BlakRoc, the much anticipated collaboration between The Black Keys and some of hip-hop’s best is finally out! The BlakRoc CD and LP are only available from independent record stores, so avoid the mall today and come pick one up. We also have BlakRoc t-shirts on sale for $15! For more info about BlakRoc, and to see some video clips of the making of the album, visit BlakRoc.com!

A couple holiday announcements for you! First, our holiday books are out now and our holiday music will be out this weekend. We also have a new holiday section in our digital store. Second, we put out some great books and toys with our holiday books as gift suggestions. Avoid the mall this Black Friday and come hang out on Main St. with us!

Starting this Friday, until December 24th, our gift certificates are 10% off! Gift certificates are a great way to get your friends and family exactly what they want: money to get themselves whatever they want! Our gift certificates are good for anything in the store and they never expire!

Blakroc, the collaboration between Rainbow staff favorite, The Black Keys, and a whole lot of hip-hop heavyweights, is out this friday. That’s Blak Friday if you didn’t get it… We’ve been listening to the album for a week or two in the store, even though a few tracks might be NSFW, and we all agree that it lives up to the hype!

We also have some BlakRoc t-shirts on sale for $15! We may be giving a few away too. Check back for more details.

Adam Lambert – For Your Entertainment $13.99
Animal Collective – Fall Be Kind (digital only until 12/14)
Susan Boyle – I Dreamed A Dream $11.99
Daptone Gold – Various Artists $9.99
LCD Soundsystem – Bye Bye Bayou $5.99
NOFX – Cokie the Clown EP $6.99
Oh No – Dr. No’s Ethiopium (digital only)
Rihanna – Rated R $14.99
Shakira – She Wolf $13.99
Angie Stone – Unexpected $12.99
Tom Waits – Glitter & Doom Live $14.99

Most of these titles can be found in our digital store!

We just got the new issues of Art Forum International, Decibel, Paste, Tokion and Wax Poetics!

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1. Them Crooked Vultures – S/T
2. John Mayer – Battle Studies
3. Norah Jones – The Fall
4. Say Anything – S/T
5. 50 Cent – Before I Self-Destruct
6. Roseanne Cash – The List
7. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Up From Below
8. Rory Sullivan – Here All Along
9. Switchfoot- Hello Hurricane
10. The Cribs – Ignore the Ignorant

We have some Band of Skulls swag to give away. If you buy the album we have a Band of Skulls American Apparel T-shirt or a 10″ picture disc for you. If you don’t buy the album you’ll be subjected to a rigorous series of questions about Japanese gameshows and Russian History. Just kidding. Come in and say you saw this blog and we’ll give you one…

Just got new issues of Dance, Harper’s, Jazz Times, Juxtapoz, NY Review of Books, Rolling Stone, Spin, and Wire! Come and sit on the floor and read one or, you know, BUY one.