1. Mista Cha’ley, Charley Mixon
2. Joy to the World, Pink Martini
3. Prove It, The Expendables
4. Skinny Mammy’s Revenge, Hillfolk Noir
5. Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons
6. God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise, Ray LaMontagne
7. Wide Awake in Europe, U2
8. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West
9. Brothers, The Black Keys
10. The Witmark Demos, Bob Dylan
11. Man on the Moon 2, Kid Cudi
12. Live at the Old Idaho Penitentiary, Hillfolk Noir
13. The Promise, Bruce Springsteen
14. Tron: Legacy Soundtrack, Daft Punk
15. Lost in Dreams, Curtis Stigers
16. Band of Joy, Robert Plant
17. Xx, The xx
18. So Runs the World Away, Josh Ritter
19. Christmas Gift, Scott Miller
20. The Gift, Susan Boyle
21. The Beginning, Black Eyed Peas
22. Live at Grimey’s, Metallica
23. High Violet, The National
24. The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Loreena McKennitt
25. Featuring, Norah Jones
NEW DECEMBERISTS 7-INCH ONLY $2, PLUS COUPON FOR $2 OFF NEW ALBUM!
Literary indie rock fans, take note: a new Decemberists 7-inch single just arrived at The Record Exchange, and we’re selling it to you good people for the low, low price of $2!
Furthermore, the 7-inch comes with a postcard including a tear-off coupon that you can bring back to the store on Jan. 18 and get $2 off the Decemberists’ new album The King is Dead. (The coupon is valid for a month from release date.)
The 7-inch features two tracks: “January Hymn” from the forthcoming album and a cover of the Grateful Dead’s “Row Jimmy.”
That’s right, hipster turds: Now you have to stop pretending you don’t like the Dead because your beloved Decemberists have made it okay to publicly like the Dead. Put that in your cardigan sweater and smoke it!
RECORD EXCHANGE THINKINDIE DIGITAL STORE: OFF! FIRST FOUR EPs, NEW YEARS EVIL, SHADOW SHADOW SHADE!
• NEW RELEASES:
New Years Evil EP only $3.99 (ThinkIndie exclusive!)
Christine Owman Throwing Knives $9.99 (ThinkIndie exclusive!)
Shadow Shadow Shade Shadow Shadow Shade
Fitz and the Tantrums Santa Stole My Lady
Matt and Kim Cameras (Mike D remix)
Dntel After Parties 1
Dntel After Parties 2
Bardo Pond Bardo Pond
The Knife Seeds
The Beatnuts Classic Nuts Vol. 1
MORE HERE
• NEW RELEASE OF THE WEEK: NEW YEARS EVIL EXCLUSIVE EP!
UK bands seem to be getting back in the rock mode. New Years Evil are young lads into Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr. and My Bloody Valentine. At least that is my best guess after hearing them.
The drummer is my kind of stick magician. He is keeping the pace rolling forward while throwing in as much fill as possible. Guitarist, as noted, must give some credit to Thurston and Lee as he grinds the strings together. Bass player hugs the kick to make it all punchy.
This Think Indie Exclusive release comes to us via our friends at River Jones Music, who usually stick with local Arizona talent. But, after hearing these guys, they agreed to help bring them over the pond. EP is available as a full album stream, so try it before you buy it. — ThinkIndie Tony
PREVIEW/BUY EP ($3.99) HERE
• RECOMMENDED: OFF! FIRST FOUR EPs
We are more than super excited to be the first download store to offer the first full group of songs from the band OFF! Inspired by bands like Black Flag and California punk bands of yore, they are pushing an honest and straightforward dose of punk rock.
The band formed by Keith Morris (Circle Jerks/Black Flag) also features Burning Brides guitarist Dimitri Coats on guitar, Redd Kross bassist Steven Shane Mcdonald and Hot Snakes/Earthless/Rocket From The Crypt drummer Mario Rubalcaba. All of these players bring real skills and the proper attitude to this project. The songs are short bursts of pure energy with no interference or overthinking getting in the way. Find out more info on the physical box set by checking out the blog.
PREVIEW/BUY ALBUM HERE
DOWNLOAD FREE TRACK HERE
• THINKINDIE EXCLUSIVE: CHRISTINE OWMAN
This young lady has already started to build up a reputation of explosive live shows: headbanging to obscure movie projections from the ’20s and ’30s, playing the saw, the cello, the ukulele and singing through effect pedals.
