THE VINYL WORD: SOUNDGARDEN INDIE EXCLUSIVE LIMITED-EDITION VINYL!

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Recently reunited Soundgarden releases its first collection of music since 1996 in the form of Telephantasm, and The Record Exchange has the exclusive, limited-edition indie store-only vinyl version!

The package includes three platters of 180-gram virgin vinyl and a digital download card giving you access to high-quality 320kbs files ripped directly from the vinyl!

This multi-label, career-spanning retrospective album includes beloved band hits, deep back catalogue cuts and a never-before-heard unreleased track entitled “Black Rain,” taken from the Badmotorfinger recording sessions. Telephantasm marks the first time ever a collection of its kind has been collated in one place.

MORE NEW VINYL RELEASES:

Gorillaz Plastic Beach
Corrosion of Conformity Your Tomorrow
No Age Everything in Between
Neil Young Le Noise
Widespread Panic Live in the Classic City II
Deerhunter Halcyon Digest
Jimmy Eat World Invented
John Mellencamp No Better Than This
Mushroomhead Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children
Avenged Sevenfold Nightmare
Various Artists Matador at 21
Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash At San Quentin
The Posies Blood/Candy

NEW RELEASE OF THE WEEK: UNCLE NEIL YOUNG BRINGS ‘LE NOISE’

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Neil Young calls his new album with producer Daniel Lanois “folk-metal,” and the description is pretty apt. Le Noise (Reprise) was recorded with just voice and guitar, but Lanois’ sonic treatments make it sound as epic as the Grand Canyon.

Young’s voice, still a thing of spectral (if highly unconventional) beauty in its high, lonesome transparency, is intimate, confiding. He’s tackling deep subjects: the death of the planet, of soldiers in inexplicable conflicts, of the soul itself as it is degraded by drugs, failed love, time.

“I made a mistake, then I did it again,” Young sings. No sugar-coating for this guy. He’s 64, and he’s in no mood for idle chit-chat or warm, fuzzy illusions.

“Hitchhiker” is a brutal litany of a life lived on a ledge, a string of bad drugs and bad decisions redeemed only by the love of wife and family. “My head did explode,” Young sings in one of his most chilling narratives.

That singular voice is surrounded by a cocoon of what sounds like a small orchestra of instruments. It’s remarkable to think that it was all made by one sonically enhanced guitar, but one needn’t know that to appreciate the sound pouring out of the speakers. Though the album is at heart a series of small performances, easily adaptable to a living room or coffee house, it has all the scope of a wide-screen movie. In “Walk With Me,” one of the very best performances of Young’s career, thick, crashing chords give way to a cascading, wordless vocal – as if a hymn had suddenly broken out in the middle of a war zone.

The album is full of those kind of unexpected juxtapositions, a stunning statement from an artist who shows no signs of slowing down. — Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune

BUY STUFF, GET FREE STUFF: BOWIE, SOUNDGARDEN, JIMMY EAT WORLD, POSIES, SALEM, THE GRACIOUS FEW

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:

• 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.

OTHER RECENT FREEBIES:

• 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!

ANOTHER BIG NEW RELEASE TUESDAY

It’s September, and in the music industry, that means a big ol’ massive monsoon of new release raditude.

We just printed out today’s list of new releases, and it’s HUGE. We’ll be giving you a more in-depth look at some of the releases over the next few days, but here’s a quick look at some of the brand-new CD, DVD/Blu-ray and vinyl goodness at The Record Exchange today:

CD

Jimi Hendrix – Love or Confusion
Olof Arnalds – Crazy Car
Olof Arnalds – Innundir Skinni
Abigail Williams – In the Absence of Light
August Burns Red – Home
Bad Religion – Dissent of Man
Barenaked Ladies – Barenaked for the Holiday
Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minded Elite Edition
David Bowie – Station to Station Deluxe Edition
Kenny Chesney – Hemingway’s Whiskey
Eric Clapton – Clapton
Clutch – Robot Hive/Exodus
Phil Collins – Going Back
Alice Cooper – Theatre of Death
Amy Correia – You Go Your Way
Miles Davis – Dig
Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca Deluxe Edition
Doobie Brothers – World Gone Crazy
Ben Folds and Nick Hornby – Lonely Avenue
Four Year Strong – Enemy of the World
Peter Gabriel – Various Reissues
Gin Blossoms – No Chocolate Cake
Gucci Mane – The Appeal: Georgia’s Most Wanted
Ice Cube – I Am the West
Jeremih – All About You
Jimmy Eat World – Invented
Los Lonely Boys – Keep On Giving
Nellie McKay – Home Sweet Mobile Home
Mushroomhead – Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children
No Age – Everything in Between
OMD – History of Modern
The Posies – Blood/Candy
Mark Ronson and the Business Intl – Record Collection
Salem – King Night
Seal – 6: Commitment
Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Live! In Chicago
Slash – Slash Deluxe Edition
Soundgarden – Telephantasm: A Retrospective
Hayley Taylor – One Foot in Front of the Other
Tired Pony – Place We Ran From
Widespread Panic – Live in the Classic City II
Yaz – Reconnected Live
Pete Yorn – Pete Yorn
Neil Young – Le Noise

VINYL

Nicole Atkins – Vultures
C.O.C. – Your Tomorrow
Owen – Abandoned Bridges
Righteous Fool – Righteous Fool
The Animals – Animalism
Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
Cannibal Corpse – Various Reissues
Johnny Cash – At San Quentin
Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
Doobie Brothers – World Gone Crazy
Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
Buddy Guy – Living Proof
The Hollies – Various Reissues
Jimmy Eat World – Invented
Various Artists – Matador at 21
Curtis Mayfield – Superfly
John Mellencamp – No Better Than This
Mushroomhead – Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children
Neon Indian – Mind Ctrl: Psychic Chasms
No Age – Everything in Between
The Posies – Blood/Candy
Soundgarden – Telephantasm
Rod Stewart – Fly Me to the Moon
Serj Tankian – Imperfect Harmonies
The Twilight Sad – Wrong Car
Widespread Panic – Live in the Classic City II
Pete Yorn – Pete Yorn
Neil Young – Le Noise
Flo Rida – Club Can’t Handle Me
Owen Pallett – Swedish Love Story

DVD/BLU-RAY

The Airborne Toxic Event – All I Ever Wanted
Babies – Babies
Alice Cooper – Theatre of Death
Iron Man 2
Family Guy – Partial Terms of Endearment
Get Him to the Greek
Thin Red Line
Rush – 2112 and Moving Pictures
Slipnot – (Sic)nessses
South Park: Little Box of Butters

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

1. The Sound of Sunshine, Michael Franti and Spearhead
2. Band of Joy, Robert Plant
3. Harlem River Blues, Justin Townes Earle
4. The Wages, Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
5. God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise, Ray LaMontagne
6. The Suburbs, Arcade Fire
7. Foundling, David Gray
8. Junky Star, Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses
9. You Are Not Alone, Mavis Staples
10. Hands All Over, Maroon 5
11. To All My Friends, Atmosphere
12. Mean Old Man, Jerry Lee Lewis
13. Guitar Heaven, Santana
14. You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band
15. Buzzard, Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s
16. Brothers, The Black Keys
17. The Guitar Song Pt. 1 and 2, Jamey Johnson
18. Wilderness Heart, Black Mountain
19. Grinderman 2, Grinderman
20. Phosphene Dream, The Black Angels
21. Interpol, Interpol
22. Teenage Dream, Katy Perry
23. Heartbroken and Homicidal, Twiztid
24. It Takes a Thief, Thievery Corporation
25. Any Port in a Storm, Dirty Heads