NEW RELEASE TUESDAY: BEATLES! BOB! KINGS OF LEON! THAT DUDE WHO GOT KICKED OUT OF BARENAKED LADIES FOR DOING BLOW! THE RAPPIN’ LIZ PHAIR!

Here’s your Record Exchange Tuesday morning new release quickie:

CDs

ABK Medicine Bag

Allstar Weekend Suddenly Yours

The Beatles 1962-1966 (Red Album) with or without T-shirt!

The Beatles 1967-1970 (Blue Album) with or without T-shirt!

Joe Bonamassa Live From the Royal Albert Hall

Bob Dylan The Best of the Original Mono Recordings

Bob Dylan The Original Mono Recordings

Bob Dylan The Witmark Demos 1962-1964

Mike Gordon Moss

Ima Robot Another Man’s Treasure

Elton John and Leon Russell The Union

Kings of Leon Come Around Sundown

Mt. Desolation Mt. Desolation

Steven Page Page One

Liz Phair Funstyle

Phish The White Tape

Shakira Sale El Sol

Squarepusher Shobaleader One: D’Demons

Rod Stewart Vol. 5: Fly Me to the Moon

Sugarland Incredible Machine

VINYL

Big Black He’s a Whore

Big Black Heartbeat

Big Black Il Duce

All That Remains For We Are Many

Ornette Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come

Bob Dylan The Witmark Demos 1962-1964

Helmet Seeing Eye Dog

Elton John and Leon Russell The Union

Kings of Leon Come Around Sundown

Shelby Lynne Tears Lies and Alibis

Mt. Desolation Mt. Desolation

Squarepusher Shobaleader One: D’Demons

Sugarland Incredible Machine

Pantha Du Prince Lay in a Shimmer

Ursula 1000 Fuzz

DVD/BLU-RAY

Joe Bonamassa Joe Bonamassa Live from the Royal Albert Hall

Jack Bruce City Of Gold

Johnny Cash Christmas with Johnny Cash

Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen’s Lonesome Heroes

Rocky Horror Picture Show Blu-ray

John Denver Rocky Mountain Christmas

Bob Dylan Tales from a Golden Age 1941-66

Predators

Jim Morrison Final 24: His Final Hours

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Pee Wee’s Playhouse Complete Collection

Phish Coral Sky

Elvis Presley Elvis Christmas

Shonen Knife Live at Mohawk Place 2009

Phil Spector A Christmas Gift for You

Zombiechrist Zombiechrist

SARA BAREILLES AND OTHER NEW CD RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE RX

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Kaleidoscope Heart is certainly lovable, showcasing the down-to-earth emotional side of the 30-year-old songbird Sara Bareilles in a set that loosely chronicles a break-up while firmly arguing for the kind of practical self-reliance many young women see as the feminist ideal in this post-liberationist age. Though Bareilles takes a semi-confessional approach, her warm alto and hard-working piano arrangements strongly suggest conversation; she incorporates the stops and starts of casual speech into her singing, and she has a way of deepening simple, almost clichéd language just by changing the weight of a syllable.

Whether speaking truth to a boor in the hit “King of Anything” or revving up her own slightly damaged engines in “Bluebird” or “Uncharted,” Bareilles keeps her mood hopeful, structuring her songs as well-paced ascents toward choruses meant to be sung with abandon. “Wish I were pretty, wish I were brave,” she murmurs at the start of “Let the Rain.” Her voice rises in intervals, and by the time the chorus takes over, the key and the mood has changed.

This utopian aspect of Bareilles’s music comes through in the arrangements on Kaleidoscope Heart, which swaps out the light rhythm and blues influence of Bareilles’s previous efforts for a sound reminiscent of Glee.

The singer-songwriter’s background in university show choirs serves her well here, as she finds strength in complex vocal arrangements and the sorts of dramatic set-ups that have reminded us, through Fox’s popular television show, that the very act of raising our voices can be a hugely liberating act. — Ann Powers, Los Angeles Times

OTHER NEW RECOMMENDATIONS:

The Thermals Personal Life
Anberlin Dark is the Way. Light is a Place
Jerry Lee Lewis Mean Old Man
Helmet Seeing Eye Dog
Rehab Welcome Home
Stone Sour Audio Secrecy
The Acorn No Ghost
Robyn Body Talk Pt. 2
Megadeth Rust in Peace Live
Tera Melos Patagonian Rats

NEW FEATURE: $10 AND UNDER CDs!

Yeah, so times are tough. You’re on a tight budget. We get that. Which is why The Record Exchange is giving you the good stuff for a good price.

Whether you shop in the physical store or online, you can find dozens of $10 and under CDs at The Record Exchange. And these are new, sealed, recently-released $10 and under CDs. In many cases, that’s the price we’re giving you right off the truck on New Release Tuesday.

Visit The Record Exchange today and check out our $10 and under display (it’s near the front counter), or visit the $10 and Under page in our online store HERE. Both will give you a sampling of what’s in store for that ten spot burning a hole in your pocket. Go ahead — go gaga for good, cheap music.

THE SWORD’S ‘WARP RIDERS’ AND OTHER RX CD RECOMMENDATIONS

The Sword was long ago stamped with the epithet “hipster metal,” and that isn’t going to change with the release of Warp Riders. The purity police weren’t happy when J.D. Cronise and crew were doing straight-up head-cracking heavy metal, and they aren’t going to be any happier now that The Sword has strayed further into psychedelic and hard-rock territory.

That’s fine, though; it just leaves more for those who are more interested in the music than the label. The concept of Warp Riders, as is the case with most metal-tinged pseudo-rock operas, is a bit impenetrable, but that shouldn’t make a bit of difference, as the music is gripping, intense, and unimpeachably heavy from the psyched-out mania of “Acheron” to the end.

There isn’t a bad song on the record, and it delivers solid stand-outs (“Tres Brujas,” the first single, is a monster) while remaining a surprisingly unified whole. — Leonard Pierce, Onion A.V. Club

STREAM THE ENTIRE ALBUM HERE
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OTHER NEW CD RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE RX:

Katy Perry Teenage Dream
JP Chrissie (Hynde) and the Fairground Boys Fidelity!
!!! (Chk Chk Chk) Strange Weather, Isn’t It?
Dead Confederate Sugar
Eels Tomorrow Morning
Ra Ra Riot The Orchard
Magic Kids Memphis
Mogwai Special Moves
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan Hawk
Never Shout Never Harmony

BUY STUFF, GET FREE STUFF: KATY PERRY HAND FAN, DISTURBED LITHO!

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:

• 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!

OTHER RECENT FREEBIES:

• 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!