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CELEBRATE WITH US AS RECORD STORE DAY PRESENTS: FILM FEST From September 21 through September 28 we’re honoring all that’s great about the moving picture media with unmatchable prices on all genres: Television, Animation, Soul Cinema, Documentaries, Art House titles, Action, Comedy, you name it.

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I LOVE YOU MAN

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HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEAST

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Slash Fiction

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Gavin Hood nails an icon in X-Men Origins: Wolverine

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Fighting See, the title’s a metaphor for the battles that go on in… screw it, it’s about fighting, literally. Channing Tatum is a street rat who spends his days selling counterfeit crap to naïve tourists in NYC. He winds up getting involved with underground fight manager Terrence Howard, and if you think Howard’s slumming after Hustle and Flow and Iron Man, you’re right. But hand-to-hand movies are a lost art, and this one kicks ass. In Stores August 25 Universal

Heroes: Season Three It’s rare that you see a televisionary as honest as Heroes’ Tim Kring. When the second season was dubbed a sophomore slump by critics and audiences, Kring publicly acknowledged that the pacing and romantic subplots needed to be improved. Sure enough, the third season was a major rebound, starting with an assassination attempt on Senator Petrelli and leading up to the pursuit of renegade Building 26 agents. In Stores September 1

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State of Play After the success of Traffic, it’s somewhat surprising that more overseas TV serials don’t get condensed to satiate our notoriously weak attention spans.

State of Play’s middling box office probably didn’t help the cause, but the subject matter couldn’t be more relevant— questioning whether a truly independent press still exists. Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck star in this slow burn, which revolves around a U.S. Congressman’s deceased mistress.

In Stores September 1 Universal

The Office: Season Five Ricky Gervais limited his original U.K. series to 12 episodes, just like his well-regarded follow-up Extras.

Americans are not so modest. Luckily, The Office remains an extraordinarily well-acted and written comedy, navigating the romance between Jim and Pam without getting too “emo.”

We like to think the show stays afloat via the influence of writer Michael Schur, responsible for the sadly defunct, brutally uproarious baseball blog Fire Joe Morgan.

In Stores September 8 Universal

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Parks & Recreation: Season One Speaking of Michael Schur from Fire Joe Morgan (no, we’re not on his payroll, although Mike, if you’re reading this…), here’s his latest NBC comedy, co-created with Greg Daniels, another vital creative mind behind The Office. SNL/ Baby Mama troublemaker Amy Poehler is perfectly cast as a delusional bureaucrat struggling to generate green space out of a crappy construction pit. Rashida Jones and Aziz “Raaaaaaaandy!” Ansari co-star.

In Stores September 8 Universal

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BIG STAR 7”

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MARS VOLTA

The band put together the special bells-and-whistles packaging for the vinyl release of the latest full length OCTAHEDRON themselves.

I AND LOVE AND YOU in stores 9/15 (VINYL!) and 9/29 (CD)

THE AVETT BROTHERS 7”

The A-side of this single, Slight Figure of Speech is on the new record, the Rick Rubin-produced B-side More of You is NOT

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The vinyl full length debut of the new album MANDALA exclusive at indie record stores!

All titles are exclusive and limited in quantity. Availability differs from store to store. Street date subject to change at the whim of the vinyl gods.

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anvil on vinyl This Is Thirteen The New Album On Vinyl Get It First At Indie Record Stores 9/15

anvil on cd This Is Thirteen The New Album On Cd In Stores 9/15

anvil on stage

anvil on film

Come And Meet Anvil At Two Special In-Stores During Record Store Day Presents: Film Fest • Live At Sunrise Records In Toronto 9/22 (www.sunriserecords.com for more info) • Live At Vintage Vinyl In New Jersey 9/27 (www.vvinyl.com for more info)

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Anvil! The Story of Anvil DVD in stores 10/6

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BRITISH INVASION? These guys brought some heavy artillery

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NEWLY REMASTERED with original track listing and sleeve design

NEWLY REMASTERED with original track listing and sleeve design

NEWLY REMASTERED with original track listing and sleeve design

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Masters in Comedy The second batch of The Big Bang Theory has the brains and the looks

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Leonard (Roseanne expat Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon are young physicists who basically hang out with their two likewise socially inept pals and do nerdy stuff. The writers lovingly nail said nerdy stuff, though (sample Sheldon dialogue: “I’m polymerized tree sap and you’re an inorganic adhesive, so whatever verbal projectile you launch in my direction is reflected off of me, returns to its original projectory and adheres to you”), while retaining plenty of heart and humanity.

