BUY STUFF, GET FREE STUFF: LIMITED-EDITION COLOR LITHOGRAPHS FROM CAGE THE ELEPHANT, TAPES ‘N TAPES!

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:

• 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.

OTHER RECENT FREEBIES:

• 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 (Deodato Prelude, George Benson White Rabbit, Freddie Hubbard Red Clay, Stanley Turrentine Sugar).
• Psychiatric ward ID bracelet with purchase of Disturbed‘s Asylum.
The Melvins Electric Flower remix 12-inch – absolutely free courtesy of Scion A/V! How do you get one? Just come in and ask for it. Simple as that.
• 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 (on sale for $9.99 — one week only!).
• Jean jacket-ready button with purchase of Of Montreal‘s False Priest (on sale for $9.99 — one week only!).
• 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.
Black Lips/Pierced Arrows split 7-inch free to the first few people who come in and ask for one — no purchase necessary!
• 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.
Sleigh Bells and Tokyo Police Club 7-inches are here — finally! After a long delay, these limited-edition 7-inches are now available with purchase of Sleigh Bells’ Treats and 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. Read more about it HERE.
• 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.
Mannequin Men/Jack Oblivian and the Tennessee Tearjerkers split 7-inch, free to the first four humans to walk in the door and ask for one — no purchase necessary! Seriously. A free record. Just for having a face.
Record Exchange exclusive autographed Josh Ritter CD booklet with purchase of So Runs the World Away. (online orders available!)
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.
• 7-inch with purchase of Citizen Cope‘s The RainWater LP.
• 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.
• Download card to redeem a free Manchester Orchestra live EP from ThinkIndie with purchase of Mean Everything to Nothing.
• Many more — just ask an RX clerk!

CIMS RECOMMENDS: SHADOW SHADOW SHADE INDIE STORE EXCLUSIVE CD!

BUY CD HERE

L.A. buzz band Shadow Shadow Shade‘s debut album Shadow Shadow Shade jumps out the gate with “Is This A Tempest In The Shape Of A Bell,” which sounds like Brian Eno fronting early Pink Floyd.

It’s no wonder that this seven-piece band see themselves as a big art project more than a rock group. The members include a producer, an opera singer (you can’t miss her) and various other art type folks. The vocal arrangements are quite startling in their complexity and tonal quality.

The thing that really gets us going about this group is the depth of the music and the vision put into the entire project. From the cover art to individual notes, you can tell they give a shit. They conjure bands like the Mamas and the Papas, Queen, Roxy Music and the already mentioned Pink Floyd. This album will keep you wondering where these guys have been hiding all these years.

NEW CD RELEASE OF THE WEEK: THE ICON MUSIC SERIES FEATURING SHERYL CROW, IMOGEN HEAP AND MORE

Icon is a new series of albums featuring the greatest hits, signature tunes and fan favorites of the most popular artists in music history. The aptly named Icon series from Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) launched August 31, 2010, with releases from 30 major artists spanning rock, pop, R&B and country. Each album, at a great price, includes 12 hit tracks. Here are some titles that arrived this week:

Cher Icon

Sheryl Crow Icon

Ella Fitzgerald Icon Love Songs

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Icon Love Songs

Imogen Heap & Frou Frou Icon

Billie Holiday Icon Love Songs

OTHER NEW RELEASES:

Sylvain Chomet Illusionist

Class Actress Journal of Ardency

Generationals Trust

Tyler Ramsey Long Dream About Swimming Across the Sea

Reverend John Wilkins You Can’t Hurry God

RECORD EXCHANGE TOP 25 SELLERS (WEEK ENDING JAN. 2)

1. Lungs, Florence & The Machine
2. Tron: Legacy Soundtrack, Daft Punk
3. Junky Star, Ryan Bingham
4. Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons
5. The Suburbs, Arcade Fire
6. Brothers, The Black Keys
7. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West
8. God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise, Ray LaMontagne
9. III/IV, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
10. Halcyon Digest, Deerhunter
11. Contra, Vampire Weekend
12. Teen Dream, Beach House
13. Come Around Sundown, Kings of Leon
14. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
15. The xx, The xx
16. Skinny Mammy’s Revenge, Hillfolk Noir
17. Oracular Spectacular, MGMT
18. The Wild Hunt, The Tallest Man On Earth
19. Sidewalks, Matt and Kim
20. Light You Up, Shawn Mullins
21. I’m Having Fun Now, Jenny & Johnny
22. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Vinyl Release), Kanye West
23. The Hits Collection, Vol. 1, Jay-Z
24. Danger Days: True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, My Chemical Romance
25. Joy to the World, Pink Martini

RECORD EXCHANGE TOP 25 SELLERS (WEEK ENDING DEC. 26)

1. Brothers, The Black Keys
2. Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons
3. Joy to the World, Pink Martini
4. Lungs, Florence and the Machine
5. The Suburbs, Arcade Fire
6. Tron: Legacy Soundtrack, Daft Punk
7. God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise, Ray LaMontagne
8. The Promise, Bruce Springsteen
9. The XX, The XX
10. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
11. The Union, Elton John and Leon Russell
12. Light You Up, Shawn Mullins
13. Skinny Mammy’s Revenge, Hillfolk Noir
14. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West
15. Speak Now, Taylor Swift
16. Le Noise, Neil Young
17. For Emma Forever Ago, Bon Iver
18. III/IV, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
19. Greatest Hits … So Far, Pink
20. Christmas Cornucopia, Annie Lennox
21. The Sound of Sunshine, Michael Franti and Spearhead
22. Teen Dream, Beach House
23. Come Around Sundown, Kings of Leon
24. Recovery, Eminem
25. Band of Joy, Robert Plant