RECORD EXCHANGE SUB POP SALE! WIN RARE SUB POP VINYL RELEASES!

All this month at The Record Exchange, select titles from one of our favorite independent labels, Seattle’s Sub Pop (heard of it?), are on sale for the wicked awesome price of $11.99!

The sale includes Wolf Parade, Avi Buffalo, Blitzen Trapper, Foals, Beach House, The Album Leaf and a half-dozen others. Act now and score a free copy of the out-of-print Casual Nostalgia Fest 20th anniversary live compilation with your purchase (quantities are limited). The comp features Green River, Wolf Parade, Vaselines, Iron and Wine, Mudhoney, Low, Eric’s Trip, Comets on Fire and other bands performing live at the label’s 20th anniversary party!

Visit recordstoreday.com and enter to win sweet Sub Pop prizes, including rare vinyl from The White Stripes, Shins, Ugly Casanova and Wolf Parade!

WIN A JACK JOHNSON CD FROM RX!

Want to win a copy of Jack Johnson‘s live album En Concert? Send us an email with the subject “Jack Johnson” HERE by midnight Thursday, Aug. 12, to enter. The winner will be selected at random and notified on Friday, Aug. 13.

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WARPED TOUR DRUM COMPETITION: WIN KIT, LESSON WITH WARPED DRUMMER!

The Record Exchange, Boise Rock School and TAG present the Warped Tour Drum Competition at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 9, at The Record Exchange, 1105 W. Idaho St. in downtown Boise. As always, this Record Exchange event is free and all ages.

Each drummer will have one minute to show his or her chops on a five-piece drum kit (with crash and ride) provided by our friends at Boise Rock School. Contestants will perform solo without musical accompaniment.

The competition is open to drummers of all ages (kids and adults) and limited to the first 30 people to sign up.

PRIZES
Grand Prize: Warped Tour drum kit, pair of tickets to the show, backstage lesson with Warped Tour drummer of winner’s choice, CDs.
First Runner Up: Warped Tour cymbals, tickets to the show, CDs.
Second Runner Up: Warped Tour drumsticks, tickets to the show, CDs.
Third Runner Up: Warped Tour tickets, CDs.

To enter, visit The Record Exchange prior to the competition and sign up at the front counter. We will accept entries at the competition if the 30 slots have not been filled prior to 6:30 p.m. Monday. All contestants will receive a free CD.

The audience will determine the winners by ballot vote. We’ll have contests and giveaways for the audience, too, and everyone can purchase their Warped Tour tickets at The Record Exchange during the competition!

Questions? Email The Record Exchange HERE.

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FIRST THREE PEOPLE TO BUY A WARPED TOUR TICKET GET A FREE COMPILATION!

We’ve got three 2010 Vans Warped Tour 2-disc compilations to give away, and all you gotta do is a hurry in and buy a ticket at the Record Exchange! The CDs feature Warped Tour bands Blink-182, Polar Bear Club, Attack! Attack!, Every Time I Die, and 47 more!

Stay tuned for more giveaways and contests, including a guitar/meet-and-greet package and Monday’s drum competition!

IT’S OUR ARCADE FIRE DVD WINNER!

Congrats to Christiauna Thorne, winner of the Arcade Fire DVD!

Okay, so you didn’t win the DVD — don’t let it ruin your day. If you haven’t yet purchased Arcade Fire’s excellent new album The Suburbs, come into The Record Exchange today, pick it up on CD for the $9.99 Right Price ($21.99 for vinyl) and get entered to win our Arcade Fire prize pack.

Full details on the prize pack can be found HERE.