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movies SEPTEMBER 1 Abba: Live in Japan Adventures of Batman & Robin: Poison Ivy/The Penguin Adventures of Batman & Robin: The Joker/Fire and Ice Agnes of God Ah! My Goddess: Complete Collection Albert Lee & Hogan’s Heroes: Live at Stazione Birra, Rome Alien Planet All in the Family: The Complete Fifth Season All in the Family: The Complete First Season All in the Family: The Complete Fourth Season All in the Family: The Complete Second Season All in the Family: The Complete Sixth Season All in the Family: The Complete Third Season America Angel Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer Another Day Arang Ascent of Money Autumn Awakenings Babe Baby Looney Tunes: Eggstraordinary Adventure Bargirl Barney’s Halloween Party Batman Beyond Batman: The Animated Series: Secrets of the Caped Crusader Batman: The Animated Series: Tales of the Dark Knight Batman: The Animated Series: The Legend Begins Battle 5 De Mayo Battle Creek Brawl Betrayal Big Trouble Black Mama/Foxy Brown Blacula/Scream, Blacula Scream Brave New Voices Breakfast Club Bring It On All-Star Collection Bring It On: Fight to the Finish Brothers & Sisters: The Complete Third Season Candlelight in Algeria Cartoon Network: Ben 10 Alien Force Volume Four Change Without Thinking Chieftains: Live at Montreux 1997 Choke Canyon Clatterford Season 2 Coffy/Friday Foster Conversation About Oneness Cornbread, Earl & Me/Cooley High Cotton Comes to Harlem/Hell Up in Harlem Crop Circles: Crossover From Another Dimension CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: The Ninth Season Death Scream Degrassi: The Next Generation: Season 8 Desperate Housewives: The Complete Fifth Season Disneynature: Earth Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl

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Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin Doing Davinci Double, Double Toil and Trouble Dziekuje Bardzo Earth Day Edgar Winter: Reach for It: Royal Albert Hall 2004 Ella Fitzgerald: In Koln 1974 Evil That Men Do Evil Twin Family Hour Feed to Feed FIFA World Best Football Player Cristiano Ronaldo First 7th Night Freedom Vol. 2 From Southland to Japan G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero: Mass Device Game: The First Season Girl in Cage Gladiformers Good Dick Google Me Great American Bash & Vengeance: Tagged Classic 04

May 2 & 3, 2008 Boulder, Colorado Outrage People Like Us: The Complete Series Pooh’s Heffalump Halloween Movie Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares: Complete Series Two Randy & The Mob Rescue Me: Season 5: Volume 1 Ring Christmas Bells: Live in Concert Rise of Disaster Capitalism Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Set 1 Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory: Season One School for Unclaimed Girls School Rumble: Season 1 and Ova Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights Scooby-Doo Meets Batman Scooby-Doo Meets the Harlem Globetrotters Scooby-Doo, Where Are You: Season 1 Volume Three Scruff’s Adventures Scruff’s Halloween Sesame Street: Elmo’s World: All About Faces Sex Shop Boy

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Two and a Half Men:

The Complete Sixth Season

Two former John Hughes employees (R.I.P.), Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer, continue to do well for themselves in this popular CBS comedy.

Great Lodges of the National Parks Collection Hanky Panky Heroes: The Complete Third Season His and Hers Hit Favorites: Trick or Treat Tales Holy Flame of the Martial World Homeboy Human Family Tree Humanity’s End I Corrupt All Cops I Wish Impact Imprisonment Factory It Takes Two Japon Laughing Lover Lilacs in the Spring Little Sheep of Horrors Maid Masked Girl Meerkats Meteor Methodic Michael Jackson: Devotion: An Unauthorized Story Mighty Machines: Diggers & Dozers/ Mighty Machines: Lights & Ladders Miracle Dogs & Miracle Dogs Too Model From Hell Monster Murder in Greenwich My So Called Love Ninong On the Road Again Oneness and the Heart of the World:

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Sheba, Baby/Monkey Hustle Silent Night Simply Red: Greatest Video Hits Sixteen Candles Slaughter/Slaughter’s Big Ripoff Some Like It Hot State of Play Static Shock: The New Kid Stephen Fry in America Stuff Happens With Bill Bye Sugar Summerslam & Unforgiven 04: Tagged Classics Supernatural: The Complete Fourth Season Take Out Tale of Cinderella TCM Greatest Classic Films: Horror TCM Greatest Classic Films: Murder Mysteries TCM Greatest Classic Films: Sci-Fi Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 8 Tennessee Terry Fator: Live From Las Vegas They Came to Cordura TNA Wrestling: Slammiversary 2009 To Dance With Death Toe Tactic Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Truck Turner/Hammer Two and a Half Men: The Complete Sixth Season Two Fists One Heart Vanilla Fudge: Live 2004

Wallflower: The Complete Collection Watch Your Green Grow We Will Rock You Whacky World of Tex Avery Vol. 3 X-Cop Girls

SEPTEMBER 8 Alien Nation Alvin and the Chipmunks Go to the Movies: Star Wreck Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Very First Alvin Show Antonio Aguilar Battle of Wits Bedknobs & Broomsticks Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix Best of Tamilee Birdemic Bleach the Movie 2: The Diamonddust Rebellion Blood Rain Bob Clampett’s Beany and Cecil, Vol. 2 Buttercup Chain Charles Bronson Collection Charlie & Lola Vol. 9: What Can I Wear for Halloween?

