BUY STUFF, GET FREE STUFF: SMASHING PUMPKINS FOIL-TREATED LITHOS!

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:

• Foil-treated lithograph with purchase of Smashing Pumpkins Gish and Siamese Dream reissues — specific litho for each release!

OTHER RECENT FREEBIES:

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!

NEW DVD/BLU-RAY: ADELE ‘LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL’

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Live At The Royal Albert Hall was recorded on September 22 at the height of what has been an amazing year for Adele. Available on DVD and Blu-ray, “Live At The Royal Albert Hall” features the full 90 minute concert performance, plus special behind the scenes footage shot throughout the day leading up to the concert.
The package also includes an exclusive live CD of the entire show. This is the first time all of Adele’s hits and best loved songs will be on one CD plus her stunning covers of Bonnie Raitt’s “If I Can’t Make You Love Me” and The Steeldrivers “If It Hadn’t Been For Love”.

OTHER NEW DVD/BLU-RAY RELEASES:

Beyonce Live At Roseland: Elements Of ‘4’
Cave Of Forgotten Dreams Cave Of Forgotten Dreams
Dixie Chicks Storytellers

THE VINYL WORD: KATE BUSH ’50 WORDS FOR SNOW’!!

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Revisiting older work on this year’s Director’s Cut gave Kate Bush a chance to review aspects of her canon so far. Her approach was as clear-sighted and inventive as we have come to expect, and through gaining permission to use James Joyce’s words (“The Sensual World” became “The Flower of the Mountain”), she finally got to “meet” him, entering into a dialogue of sorts.

A sense of dialogue is where 50 Words For Snow picks up, but this time it revisits another theme of Bush’s: nature. Using snow as a kind of landscape, it provides a sparse, beautiful, and ultimately pure backdrop for her creativity to soar.

The title track makes good use of Stephen Fry, and his perfect enunciation as he recounts many made-up words for snow (“creaky-creaky” is a particular favorite) reminding us of the various idiosyncratic collaborators Bush has employed over the years (the wonderful Rolf Harris springs to mind). Housed alongside something of a busy, almost housey beat, with delicate synths and luscious percussion, Bush relegates her vocal to the background, as she encourages Fry (“Come on now, just 22 to go”), but although she is in the shadows, her unmistakable voice acts as a sensual metronome to the pursuit.

That voice soars once more on “Among Angels”, noting Bush’s deeper register, and along with the glassy, frail piano, she sings of seeing angels shimmering “like mirrors in summer.” Her own dazzling existence is contained within that poetic line, but it also serves to remind that words mean just as much to her as the musical atmosphere she creates. While looking for 50 Words For Snow, she has found 50 other original ways to express herself effortlessly, creating another intriguing piece of work. In 1980, she sang that “December Will Be Magic Again”; in 2011, she has made it so.Consequence of Sound

OTHER NEW VINYL RELEASES:

Gorillaz Singles Collection
Smashing Pumpkins Gish
Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream
Louvin Brothers Handpicked Songs 1955-62
Los Campesinos Hello Sadness
H2O H2O
Olivia Tremor Control Music From The Unrealized Film Script: Dusk At Cub

GORILLAZ ‘SINGLES COLLECTION’ AND OTHER NEW CD RECOMMENDATIONS

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It is no great surprise that a group designed as a concept would eventually specialize in concept albums, so when Gorillaz abandoned the giddiness that fueled their 2001 debut in favor of dense dystopian dance-rock operas, it seemed logical and the transition was eased by Albarn’s cunning knack for sharp crossover singles. Released in 2011, The Singles Collection 2001-2011rounds up 15 of those singles — including remixes of early hits “Clint Eastwood” and “19/2000” and “Doncamatic,” which was added to later pressings of 2010’s Plastic Beach, but nothing from their iPad-recorded 2010 detour The Fall — and they make for an impressively consistent body of work, with Gorillaz finding many variations within their blend of Brit-pop, hip-hop, dance, and rock. In this context, it is clear that the three singles pulled from Plastic Beach — “Stylo,” “Superfast Jellyfish,” “On Melancholy Hill” — didn’t reach the same heights as those from Gorillaz and Demon Days because they were cobbled by a certain dourness — a quality lacking from the singles from the similarly pessimistic Demon Days and from “Doncamatic” — yet they don’t offer a sour coda on this Singles Collection; instead, they indicate the complexity of this cartoon pop group, which means this compilation isn’t merely a good collection of hits, it’s a fine introduction to the multifaceted pleasures of Gorillaz. [The Deluxe Edition contains a bonus DVD with the group’s videos (essential to the understanding of the group), a documentary called Charts of Darkness, two BRIT Award performances, and three trailers.]All Music

OTHER NEW CD RECOMMENDATIONS:

Brand New Your Favorite Weapon
Jimmy Cliff Sacred Fire EP
Dim Mak Emergence Of Reptilian
Songs Of Anarchy: Music From Seasons 1-4 Soundtrack
Yes In The Present – Live From Lyon
Richard Thompson Strict Tempo
Sonata Arctica Live In Finland
Dave Clarke Fabric 60: Dave Clarke
Hot Chelle Rae Whatever
Currensy’s Jets Jet Life/Jet World Order

NEW RELEASE OF THE WEEK: SMASHING PUMPKINS ‘GISH’ AND ‘SIAMESE DREAM’

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BUY ‘SIAMESE DREAM’ HERE
BUY THE DELUXE EDITION HERE
BUY THE VINYL HERE

Alt-rock radio, at its height of commercial trendsetting, enabled the Smashing Pumpkins to not merely survive but thrive. There, Corgan could have his cake and eat it too, daring people to get annoyed at his starlust and reacting in kind while further building up his ambitions. He got his band signed to a major label and used the fig leaf of a corporate indie release for Gish, scored a prime spot on the Seattle-focused Singles soundtrack with “Drown”, essentially went “Haters gonna hate” with Siamese Dream‘s first single “Cherub Rock”, and got petulant when any other acts or writers accused him of protesting too much. And not just Pavement, either: “You hurt me deeply in my heart,” he once infamously pouted to Kim Thayil before a 1994 Australian concert, following which the Pumpkins went on “to play the best set anybody has ever heard them play.”

All of which goes some distance toward explaining why both reissues of Gish and Siamese Dream— appropriately loaded with rarities, DVD bonuses, fancy packaging, and often-impressionistic song-for-song liner notes by Corgan– remain remarkable though unequal listens. Even in 1991, Gish felt like something that started off well with songs like “Siva” and “Rhinoceros” but meandered a bit toward the end. Corgan’s voice never sounded as lost in his music as it does here, and most of the emphasis is on the band’s collective performance: Chamberlin’s powerful, fluid drumming, Darcy Wretzky’s strong basslines, and that thick, chunky glaze of guitars.

In contrast to Gish‘s steady flow, Siamese Dream crashes out of the gate. “Cherub Rock” remains an absolutely stellar opener with a sense of pure sonic melodrama, thanks to Chamberlin’s circus-act drum introduction, a tight clip of guitars quickly matched by equally nimble bass, a volcanic blast of a guitar lead, and then a shift to a woozy, still-building sprawl. And all this before the first verse even starts. Throw in everything that followed– the overt MBV worship of “Hummer”, the country-rock-tinged wanderlust of “Mayonaise”, “Soma”‘s update of Prince’s “The Beautiful Ones” for a new decade, and inevitably the MTV/radio hits “Today”, “Disarm”, and “Rocket”– and no matter your take on its mastermind or his divisive whining/sighing vocals, it’s an embarrassment of musical riches.Pitchfork