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LINDI ORTEGA OPENS ALIVE AFTER FIVE SEASON WITH GO LISTEN BOISE LOCAL OPENERS AKA BELLE TODAY AT 5PM!

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June 3, 2015 - Live Shows , The Record Exchange Blog - by - No Comments

LindiOrtega_Press-Photo-3_webThis week’s Alive After Five headliner: Lindi Ortega
Go Listen Boise local opener: aka Belle

ABOUT LINDI ORTEGA

Armed with an inimitable, irresistible singing voice that The Independent hailed as “a truly magnificent instrument” and a heart bursting with creative ambition, Lindi Ortega embraces the oft-neglected, politically incorrect realism of traditional country and frames it in a charmingly and sometimes darkly humorous contemporary context. This “love child of Johnny Cash and Nancy Sinatra” (American Songwriter) has opened for a variety of acts — including punk vets Social Distortion, country fave Dierks Bentley and indie folk outfit Noah & The Whale — with attention-grabbing finesse.

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ALIVE AFTER FIVE CONCERT SERIES

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May 31, 2015 - Live Shows , The Record Exchange Blog - by - No Comments

15_AA5-Web-banner_693x240Alive After Five, Boise’s favorite Summer Concert Series, runs June through August every Wednesday and is held on the Grove Plaza in downtown Boise. Listen to live music and enjoy cool beverages, vendor booths and delicious food each week.

Cool off in the fountain…dance ’til you drop…or just sit back and watch! Either way, it’s a great event for the whole family to enjoy…and it’s FREE to attend! The event starts at 5pm and lasts until 8pm.

For the full summer lineup, click HERE.

Purchase music from the headliners and local openers at The Record Exchange Alive After Five booth! We also have ticket giveaways, freebies, coupons and other fun waiting at our AA5 booth. Stop by and say hi!

Go Listen Boise organizes the lineup of local openers for Alive After Five, pairing some of Boise’s best musicians with the headliners each week.

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RECORD EXCHANGE ALIVE AFTER FIVE SEASON FINALE: THE BOTH AUG. 27!

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August 27, 2014 - The Record Exchange Blog - by - No Comments

theboth_photo_gal__photo_201861164Join us on Wednesday, Aug. 27, for the annual end-of-season Record Exchange Party at Alive After Five featuring The Both (Aimee Mann, Ted Leo). This free, all-ages concert on the Grove Plaza in Downtown Boise kicks off at 5 p.m. with Go Listen Boise opener Matt Hopper and the Roman Candles.

ABOUT THE BOTH
the both“Throughout the song and the album, each singer sounds freshened and energized- never diminished-by the collaboration.” – NPR Music

“The Both represents the pairing of two great … talents who go great together.” – Rolling Stone

“The project places the talents of the two artists in perfect harmony…” – The Los Angeles Times

“Coupled with Mann’s gift for a pop melody and Leo’s penchant for spiky, urgent guitars, the end result is a best-of-both-worlds situation.” – Boston Globe

“It isn’t just a collection of well-constructed tunes. It’s a unified album, in which sound is every bit as crucial as craft. Despite the formidable solo careers involved, The Both improbably sounds like the work of a band.” – Chicago Tribune

“Aimee Mann and Ted Leo have combined their eloquent, slightly off-kilter songwriting powers…” – SPIN

The Both is a collaborative project from critically acclaimed musicians Aimee Mann and Ted Leo. Building on a friendship forged while they were on tour together last year, it was Leo’s solo sets that piqued Mann’s interest in getting on stage with him and writing music together. Of the project, Mann notes, “Honestly, I feel like for the first time, I’m part of a rock band.”

The band’s all original songs were written as back-and-forth collaborations between Mann and Leo. With their differing musical vocabularies and mutual admiration for one another, the duo found working together to be a boon. “We were just like ‘Fuck it, let’s push and make it happen,'” notes Mann. “You really just have to go, ‘You know what, I have to trust that this other person’s instincts are good.'” Leo furthers, “I think as Aimee and I have gotten closer, we have realized how much in common we have and how much respect we have for what the other person does and what they’re bringing to the table. The writing process has largely been long distance, but it’s been line by line, verse by verse, part by part; we’ll send each other something and go back and forth until it’s finished.” The album was recorded in Los Angeles with Ryan Freeland, between stretches of touring in 2013, and produced by Mann’s longtime friend and band member Paul Bryan.

Mann began her solo career in 1993 with the album “Whatever” and made a name for herself through her independent success and the founding of her record label, SuperEgo. In addition to her solo work, she has appeared on many film soundtracks, composed the soundtrack for Paul Thomas Anderson’s much-lauded “Magnolia” and appeared as herself on the hit indie TV series “Portlandia.” The new collaboration follows Mann’s eighth studio album “Charmer,” which received national attention.

Punk/indie singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Leo is best known for his work with Ted Leo and the Pharmacists over the past fifteen years. His most recent album The Brutalist Bricks was released on Matador Records in 2010. Leo also kept up a consistent presence as a solo performer since the late 1990s and began playing with Mann in February 2012.

