BLACK LABEL SOCIETY AND OTHER NEW CD RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE RX

In the two decades since Ozzy Osbourne hired him away from his job at a New Jersey gas station to become his new guitarist, Zakk Wylde has established himself as a guitar icon known and revered the world over. Writing and recording with Osbourne led to multi-Platinum success, inspiring him to create the now legendary Black Label Society in 1998. In the decade plus since, BLS has turned the notion of what a rock band should be upside down by inspiring legions of fans (known as Berserkers) all over the world to follow the mantra: Strength, Determination, Merciless, Forever (SDMF for short). Wylde and his Berserkers have established a heavy metal institution true to the vision of uncompromising, unfiltered and unrestrained rock n’ roll. Their latest release is the full-length Order of the Black.

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OTHER NEW CD RECOMMENDATIONS:

Various Artists Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Stornoway Beachcomber’s Windowsill
Modest Mouse Moon & Antarctica (1oth Anniversary Edition)
Street Sweeper Social Club Ghetto Blaster EP
Colour Revolt Cradle
Lost In the Trees All Alone In an Empty House
Brother Clyde Brother Clyde
Starflyer 59 Changing of the Guard
Blake Shelton All About Tonight
Eli Paperboy Reed Come & Get It
Chingo Bling Chicken Flippa
Mike Posner 31 Minutes to Take Off

RECORD EXCHANGE THINKINDIE DIGITAL STORE: NUMBER OF THE BEAST SALE!

• NEW RELEASES:

Arcade Fire The Suburbs
Matthew Dear Black City
Wild Beasts We Still Got the Taste Dancin’ On Our Tongues
The Black Crowes Croweology
Squeeze Spot the Difference
Versus On the Ones and Threes
XTC A Coat of Many Cupboards
Gov’t Mule Mulennium
Bad Religion The Devil in Stitches
Neu! Digital Box ONLY $17.99 FOR THE BOX!
Many more HERE

• GET A FREE SUMMER INDIE POP MIXTAPE!

Visit the CIMS Mixtape listening station inside The Record Exchange and grab a card for a free download of a summer indie rock mixtape! The sampler includes tracks from New Pornographers, Delorean, Vampire Weekend, She & Him, Beach House, Avi Buffalo, Teenage Fanclub, Arcade Fire and more!

• PAPER BIRD EXCLUSIVE ALBUM!

We are proud to be the exclusive provider of Paper Birds‘ fantastic new album When the River Took Flight. The music is a very unique blend of three part female harmonies (Living Sisters/The Roches) with a progressive bluegrass accompaniment (Punch Bros/Black Praire) and upbeat nature of Squirrel Nut Zippers.
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STREAM THE ALBUM HERE
WATCH A VIDEO HERE

• NUMBER OF THE BEAST METAL SALE: THESE ARE THEY FOR $6.66

Look, metal rules, okay? Yeah, some of it is dumb, some of it is lame, but a lot of it kicks major ass. Even hipster turds keep a couple of metal bands in their back pocket for when some sad bastard band like Belle and Sebastian just ain’t feelin’ right.

ThinkIndie recently launched Number of the Beast, a new metal sale program, which will give you great deals on great new metal bands on a regular basis. This week, get These Are They’s Who Linger for the devilish price of $6.66!
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• INDIGO GIRLS LIVE ALBUM WITH EXCLUSIVE BONUS TRACK!

Indigo Girls Amy Ray and Emily Saliers celebrate their long-standing passion for live performance with Staring Down the Brilliant Dream, which includes the ThinkIndie exclusive bonus track “Yield” — 32 songs in all!

The album features songs hand-selected by the Grammy-winning duo to capture the most memorable moments of their 2006-2009 shows. The release reflects the spontaneity of a typical Indigo concert and includes a mix of solo performances and other numbers backed by their full band, plus vocal collaborations with such guests artists as Brandi Carlile and Jill Hennessey.
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• LABEL SPOTLIGHT: PARK THE VAN

Started in 2004 and formed on the idea of liking a band, Park the Van represents everything good about the music business. By loving what they release, and having a clear vision and style, it made it easy for music fans and record store clerks to talk up this new label.

Park the Van has a new series of releases from bands they think need your attention. The series is called Delicacies, and we have a few choice titles on sale, including early Dr. Dog albums. We have also added some of their classic label catalog to fill out the page. Dig in; it’s delicious.
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• JOHN NOLAN EXCLUSIVE!

John Nolan is the guitarist/co-vocalist of Taking Back Sunday and the lead singer/guitarist of Straylight Run. On Thursday, June 17, 2010, John stopped by Looney Tunes in West Babylon, N.Y. Looney Tunes is one of the country’s leading indie CD stores. John played an amazing 47-minute acoustic set. The performance is available to you today on high quality 320 MP3.
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• 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:

Lissie Bully
Chief Night and Day
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan Come Undone
Tweak Bird A Sun/Ahh Ahh
Black Mountain Hair Song
Many more HERE

• OTHER GOODIES:

Neu! Digital Box ONLY $17.99 FOR THE BOX! This set includes Neu! 4 (re-dubbed Neu! 86) and live recordings from 1972. 39 tracks with over three hours of music!
BUY THE BOX SET HERE

William Fitzsimmons Derivatives ON SALE FOR $6.99!

The Fall Your Future Our Clutter full album stream
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Radio Dept. Clinging to a Scheme full album stream
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Trampled By Turtles Palamino full album stream
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Marco Benevento Between the Needles and the Nightfall full album stream
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BANG YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE HEADBANGER’S WALL AT THE RX!

Do you like it hard and heavy? Then come to The Record Exchange and visit The Headbanger’s Wall, a listening station devoted to some of today’s best bands pummeling you with raw power and raw emotion.

The Headbanger’s Wall currently features Cruel Hand, Bitter End, Norma Jean, Decrepit Birth, Night Horse, Soilwork, 12 Stones, Wretched, In This Moment and All Out War. Come melt your face with us.

THE VINYL WORD: WAVVES’ QUEST FOR AN ENDLESS SUMMER OUT NOW ON WAX

King of the Beach, the new Wavves album is an adventurous and ambitious record. It cuts deeper into the bleeding throat zatharsis and ’60s sunshine soul that Wavves is known for. It also unexpectedly flips out with elements of primitive electronics and psychedelic studio experimentation. Unlike Wavves’ previously released material, recorded in I haphazard bursts on Williams’ laptop, King of the Beach was toiled over for three months at Sweet Tea Recording, a world-renowned studio in Oxford, Mississippi. Sweet Tea is also the home of Dennis Herring, producer of the last two Modest Mouse albums, and the man who dismantled and re-assembled the sound on this record.

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OTHER NEW VINYL RELEASES:

Arcade Fire The Suburbs
The Love Language Libraries
Four Tet Angel Echoes Remixes
The National The National
Spoon Kill the Moonlight
Deftones Diamond Eyes
Versus On the Ones and Threes
Metallica Reload
Lady Gaga Remix

RECORD EXCHANGE THINKINDIE DIGITAL STORE: PAPER BIRD EXCLUSIVE, NEU! BOX SET FOR ONLY $17.99, MUCH MORE

• NEW RELEASES:

Paper Bird When the River Took Flight
William Fitzsimmons Derivatives ON SALE FOR $6.99!
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan Come Undone
Menomena Mines
Neu! Digital Box ONLY $17.99 FOR THE BOX!
LCD Soundsystem I Can Change
Street Sweeper Social Club Paper Planes
Vampire Weekend Holiday
Robert Plant Angel Dance
Seu Jorge and Almaz Seu Jorge and Almaz
MORE HERE

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