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JENNY AND JOHNNY FREE DOWNLOAD

Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice release their new album, I’M HAVING FUN NOW, this week, and here’s a special sneak peek—download it now. And stop by a participating indie record store and get a free pack of buttons when you purchase the new record (while supplies last, of course). And if you’re in the area of these SPECIFIC indie record stores, on these SPECIFIC dates, you’ll get to see Jenny and Johnny play live!

JENNY AND JOHNNY IN-STORES

8/31 AMOEBA MUSIC Hollywood

9/18 NEWBURY COMICS

9/29 WATERLOO Austin

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THE HIVES TARRED & FEATHERED

Howlin’ Pelle and his Hives bandmates have been working away on a new record (we’ll get to that in 2011), but in the meantime they wanted to give us a little something to tide us over. We thought that was mighty nice of them, and we wanted to let you know that on Tuesday, August 31, participating indie record stores will have a 7” vinyl EP from THE HIVES called Tarred & Feathered. Know what else we wanted to tell you? Read the DISCLAIMER, talk with your local record store to see if they’ll be carrying it, and CLICK HERE to read what Howlin’ Pelle had to say about the new EP.

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MURDERDOLLS

Eight years on, and Wednesday 13 and Joey Jordison are back, ready to “rip pop culture a new one”. Um, ouch. We can’t really do them justice, so we’re just gonna let them speak for themselves. Their new album WOMEN AND CHILDREN LAST is in stores now, and here’s a video for the song “My Dark Place Alone.” Click here to check out a special trailer for “Drug Me To Hell” too.

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JIMMY EAT WORLD

JIMMY EAT WORLD The band is back, with a new album, INVENTED, on 9/28. But select indie record stores have your chance to get brand new music NOW, when you stop in and pre-order the record. There are a LIMITED number of 7” singles (New single “Best Theory” is the A-side, “Stop” is the B-side) at these stores, and they’re yours when you pre-order, while supplies last. Which means Jimmy Eat World music NOW, and more Jimmy Eat World music in a month. Jimmy fans, rejoice! Click here for a list of stores.

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APOCALYPTICA

APOCALYPTICA If you’re picking up the new Apocalyptica album this week, we know the band would like it if you got it at an indie record store. How do we know? They’ve been Record Store Day supporters for a while now: "I still find it most rewarding to go to my local record shop where I can talk to people who know all about the music they're representing, and where I can get answers to my questions without spending 45 minutes trying to find a link to customer service which would send me an auto-reply in three days. Support your local record shop to keep musical environment vivid!" ---Mikko Siren, Apocalyptica

And here’s a look at “End of Me” their first video from the new album, featuring Gavin Rossdale.

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GOODIES!

Sometimes a record store has extra special reasons to visit, and here's some of them:

JENNY AND JOHNNY Jenny Lewis (perhaps you know her from her solo releases or her band Rilo Kiley?) and Jonathan Rice (perhaps you know him from his own singer-songwriter records?) are a couple in “real life” and they’re putting out a happy little record called I’M HAVING FUN NOW on August 31, and to add to the fun, select indie record stores have a happy little button pack for you, with purchase, while supplies last. See the happy DISCLAIMER.

DISTURBED Can you believe it’s been a decade of Disturbed? It’s been ten years since the release of the Sickness, and now the band has progressed and returned with Asylum (in stores 8/31). Select indie record stores will have a poster for you, free with purchase while supplies last. Certain to look excellent adorning the walls of your own personal ASYLUM. (DISCLAIMER)

MURDERDOLLS Only the second release from Slipknot’s Joey Jordison and the lovely Wednesday 13, but some of you are already clamoring for WOMEN AND CHILDREN LAST. It’ll be out on 8/31, and some indie record stores have a very Murderdolls-ish poster. (Believe it: if you’re clamoring for the record, you’re gonna LOVE this). Limited quantity of course, as the best things in life often are, but free with purchase. See the DISCLAIMER, as always.

ANBERLIN On 9/7 Anberlin release their new album DARK IS THE WAY. LIGHT IS A PLACE and participating record stores have a DOOZY of a special gift for you. It’s a special single—CD or vinyl, you ask? BOTH, we say. Vinyl on one side, CD/DVD on the other! Featuring “Impossible” on the vinyl side, and an unreleased track and the “Impossible” video on the other! (see the DISCLAIMER, please and thank you). Oh, and Anberlin are doing a little indie record store in-store tour. CLICK HERE to see where they’ll be.

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