I will have limited copies of the new Arcade Fire vinyl for "The Suburbs" on sale saturday July 31st. To make things fair, it will be available on a first come basis (don't ask me to hold copies). The CD will be on sale tuesday August 2nd, and I will have more vinyl coming that week as well. Whenever possible, with the sanction of the labels, X-Ray will be offering important new releases on vinyl a few days earlier than the CD release date.

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Here's The beginning of this weeks new arrivals. More to come.

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I'll be getting & selling tickets to both the Business concert in August, as well as the Japandroids show in October. Both are at the Distrikt. I will post more info as I get it. I'm hoping that the Business tickets ($9.00) might be here a soon as saturday.

These CD's & LP's are now in stock.

Here's what's going to arrive on thursday. More to come.

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A box just showed up with the new M.I.A. "Maya" LP & CD in it. Also in is the latest LP from Jonsi (Sigur Ros singer) called "Go", Gary Numan's "The Pleasure Principle" LP, and restock vinyl from Interpol, Vampire Weekend, and The National "High Violet" LP.

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I just found out that these CD's & LP's will be here by weeks end. Harvey Milk new CD, Wolf People "Tidings" LP, Gamma Ray "To The Metal" CD+DVD, Japandroids both LP's, Cap'n Jazz "Analphabetapolothology" double LP, Watain new CD, Lee Scratch Perry "Panic In Babylon" CD, Depreciation Guild "Spirit Youth" CD & LP as well as restock on Bon Iver vinyl.

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July 8th
Just In! New Wolf Parade "Expo 86" on both double LP & CD. Reissues of 3 different Hawksley Workman LP's. Restock on new Sadies vinyl, as well as all 3 Shins LP's. New CD's from To Rococo Rot "Speculation", 3 Inches Of Blood "Here Waits Thy Doom" now with 4 bonus tracks + DVD, and a "Best Of" Stan Rogers CD.

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New & restock vinyl just arrived! Some D.R.I. reissues like "Dealing With It" & "Violent Pacification" & "Dirty Rotten" LP. First 2 Detroit Cobras Lp's, Reigning Sound, Pink Floyd "Flowers & Vegetables", Of Montreal, Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, My Bloody Valentine "Before Loveless" 200 gram LP, Joy Division "Heart & ...Soul" LP, Mumford & Sons, The Mummies "Play Their Own Records" LP, SNFU, LCD Soundsystem etc.

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Coming this week! New & restock vinyl from Sarah Harmer, Hot Chip, Hawkwind, LCD Soundsystem, Futureheads, Shellac, Distillers, Spacemen 3, Funkadelic, Beth Orton, Reigning Sound & more goodies.

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New CD's in from Fatso Jetson, Commander Cody, SNFU, Dr. Chud, DJ Shadow "Diminishing Returns", Hank III, Solace, Black Keys, Midlake, Joe Strummer & The Fall.

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New vinyl just in from Modest Mouse "Moon & Antarctica", Aphex Twin, Dead Moon, Karma To Burn, Fu Manchu, Dweezil Zappa, Willie Nelson, Hank III, Mellissa Auf Der Maur, Jimi Hendrix "Valleys Of Neptune", Skip James, Waylon Jennings, The Ramones, Motorhead (colored vinyl reissue of their 1st album), Minus The Bear "Omni..." (two versions), Leatherface, Kings Of Leon & more.

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Here are this weeks arrivals.

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The new store hours are............

Open- Tuesday through Saturday 10:45am until 5:15pm

Closed- Sunday & Monday

Sorry for the delay, but I'm supposed to be on vacation & relaxing. haha. Same as always these should be viewed as in no particular order. Minutes, days, weeks after I post this I realize I've missed something great, but here it goes anyway. I hope you find it to be of interest. This list does not represent what was popular in terms of sales at X-Ray (even though many were), simply what I listened to a lot in 2009. Comments welcome & I'd be happy to see your list if you made one.

