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BLAKROC on BLAK FRIDAY

It’s the rebirth of Hip-Hop and it’s exclusively at RECORD STORES! This Black Friday is really BLAK FRIDAY at indie record stores across the country as they release BLAKROC, the exclusive new project from The Black Keys and a bunch of bad ass rappers like Mos Def, Q Tip, Jim Jones, RZA, ODB, Ludacris and more. Damon Dash is bringing it... And record stores across the country are the only place to find it


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Record Time 1-29-08

Check out new releases from Mars Volta, Willie Nelson, Shelby Lynne, and Chris Walla.

Though Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler Zavala did time in popular emo band At The Drive-In, their subsequent project Mars Volta is a horse of an entirely different color. Instead of punk, the pair takes their influences largely from 1970’s prog-rock and jazz fusion. One of the most critically acclaimed American rock bands of the 21st century is back with their fourth studio album, Bedlam in Goliath. Every nook and cranny of the album is filled with sound, making this quite possibly the densest album the team has produced yet. Together with new drummer, Thomas Pridgen, and guest guitarist, John Frusciante (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers), the band pounds out about 75 minutes of unrelenting sonic climax.


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HOT CHIP 7 INCH

HOT CHIP get a 7” single with “One Life Stand” on it, and one of only two b-sides on the, um, b-side: “Do Not Wait.”  Quantities limited, while s...

 

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Free Lithograph

Get a LCD SOUNDSYSTEM: FREE LITHOGRAPH with Purchase while supplies last. Two years in the making, This Is Happening is LCD Soundsystem's third -- and rumored to be final -- proper studio album. A...

 

KiLLSWITCH ENGAGE - MADDEN NFL 10 CONTEST

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE   their latest, self-titled album came out this summer and now that it’s getting to be football se...

 

FREE GLASVEGAS CHRISTMAS EP with purchase

While supplies last get a Christmas EP from Glasvegas, with purchase of their self titled CD Glasvegas...

 

Dave Matthews Free Seven Inch Single

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND we’ll have a 7 inch to give away with purchase.

Track listing below, and BANNERS ATTACHED. Tracklisting:
Side 1) “Funny the Way It Is” (album versi...

 

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Extraordinary Gentleman - Ne-Yo

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CD New Releases 7-27-10



Original Soundtrack Get Low
$ 17.97   14.97
From the 2010 major motion picture featuring Academy Award® winner Robert Duvall, Golden Globe winner Bill Murray, Academy Award® winner Sissy Spacek, and Lucas Black, Get Low follows the story of the mysterious 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party...while he was still alive. The soundtrack combines an all-star cast of musicians. Academy Award® winning composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek's dramatic score is both moving and haunting. 12 time Grammy winner and the world's most renowned Dobro player, Jerry Douglas, sweeps us away to the Southern countryside with his authentic jams. Grammy nominated and IBMA award winning band The SteelDrivers enliven the mood with their bluegrass renditions of traditional folk songs. 25 time Grammy winner Alison Krauss' beautiful closing song leaves the audience with a tear in their eye, but a smile on their face. The rest of the soundtrack is wonderfully appointed with vintage classics from The Ink Spots, Gene Austin, Paul Whiteman and Bix Beiderbecke.


Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band Live at the Greek Theatre 2008 *
$ 13.92   11.92
Ringo and His 10th All-Starr Band performed their last show at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on August 2, 2008. With stars above them and all around them, they played an exuberant set that included highlights spanning Ringo's entire career, from Beatles classics to solo hits. The show at the Greek was the culmination of a fantastic summer playing music on the road.


Mark Olson (Jayhawks) Many Colored Kite [Digipak] *
$ 16.97   13.97
2010 album from Mark Olson, co-founder of legendary Americana band The Jayhawks and a critically acclaimed artist whose influential catalog spans 25 years. Many Colored Kite is the follow up to his 2007 personal milestone Salvation Blues, which was a New York Times Critics pick. Many Colored Kite greets the listener with its earthy, neo-Folk feel that encompasses classic and '60's British Folk as well as the "desert country" that he has been associated with in the past.


