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MAXIMUM BALLOON (TV ON THE RADIO) AND OTHER NEW CD RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE RECORD EXCHANGE!

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Maximum Balloon is TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek but, strictly speaking, it is not a Dave Sitek solo project. Sure, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs/Scarlett Johansson producer is pulling all the strings (as he seems to do on many albums he produces), but the debut from this project is less a chance for him to take centerstage as it is an opportunity to color outside the lines required by his day jobs.

So, despite Sitek showing off his pipes on a cover of the Troggs’ “With a Girl Like You” on last year’s Dark Was the Night compilation, his own deep, dusky vocals are largely absent from these Maximum Balloon songs. Instead, he has called up old friends (like his TVOTR bandmates Kyp Malone and Tunde Adebimpe) and new (singer Holly Miranda) to jam on tracks that are meant for the dancefloor, but will, most likely, never have to be played live.

The songs are, therefore, liberated from the shackles of needing to be recreated in real time, so Sitek can spackle on as many layers of noisy synthesizers as he likes, and he can gather an enviable group of singers to act as his mouthpiece, regardless of the fact that, logistically, they could never all be corralled for one big tour. The result is a dense, sultry collection that revels in the dissonance between its thick, synthesized arrangements and its emotive, earthy vocal performances. — Pitchfork

OTHER NEW CD RECOMMENDATIONS:

Zac Brown Band You Get What You Give
Santana Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All
Matt Costa Mobile Chateau
John Legend and the Roots Wake Up!
Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s Buzzard
Blonde Redhead Penny Sparkle
Thievery Corporation It Takes a Thief
Flying Lotus Pattern + Grid World
Hundred in the Hands Hundred in the Hands
Black Country Communion Black Country Communion
Fake Problems Real Ghosts Caught on Tape
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NEW DVD/BLU-RAY: TAKE A TRIP TO THE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD REANIMATED

September 21, 2010 - DVD and Blu Ray , On Sale , Recommended , The Record Exchange Blog - by - No Comments

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Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated features the work of various artists, animators, and filmmakers from around the globe.

The mixed media featured include puppetry, CGI, hand-drawn animation, illustration, acrylics, claymation, and even “animated” tattoos, just to name a few.

This mass-collaboration approach is less about remaking Romero’s film and more about viewing the classic through an experimental lens. Instead of trying to alter Image Ten’s work, NOTLD:R seeks to showcase the responses that artists from around the world have had to this landmark film.

OTHER NEW DVD/BLU-RAY RELEASES:

Robin Hood DVD
30 Rock Season 4 DVD
How I Met Your Mother Season 5 DVD
Opeth Live at the Royal Albert Hall DVD
American Beauty Blu-ray
Castle Season 2 DVD
Community Season 1 DVD
Modern Family Season 1 DVD
Charade Blu-ray
Watermelon Slim Live at Ground Zero Blues Club DVD
Johnny Winter Live Through the ’80s DVD

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THE VINYL WORD: FLOAT DOWNSTREAM WITH GRATEFUL DEAD VINYL BOX SET

September 21, 2010 - Recommended , The Record Exchange Blog , The Vinyl Word - by - No Comments

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Between 1967 and 1970, the Grateful Dead recorded five studio albums for Warner Bros. Records that formed the psychedelic canon on which the band’s live legend was built. The albums spotlighted the early core lineup of Jerry Garcia, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart.

Grateful Dead and Rhino are celebrating the 40th anniversary of Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty with The Warner Bros. Studio Albums, a five-LP box set containing The Grateful Dead (1967), Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty (1970), plus the original mixes for Anthem Of The Sun (1968) and Aoxomoxoa (1969), available on vinyl for the first time in nearly 40 years.

The set offers detailed replicas of the original albums housed in a hard-shell case that protects and stores the music with the accompanying 12″x12″ book including unpublished photos and new liner notes by Blair Jackson. To ensure the highest degree of quality, the albums were pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI using lacquers cut from the original analog masters by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.

The original mixes for Anthem of the Sun and Aoxomoxoa featured here for the first time since they were released went out of circulation in 1972 and 1971, respectively. Garcia and Lesh revisited Aoxomoxoa two years after its release in an effort to cut through the dense mix, which was a result of the band’s extensive experimenting in the studio with one of the first 16-track recorders. The overhaul changed the album’s sound significantly, including the end of “Doin’ That Rag,” which originally closed with an a cappella vocal coda that was later removed.

OTHER NEW VINYL RELEASES:

Matt Costa Mobile Chateau
David Cross Bigger and Blackerer
Flying Lotus Pattern + Grid World
Fugazi Repeater
Fugazi Seven Songs
Jamey Johnson The Guitar Song
Joy Division Closer
Joy Division Unknown Pleasures
John Legend and the Roots Wake Up!
Maximum Balloon Maximum Balloon
Minor Threat First Two 7-inches
Minor Threat Out of Step
Katy Perry Teenage Dream
Torche Song for Singles
Ween Quebec

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NEW RELEASE OF THE WEEK: MICHAEL FRANTI AND SPEARHEAD’S ‘SOUND OF SUNSHINE,’ ON SALE FOR ONLY $10.99!

September 21, 2010 - On Sale , Recommended , The Record Exchange Blog - by - No Comments

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Like a warm ray of sun breaking through the clouds, Michael Franti & Spearhead deliver just what is promised by the title of their latest release The Sound of Sunshine.

The title track, which kicks off the record and then is revisited in a reworked version at the end, is the perfect bookend for this 11-track set that should only expand Franti’s growing fan base.

Known for mixing rock, rap, reggae, soul and other styles into a musical gumbo all his own, Franti delivers songs that will force the listener to stand up and “Shake It,” as he exhorts with the help of backing singer Lady Saw. — Associated Press

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F**K YEAH! IT’S THE RETURN OF THE CD SINGLE WITH CEE LO GREEN’S “F**K YOU” INDIE STORE EXCLUSIVE!

September 21, 2010 - On Sale , Recommended , The Record Exchange Blog - by - No Comments

So, you’ve heard and loved Cee Lo Green‘s fantastic new single “F**k You!,” right? Well, now The Record Exchange and the fine folks at Record Store Day are offering you a great deal on the CD single.

You read that right — a CD single. Not some invisible digital download that sounds like crap. And this hold-it-in-your-hands limited-edition CD single — featuring “F**k You!” and Cee Lo’s ode to his home state, “Georgia” — is now available exclusively at The Record Exchange for only 99 cents. You read that right — 99 cents.

And — and — inside the single is a coupon good for $2 off Cee Lo Green’s forthcoming full-length album The Lady Killer when it hits the shelves on Dec. 7. All you gotta do is bring the coupon back to The Record Exchange that day and you’ll get a discount — a discount, we would like to add, that’s worth more than what you’ll pay for the CD single. F**k yeah.

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