Stop into Uncle Sam’s Music on South Beach and pick up the soundtrack from “Where The Wild Things Are” and get a FREE 7″   vinyl featuring the songs “All Is Love” and “Hideaway”. This limited edition piece will only be available while supplies last and is only available in our store, so come on in a pick up your copy today!

This week brings us a new slew of releases from artists like Tegan & Sara, Jack Johnson, Wolfmother and even that Michael Jackson guy. And as usual, you can find these and other great titles at Uncle Sam’s on South Beach!

Let’s talk about magic. Because music, at its best, is a kind of magic that lifts you up and takes you somewhere else.

“I want my music to sound like throwing yourself out of a tree, or off a tall building, or as if you’re being sucked down into the ocean and you can’t breathe,” says Florence Welch. “It’s something overwhelming and all-encompassing that fills you up, and you’re either going to explode with it, or you’re just going to disappear.”

Florence writes her best songs when she’s drunk or has a hangover, because that’s when the freedom, the feral music comes, creating itself wildly from the fragments gathered in her notebooks and in her head.

“You’re lucid,” she explains, “but you’re not really there. You’re floating through your own thoughts, and you can pick out what you need. I like those weird connections in the universe. I feel that life’s like a consistent acid trip, those times when things keep coming back.”
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Dawes
North Hills
ATO

A graceful and poetic set of Southern-tinged yet firmly El Lay rock’n'roll, North Hills is an electrifying and accomplished freshman effort from Dawes. From the ruminative opener “That Western Skyline” to the joyous twang of “When You Call My Name” to the harmony-soaked “Take Me Out of the City,” North Hills makes it easy to hear why Daytrotter’s Sean Moeller has already called it “hands down one of the finest records of 2009… Dawes is a perfect band.” A joyous blend of pure rock and roll enthusiasm and laid-back Laurel Canyon magic, Dawes‘ well-balance esthetic is so palpable that it got them signed after a solitary New York Gig. North Hills is lightning in a bottle, that’s sure to yield the buzz of a six-pack without any of the messy side effects. Have a listen.

Three and a half years in the making, the efforts of writing and recording THERE IS NO ENEMY led Built to Spill founder Doug Martsch to wonder whether this would be the last album he ever makes. As his wife, I watched him work, pouring hour after hour , day after day into writing. Song lyrics were labored over then thrown in the trash, guitar parts revised again (and again). A musician and artist like Doug edits far more than he keeps.

Ben Harper released a new album back in May called White Lies for Dark Times and is about to hit the road opening up for Pearl Jam. To celebrate ThinkIndie has teamed up with his label, Virgin, to give away a signed guitar to one lucky ThinkIndie customer.

Entering the contest is pretty darn easy too, all you have to do is sign up for an account on our ThinkIndie-powered download store. That’s it, nothing more is needed. Now for all the smart people out there that already signed up for an account and have been enjoying what we have to offer, don’t worry cause you’re already entered. We will select one lucky winner at random so make sure you have all the correct info in your account so we can contact you when/if you win. We’ll pick and announce the winner on Halloween (aren’t we spooky?) so if you don’t yet have an account, better get moving.

We’re also featuring Ben’s catalog right now so you can pick up anything you’re missing in your collection.

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The Grates
Teeth Lost, Hearts Won
DEW PROCESS

For The Grates’ debut album Gravity Won’t Get You High, their signature animal was the giraffe. It was a fitting match: that year, the album towered over all other beasts, made mammoth strides, and won the affection of the people, both here and abroad. Two years later, The Grates present second album, Teeth Lost, Hearts Won: An entirely different animal altogether. “If Teeth Lost, Hearts Won was a beast, I imagine it’d be like something from Where the Wild Things Are,” Patience says. “They’re big and scary. But they’ve also got this sensitivity, and pick up the little kid and protect him.” Alana thinks. “Or maybe the griffin in Alice in Wonderland.” Teeth Lost, Hearts Won retains The Grates’ trademark shambolic fun, but injects new layers and grunt into the proceedings. The Grates come armed with sharpened technical chops, killer arrangements and newfound songwriting oomph. Boasting the combined force of John’s rough-and-tumble guitars, Patience’s signature banshee yelps, and Alana’s churning drums, Teeth Lost, Hearts Won might be a griffin, it might be a Where The Wild Things Are monster. But either way, it’s the sound of a band unafraid to bite.

Got yer Flaming Lips, your Sugarland and yer Bob Dylan all right here at Uncle Sam’s. Check them out, along with a good number of other new releases for this week….