​While there weren't any unanimous winners across the board, Best Coast's debut, Crazy For You, released last week on Mexican Summer, took the top spot at Wax Trax and the tenth spot at Albums on the Hill for the week ending August 1.

Big Boi's Sir Lucious Left Foot...The Son Of Chico Dusty, meanwhile, released on July 6, came in second at Wax Trax and sixth at Independent Records.

Elsewhere, Big Head Todd & the Monsters' new album, Rocksteady, continues to hold the top spot at Albums on the Hill, while Tech N9NE Collabos' Gates Mixed Plate, released last week on Strange Music, debuted at number on Independent's charts. See the full breakdown after the jump.

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​Big Head Todd & the Monsters' ninth studio album, Rocksteady, released last week, took top spots at Albums on the Hill and Twist & Shout, while the Books' latest effort, The Way Out, also issued last week on the Temporary Residence Limited imprint, debuted in top four slots at the two stores, as well as Wax Trax. Loose Control, Git Some's new album released last week on Alternative Tentacles, took the top spot at Wax Trax. New releases from the Roots and the Black Keys, meanwhile, continue to be strong sellers at local stores. See the full breakdown after the jump.

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​/\/\/\Y/\, M.I.A.'s third studio effort released last week on Interscope, debuted claimed the second slot, right behind Big Head Todd & the Monsters' new disc, Rocksteady, at Albums on the Hill and came in sixth at Independent Records. Sun Kil Moon's new album, Admiral Fell Promises, essentially a solo album by former Red House Painters frontman Mark Kozelek, came in second at Wax Trax and third at Albums on the Hill. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti's Before Today took the top spot at Wax Trax and Eminem's Recovery came in first at Independent Records. See the full breakdown after the jump.

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​While national acts like the Roots, the Black Keys and the Wolf Parade continue to be strong sellers at local record stores, local acts came in on top at two stores for the week ending Sunday, July 11. Danielle At the Sandwich, who gave an in-store performance at Twist & Shout last week, debuted at the top spot there with her latest effort, Two Bedroom Apartment, while folks at Albums on the Hill continue to show love for their Boulder brethren 3OH!3, whose Streets of Gold came in first there again and came in tenth at Independent Records. See the full breakdown after the jump.

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​Streets of Gold, 3OH!3's new disc, which dropped last week on Photo Finish/Atlantic, grabbed the top spot at Twist & Shout, and claimed the top two slots (both deluxe and regular versions) at Albums on the Hill and snagged the third position at Independent Records for the week ending July 4. The Roots' Hot I Got Over and Eminem's Recovery, both issued two weeks ago, and Wolf Parade's Expo 86, released last week on Sub Pop, were also strong sellers. See the full breakdown after the jump.

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​How I Got Over, the Roots' latest effort released last week on Def Jam, took the spot at Twist & Shout, second at Albums on the Hill and third at Independent Records for the week ending June 27. Eminem's new disc, Recovery, debuted at number one at Independent Records while coming in third at Twist & Shout. See the full breakdown after the jump.

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​While there weren't any clear winners across the board for the week ending June 20, Tom Petty's Mojo , released last week on Reprise, Gaslight Anthem's American Slang, released last week on Side One Dummy, and Melvins' latest effort, The Bride Screamed Murder were all strong sellers at local record stores. Jack Johnson, Drake, the Punch Brothers and Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti all grabbed top spots, as well. See the full breakdown after the jump.

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​The Black Keys' latest effort, Brothers, continues to be strong seller locally, grabbing the top spot at Twist & Shout and claiming the second slot at Albums on the Hill for the week ending June 13.

Jack Johnson's new album, To the Sea, and Ratatat's latest LP4, released last week on XL Recordings, are the only two other titles that crossed over this week, with the former checking in at number one at Albums on the Hill and number six at Twist, while LP4 snagged the third slot at Albums on the Hill and the fourth at Twist & Shout.

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Just when you thought Lady Gaga couldn't get any weirder, she delivers something like this video to prove she's just hitting her (weird) stride. When we delved into the most WTF videos of the year so far, we speculated that the then-unreleased video for "Alejandro" would score highly on the WTF scale. Well, it's out now and it makes her trashy pop-culture love letter of a video for "Telephone" look positively tame. Where the "Telephone" video was all bright colors, broad strokes and cheeky nods to grindhouse cinema, this video is dark, disturbing and hypnotic. It's willfully arty and bleak, full of fascist iconography, simulated sex, vinyl-clad S&M nuns and assault-rifle bra. It's almost enough to make you wonder if she really isn't actually wrapped up with the Illuminati after all...

​The thick and sludgy new album from the Melvins, The Bride Screamed Murder, released last week on Ipecac, grabbed the top spot at Albums on the Hill and came in fourth at Twist & Shout for the week ending June 6. Jack Johnson's new platter, To the Sea, meanwhile, released last week on his Brushfire imprint, came in first at Independent, and took the third slot at Twist & Shout, while the Black Keys new album, Brothers, and Nas & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley's Distant Relatives continue to hold ground. See the complete breakdown after the jump.

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