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This represents what I've been listening to the most, regarding 2008 releases. These are ranked in no particular order. Check out the other Top Ten's at the end.

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1) Brimstone Howl- "We Came In Peace" (Alive)
2) Correcto- "Correcto" (Domino)
3) Quest For Fire- "Quest For Fire" (Storyboard)
4) Bonnie Prince Billy- "Lie Down In The Light" (Drag City)
5) The Golden Hands Before God Conducts Incredible Magic Band....- "Here" (Pop Echo)
6) Frightened Rabbit- "The Midnight Organ Fight" (Fat Cat)
7) Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez- "Why Is Bear Billowing?" (Carpark)
8) Woven Hand- "Ten Stones" (Sounds Familyre)
9) Baby Woodrose- "Coming Around Again" (Bad Afro)
10) The Gutter Twins- "Saturnalia" (Sub Pop)
11) Wire- "Object 47" (Pink Flag)
12) Buffalo Killers- "Let It Ride" (Alive)
13) Black Diamond Heavies- "A Touch Of Someone Else's Class" (Alive)
14) King Khan & The Shrines- "The Supreme Genious Of" (Vice)
15) Dead Meadow- "Old Growth" (Matador)
16) Silver Jews- "Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea" (Drag City)
17) British Sea Power- "Do You Like Rock Music?" (Rough Trade)
18) Bobby Previte- "Set The Alarm For Monday" (Palmetto)
19) Neva Dinova- "You May Already Be Dreaming" (Saddle Creek)
20) The Black Keys- "Attack & Release" (Nonesuch)
21) Retribution Gospel Choir- "Retribution Gospel Choir" (Caldo Verde)
22) The Asteroid No. 4- "These Flowers Of Ours" (The Committee...)
23) Red Snapper- "Pale Blue Dot" (Import)
24) Jenny Lewis- "Acid Tongue" (Warner)
25) Blackstrap- "Steal My Horses & Run" (Tee Pee)
26) The Rosebuds- "Life Like" (Merge)
27) Blitzen Trapper- "Furr" (Sub Pop)
28) Ray LaMontagne- "Gossip In The Grain" (Sony/BMG)
29) Kings Of Leon- "Only By The Night" (Warner)
30) Hank Williams III- "Damn Right, Rebel Proud" (Curb)
31) Deerhunter- "Microcastle" (Kranky)
32) The Memories Attack- "The Memories Attack" (Noyes Records)
33) Bon Iver- "For Emma, Forever Ago" (Jagjaguwar)
34) TV On The Radio- "Dear Science" (Interscope)
35) Anathallo- "Canopy Glow" (Anticon)
36) Fleet Foxes- "Fleet Foxes" (Sub Pop)
37) Alejandro Escovedo- "Real Animal" (Manhattan)
38) Colour Revolt- "Plunder Beg & Curse" (Fat Possum)
39) Richard Formby- "Volume One" (Mind Expansion)
40) Modey Lemon- "Season Of Sweets" (Narnack)
41) Miss Kitten- "Batbox" (Nobody's Bizzness)
42) Lords Of Altamont- "The Altamont Sin" (Gearhead)
43) The Kills- "Midnight Boom" (Domino)
44) Hayes Carll- "Trouble In Mind" (Universal)
45) Calexico- "Carried To Dust" (1/4 Stick)
46) The Black Angels- "Directions To See A Ghost" (Light In The Attic)
47) Damian Jurado- "Caught In The Trees" (Secretly Canadian)
48) The Dirtbombs- "We Have You Surrounded" (In The Red)
49) One Hundred Dollars- "Forest Of Tears" (Blue Fog)
50) The Fleshtones- "Take A Good Look" (Yep Roc)

Click on "Read More" to see other Top 10's

Here's a list of my top 50 albums that were released this year (in no particular order). It's based solely on what I was listening to & enjoying, and nothing to do with sales here at the store. Of course there were plenty of detours through other decades along the way, but you get my drift. As always, I'll remember something that should've been included weeks from now, but for the time being, this is how it stands.