City of Angels Classic Sherlock Holmes Collection Classic Tarzan Collection Colors of Christmas Contact Country Teacher Country’s Greatest Stars Live Vol. 1 Country’s Greatest Stars Live Vol. 2 Crank: High Voltage Creepshow Crime Boss Collection Criminal Minds Season 4 Cursed/Dark Water Dangerous Dames Collection Daphne in the Brilliant Blu Darkness David Carridine’s Shaolin Cardio Kick Boxing Dead Calm Deep Blue Sea Devil Girl Diamond Dawgs Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams Dog the Bounty Hunter: The Best of Season 5 Dolphins & Sea Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas DVD Aquarium Edward Said: Two Films Eloise Enter the Dragon Eraser Events Everest: A Climb for Peace Exorcist Eyewitness: Natural Disasters Eyewitness: Prehistoric Life Fallen Femme Fatales Collection Fireproof/Facing the Giants/ Flywheel Forever Young Four Seasons/Four Elements Freaky Farley Free Willy Friday Fringe: The Complete First Season From Dusk Til Dawn 3-Pack Fugitive Generation Now Gifted Hands

Go Go Gadget Collection Goosebumps: Attack of the Jack-OLanterns Goosebumps: The Headless Ghost Greatest Gladiators of All Time Greetings Groucho Marx Collection: You Bet Your Life Grumpy Old Men Gunslinger Western Collection Gwendolyn and the Good Time Gang Halloween 3-Pack Harper’s Island: The DVD Edition Hawaii: Underwater Paradise Heroes of World Class Wrestling Hidden Messages in Water Hollywood Hoodlums Collection Hollywood Tough Guys Collection Homicide Hot Rod Horror Human Condition I’ll Believe You Important Things With Demetri Martin: Season One Independence Jean-Jacques Beineix Collection: Locked-In Syndrome Kabei: Our Mother Kangaroo Jack Kurt & Courtney

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Worst Week:

The Complete Series

Here and gone probably before you could tune in, this adaptation of a popular U.K. show was a witty study of a man with awful luck.

Light Speed History: Civil Liberties Light Speed History: Significance in Presidency Lime Salted Love Little Einsteins: Fire Truck Rockets Blastoff Live Animals Living Warbirds: Steel Warriors Local Color Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing Mad Monster Party Marrying Up Masters of the Universe

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Matchstick Men Maverick Memphis Belle Menace II Society Messages From the Water Michael Michael Loftus: You’ve Changed Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Adventures in Wonderland Miracle Man: John of God Miraculous Health Model Shop Monsters, Marriage and Murder in Manchvegas

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Morrison Murders Mr. Belvedere Season 3 Murder, Take One Nail: The Story of Joey Nardone National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1 Nature of the Beast Neighborhood Story Next Up: America’s Hottest New Comedy Stars Night of the Dribbler Night Stalker Nitro Circus: Season One No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Office: The Complete Fifth Season One Foot in the Grave: 1996 & 1997 Christmas One Foot in the Grave: The Complete Series Orbs: Veil Is Lifting Our Landscape Outbreak Over the Top Pantera Parks & Recreation: Season One Pirates of the Seven Seas Point of No Return Postman Power Rangers R.P.M. Vol. 2: Race for Corinth Prodigal

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•Outstanding Cinematography For A One Hour Series •Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series •Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series (Bryan Cranston as Walter White) •Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series (Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman) •Outstanding Drama Series

The Office

[ SEASON 5 ] •Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation •Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series •Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series •Outstanding Picture Editing For A Comedy Series (Single Or Multi-Camera) •Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series (Steve Carell as Michael Scott) •Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series (Rainn Wilson as Dwight Shrute) •Outstanding Comedy Series

Mad Men [ SEASON 2 ]

•Outstanding Art Direction For A Single-Camera Series •Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series •Outstanding Cinematography For A One Hour Series •Outstanding Costumes For A Series •Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series •Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series •Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series •Outstanding Hairstyling For A Single-Camera Series •Outstanding Makeup For A Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) •Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series (Jon Hamm as Don Draper) •Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series (Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson) •Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series (John Slattery as Roger Sterling) •Outstanding Drama Series

30 Rock

[ SEASON 3 ] •Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation •Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series •Outstanding Cinematography For A Half-Hour Series •Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series •Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series •Outstanding Picture Editing For A Comedy Series (Single Or Multi-Camera) •Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series (Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy) •Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series (Tina Fey as Liz Lemon) •Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series (Tracy Morgan as Tracy Jordan) •Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series (Jack McBrayer as Kenneth Parcell) •Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series (Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney) •Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series (Jon Hamm as Dr. Drew Baird) •Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series (Steve Martin as Gavin Volure) •Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series (Alan Alda as Milton Greene) •Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series (Jennifer Aniston as Claire) •Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series (Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy) •Outstanding Comedy Series

