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Lonely Avenue features music and vocals by singer-songwriter Ben Folds and lyrics by novelist Nick Hornby on what The Huffington Post calls "one of the most interesting collaborations of the year." This special deluxe edition includes the album on CD, four short stories by Hornby, 15 images by acclaimed photographer Joel Meyerowitz, all in a hardbound, 152-page book. Nonesuch Store pre-orders include a limited-edition printed Folds/Hornby manuscript of the song "Picture Window," with a select number signed by the artists.

"Beautifully poised throughout," says the BBC, "Double Sextet stands as arguably one of Reich’s finest works." The Pulitzer Prize–winning piece, performed here by eighth blackbird, has been cited as "among the finest pieces of our time" by the Philadelphia Inquirer. Also on the album, Bang on a Can perform 2x5, which expands Reich's musical palate with rock instrumentation.

Björk has joined Icelandic poet Sjón to write "The Comet Song" for the animated film Moomins and the Comet Chase, featuring the beloved characters created by Finnish illustrator and author Tove Jansson in the 1940s. The song is available exclusively at iTunes. All proceeds go to UNICEF to support the flood victims of Pakistan.

Ry Cooder wrote the song "Quicksand" in response to Arizona's 2010 immigration law, SB 1070. A slow-burning rocker that tells the story of six would-be immigrants making their way from Mexico to the Arizona border, "Quicksand" is available exclusively on iTunes, with all proceeds will going to support MALDEF, the Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund.

Punch Brothers' second disc showcases the growing collaborative power of this virtuosic, genre-blurring combo. "Antifogmatic brims with color, wit, flash and tenderness," says the Wall Street Journal, "all conveyed with remarkable musicianship and high spirits." The quintet honed these songs over impromptu sessions at New York's The Living Room, then recorded them live at LA's Ocean Way studio with producer Jon Brion. The vinyl LP includes the album on 140-gram vinyl and CD.

Punch Brothers' second disc showcases the collaborative power of this virtuosic, genre-blurring combo. "Antifogmatic brims with color, wit, flash and tenderness," says the Wall Street Journal, "all conveyed with remarkable musicianship and high spirits." The quintet honed these songs during a residency at New York's The Living Room, then recorded them live at LA's Ocean Way studio with producer Jon Brion. This deluxe edition includes an all-instrumental EP, plus a DVD with seven songs from The Living Room.

This deluxe edition of The Black Keys' Brothers, features the album Time Out calls "a sonic wonderland" on CD; a 56-page, hardbound book with never-before-seen photos of the band live, backstage, and in the studio; plus a 9 3/4” x 6 1/2” lithograph photo of the band.

The New York Times has called The Black Keys’ music “tough-minded, blues haunted songs,” and the ghosts of Alabama's legendary Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, where the bulk of Brothers was recorded, inhabit the album's 15 tracks. Time Out, in a five-star review, calls it "a sonic wonderland"; Uncut says it proves The Black Keys to be "one of the best rock 'n' roll bands on the planet."

The Black Keys marked Record Store Day 2010 with a 12" vinyl single featuring two tracks off their forthcoming album, Brothers. On Side A is the Danger Mouse-produced "Tighten Up," which Pitchfork notes for "the soulful bounce of organ and guitar interplay; Rolling Stone gives it four stars, saying the band has "never sounded tighter or funkier." On the flip side is "Howlin' for You," with backing vocals by Blakroc's Nicole Wray.