RECORD EXCHANGE TICKET GIVEAWAYS!

Win free tickets from The Record Exchange! Here’s a list of our current giveaways and deadlines to enter:

TOOTHGRINDER, APRIL 6, KNITTING FACTORY
Send an email* with the subject “Toothgrinder” HERE by midnight Monday, April 4 for a chance to win a pair of tickets to Toothgrinder (opening for Killswitch Engage) Wednesday, April 6 at Knitting Factory! The winner will be drawn at random and notified on April 5. FULL SHOW DETAILS HERE.

 

* One entry per person, NOT per email address. If you have 16 email addresses and you enter with each address, we’ll just delete 15 of them. We have the technology.

ENTER TO WIN KEITH RICHARDS’ INDIE STORE EXCLUSIVE ‘VINTAGE VINOS’ CD!

Want to win a copy of Keith Richards‘ new Vintage Vinos indie exclusive compilation CD? Send us an email with the subject “Keith Richards” HERE by midnight Thursday, Dec. 9, to enter. The winner will be selected at random and notified on Friday, Dec. 10. Please include your full name in the body of the email.

FROM THE FINE PRINT DEPT.:

The Record Exchange will never share or sell your email address to a third party. We will, however, add you to our mailing list. That’s a good thing — you’ll receive store event and new release news, exclusive coupons and weekly mirth. No spam, man. Promise.

RX JIMMY EAT WORLD 7-INCH WINNER!

Zac Ambrose, our Jimmy Eat World autographed 7-inch/poster winner, is really good at finding stuff on the wall after studying a visual clue. We bet he kicks ass matching coupons with products at the grocery store.

WIN ADMISSION FOR 2 TO JOSH RITTER SOUNDCHECK MEET AND GREET; BUY RITTER’S LATEST CD, GET A FREE TICKET TO NOV. 6 KNITTING FACTORY SHOW!

Our friend Josh Ritter is returning to Boise on Saturday, Nov. 6, for a headlining performance at the Knitting Factory, and The Record Exchange is partnering with the Knit to offer customers a free ticket to the show with purchase of Ritter’s So Runs the World Away on CD or vinyl LP (while supplies last).

We’re also holding a photo contest to win admission to a Josh Ritter Soundcheck Meet and Greet before the show! To enter, take a photo of yourself holding a copy of So Runs the World Away in front of the Ritter mural on the outside wall of the Linen Building (1402 W. Grove St. in Downtown Boise’s Linen District) and post it on The Record Exchange Facebook page (facebook.com/recordexchange).

The winner will receive a pair of tickets to the show and admission to soundcheck, where he or she will get the chance to meet Ritter and his band!

The deadline to post your photo is midnight, Thursday, Nov. 4. The winner will be selected at random and notified on Friday, Nov. 5.

RECORD EXCHANGE THINKINDIE DIGITAL STORE: BRYAN FERRY, ANDREW BIRD, GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY AND MORE 320KB NEW DIGITAL MUSIC GOODNESS!

• NEW RELEASES:

Shadow Shadow Shade Shadow Shadow Shade

Bryan Ferry Olympia

Andrew Bird Useless Creatures

Ghostland Observatory Codename: Rondo

Warpaint The Fool

Gotan Project Rayuela

Monster Magnet Mastermind

The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger Acoustic Sessions

Kurt Vile In My Time

Crowded House The Very Very Best of Crowded House 32-track version and 19-track version

MORE HERE

• NEW RELEASE OF THE WEEK: SHADOW SHADOW SHADE FOR $5.99!

L.A. buzz band Shadow Shadow Shade release their debut album Shadow Shadow Shade on Public Records. It jumps out the gate with “Is This A Tempest In The Shape Of A Bell,” which sounds like Brian Eno fronting early Pink Floyd.

I guess it’s no wonder that this seven-piece band see themselves as a big art project more than a rock group. The members include a producer, an opera singer (you can’t miss her) and various other art type folks. The vocal arrangements are quite startling in their complexity and tonal quality.

I guess the thing that really gets me about this group, is the depth of the music and the vision put into the entire project. From the cover art to individual notes, you can tell they give a shit. They conjure bands like the Mama’s And Papas, Queen, Roxy Music and the already mentioned Pink Floyd. The new album’s on sale for $5.99, which makes it easy to afford. I promise the music is not cheap and it will keep you wondering where these guys have been hiding all these years. – radiofreedavis@thinkindie

BUY ALBUM HERE
DOWNLOAD FREE TRACK HERE

• BELLE AND SEBASTIAN ESSAY CONTEST – MEET STUART MURDOCH!

Do you know how to write about love ? Are you a huge Belle & Sebastian fan? Well, Think Indie and Matador records has a contest for you. The first 20 people to buy the new Belle & Sebastian album Write About Love will get a code that allows them to enter a special contest. (The code will be emailed to you after your purchase — not immediately, we aren’t NASA).

The contest is a 300-word essay contest about love. The band will judge the entries. The winner will have Stuart Murdoch fly into your town. He will hang with you for the afternoon and then write a song about you. That song will be featured on a limited-edition 7-inch.

BUY ALBUM, ENTER CONTEST HERE

• A FEAST OF FABULOUS FREELOADS!

One of the coolest things about the Record Exchange ThinkIndie Digital Store is the crazy amount of free downloads.

Seriously, each week new freebies are added to the Freeloads section, and these aren’t just streams — we’re talking fully downloadable and burnable 320KB DRM-free files.

Here’s a look at some new additions:

Shadow Shadow Shade Is This a Tempest
Deerhoof The Merry Barracks
OFF! (Keith Morris of Black Flag/Circle Jerks) Upside Down
Dr. Dog Nobody Knows Who You Are
Kelly Stoltz I Don’t Get That
Med Where I’m From (feat. Aloe Blacc)
Various Artists Austin City Limits 2010 Sampler (13 tracks!)
Many more HERE

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