GIVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC: 60 MUST-HAVE CDs $9.99/$10.99 EACH THROUGH DEC. 31!

The name says it all: Give the Gift of Music. Our annual $9.99/$10.99 holiday CD sale is back, and a top-drawer coalition of record store people across the country (including The Record Exchange) hand-picked 60 titles for your holiday gift-giving and personal pleasure.

Now through Dec. 31, the following CDs are sale-priced at $9.99 unless otherwise noted below. See, 10 bucks still does go a long way.

$9.99 GIVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC TITLES

Arctic Monkeys – Suck It and See

The Kills – Blood Pressures

Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know

Real Estate – Days

The Horrible Crowes – Elsie

Dum Dum Girls – Only In Dreams

Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing

Shabazz Palaces – Black Up

Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

Low – C’mon

The Twilight Singers – Dynamite Steps

Seapony – Go With Me

Panda Bear – Tomboy

Brett Dennen – Loverboy

Wye Oak – Civilian

Cee-Lo Green – The Lady Killer

Destroyer – Kaputt

Crooked Fingers – Breaks in the Armor

The Rosebuds – Loud Planes Fly Low

The Mountain Goats – All Eternals Deck

Washed Out – Within and Without

Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues

The Head and the Heart – The Head and the Heart

The Decemberists – The King is Dead

Amos Lee – Mission Bell

Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi – Rome

City and Colour – Little Hell

PJ Harvey – Let England Shake

Thrice – Major/Minor

Fitz and the Tantrums – Pickin’ Up the Pieces

Architecture in Helsinki – Moment Bends

The Bangles – Sweetheart of the Sun

Elbow – Build a Rocket Boys!

The Black Angels – Phosphene Dream

Awolnation – Megalithic Symphony

The Antlers – Burst Apart

North Mississippi Allstars – Keys to the Kingdom

The Black Keys – Brothers

Iron and Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean

Red Hot Chili Peppers – I’m With You

Death Cab for Cutie – Codes and Keys

R.E.M. – Collapse Into Now

Ry Cooder – Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down

Bruno Mars – Doo-Wops and Hooligans

Wanda Jackson – The Party Ain’t Over

Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes

Lupe Fiasco – Lasers

Stevie Nicks – In Your Dreams

Emmylou Harris – Hard Bargain

Portugal. The Man – In the Mountain In the Cloud

The Joy Formidable – The Big Roar

Young the Giant – Young the Giant

Cults – Cults ($10.99)

The Vaccines – What Did You Expect from the Vaccines? ($10.99)

The Strokes – Angles ($10.99)

Foo Fighters – Wasting Light ($10.99)

Raphael Saadiq – Stone Rollin’ ($10.99)

Brandi Carlile – Live at Benaroya Hall ($10.99)

Incubus – If Not Now, When? ($10.99)

Adele – 19 ($10.99)

Seether – Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray ($10.99)

FRIDAY’S BLUE AND ORANGE SALE EMAIL HAS BEEN SENT; CHECK YOUR INBOX NOW AND SAVE TOMORROW!

If you’re a Record Exchange email subscriber, check your inbox now for the post-game details on Friday’s Blue and Orange Sale on used CDs, DVDs and vinyl LPs.

If you’re not a subscriber yet and want all the details, email us HERE today or Friday with the subject “Blue and Orange Sale” and we’ll send you the info. Go Broncos — and Merry Christmas!

FREE DVD WITH NEW BON IVER ALBUM!

Bon Iver released a digital-only Deluxe Edition of their critically acclaimed album Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar) on Nov. 29. Featuring short films for each of the album’s ten songs, the Deluxe Edition is the comprehensive vision for the record captured in moving picture. For those of you who prefer your music and videos in physical form, Jagjaguwar has given us an extremely limited quantity of the bonus DVD to give away with purchase of Bon Iver on CD or vinyl!

