIZZLY BEAR VECKATIMEST WARP RECORDS
16 45 NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL IN THE AEROPLANE OVER THE SEA MERGE
17 14 RADIOHEAD OK COMPUTER EMM/CAPITOL
18 15 BEASTIE BOYS ILL COMMUNICATION EMM/CAPITOL
19 18 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE SUMMERTIME CLOTHES DOMINO
20 7 CASE,NEKO MIDDLE CYCLONE ANTI/EPITAPH
21 20 SPEKTOR,REGINA FAR WEA/SIRE
22 23 WILCO YOU NEVER KNOW/UNLIKELY JAPAN WEA/NONESUCH
23 25 FLEET FOXES FLEET FOXES SUB POP
24 26 BON IVER FOR EMMA FOREVER AGO JAGJAGUWAR
25 51 IRON & WINE AROUND THE WELL SUB POP
26 D DISCOVERY LP XL
27 D RADIOHEAD HAIL TO THE THIEF EMM/CAPITOL
28 D STEVENS,SUFJAN ILLINOIS ASTHMATIC KITTY RECORDS
29 5 GREEN DAY KNOW YOUR ENEMY WEA/WARNER BROS.
30 31 WAITS,TOM SWORDFISHTROMBONES UMGD/ISLAND
31 30 PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON EMM/CAPITOL
32 38 YEAH YEAH YEAHS IT'S BLITZ! UMGD/INTERSCOPE
33 D SHINS OH INVERTED WORLD SUB POP
34 29 WILCO YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT WEA/NONESUCH
35 33 RADIOHEAD IN RAINBOWS ATO
36 47 MGMT ORACULAR SPECTACULAR SBME/COLUMBIA
37 61 ARCADE FIRE FUNERAL MERGE
38 83 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION DOMINO
39 D IRON & WINE OUR ENDLESS NUMBERED DAYS SUB POP
40 D RADIOHEAD KID A EMM/CAPITOL
41 6 PHOENIX WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX GLASSNOTE
42 22 SON VOLT AMERICAN CENTRAL DUST UMGD/ROUNDER
43 35 MATTHEWS,DAVE BAND BIG WHISKEY & THE GROOGRUX KIN SBME/RCA
44 36 MOBY WAIT FOR ME EMM/MUTE
45 44 POSTAL SERVICE GIVE UP SUB POP
46 75 BRIGHT EYES I'M WIDE AWAKE IT'S MORNING SADDLE CREEK
47 86 VAMPIRE WEEKEND VAMPIRE WEEKEND XL
48 D DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE SOMETHING ABOUT AIRPLANES SONIC BOOM RECORDINGS
49 D LEWIS,BLACK JOE & THE HONEYBEA TELL 'EM WHAT YOUR NAME IS! UMGD/LOST HIGHWAY
50 D BAND OF HORSES EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME SUB POP
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