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War for Territory

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising will get you combat-ready in a hurry

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peration Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis was so successful in portraying the realisms of war that the United States Marine Corps, the United States Secret Service and six other countries used modified versions of the game for military training. Fast forward seven years. Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising quantum leaps over Cold War Crisis. It’s bigger, more realistic (wait until those JDAM explosions rattle mom’s china cabinet) and the closest Cheetos-eating gamers will ever get to war. Unless they enlist.

Dragon Rising centers on the volcanic island of Skira in the North Pacific Ocean. Diplomatic channels have closed between Russian and China over ownership of the island. The next step? War. Like two well-armed playground bullies pummeling one another over a patch of grass. Anyway, the Russians can’t handle the Chinese alone, so they liaise (they don’t remember Rush’n Attack, apparently) with the U.S. military to rout Chinese forces.

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Well, not entirely. Codemasters wanted war on a huge scale. Even if it’s on an island. You’ll walk 4.5 real human hours from one end of Skira to the other. Need to get from the north to the south more quickly? That’s 20 actual minutes in a helicopter. In-between the long spans of land is death. Unscripted killing. Unlike the Call of Duty or Medal of Honor franchises, Dragon Rising doesn’t corral you into an alley or force you into a bunker. Everything’s wide open and subject to change. Attack the enemy checkpoint. Or don’t. Somehow conflict will find you on Skira. There are goals and objectives, but don’t expect to follow A to B in order to reach them.

More than 70 weapons with real-life ballistics and 30 different vehicle types (land, sea, air) are at your disposal, but it’s the Ego Engine AI that’s sweetest.

Friendly or enemy, the AI responds to your tactics and movements. Think that charred farmhouse is sufficient cover from a Chinese Type 99 tank battalion? Don’t bet on it. The enemy AI thinks on-the-fly and will rub you out

The Beatles: Rock Band Wii, PS3, 360 [ea]

The same day that those wonderful remastered mono and stereo boxes drop, the Fab Four’s long-awaited foray into the Rock Band universe follows suit. The big difference from prior iterations is the inclusion of a three-part harmony system, obviously integral to recapturing many Beatles classics. The instruments look suitably vintage, and since all you need is love, if you botch a tune too badly, you won’t even be booed off stage. In Stores September 9

Muramasa: The Demon Blade Wii [Ignition] A 2D side-scroller, set in feudal Japan, with stunning visuals, an intuitive control/attack system (using Wii remote/ nunchuk), special attacks, big end-boss fights and plenty of re-playability? Where do we sign up? There’s not much missing from this gorgeous old-school beat ’em up that we can’t wholeheartedly support. Fans of Odin Sphere are in for a real treat. In Stores September 8.

Mini Ninjas X360, PS3, Wii, DS, PC [Eidos ] faster than you can open a package of Double Stuf Oreos. Changing tactics to address the situation is the only way to survive. Friendly AI is just as proficient, though. Bullet to the arm? Ouch. Your squadmates provide cover or move you to safety so wounds can be tended.

Dragon Rising features single and multiplayer modes. In the single-player mode, it’s the classic move-up-the-ranks story across 20 missions. Start off as a grunt. End up—if you don’t take too many dirt naps—a commander. Multiplayer’s 16 vs. 16 on the PC and eight vs. eight on the X360 and PS3. The Republic of China Army has 130,000 troops.

You struggle with the Pringles can. Codemasters’ newest shooter should prep you for the inevitable.

At least you’ll know how to take a bullet like a man.

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising beachheads October 6 for X360, PS3 and PC.

We’ve always wanted to be Sho Kosugi. That may never happen, but thanks to Eidos we can ninja vicariously through the small but agile Hiro or lumbering but powerful Futo. In Mini Ninjas, your goal is to thwart the Evil Samurai Warlord. But first you must prove yourself as a diminutive arse-kicker. In Stores September 8

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 X360, PS3, PSP, PS2, Wii, DS [Activision] Times are tough. It’s hero vs. hero. At the heart of the conflict is the Superhuman Registration Act. In the sequel, Activision ups the action-RPG ante, allowing you to control which heroes are pro- or anti-registration for multiple endings. The gameplay is similar to the first Ultimate Alliance, but everything else has been improved.