Watch the trailer here:
youtube.com/boniver

Comprised of individual visual works that both complement and enrich the audio on the album, the video accompaniment was in itself another year in the making. Featuring work by Dan Huiting, Isaac Gale, David Jensen, JoLynn Garnes and Justin Vernon, the video work is meant to be consumed as a visual extension of the music, to enhance each listener’s experience with one of the year’s most acclaimed albums. While not music videos per se, these visual accompaniments are striking in their distinctive atmosphere, and compelling works in their own right.

NEW RELEASE OF THE WEEK: BLACK KEYS ‘EL CAMINO’! GET IT FOR THE $9.99 RIGHT PRICE THROUGH DECEMBER 12!

BUY THE CD HERE ($9.99 RIGHT PRICE THROUGH DEC. 12!)
BUY THE VINYL HERE

The Black Keys‘ Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach bum rush through El Camino like cats in heat, barely stopping to catch a breath. The high-octane guitar, organ, drums, and even bells and chimes all seem to move together, surging forward in adrenaline-riddled spurts. While the duo has always attributed their rhythmic focus to their mutual love for old hip-hop and R&B, these songs were dipped in pure rock’n’roll. “Money Maker” hearkens to the bluesy side, while “Little Black Submarines” slowly builds from an acoustic ballad à la Blitzen Trapper to fuzzy metal riffage. Album opener and first single, “Lonely Boy,” is the best of the bunch, a rollicking good time with raw edges. It’s as danceable as anything they’ve ever done, as evidenced by the song’s video.

Lamenting love gone wrong on nearly every song, El Camino‘s subject matter is nothing new. But it’s what these two do best, and when Auerbach howls “she’s bound to break ya” on “Money Maker,” you want to shake the hand of the gold digger who inspired such fiery feelings. “All this love of mine/And all my precious time/You’ll waste it ’cause you/Don’t know what you want,” goes “Nova Baby,” one of the few songs where Auerbach takes his guitar for a high-flying solo. Sometimes the lyrics swing and miss, like the gag moment on “Run Right Back,” where Auerbach cries “She doesn’t read too much/But there’s no doubt/She’s been written about/Finest exterior/She’s so superior.”Under The Radar

BUY STUFF, GET FREE STUFF AT THE RX: FREE CARPARK HOLIDAY LP, ANTHRAX METAL CLUB COLLECTORS CARD!

At The Record Exchange, you give a little, you get a little, and we have tons of free stuff to give away when you slap your dirty money down on the barrelhead.

NEW FREEBIES THIS WEEK:

• Free Carpark Records holiday vinyl LP — no purchase necessary! Includes tracks from Toro Y Moi, Cloud Nothings, Dan Deacon, Light Pollution and more. Just come in and ask for one — quantities limited!
• Free Anthrax Metal Club Collectors Card with purchase of Worship Music!

OTHER RECENT FREEBIES:

