Hey folks – It has been a long, hot, slow summer here on Main St.  After careful consideration, we have decided that in order to maintain the level of service that our wonderful customers (that’s you) have come  to expect and deserve we will have to shorten the number of hours we are open, slightly.  Starting tomorrow Monday, August 23 the new store hours will be as follows:

Monday-Thursday  11am-7pm

Friday  11am-8pm

Saturday 10am-8pm

Sunday 11am-5pm (no change)

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, but it is a necessary measure to ensure that we will be here for you for years to come.  Thank you for your continued support.  We will see you soon!

P.S.  As a reminder:  We validate parking if you park in a City of Newark lot!  Just ask for validation when you check out.

If you’ve never watched a TEDTalk, you’re missing out. They’re kind of like shorter university lectures, but the subject matter is always interesting and the lecturers are actually cool. This one is by David Byrne, whom you might know from a little band called Talking Heads, or from his recent collaboration with Brian Eno. In his TEDTalk David discusses how the evolution of spaces where music is performed has influenced its evolution. Very cool stuff.

Ratatat – LP4

New York Rock/Electronica Duo’s 4th release.

CD $11.99 Listen/Download $9.99

Tokyo Police Club – Champ

Canadian indie rocker’s sophomore album.

CD $11.99 Listen/Download $9.99

Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (Self Titled)

One of Rolling Stone’s “Best New Bands of 2010″

CD $9.99

Hot Hot Heat – Future Breeds

More synth-trashed, dance-throbbed anthems from the Canadian alt-rock act.

CD $12.99 Listen/Download $9.99

Deer Tick – The Black Dirt Sessions

American folk rock band’s third album.

CD $11.99

Blitzen Trapper – Destroyer of the Void

Critically acclaimed experimental folk rock from Sub Pop records.

CD $11.99 Listen/Download $9.99

Against Me! – White Crosses (Limited Edition)

Florida punk-rocker’s second major label album; CD version features 4 exclusive bonus tracks.

CD $11.99

Here We Go Magic – Pigeons

Luke Temple and co.’s indie rock act, described described as “psychedelic electro-folk” and walking “the line between ambient hypnotica and melodic indie rock”.

CD $11.99

Delta Spirit – History From Below

Second album from the California band, dubbed as a “hybrid of rock and northern soul”.

CD $11.99 Listen/Download $9.99

L.A. Times music blog Pop & Hiss is streaming the new Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti album, Before Today in its entirety.

Before Today is available in stores on 6/8!

Just a heads up – Rainbow will be closed on Monday, May 31st for Memorial Day. See you in June!

Diego Paulo just dropped off another shipment of Cafe Con Leche for anyone who was asking for it this morning when we were out! Come and get ‘em!

Our friends over at WXPN are having their spring membership drive right now! Head over there and check out all the cool gifts they’re offering to anyone who makes a pledge, like passes to the XPoNential Festival or a copy of Band of Horses’ Infinite Arms, to name a few. You can also enter to win their Exile On Main St. Weekend contest – no pledge required.

We’ve taken in quite a few used books in the last few weeks. If you’re looking for something to read in the sun this summer we’ve got you covered. Here are just a few of the noteworthy titles we have in stock used right now:

Kurt Vonnegut – Player Piano
Malcolm Gladwell – Blink
Truman Capote – In Cold Blood
Hunter S. Thompson – Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
Oscar Wilde – The Portable Oscar Wilde
Khaled Hosseini – The Kite Runner & A Thousand Splendid Suns
Chinua Achebe – Things Fall Apart
Nicholas Sparks – A Bend In The Road & Dear John
Stephanie Meyer – Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse & Breaking Dawn
Neil Gaiman – Stardust & American Gods
Douglas Adams – The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
Stephen King – Under The Dome & select titles from the Dark Tower series
Michael Chabon – The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Umberto Eco – The Name of the Rose & Foucault’s Pendulum
Gregory Maguire – Wicked
Yann Martel – Life of Pi
Carl Hiassen – select titles

….. and, I don’t know, maybe about a bajillion other books to choose from.

Today is the day, The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St. reissues are here! There are 4 different options for you:

- The regular CD reissue, which is the remastered album without bonus tracks for $11.99.
- The Deluxe CD reissue, which has the remastered album with 10 previously unreleased tracks and a 12-page booklet for $22.99.
- The vinyl reissue, which is the same as the regular CD, but on two 180-gram LPs in a gatefold package for $29.99.
- And the box set, which has the vinyl, the deluxe CD, a DVD, limited-edition postcards and a collector’s booklet for $159.99.

NPR has a full album stream of the new Sleigh Bells album, Treat. It drops in the physical form on June 22nd.

Did anyone else know that Derek Miller was in Poison The Well???? Weeeeeird.