In Stores September 15

NHL 10 X360, PS3 [EA]

Following in NHL 09’s hallowed footsteps, EA is keen on maintaining the “Wow Factor” in NHL 10 by making over 200 gameplay tweaks, including board-play, puck-control and player movement mechanics. Crowds also play more of a role. As usual, look for updated graphics, better online play and some guy named Alex Ovechkin to rule the ice with an iron fist and a wicked slapshot. In Stores September 15

Wet X360, PS3 [Bethesda Softworks]

Meet Wet’s Rubi Malone. She wields a blade (a long one), a gun and more attitude than your sister’s best friend. Think Tomb Raider and Prince of Persia meets Kill Bill-style action.

Rubi’s objective is to bring down the black market human organ trade. She does so, ruthlessly executing all kinds of bad dudes that try to obstruct her. In Stores September 15

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ou surely remember “Swagga Like Us,” the M.I.A.-sampling T.I./Jay-Z/Lil Wayne/Kanye super-collaboration from T.I.’s Paper Trail. Well, the sequel was supposed to pop up on this, Jay’s final album for Def Jam, but no dice. Instead, the Brett Favre of hip-hop gave us “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune),” which puts the massively overused vocal effect to bed… unless you’re Jigga’s best friends Wayne and Kanye. They get a pass.

(Actually, the song was consciously removed because it was so Auto-Tune heavy, although Jay’s not exactly refunding Kanye’s 808s and Heartbreaks profits.)

So, okay, not a Hall of Fame moment for integrity, but that doesn’t mean we’re not psyched for the third Blueprint, especially after Jay’s aesthetic rebirth via the American Gangster soundtrack. Like Favre, he can still zing it in there once in a while, so why not let him play ’til he decides it’s over? Not to mention we get song title of the year candidate “The Audacity of Dope.”

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h o u g h y ou di e , La Resistance lives on. Matt Bellamy’s probably not referencing South Park here, given his proclivity for megaton-sized guitar epics about paranoia, conspiracy and warfare. A sampling of song titles—“United States of Eurasia,” “Uprising,” “Exogenesis: Symphony Part I (Overture)”—indicates content both political and proggy, but advance word is that it’s all just a metaphor for love.

Looks like Bellamy’s got a little Lennon in him, but let’s hope he doesn’t forget the Prince, Hendrix and Morello, too. After all, what made Muse stadium fixtures (overseas) is his populist virtuosity—not just at guitar but piano, as evidenced in the trio’s titanic performance at London’s Wembley Stadium in 2007, captured on the H.A.A.R.P. DVD He can incite pits with urgent speed-riffing (“Stockholm Syndrome”) then channel the Purple One’s sexy falsetto (“Supermassive Black Hole”) at the drop of a hat. Here’s hoping that The Resistance affords Muse Radiohead-level acclaim.

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n o t h e r p l ay e r i n the Whatever Happened to Those Guys Derby, Los Angeles quartet Autolux debuted with a shimmering bit of shoegaze in 2005’s Future Perfect. Then drummer Carla Azar broke her arm and was told she may never pound the skins again. Eight titanium screws later, she’s finally healthy, and the band is finally back to work on sophomore effort Transit Transit. Ex-Failure multi-instrumentalist Greg Edwards generates some truly evocative guitar effects, and frontman Eugene Goreshter’s androgynous coo recalls the best of My Bloody Valentine. date

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Gene Simmons drive you crazy? Sign up for Team Ace. Frehley, criminally no longer a member of KISS, is the guy who designed their logo, for crying out loud. It took him almost 20 years to concoct this fourth solo effort, but it’s worth the wait, as the legend has a rollicking new take on Sweet’s “Fox on the Run” to offer, as well as a plethora of nifty guitar tricks.

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If you’re one of those people who’s always whining about celebrity musicians, you’re just going to have to accept that ScarJo is here to stay.

And, come on, she’s not exactly covering Dogstar here. After a surprisingly well-received Tom Waits covers album, she’s hooked up with veteran singer-songwriter Yorn (he wrote the eight originals; a Big Star cover is also included) for this sure to be entertaining series of duets. In Stores September 15

Mariah Carey Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel Island Def Jam

Sigh… that is such a Mariah Carey title. Pretentious and ripe with the potential for icky oversharing. And yet, we still love her. Mariah’s selfabsorption and weirdness are constantly counterbalanced by her uncanny ability to stay contemporary after nearly two decades in the game. While American Idol contestants kill themselves emulating MC’s octave-shifting glass-breakers from her early days, she’s content to dial down her incredible voice for sultry (and at times understated) effect.

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odrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero’s 2005 debut Rodrigo y Gabriela was a testament to restlessness, a jumble of angular guitar lines and skittering finger-picked bass well suited to the pair’s itinerant lifestyle as street buskers and touring musicians. But Rodrigo y Gabriela’s new record, 11:11, finds the duo back on their home turf of Ixtapa, Mexico, with an expanded—and altogether more comfortable—approach that incorporates electric guitar, funky rhythms and percussion. 11:11 suggests wanderlust of a different type: 11 songs influenced more by their favorite musicians than their rapidly changing surroundings.

