Clinton Street Store

Bob Roets- Owner
Bob started Wooden Nickel Music in 1982.  Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, he worked at several music stores in Madison, and later moved to Fort Wayne.  Besides being President of Wooden Nickel, he is also Co-President of the Carroll High School Band Boosters.
Picks:
Left Lane Cruiser - All You Can Eat
Beatles - Abbey Road

  Best of 2010

  Top 10 Albums

  1. She and Him "Volume Two"
  2. John Mellencamp "No Better Than This"
  3. Arcade Fire "Suburbs"
  4. Vampire Weekend "Contra"
  5. Jenny and Johnny "I'm Having Fun Now"
  6. Black Country Communion "Black Country Communion"
  7. Bruce Springsteen "Promise"
  8. B-Sharps "B is for Party"
  9. Drive-By Trucks "Big To-Do"
  10. Gov't Mule "By a Thread"

Ben
Ben is currently going to IPFW for a degree in English Literature.
Picks:
Brian Jones Massacre - Give It Back
Slade - Sladest

Best of 2009

Top 10 Albums

  1. Baroness - Blue Record
  2. Mission of Burma - Sound the Speed the Light
  3. Metric - Fantasies
  4. Art Burt - Art Brut vs. Satan
  5. Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk
  6. M. Ward - Hold Time
  7. Polvo - In Prism
  8. Black Dahlia Murder - Deflorate
  9. Mastodon - Crack the Skye
  10. Flaming Lips - Embryonic

Top 3 Local Albums

  1. Orange Opera - Year of the Beard
  2. Castles - Castles
  3. Kantis - Kantis

Top 3 Concerts

  1. Mastodon/Dethklok
  2. Les Savy Fav
  3. Lollipop Factory

Justin
You may know his as a Cougar Hunter.
Picks:
Manowar - Louder Than Hell
Cacophony - Speed Metal Symphony

Chris
Also advertising guru for Whatzup.
Picks:
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  Best of 2010

  Top 10 Albums

  1. Accept "Blood of the Nations"
  2. Whitechapel "New Era of Corruption"
  3. Exodus "Exhibit B: Human Condition"
  4. Flotsam and Jetsam "Cold"
  5. Enslaved "Axioma Ethica Odini"
  6. Mushroomhead "Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children"
  7. Acacia Strain "Wormwood"
  8. Broken Teeth "Viva La Rock Fantastico"
  9. Immolation "Majesty and Decay"
  10. Trapt "No Apologies"

North Anthony Store

Eric
Picks:
Kiss - Alive 1 and 2
Metallica - And Justice for All

 

Time Corners Store

Chris - Manager
Chris is currently going to IPFW to get a degree in business.  He has worked at Wooden Nickel since December 2003.  He is very interested in music but is also a computer person and the webmaster for this site.  How exciting, I talked about myself in third person.
Picks:
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
Nine Inch Nails - Fragile

  Best of 2010

  Top 10 Albums

  1. Laura Veirs "July Flame"
  2. Drive-By Truckers "Big To-Do"
  3. Broken Bells "Broken Bells"
  4. Fistful of Mercy "As I Call You Down"

Cindy
Has been working at this store since January 2004. 
Picks:
Mike Conley - It's a Conley Christmas
Wayman Tisdale - Rebound

Eric
Picks:
Jon Spencer - First Ten Years
Pearl Jam - Backspacer

Allison
Picks:
Melvins - Hoodini
Robert Earl Keen - Rose Hotel

Best of 2009

Top 10 Albums

  1. A.F.I. - Crash Love
  2. Mono - Hymn to the Immortal World
  3. Imogen Heap - Ellipse
  4. Nirvana - Live at Reading
  5. Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe
  6. Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
  7. Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions - Through
      the Devil Softly
  8. Pearl Jam - Backspacer
  9. Paul Westerberg - PW and the Ghost Gloves Cat Wing
      Joy Boys
  10. Spinnerette - Spinnerette