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AT ALIVE AFTER FIVE: GREYHOUNDS AND LOCAL OPENER AFROSONICS

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June 18, 2014 - The Record Exchange Blog - by - No Comments

Screen Shot 2014-06-17 at 4.30.30 PMThis week’s Alive After Five headliner: Greyhounds
Go Listen Boise local opener: Afrosonics

ABOUT GREYHOUNDS

From the heart of Austin, Texas, Greyhounds are a blues duo described best as “ZZ Top meets Hall and Oates”.  For fifteen years keyboardist Anthony Farrell and guitarist Andrew Trube have been together perfecting their soulful sound. Greyhound’s sound also has its ties to Memphis, Tennessee, which they claim is the home of the soul that inspires them. Trube and Farrell both share the songwriting talent and have also written for musicians such as Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks.

Ardent Music, the independent record label based out of legendary Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, expects to build on the fan base the band has developed both on the road and as a staple of the Austin music scene. Label director Reed Turchi says, “We committed to three albums not only because we believe in these guys, not only because they’re great musicians and songwriters, but because they’ve been incredibly prolific.” “We’re always writing,” Trube says. “We’ve got songs for eight albums.”

Ardent has had a long and productive relationship with Texas music: Studio C was designed for ZZ Top, which called Ardent Studios home for many years, and Stevie Ray and Jimmy Vaughan recorded Family Style in the famous brick building on Madison Avenue.

The first ‘hounds out of the gate is Accumulator. The album combines cream-of-the-crop tunes the band’s devoted followers pass along to the uninitiated with new, previously-unreleased tracks.

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AT ALIVE AFTER FIVE: SHOOK TWINS AND GLB LOCAL OPENER BREAD & CIRCUS!

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June 11, 2014 - The Record Exchange Blog - by - No Comments

shooks-2This week’s Alive After Five headliner: Shook Twins
Go Listen Boise local opener: Bread & Circus

ABOUT SHOOK TWINS

Born and raised in Sandpoint, Idaho, Shook Twins are an Indie folk-pop band now hailing from coniferous forested Portland, Oregon. Identical twins, Katelyn and Laurie Shook, Kyle Volkman and Niko Daoussis form the core quartet. Central elements of the Shook Twins’ sound are a wide range of instrumentation, including banjo, guitar, electric and upright bass, mandolin, electric guitar, electronic drums, face drum (beatbox), glockenspiel, ukulele, banjo drumming and their signature golden EGG. Beautiful twin harmonies, layered upon acoustic and electric instrumentation coupled with Laurie’s inventive use of percussive and ambient vocal loops, and Katelyn’s repurposed telephone microphone, set their sound apart, creating a unique and eccentric blend of folk, roots, groove and soul.

The twins are the main songwriters but they have recently started backing up their band members, Niko Daoussis (Cyber Camel) and Anna Tivel (Anna and the Underbelly), and adding their stunning songs to the mix.

Each Shook Twins song tells a story, distinctive, sharp, genuine, and well – sometimes quirky. Drawing from their life experience, select subjects include, being potters’ daughters, imagined superpowers and a chicken named ‘Rose’ they befriended. Shook Twins also pull out unexpected takes on classic hits, retellings of their musician friends’ songs, heartfelt ballads and rhythm driven dance numbers.

After releasing their first album You Can Have the Rest, the twin sisters moved to Portland in December of 2009, conceptualizing their 2011 release Window (featuring Bonnie Paine and Bridget Law of Elephant Revival). Both albums were recorded and produced in Santa Cruz, California, at InDigital Studios. Favorable reviews, extensive radio airplay and a busy tour schedule have created an ever growing fanbase & kudos from many major musicians.

Shook Twins and their full band, including Niko (mandolin, electric guitar,vocals), Kyle (bass), Anna Tivel (violin,vocals), and Russ Kleiner (drum kit, percussion), recently released What We Do, recording the third album with Grammy nominated producer Ryan Hadlock at Bear Creek Studios. They also partnered and recorded an album with fellow Portland musician Ben Darwish on his epic concept piece, “The Clear Blue Pearl.” Shook Twins have shared the stage with artists including: Ryan Adams, David Grisman, Mason Jennings, Blizten Trapper, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Sarah Jarosz, Laura Veirs, The FruitBats, Jonatha Brooke, JJ Grey and MoFro, The Indigo Girls, Crooked Still, Jason Webley, The BoDeans, Elephant Revival, The Head and The Heart, The Lumineers and many more. Eclectic, amusing and whimsical, Shook Twins’ laid-back and fun stage presence draws the listener in, allowing them to take the audience away on the adventure that is their live show.

“The Portland, Ore., folk group is ready to rattle the music world with its ‘What We Do’ album.” – USA Today

“The Shook Twins have sass and spunk to spare! Their live show is tons of fun to behold.” – Laura Veirs

“The Shooks will Shake you. These ladies have been keepin’ it real since the day they were born and that was only seconds apart from one another I think. Do yourself a favor and check ‘em out. I do declare, ya won’t be sorry.” – Langhorne Slim

“The Shook Twins put on a heck of a show. Keep your eyes on these folks. I’m excited to hear what they do next.” – Tucker Martine

“A unique, personal music that lights up the stage with its joy and enthusiasm.” – Mason Jennings

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