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According to Sanchez, the album’s title is a way of reinforcing the idea that it is simply a collection of 11 songs influenced by 11 different artists. But there’s also a double-meaning: “Gabriela and I have both been running into the number ‘11’ for years. But we’re also artists who work with instrumental, wordless music.

As we tour around the world, each country will essentially have a different name for the record, or a different way of pronouncing it. It’s a neat way of giving fans in each country the freedom to interpret the title as they want.”

As befits a record with multiple different reference points, the sound of 11:11 is literally all over the map, though each of the songs is filtered through Rodrigo y Gabriela’s familiar flamenco-inflected style. On the title track, the duo pays homage to Dark Side of the Moon-era Pink Floyd; on “Buster Voodoo,” Sanchez quotes a portion of “Voodoo Chile” and plays with a wah-wah pedal to draw a parallel with Jim Hendrix. And on “Atman,” frequent collaborator Alex Skolnick adds a searing guitar solo on a song dedicated to one of the group’s other musical heroes, Dimebag Darrell of Pantera.

For Sanchez and Quintero, who played a role in coaxing Skolnick back into Testament, this was the ultimate form of wish fulfillment. “Alex Skolnick actually reached out to us through MySpace, and we were very much starstruck,” notes Sanchez. “Before we ever played together, I pulled him aside and told him, ‘The next album we do, we need to have you as a guest.’ When we were getting ready to record this new album, I called him and was like, ‘Now’s the time. Don’t bring anything but yourself and your Gibson.’ He was excited. And as you can hear on the record, he’s back.”

11:11 also marks another significant achievement in the band’s history: the first record they’ve been able to complete on their own terms, in a studio they built in Ixtapa while touring in 2007-2008. “It wasn’t an easy project to finish—it was actually pretty stressful and expensive. Now I feel like it was totally worth it,” laughs Sanchez. “Ultimately, I hope this enables us to find a good balance between touring, which we both really like, and having a more ‘normal,’ settled kind of life, which is something that has eluded both of us until now.”

11:11 hits stores September 8 from ATO.

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Anyone who saw Sacha Gervasi’s metal documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil knows the ugly truth. Even if you have the chops, drive and high-powered connections, it’s still not enough. For the pioneering thrash band Anvil, there was only one way they were going to make it: the very hard, very long way. “I’ve got so many, I don’t even know if you can call ’em ‘friends,’ you know, who go, ‘Hey man, I coulda been a rock star.

I used to play guitar,’” says singer-guitarist Steve “Lips” Kudlow. “Well, what does that say? Had you not quit, you would’ve been a rock star and it’s easy? I really don’t believe in that kind of thing.” Lips and drummer Robb Reiner have put everything they have into Anvil’s 30-year existence, and when Anvil’s 13th album This Is 13 (VH1 Classic Records) reaches stereos, there’s going to be a lot of fans scrambling to catch up with this heavy metal powerhouse.

The new songs paint Anvil as a team of fighters who kick their own asses in order to get out there and kick everyone else’s ass. It’s sort of fitting that the first record Lips ever bought was Johnny Rivers’ “Secret Agent Man” single. Tracks such as “Bombs Away,” “Axe to

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Grind” and “Ready to Fight” act as warnings to people who have written off the band. “To say what keeps me inspired is very difficult to answer,” says Lips. “But the bottom line is, we really love what we do, and it’s as simple as that. And we’re not tired of it. It’s not a question of keeping inspired; it’s a question of not getting bored. Maybe it’s because I’ve got one of the greatest drummers in the world and I have an endless supply of ideas in the way that this guy can do anything I want.

All I have to do is dream it up and away we go.”

It’s the “away we go” part that is crucial to Lips’ and Reiner’s formula. In Anvil, you don’t dream about something unless you’re going to make it a reality or die trying. This Is 13’s smash-and-grab song “Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda” was referred to by Reiner as the unofficial Anvil anthem. “You should live your life without regrets,” shouts Lips emphatically when asked to elaborate. “And everything you do, you do it on purpose! I don’t think there’s any profound other meaning to the song. People shouldn’t go through their life saying ‘I should have’ or ‘I could have.’ If you’re gonna make it happen, you make it happen.”

This Is 13 arrives September 15 from VH1 Classic Records. Vinyl available September 15 exclusively at indie record stores.

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Is remastering the Beatles’ canon really necessary? In a few words: Yeah, yeah, yeah

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w e n t y- pl u s y ea r s a g o , as a premium for a design job well done, my friend Keith and I were rewarded with a set of the Beatles’ initial CD releases.

The only problem? Two of us, one set of discs. We split them the best way we could imagine; we drank beer, put the discs in a garbage bag and took turns drawing them out until we both had half the set.