• Foil-treated lithograph with purchase of Smashing Pumpkins Gish and Siamese Dream reissues — specific litho for each release!
Black Friday exclusive Ozzy Osbourne Metal Club trading card with purchase of the Diary of a Madman or Blizzard of Oz reissue!
Black Friday exclusive Kills postcard flexi disc (it’s a cardboard 45 that actually plays!) with purchase of Blood Pressures.
Black Friday exclusive Jimmy Cliff 7-inch (cover of The Clash’s “Guns of Brixton” plus a dub version on the b-side) with purchase of the Jimmy Cliff Sacred Fire 12-inch.
Bloodshot Records, Daptone Records or New West Records sampler CD with purchase of any Black Friday exclusive title — first customers in the door on Friday, Nov. 25 get them; once they’re gone they’re gone!
Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. sampler CD — absolutely free, no purchase necessary! America’s Got Talent winner’s debut album That’s Life (out now) has an R&B-tinged Frank Sinatra vibe. Get a taste with this free sampler, then come back and pick up the full-length at the RX!
• Limited-edition patch (pictured) with purchase of Childish Gambino‘s Camp.
• Six-song Brushfire Records sampler EP (A Few Tunes for the New Year) with purchase of This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 2.
Medium Rarities EP with purchase of GenerationalsActor/Caster.
• 11×17 color poster with purchase of Disturbed‘s The Lost Children.
• Custom Scott Weiland wrapping paper with purchase of Weiland’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.
• Limited-edition patch (pictured) with purchase of Childish Gambino‘s Camp.
• Six-song Brushfire Records sampler EP (A Few Tunes for the New Year) with purchase of This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 2.
Medium Rarities EP with purchase of GenerationalsActor/Caster.
• 11×17 color poster with purchase of Disturbed‘s The Lost Children.
• Custom Scott Weiland wrapping paper with purchase of Weiland’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.
• 7-inch (“This City”/”Saturday Night Again”) with purchase of Patrick Stump‘s Soul Punk.
• Metal Club trading card with purchase of Megadeth‘s Thirteen.
• Luggage tag with purchase of Miranda Lambert‘s Four the Record.
• Limited-edition color photo/interview booklet with purchase of Pearl Jam‘s Twenty DVD.
• Stencil set with purchase of Deer Tick‘s Divine Providence.
• Signed and numbered (limited to 300) lithograph with purchase of The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams.
• Autographed lithograph with purchase of Mason JenningsMinnesota.
• Stainless-steel water bottle with any Comedy Central Records purchase (more info HERE).
• Limited-edition lithograph with purchase of Evanescence‘s self-titled third album (available Tuesday, Oct. 11).
• Four-song Llama Blues CD EP with purchase of Rich Robinson‘s Through a Crooked Sun (available Tuesday, Oct. 11).
• Lyric book with purchase of Ryan Adams’ Ashes & Fire (available Tuesday, Oct. 11).
• Lithograph with purchase of Peter Gabriel‘s New Blood (available Tuesday, Oct. 11).
• Lithograph with purchase of Five Finger Death Punch‘s American Capitalist (available Tuesday, Oct. 11).
• 7-inch with purchase of Dum Dum GirlsOnly in Dreams.
• Paint-by-numbers lithograph with purchase of Feist‘s Metals.
• Large (24″x36″) poster with purchase of Mastodon‘s The Hunter.
• Four-pack of postcards with purchase of Nirvana‘s Nevermind 20th Anniversary Edition.
• Lithograph with purchase of Kasabian‘s Velociraptor.
• Limited-edition color lithograph with purchase of Grateful Dead‘s Europe ’72 Volume 2.
• Magic playing cards with purchase of Nick Lowe‘s The Old Magic. READ MORE HERE.
• Exclusive DVD with purchase of Ladytron‘s Gravity the Seducer.
• Covers EP (Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Talking Heads and The Rolling Stones) with purchase of Umphrey’s McGee‘s Death By Stereo.
• Lenticular asterisk logo pin with purchase of Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ new album I’m With You and any RHCP Warner Bros. catalog title!