Tom Jones Praise & Blame
$ 10.00
"We wanted to go back to basics, go back to the source, it was just me singing live with a rhythm section - no overdubbing, no gimmicks, no complicated horn and string arrangements, just get the song down in an entire take, capture the meaning of the song, its spirituality, its life, and capture that moment, right there. And I think that's what we've done," says Tom Jones, the veteran singer from Wales, who turns 70 this year and who has just completed `Praise and Blame', his follow up to 2008's acclaimed `24 Hours' and quite simply his finest work to date. It is a truly remarkable record, one that captures the Tom Jones who listened to Mahalia Jackson and Sister Rosetta Tharpe on the radio as a child growing up, who thought gospel music was "just like rock'n'roll, every bit as exciting but with deeper lyrics", the Tom Jones who belted out The Lord's Prayer as a jubilatory spiritual in school assembly, "because that was the only way I knew how to sing it, it was natural for me." This is Tom Jones going back to his roots on an album of gospel, blues, traditional and country songs, wearing his heart on his sleeve, emotionally raw and true. Recording with producer Ethan Johns (Kings Of Leon, Ray LaMontagne, Paolo Nutini, Laura Marling) at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios in the little village of Box in Wiltshire, coaxed the most exhilarating performances out of the singer. With musicians including steel guitarist BJ Cole, keyboardist Booker T Jones (of Memphis soul legends Booker T and the MGs), Hammond organist Chris Holland and background vocalists Gillian Welch, Alison Pierce, Dave Rawlings and Orin Waters at hand, Tom has quite simply delivered his tour de force. It's him bearing his soul, singing from the heart, telling it like it is.


JP, CHRISSIE & THE FAIRGROUND BOYS If You Let Me [7 inch]
$ 6.99
Chrissie just keeps on making us smile. This time it's about the new record, FIDELITY!, but also about the story behind it, kind of a really kick-ass rock version of a made-for-tv movie: Bad-ass rocker girl meets scruffy Welsh guy, dares him to write a song, likes the song, likes the boy, boy and girl hole up in a hotel room in Cuba, write an album, form a band, rock out happily ever after. The album actually probably tells the stories better. But until FIDELITY! is released in August, hear some new music on a special indies-only 7". What's on the 7"? A brand new song, "If You Let Me" and "Skinny Love", a Bon Iver cover, recorded live in Chicago.


Cruel Hand Lock and Key *
$ 13.97   11.97
Full of just as many catchy, metallic riffs as mosh parts, Lock & Key is a heavy mix of influences like Madball, Leeway, Cro-Mags, Metallica, Suicidal, Obituary, and is one of the most well-rounded hardcore albums in recent memory. Lock & Key was recorded in Wakefield, MA with producer Jay Maas (Verse, Bane, Defeater) and illustrates what Cruel Hand is capable of both lyrically and musically- this is more than just a progression of their past material, this is a defining release for Cruel Hand. Since the release of Cruel Hand's Bridge Nine debut, Prying Eyes, in 2008, the band has been a relentless touring machine and one of the tightest bands in the hardcore world. Cruel Hand has shared the stage with bands like Have Heart, Bane, Terror, and Death Before Dishonor, and will continue to tour the globe non-stop in support of Lock & Key.


Avenged Sevenfold Nightmare [PA]
$ 18.97   15.97
'Nightmare' was produced by Mike Elizondo (Dr. Dre, Eminem) and mixed by noted engineer Andy Wallace.


Rufio Anybody Out There *
$ 11.97   10.97
2010 release from the California Pop/Punk outfit. This phenomenal fourth album features classic infectious melodies and big guitar riffs. They are able to bring the rock for the boys but enough Pop that the girls will actually enjoy them more.


