New issues of Artforum, Jazz Times, Decibel, and the New York Review of books are in stock!

Just a heads up, our store hours will be changing slightly for the month of January.  Our winter hours are:

Mon.-Thurs. 11am-7pm
Fri. 11am-8pm
Sat. 10am-8pm
Sun. 11am-5pm

We will go back to our normal hours before the spring semester starts!

Due to personal qualms with quantifying anything, my list is just in alphabetical order (plus one honorable mention thrown in the mix.)

Oh, hello.

Alela Diane - to be still.

Beautiful all around. Best Live performance of the past year at the Philadelphia Folk Festival. 

Bill Callahan-  sometimes I wish we were an eagle.

Engulfing (SMOG LIKE) soliloquizing vocals.

Dirty Projectors - bitte orca.

Vocal acrobatics.

Heartless Bastards – the mountain.

Confident folk-blues.  All things good.

Kurt Vile - childish prodigy.

Lo-fi Philly boy.

Le Loup – family.

Atmospheric with a title the permeates throughout the lyrics.

Phoenix – wolfgang amadeus phoenix.

Any album that allows me to shake my hair throughout its entirety is okay in my books.

Raekwon - only built 4 cuban linx 2.

Shit IS bulletproof, Raekwon.

Real Estate - real estate

I like when music can be equated to a season and this album feels like summertime.

Rural Alberta Advantage - hometowns.

Stripped indie emotionalism.  Also, the band members are unnaturally adorable/positive.

XX - xx

Straight to the point.

1. Bob Dylan – Christmas In The Heart
2. Norah Jones – The Fall
3. John Mayer – Battle Studies
4. Alicia Keys – Element of Freedom
5. Animal Collective – Fall Be Kind
6. Blakroc – Self-titled
7. Them Crooked Vultures – Self-titled
8. Diane Birch – Bible Belt
9. Tom Waits – Glitter & Doom Live
10. The XX – Self-titled

It doesn’t happen here very often in Delaware, but it appears that we will have a White Christmas! We know that many of you planned on some marathon shopping today, but have been barricaded in by the wonderful white fluffy goodness coming down from the sky. To perhaps persuade you to brave the fierce elements we are having a Snow Day Sale!

One day only (today) – 10% off USED CDs and DVDs & 20% off USED Books and LPs!

Come on down! There’s plenty of free parking and it’s warm and cozy in the store!

Listen, we got your back… and just now this totally FREE unreleased Elliott Smith track was trying to sneak up on you. Aren’t you luck we’re here?

New Harper’s, Juxtapoz, Maximum RocknRoll, Paste, Rolling Stone, Spin & Utne Reader just arrived!

1. Susan Boyle – Dreamed a Dream
2. 30 Seconds to Mars – This is War
3. Andrea Bocelli – My Christmas
4. Tom Waits – Glitter & Doom Live
5. Neil Young – Dreamin’ Man Live ‘92
6. Blakroc – Self-titled
7. Pearl Jam – Backspacer
8. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
9. Bob Dylan – Christmas in the Heart
10. Clipse – Til the Casket Drops

This is me:

This is my Top 10:

10. Old Canes – Feral Harmonic	9. Rural Alberta Advantage – Hometowns
8. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca	7. Ganglians – Monster Head Room/Self-titled EP
6. Sun Araw – Heavy Deeds	5. Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish I Were An Eagle
4. Real Estate – Self-titled	3. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
2. White Denim – Fits/Exposion	1. Kurt Vile – Childish Prodigy

I’ve elaborated on my pick’s at my blog BreadNButter if anyone’s interested!

Check out the new Shrinebuilder album (members of Om, Sleep, Neurosis, Melvins) for just $7.99 at our digital store, starting tomorrow!

While you’re there, grab the new Manchester Orchestra album too. It also comes with a FREE live EP! If you buy the physical album from us we have free download cards for you!