• T-shirt with purchase of a Volbeat Knitting Factory ticket (show is Sunday, Aug. 28). Tee is only available at the RX!
• Two-track 7-inch (featuring two live acoustic tracks) with purchase of Zee Avi‘s Ghostbird.
• T-shirt with purchase of All Shall Perish‘s This is Where it Ends.
• Lithograph with purchase of We Are AugustinesRise Ye Sunken Ships.
• Color lithograph with purchase of Drive-By TruckersUgly Buildings, Whores and Politicians: Greatest Hits 1998-2009.
• Leather keychain with purchase of the Wood BrothersSmoke Ring Halo.
• 5-song ‘Roarities’ EP with purchase of The Joy Formidable‘s The Big Roar.
• 7-inch (non-album tracks) with purchase of Release the Sunbird‘s (Rogue Wave) Come Back to Us.
• T-shirt with purchase of All Shall Perish‘s This is Where It Ends.
• 7-inch (featuring two non-album tracks) with purchase of Washed Out‘s Within and Without.
• Lithograph with purchase of Incubus If Not Now, When?
• Button pack with purchase of Rave On Buddy Holly compilation.
• Button pack with purchase of Taking Back Sunday‘s self-titled album.
• Seven-track EP (six exclusive demos, one unreleased b-side) with purchase of Gomez‘s Whatever’s on Your Mind.
• Limited-edition letterpress print with purchase of Arctic MonkeysSuck It and See.
• Indie-store-only 12-inch EP (exclusive tracks) with purchase of 3CD Deluxe Edition of Depeche Mode‘s Remixes 2: ’81-’11.
• Three-track Suitcase EP (exclusive tracks) with purchase of DawesNothing is Wrong.
• Signed CD booklet and two-sided glossy poster with purchase of Peter Murphy‘s Ninth.
• Limited-edition color lithograph with purchase of Tedeschi Trucks Band‘s Revelator.
• Limited-edition postcard pack (featuring artwork by Tessa Farmer) with purchase of Amon Tobin‘s ISAM.
Color lithograph with purchase of Ben Harper‘s Give Till It’s Gone.
Fan with purchase of Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi‘s Rome.
T-shirt with purchase of Peter Bjorn and John’s Gimme Some. Have a look!
Silkscreen poster (pictured) with purchase of Fleet FoxesHelplessness Blues.
Tour photo scrapbook with purchase of The Head and the Heart‘s self-titled album.
• Five-song EP with purchase of Low‘s C’mon
• Color lithograph with purchase of Panda Bear‘s Tomboy.
• Color movie poster with purchase of TV on the Radio’s Nine Types of Light
• Color lithograph with purchase of Paul Simon’s So Beautiful or So What
• 19×19 inch lithograph with purchase of Radiohead’s “The King Of Limbs” album (available 3/29).
• Lithograph with purchase of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart‘s Belong (available 3/29).
• Download card for a cover of System Of A Down’s “Aerials” with purchase of Amon Amarth’s “Surtur Rising” album (available 3/29).
• 7-inch with purchase of Elton John and Leon Russell’s Grammy-nominated album The Union.
• 7′ with picture sleeve featuring two non-CD tracks when you buy G. Love’s Fixin’ to Die
• Hand-written lyric book with purchase of Adele’s 21
• Limited edition 7″ with vinyl. Free with purchase of PJ Harvey‘s new album, “Let England Shake”. Limited edition 7″ with vinyl includes the songs “The Words That Maketh Murder” and “The Guns Called Me Back Again”! (If you purchased the album Monday or Tuesday and did not receive this just bring your receipt in and we will provide you with one.)
• Six track EP (Sometimes Late at Night) with purchase of the Drive By TruckersGo Go Boots (available Tuesday).
•Limited edition color lithograph with purchase of The JayhawksHollywood Town Hall or Tomorrow the Green Grass. Available on CD and Vinyl.
•Button pack with purchase of Bob Marleys Live Forever.
• Button pack with purchase of Iron and Wine‘s Kiss Each Other Clean.
• Color lithograph with purchase of Deerhoof‘s Deerhoof vs. Evil.
• Color lithograph with purchase of the Get Up Kids’ There are Rules.
• Color poster with purchase of Cloud Nothings‘ self-titled album.
• Limited-edition color lithograph with purchase of The DecemberistsThe King is Dead.
• Extremely limited sticker/button set with purchase of Social Distortion‘s Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes.
• Career-retrospective sticker set (all album covers and other images) with purchase of any Weezer album!
