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WIN AN EVEREST PRIZE PACK WITH PRE-ORDER OF ‘ON APPROACH’!

May 5, 2010 - Contests , The Record Exchange Blog - by - No Comments

Our ears are still ringing from Everest‘s amazing Record Exchange Record Store Day in-store performance, and we’re super stoked that the band’s smashing sophomore set On Approach is being released on Tuesday, May 11.

The Record Exchange got its hands on a couple of Everest prize packs to give away to some lucky customers who pre-order the album.

The prize packs include:
• Vinyl copy of On Approach
• Record Store Day exclusive 7-inch
• Everest T-shirt
• Autographed poster

To enter to win a prize pack, pre-order On Approach from The Record Exchange now through Monday, May 10. If you live out of town and want to enter the contest, order the CD, which is on sale for $11.99, online HERE (want the vinyl? order HERE), call us (208.344.8010) or email us and we will facilitate the order for you. (NOTE: If you pre-ordered the album on Record Store Day, you are already entered into the contest.)

Preview tracks from On Approach at myspace.com/everest.

Championed by Neil Young, with whom the band has toured, and garnering favorable comparisons to My Morning Jacket and Wilco, Everest is currently on tour with Minus the Bear in support of On Approach. Following this run, the band will make an appearance at this year’s Bonnaroo festival June 13, then visit KCRW on June 16 for a live “Morning Becomes Eclectic” session.

Everest’s impassioned new album recalls the era of vinyl, when the story starts at track one and doesn’t end until the very last note wanes. It’s not a vintage sound, but a significant statement of a new era of American rock ‘n’ roll, seeped in rustic grooves, infectious melodies and timelessness.

Borrowing from their home base surroundings, California makes an imprint on their sonic landscape, much like how Motown oozed Detroit and Stax screamed Memphis, the Golden State shines through unmistakably.

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LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III BCT CONCERT TICKET GIVEAWAY: WIN A PAIR FROM RX!

April 29, 2010 - Contests , The Record Exchange Blog - by - 2 Comments

The Record Exchange has a pair of tickets to give away to Loudon Wainwright III‘s intimate performance at Boise Contemporary Theater on May 8. To win the tickets, email us HERE by midnight Wednesday, May 5. The winner will be selected at random and notified Thursday, May 6.

NOTE: This show is on the verge of selling out, so if you definitely want seats, you should probably purchase tickets (go HERE) before our contest ends. Then if you win the tickets, you can take some friends or something.

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WE HAVE A MIXTAPE CONTEST WINNER!

April 17, 2010 - Contests , The Record Exchange Blog - by - No Comments

Lucas Grubbs is the winner of The Record Exchange Record Store Day Mixtape Contest!

If you want a legitimate shot at winning the contest next year, look at the photo above and take notes. Lucas’ mix, titled “A Little Atomic Bomb,” is a museum-quality example of the mixtape as art. Lucas placed his CD in a recycled record sleeve (with the record still in it), wrapped it in yarn and filled the accompanying notebook with comprehensive musings on the track list, the art and craft of making a mix tape and his love of music in general.

And then there’s the mix itself: Bukowski reading his poetry, indie rock, hip-hop, country, good old fashioned rock ‘n’ roll, weird and wonderful randomness … This is the stuff of refined taste, studious listening and a deep record collection, meticulously mixed with continuity and listenability in mind.

You can hear “A Little Atomic Bomb,” along with runner-up Rachael Balstad‘s “The Melange-a-Trois,” this afternoon at The Record Exchange. Happy Record Store Day!

Thanks to everyone who entered a mix — the variety of music and themes far exceeded our expectations. And a special thank you to Boise Weekly A&E Editor Amy Atkins for helping us vote!

“A Little Atomic Bomb” track list:

1. “A Little Atomic Bomb,” Charles Bukowski
2. “30 Gallon Tank,” Spoon
3. “Liquid Swords,” Genius/GZA
4. “Bird Flu,” M.I.A.
5. “Grammar of Life,” Charles Bukowski
6. “When You Sleep,” My Bloody Valentine
7. “Your Ice Cream is Ready,” Mocket
8. “Disappearing Ink,” Deerhunter
9. Reading from Evelyn Waugh’s “Brideshead Revisited,” Mark Davidson
10. “Negative Creep,” Nirvana
11. “Rejoice and Asunder,” Charles Bukowski
12. “Hey Good Lookin’,” Hank Williams
13. “I See a Darkness,” Bonnie “Prince” Billy
14. “Southtown Girls,” The Hold Steady
15. “Bad,” Charles Bukowski
16. “VCR,” The xx
17. “Brakhage,” Stereolab
18. “Yeti,” Josh Mattoon
19. “We Followed Girls,” Old Crow Medicine Show
20. “Tougher Than the Rest,” Bruce Springsteen
21. “Narration #3,” Merle Haggard
22. “Rock Island Line,” Johnny Cash
23. “(New Wave) Polly,” Yacht
24. “Alala,” CSS
25. “R Coloring,” Benoit Pioulard
26. “Electronic Renaissance,” Belle and Sebastian
27. “Hallelujah,” Jeff Buckley
28. “The Final Sound,” The Cure

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RECORD EXCHANGE TICKET GIVEAWAYS: SHEARWATER, DR. DOG, THE MUTAYTOR!

April 16, 2010 - Contests , The Record Exchange Blog - by - No Comments

THE MUTAYTOR, APRIL 20

Now, this here is an easy contest, if you can even call it that. If you want a ticket to The Mutaytor, the 11-piece modern analog electronic dance orchestra futuristic vaudevillian troupe that was born at Burning Man, all you gotta do is come in to The Record Exchange and ask for one. Yes, as a matter of fact, we do live to give.

DR. DOG, APRIL 22

Win a pair of tickets to Dr. Dog‘s show April 22 at Neurolux! To win the tickets, email us HERE by midnight, Tuesday, April 20. The winner will be selected at random and notified Wednesday, April 21.

SHEARWATER, MAY 1

The Record Exchange is co-presenting Shearwater‘s May 1 show at Neurolux, and we’re giving away a pair of tickets so you can come party down with us in the most radical of ways. To win the tickets, email us HERE by midnight Monday, April 26. The winner will be selected at random and notified Tuesday, April 25. Shear awesomeness!