Born in Sweden, Christine Owman lived a couple of years in the States as a child. She has worked and toured with a number of talented, well-known artists in different constallations throughout the years; members of the Cardigans (Magnus Svenningsson, Lasse Johansson and Bengt Lagerberg), Bebe Risenfors (Tom Waits and Elvis Costello’s bands), Erik Nilsson (Irya’s Playground, Ane Brun’s and Nina Kinert’s bands), Conny Nimmersjo (Bob Hund), Ebbot Lundberg (The Soundtrack of Our Lives), Ola Frick (Moonbabies), Cecilia Nordlund (Cilihili, Fever Ray), Irya Gmeyner and Andi Almqvist.
Owman has been touring all over Europe these past months – from Russia to the UK to Iceland. She recently toured Canada for the first time, where she played at Calgary Opera Centre (during Sled Island) and sold out all her merch on her first show in Canada!
BUY ALBUM HERE
• ARTIST TO WATCH: SHADOW SHADOW SHADE (ONLY $5.99!)
L.A. buzz band Shadow Shadow Shade release their debut album Shadow Shadow Shade on Public Records. It jumps out the gate with “Is This A Tempest In The Shape Of A Bell,” which sounds like Brian Eno fronting early Pink Floyd.
I guess 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.
I guess the thing that really gets me 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 Mama’s And Papas, Queen, Roxy Music and the already mentioned Pink Floyd. The new album’s on sale for $5.99, which makes it easy to afford. I promise the music is not cheap and it will keep you wondering where these guys have been hiding all these years. – radiofreedavis@thinkindie
BUY ALBUM HERE
DOWNLOAD FREE TRACK HERE
• A FEAST OF FABULOUS FREELOADS!
One of the coolest things about the Record Exchange ThinkIndie Digital Store is the crazy amount of free downloads.
Seriously, each week new freebies are added to the Freeloads section, and these aren’t just streams — we’re talking fully downloadable and burnable 320KB DRM-free files.
Here’s a look at some new additions:
KORT (Kurt Wagner/Courtney Tidwell) Wild Mountain Berries
Cave Singers Swim Club
Dark Horses Alone
Buffalo Tom Arise Watch
Deerhoof vs. Kasai Allstars Travel Broadens
Nicole Atkins Vitamin C (Can cover)
Joe Pug To Ohio (Low Anthem cover)
Shadow Shadow Shade Is This a Tempest
OFF! (Keith Morris of Black Flag/Circle Jerks) Upside Down
Many more HERE
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FREE ANTI- RECORDS SAMPLER WITH PURCHASE OF A $9.99 ANTI- SALE CD!
The Record Exchange is partnering with one of the great American independent record labels, Anti-, to give you a sweet deal for the holiday season.
Purchase one of the following CDs — on sale for a special $9.99 price — and we’ll give you a free Anti- Records Fall 2010 sampler, which includes a preview track from Devotchka‘s forthcoming 2011 album and a song from Anti- newcomer Sean Rowe:
Mavis Staples You Are Not Alone
Bettye Lavette Interpretations
Dr. Dog Shame Shame
Grinderman Grinderman 2
Lost in the Trees A Walk Around the Lake
The Frames The Cost
Yann Tiersen Dust Lane
Mose Allison Way of the World
Sage Francis Life
Anti- Records Fall 2010 Sampler track listing:
1. Mavis Staples – “I Belong To The Band”
2. Devotchka – “Contrabanda” (Unreleased Track)
3. Bettye LaVette – “Salt Of The Earth”
4. Dr. Dog – “Mirror, Mirror”
5. Sean Rowe – “The Walker” (Unreleased Track)
6. Grinderman – “Heathen Child”
7. Lost In The Trees – “Walk Around The Lake”
8. Yann Tiersen – “Ashes”
9. The Frames – “Falling Slowly”
10. Sage Francis – “The Best Of Times”
11. Mose Allison – “Modest Proposal”
DROP OFF TOYS AT THE RX FOR NOISE FOR TOYS BENEFIT CONCERT DEC. 18!
The Record Exchange is proud to be a dropzone for the Noise for Toys benefit concert with Black Tooth Grin, Final Underground, Chained Existence and Roofied Resistance, which takes place at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, at the Knitting Factory.
Bring in a new toy — or better yet, buy one here at The Record Exchange — drop it in the box and we’ll give you two free tickets to Noise for Toys, which benefits the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. This is the only way to get tickets to the show!