• Limited-edition color lithograph with purchase of Cage the Elephant‘s Thank You Happy Birthday.
• Hand-numbered, extremely limited-edition color lithograph with purchase of Tapes ‘n TapesOutside.
• CD single featuring a collaboration with The Cure’s Robert Smith with purchase of Crystal CastlesCrystal Castles.
• Fall 2010 Anti- Records sampler CD with purchase of select Anti- titles (on sale for $9.99 each).
Nobunny/Jacuzzi Boys Scion A/V 7-inch absolutely free — just come in and ask for one. No strings attached!
Band of Horses “Dilly” movie poster with purchase of Infinite Arms.
• CTI 40th Anniversary sampler CD with purchase of one of four 180-gram vinyl CTI Black Friday reissues (DeodatoPrelude, George BensonWhite Rabbit, Freddie HubbardRed Clay, Stanley TurrentineSugar).
• Psychiatric ward ID bracelet with purchase of Disturbed‘s Asylum.
• Black and white 8×10 lithograph with purchase of Bruce Springsteen‘s The Promise — indie store exclusive!
• Large, two-sided color poster with purchase of Underoath‘s O (Disambiguation).
• 7-inch with purchase of Matt and Kim‘s Sidewalks.
• Remix EP with purchase of N.E.R.D.‘s Nothing.
• Color lithograph with purchase of Good Charlotte‘s Cardiology.
• Button pack with purchase of Four Year Strong‘s Enemy of the World.
• T-shirt with purchase of Rise Against‘s Another Station: Another Mile DVD.
• 7-inch (two non-album tracks) with purchase of Belle and Sebastian‘s Write About Love.
• Turntable mat or lithograph with purchase of Slayer‘s The Vinyl Conflict box set or any Slayer catalog title!
• T-shirt with purchase of David Bowie‘s Station to Station Deluxe Edition.
• Postcard set with purchase of Soundgarden‘s Telephantasm.
• 7-inch with purchase of Jimmy Eat World‘s Invented.
• Poster and button pack with purchase of The PosiesBlood/Candy.
• 7-inch with purchase of Salem‘s King Night.
• Plastic beer cup and paper koozie with purchase of Billy Currington‘s Enjoy Yourself.
• Puffy sticker set and red balloon with purchase of Maximum Balloon‘s self-titled debut.
• 7-inch (two live tracks) with purchase of Matt Costa‘s Mobile Chateau.
• 7-inch with purchase of Les Savy Fav‘s Root for Ruin.
• Yep Roc/Bella Union CD sampler with purchase of Jukebox the Ghost‘s Everything Under the Sun or The Acorn’s No Ghost.
• Lithograph with purchase of Serj Tankian‘s Imperfect Harmonies.
• Numbered, appropriately psychedelic lithograph with purchase of The Black AngelsPhosphene Dream.
• Jean jacket-ready button with purchase of Of Montreal‘s False Priest.
• Extremely limited cloth wall banner with purchase of Justin Townes Earle‘s Harlem River Blues.
• Two-track 7-inch with purchase of The Walkmen‘s Lisbon.
• Lanyard redeemable for a free mix CD with purchase of Cloud Cult‘s Light Chasers.
• Lithograph with purchase of The Drums‘ self-titled album.
• Autographed poster or CD booklet with purchase of The Gracious Few‘s self-titled album.
• Rare single — one side vinyl, one side CD/DVD (no kidding) — of “Impossible,” featuring an unreleased track and video, with purchase of Anberlin‘s Dark Is the Way. Light Is a Place.
• 45 adapter with purchase of limited-edition 45-rpm vinyl version of Interpol‘s new self-titled album.
• 4-song 12-inch vinyl EP (including Four Tet and Born Ruffians remixes) with purchase of The Acorn‘s No Ghost.
• Button pack with purchase of Jenny & Johnny‘s I’m Having Fun Now.
Arts & Crafts sampler CD with purchase of any Arts & Crafts title.
• Calendar with purchase of Hey Monday‘s Beneath It All.
• Hand fan with purchase of Katy Perry‘s Teenage Dream (extremely limited).
• Lithograph with purchase of Disturbed‘s Asylum.
• Free split 7-inch featuring Cheap Time and Bad Sports, courtesy of Vice Records and Scion AV — no purchase necessary, just come in and ask for it!
• 7-inch with purchase of Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah DogsGod Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise.
• Lithograph with purchase of Brian Wilson‘s Reimagines Gershwin.
• Limited-edition 7-inch (with non-album tracks) with purchase of The Budos BandsIII.