The technology was new then, but we didn’t think about that; we had the Beatles on CD at last. As sonic advances increased, more early CD releases were remastered to bring out inaudible subtleties missed on the first issues, forcing diehard collectors to repurchase catalogs they had already duplicated once. There was always fan grumbling, but they ponied up the dough.

Now Beatles fans, who have been buying different configurations of the same songs for four decades, are once again digging deep to replicate their collections— not just once, but, in most cases, twice—when the Beatles’ remastered catalog is reissued in both stereo and applicable mono formats on September 9. (9/9/09... get it? “One After 909”? “Revolution No. 9”?) So, why aren’t these persecuted zealots storming EMI’s castle with torches and pitchforks? Or at least simply refusing to get shaken down for more of the same old same old?

Because they know they’re getting the goods this time, that’s why.

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The Beatles’ new stereo remasters draw on original masters and utilize technological wizardry that was science fiction fantasy two decades ago. Early notice on the fresh remasters is that they may be the closest thing yet to what George Martin and the Fabs heard in the control room almost half a century ago.

But for true Beatles freaks, the mono remasters are the holiest of grails; it’s widely known that Martin and the band were the most meticulous with the mono versions, presumably because they wanted the single-speaker car radio crowd to have the same listening experience as the bachelor pad hi-fi set. To the rabid Beatleologist, the mono box set—which only goes as far as The White Album, the last album mixed for mono—is the sonic equivalent of Viagra... and there will be erections lasting longer than four hours.

Of course, the sting of repurchasing the Fabs’ catalog is lessened by numerous extras; the stereo box includes original UK artwork, expanded booklets/liner notes, rarely seen photos and mini-documentaries on all 13 albums in QuickTime on each disc individually (compiled onto a single DVD for the box), while the limited issue mono box features its CDs in mini-LP sleeves, approximating the vinyl format that, until now, was the only way to experience these records in their original sonic splendor. (If you think mono is flat and boring, wait until you hear this stuff; you’ll be amazed at the nuances in the Beatles’ single dimension.) And both boxes will include their own versions of the Past Masters series.

A quick blogosphere check reveals virtually no fan complaints for having to ante up for albums that topped the charts during the Johnson and Nixon administrations. What could possibly drive so many to lay out their hard-earned coin, in the current economic climate, for what may be among the most re-released music on the planet?

Perhaps because the Beatles produced the greatest pop music the world had ever heard to that point, music that continues to impact subsequent generations, musicians and listeners alike. Opening a wallet for the Beatles never seems like a bad idea.

Remasters arrive 9/9/09 from Apple/EMI.

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After Robots Love Drunk #1s and Then Some Black Butterfly Haunting Requiems Café Bellydance Live in 1974 Halo Live in Concert Signal Morning Best Of West Coast Connection/ Steel & Fire The Clean Mister Pop Graham Collier Darius/Midnight Blue/New Conditions Commodores The Definitive Collection Common Enemy Living the Dream Confide Shout the Truth Corea/Burton Crystal Silence Cruxshadows Quicksilver Damon & Naomi Sub Pop Years Danko Jones Never Too Loud Dark Chocolate Unwrapped Howie Day Sound the Alarm Spencer Day Vagabond Bethany Dillon Stop & Listen D-Ski & Ralph Sleaze Activated Duskfall Lifetime Supply of Guilty Echoes the Fall Bloodline Eddy Current … Ring Eddy Current Suppression Ring Eden’s Curse Eden’s Curse Eden’s Curse Seven Deadly Sins Eden’s Curse The Second Coming Joe Ely Down on the Drag/ Live Shots Ensiferum From Afar The Feelies Crazy Rhythms The Feelies The Good Earth A Fine Frenzy Bomb in a Birdcage Fool’s Game Reality Divine John Forte Stylefree the EP Future of Forestry Travel II Gaither Vocal Band Reunited Red Garland Quintet Dig It (RVG) The Get Up Kids Something to Write Gnaw Their Tongues All the Dread Magnificence of Perversity Robert Gordon Live Fast & Love Hard C Gregson & C Collister Last Word James Hand Shadow on the Ground Mayer Hawthorne A Strange Arrangement Health Get Color John Lee Hooker Live at Soledad Prison/ Never Get out Howlin’ Wolf The Best of Howlin’ Wolf 1951-58 Adam Hunter Being Adam Hunter Janis Ian The Essential Infected Mushroom Legend of the Black Shawarma Insomnium Across the Dark The Isaacs The Isaacs Naturally Jay-Z The Bluepring Co. Jocelyn AKA Indigo The Indl1st Project Johnossi Johnossi Judas Priest Concert Classics S Kellogg & The Sixer The Bear Kink Gong Electronic World Sander Kleinenberg This Is Sander Kleinenberg 2 Gladys Knight Absolute Best of ‘60s Kovenant Animatronik Kovenant Nexus Polaris Kovenant Seti Landmarq Turbulence: Live in Poland Neil Landstrumm Bambaataa Eats His Breakfast

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Don’t Throw Me Away Night Science Backtracks Strange Faith and Practice The Metamorphosis Wonderlust (live) As Good as Gone Darkest Day: Tour Edition

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frank turner

Poetry of the Deed

Once the mouthpiece of British punkers Million Dead, Turner has reinvented himself as a brutally honest folk soloist.