Robert Cray Cookin' in Mobile *
$ 18.97   15.97
Cookin' In Mobile is a live CD + DVD release from five-time GRAMMYr award-winning singer/songwriter and worldrenowned American blues guitarist Robert Cray. This is The Robert Cray Band's first-ever live DVD release. Since their 1980 album debut Who's Been Talkin', Cray's unique playing style and distinct sound has become the bridge between traditional and contemporary-a signature blend of rhythm and blues, pop, rock, soul and traditional blues helping introduce old and new fans to a more contemporary blues sound. The Robert Cray Band has performed thousands of sold-out shows worldwide. Cray has performed alongside blues titans Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton and B.B. King-touring extensively with both Collins and Clapton while also having worked with legends Tina Turner, Keith Richards, Chuck Berry, Bonnie Raitt, friend and fellow guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughn and Willie Dixon, to name a few. As a writer, his songs have been covered by many including, King, Clapton, and Tony Bennett.


J. Roddy Walston and the Business J Roddy Walston and the Business *
$ 10.97   9.97
Hailing from Baltimore, J Roddy Walston & The Business are the newest band to stir up talking in the indie music scene, blogs and music taste maker sites. Influences include: Mungo Jerry, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Harry Nilsson, The Band, Huey Lewis and the News, Charlie Roddy, Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, Marshall Crenshaw, Bearclaw, The Features, Leon Russell, Faces, Queen J Roddy will be on tour with Will Hoge and American Bang starting in mid_]June through the rest of the month. The band will also be touring in late July as headliners. Early press breaks include Spin, The New Yorker, Time Out NY, Billboard, Esquire, and more_c


DVD New Releases 7-27-10



I Need That Record! The Death (or Possible Survival) of the Independent Record Store
$ 14.95   12.95
Guerilla filmmaker Brendan Toller unleashes I NEED THAT RECORD! THE DEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE, "an elegy for a vanishing subculture...a lively, bittersweet film that examines - with caustic humor, brutal candor, and, ultimately, great affection - why roughly 3,000 indie record stores have closed across the nation over the past decade," (Johnathan Perry, Boston Globe). A tour-de-force tale of greed, media consolidation, homogenized radio, big box stores, downloading, and technological shifts in the music industry told through candid interviews, crestfallen record store owners, startling statistics, and eye-popping animation. Fat cats or our favorite record stores? You decide. Featuring- IAN MACKAYE, NOAM CHOMSKY, MIKE WATT, THURSTON MOORE, LENNY KAYE (Patti Smith), CHRIS FRANTZ (Talking Heads), GLENN BRANCA, PATTERSON HOOD (Drive By Truckers), PAT CARNEY (Black Keys) , LEGS MCNEIL, BOB GRUEN, BP HELIUM, and many indie record stores across the U.S.


Grateful Dead At The Hollywood Festival Nort
$ 39.97   35.97
As John Peel so rightly says Hollywood Festival and the arrival of the Grateful Dead for their first performance in the UK was a defining moment. The late sixties / early seventies counter culture and music scene in the UK had always aspired to West Coast USA bands and their ideology of large outdoor concerts. North West England with a strong counter culture, arts and music scene would go on after Hollywood Festival in subsequent years to see festival events and large outdoor rock concerts no longer just held in the south of England. In the same spirit as the Grateful Dead and crowd gathering at Hollywood in1970 the North West would go on to stage Bickershaw Festival 1972 (Grateful Dead again) , Deeply Vale Festivals 1976-1979, Rivington Pike Free Festival 1976 and 1977, the Northern Carnival Against the Nazis, Alexandra Park Manchester 1978, and the Northern Carnival Against Cruise Missiles, Alexandra Park Manchester 1981. Some archive film exists of these other great music/counter culture events and if they haven t been covered yet by DVD they may well be soon. Thanks to the late Mr Burgoyne of Burgoyne Film and Audio Services the audio and the film footage of The Grateful Dead (Free, Family and Screaming Lord Sutch ) at the Hollywood Festival 1970 was recorded for posterity. Added to Mr Burgoyne's film was some footage supplied by Mr Colover. Originally archived by Burgoyne Film and Audio the whole lot was then forgotten for a few years but it has now finally seen the light of day with what bits of Grateful Dead film and stills there were, being integrated with the Burgoyne Grateful Dead sound recording in an artistic way. This is not a big budget Woodstock movie production but it is an important glimpse at archive film and audio of the Grateful Dead's first visit to the UK. Put together by Burgoyne Film and Audio Services using their archive sound recordings of the event plus their rare film footage combined with Bob Colover s short bits of film and incorporating rare stills of the event what you have is a document of the first time the Grateful Dead came to play in the UK fairly wacky disjointed film though it is in some parts as someone in the Grateful Dead s entourage spiked everyone involved on filming the event with LSD!!!!. A bonus CD from the mixing desk is also included of the Grateful Dead s set. The dvd is ntsc region 0. A total of 17 live Grateful Dead tracks, 5 on the film and 12 on the cd. DVD running time 1 hour 11 mins, CD audio running time 1 hour 14 minutes. The tracks on the CD are different to those on the DVD Tracklisting from the Grateful Dead CD : 1 announcements and tune up /intro 2 not fade away 3 turn on your lovelight 4 china cat sunflower 5 i know you rider 6 hard to handle 7 cryptical 8 drums 9 the other one 10 cryptical envelopement 11 attics of mylife 12 cold rain and snow. // DVD Tracklisting : Grateful Dead 1 casey jones, 2 st stephen, 3 dark star, 4 me and my uncle, 5 good lovin. / 6 Free - alright now. / 7 Family - good news bad news. / 8 Screaming lord sutch - cause i love you. / 9 Radha krishna temple - hare krishna chant.


Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band Live at the Greek Theatre 2008 [DVD] *
$ 14.97   12.97
Ringo and His 10th All-Starr Band performed their last show at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on August 2, 2008. With stars above them and all around them, they played an exuberant set that included highlights spanning Ringo's entire career, from Beatles classics to solo hits. The show at the Greek was the culmination of a fantastic summer playing music on the road.


Danny Perez/Animal Collective Oddsac
$ 24.97   22.47
A Visual Album By Animal Collective and Danny Perez ODDSAC is a feature film collaboration between the band Animal Collective and filmmaker Danny Perez, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in early 2010 and has screened to sold-out audiences in dozens of US cities. The film was co-conceived by and stars Animal Collective, whose 2009 album "Merriweather Post Pavillion" was named album of the year by SPIN, Entertainment Weekly, and Pitchfork, and topped critic's end of year lists worldwide. ODDSAC is a dense and surreal layering of audio and visual elements that eschews conventional narrative to create a visceral viewing experience.


Batman: Under The Red Hood
$ 19.98   16.98
Batman faces his ultimate challenge as the mysterious Red Hood takes Gotham City by firestorm. One part vigilante, one part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical code. Killing is an option. And when the Joker falls in the balance between the two, hard truths are revealed and old wounds are reopened.


Batman: Under The Red Hood [2 Disc Special Edition]
$ 24.98   22.48
In the newest animated PG13 adventure, Batman's got a new rival in town who goes by the name of Red Hood. He cleans up Gotham with vigilante justice, just like Batman. But, he's cool with killing criminals if need be. See, Batman doesn't go in for killing. Then the Joker shows up and Red Hood wants him dead. What's a moral Batman (not a-moral) to do?


Law/Whitaker/Schreiber Repo Men
$ 29.98   26.98
Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton star in one of the coolest and most bada... wait, what? This is some new movie? Stars Jude Law and Forrest Whitaker? Science Fiction / action hybrid? Not one of the most quotable movies of all time? What a shame.


Clash Of The Titans (2010)
$ 28.98   26.08
Re-make of the Ray Harryhausen stop-motion animation masterpiece. This time it comes in 3D and stars Sam Worthington, the guy who was last seen in 3D in Avatar. He's gonna be in all 3D movies from now on. They just have to change the backgrounds and other actors around him. It's great.


Operation: Endgame
$ 29.97   26.97
A battle ensues among groups of government spy teams in an underground facility after their boss is assassinated.


Jesse Stone: No Remorse
$ 24.96   22.46
Tom Selleck reprises his role as Jesse Stone, the anguished and relentless former police Chief in the small town of Paradise, Massachusetts. While in self-imposed seclusion following his suspension from the Paradise Police Force, a mysterious series of related murders in nearby Boston draws Stone back into the fold. Before long, he’s following a crooked path that leads to none other than the city’s most notorious crime boss Gino Fish (William Sadler).


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