• Out-of-print Casual Nostalgia Fest Sub Pop 20th anniversary live compilation with purchase of any August Sub Pop Sale title.
• Sassy large-sized lithograph with purchase of Queens of the Stone Age‘s Rated R Deluxe Edition.
• Sticker with purchase of Los LobosTin Can Trust.
Range mixtape (hosted by DJ Drama) with purchase of any hip-hop title.
• Lithograph with purchase of Sky Sailing‘s (Owl City) An Airplane Carried Me to Bed.
• Mixtape with purchase of Capone-N-Noreaga‘s The War Report 2.
• Magnet with purchase of Wolf Parade‘s Expo 86.
• Full-sized movie poster with purchase of Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse‘s Dark Night of the Soul.
• Free pink vinyl 7-inch featuring two versions of “XXXO” (the album cut plus a Blaqstarr remix) with purchase of M.I.A.‘s Maya (only $9.99!)
• Hand-numbered lithograph with purchase of Paul Thorn‘s Pimps and Preachers.
• Autographed CD booklet with purchase of Jackie Greene‘s Till the Light Comes.
• 7-inches with purchase of Sleigh BellsTreats or Tokyo Police Club‘s Champ.
• Autographed lithograph with purchase of Local NativesGorilla Manor — seriously limited quantities!
• Lithograph with purchase of Derek Trucks Band‘s Roadsongs.
• Indie-exclusive numbered lithograph with purchase of Ozzy Osbourne‘s Scream.
• Sticker with purchase of The Chemical BrothersFurther.
• Lithograph with purchase of Nas and Damian Jr. Gong Marley‘s Distant Relatives.
• Indie-exclusive lithograph with purchase of the Iron Man 2 soundtrack.
• Postcard set with purchase of The Gaslight Anthem‘s American Slang.
• Poster with purchase of The Cure’s Disintegration Deluxe Edition.
• Limited-edition concert poster with purchase of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals‘ new self-titled album.
• Etched blue vinyl 7-inch with purchase of Jack Johnson‘s To the Sea.
• White vinyl 7-inch with purchase of The FutureheadsThe Chaos.
• Lithograph with purchase of Marina and the DiamondsThe Family Jewels.
• 3D lenticular poster (5×5 for CD buyers, 12×12 for vinyl buyers) with purchase of Widespread Panic‘s Dirty Side Down.
• Limited-edition lithograph with purchase of LCD Soundsystem‘s This is Happening.
• Button set or laminate card with purchase of The Dead Weather‘s Sea of Cowards.
• Two-sided color poster with purchase of Everest‘s On Approach.
Record Exchange exclusive autographed Josh Ritter CD booklet with purchase of So Runs the World Away.
Togetherness 7-inch, featuring three covers of songs by the Detroit band Outrageous Cherry, with purchase of The New PornographersTogether.
• Limited-edition autographed poster with purchase of Minus the Bear‘s Omni.
• Limited-edition autograph poster with purchase of Plants and AnimalsLa La Land.
La Blogotheque: A Take Away Show Barcelona, Spain limited-edition DVD with purchase of Josh Rouse‘s El Turista.
• Whoopee cushion — that’s right, a whoopee cushion — with purchase of comedian Brian Posehn‘s Fart and Wiener Jokes. Whoopee!
• 12-inch, six-track EP with purchase of The Apples in Stereo‘s Travellers in Space and Time.
• 7-inch with purchase of Freelance WhalesWeathervanes.
• Numbered lithograph with the purchase of MGMT‘s Congratulations.
• Numbered lithograph with purchase of Coheed and Cambria‘s Year of the Black Rainbow.
• Lithograph with purchase of Rogue Wave‘s Permalight.
• Lithograph with purchase of LiarsSisterworld.
MVD Visual DVD sampler with purchase of any new music DVD or Blu-ray disc.
• Poster with purchase of John Butler Trio‘s April Uprising.
• 7-inch with purchase of Sharon Jones and the Dap-KingsI Learned the Hard Way.
Gorillaz postcard set with purchase of Plastic Beach.
• Lithograph with purchase of FlobotsSurvival Story.
• Lithograph of original Jimi Hendrix artwork with purchase of Valleys of Neptune.
• Lithograph and sticker with purchase of Johnny Cash‘s American VI.
• Mixtape CD (choose from two) with purchase of RDJ2‘s The Colossus.
• 7-inch with purchase of Hot Chip‘s new album One Life Stand.
• Digital download card for a free bonus EP (“Mistake” remixes) with purchase of Moby‘s Wait For Me.
• Many more — just ask an RX clerk!