Jim O’Rourke Os Mutantes Pastor Christopher Phish Polar Bear Club Polvo Charlie Poole The Proclaimers Psyclon Nine Raekwon Rodrigo Y Gabriela Sonny Rollins Saosini Michael Schenker Group Slipknot Soundtrack Soundtrack Soundtrack Spartan Warrior Shannon Stephens The Stone Roses Storys Taken by Trees Art Tatum Sextet Ten Pole Tudor Theatre of Tragedy Theatre of Tragedy Thousand Foot Krutch Thousand Foot Krutch Threat Signal Turisas Frank Turner Twenty 4 Seven

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Return of the Body Snatchers Back in Blood Rareform The Singer and the Song No Regrets The Mixtape This Is Thirteen The Hard Way Defeat Things Gotta Change Stand Up and Scream Gene Autry’s Christmas Cracker Avalon Reborn The Band of Heathens One Foot in the Ether Banda De Gaitas Ledicia Celtic Music From Calacia M Bellar/The As-Is … Turned Up Turned On Pete Bernhard Straight Line Danny Bevins Different Kind of Bad Big Punisher The Legacy: The Best Big Scoob Monsterifik Big Star Keep and Eye on the Sky The Black Dahlia Murder Deflorate Black Feather Silhouette Blackfield Blackfield II Blackfield NYC: Live in New York City Jahdan Blakkamoore Buzzrock Warrior Renato Borghetti Fandango Boys Named Sue Hits Vol. Sue Tyondai Braxton Central Market Bright Star Bright Star Bunnygrunt Matt Harnish & Other Delights Butterfly Bouch Scary Fragile The 69 Eyes After the Burial Air Supply All 4 One Alliance Presents Serani Anvil The Architects Armed for Apocalypse Aromabar Asking Alexandria Gene Autry

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MOVIES. SOUNDTRACKS.

Music from some of the coolest movies ever made.

ON SALE FOR $9.99 OR LESS this month

BOYZ N THE HOOD SOUNDTRACK

THE COMMITMENTS SOUNDTRACK

CROOKLYN SOUNDTRACK

GODFATHER SOUNDTRACK

LEONARD COHEN: I’M YOUR MAN SOUNDTRACK

REPO MAN SOUNDTRACK

RESERVOIR DOGS SOUNDTRACK

RUSHMORE SOUNDTRACK

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RedD t soundtrack Bring It On Fight to the Finish CD $11.99

moneen The World I Want To Leave Behind CD $10.99

saosin In Search Of Solid Ground CD $12.99

haji springer Hurry Up & Buy CD $10.99

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MATISYAHU LIGHT MATISYAHU LIGHT CD $9.99

SELECTIONS: 1. Smash Lies 2. We Will Walk 3. One Day 4. Escape 5. So Hi So Lo SELECTIONS: 6. I Will Be Light 1.

7. Smash For YouLies 2. On We Nature Will Walk 8.

3. Motivate One Day 9.

4. Struggla Escape 10.

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So Hi So Lo 11. Darkness Into Light 6. Thunder I Will Be Light 12.

7. Silence For You 13.

8. On Nature 9. Motivate File Under: Alternative 10. Struggla Street Date: 08/25/09 11. Darkness Into Light Arist: Matisyahu 12. Thunder Title: Light 13. Silence Order CD using: 886972217024 File Under: Alternative Street Date: 08/25/09 Arist: Matisyahu Title: Light Packaging: Softpak Order CD using: 886972217024 Order LP using: 886972217017

Everest Ghost Notes

CD $9.99 Packaging: Softpak

180 gram vinyl/with download Everest is a group of Los Angeles music community alumni and friends insert Order LP using: 886972217017 Packaging: 12” Vinyl Jacket formed

by Russell Pollard (vocals, guitar, drums), J. Soda (guitar, keyboards, vocals) and Joel Graves (guitar, keyboards, vocals). Along with gram vinyl/with downloadand drummer Davey Latter, the band released it’s bassist180 Rob Douglas insert Vinyl JacketNotes in May of ‘08 on Vapor Records. The Los Andebut Packaging: record12”Ghost geles Times observed that the band members “sport resumes longer than the intro to ‘Cortez The Killer’” and it’s true – these guys have spent time in bands such as Sebadoh, The Folk Implosion, Earlimart, The Watson Twins, Richard Swift, and Slydell.