TREEFORT MUSIC FEST WARMUP PARTY FEATURING EDMOND DANTES, YOUTH LAGOON LISTENING PARTY MARCH 5: FREE PAYETTE BEER/PIE HOLE PIZZA!

The Record Exchange is proud to present the Treefort Music Fest Warmup Party featuring Edmond Dantes at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, at The Record Exchange (1105 W. Idaho St., Downtown Boise). As always, this Record Exchange in-store event is free and all ages. RSVP HERE.

The party includes a live set by Edmond Dantes (6 p.m.), Youth Lagoon Wondrous Bughouse Listening Party (5 p.m.) and free craft beer (21+ with I.D.) and pizza courtesy of our partners Payette Brewing Co. and Pie Hole!

We’ll also have Treefort 4-day passes (including discount youth passes) for sale and raffle prizes, including a Fat Possum prize pack!

ABOUT EDMOND DANTES

edmond dantesThe genre defying duo Edmond Dantes (edmonddantesband.bandcamp.com) released Etta, their first EP of original tunes, on Feb. 12 and celebrated with a pair of triumphant release parties. Since its release, Etta has remained firmly entrenched in The Record Exchange Top 10 and garnered heaps of critical praise:

“Sassy-soulful vocals, swaggering ’80s synths and lip-curling, laid-back bass lines … shimmering atmosphere atop delicious grooves.” — Idaho Statesman

“A solid collection of pop tunes that use strong melodic hooks and straight-ahead beats to craft tunes that are equal parts The Killers and Hall and Oates.” — Boise Weekly

 ABOUT YOUTH LAGOON’S ‘WONDROUS BUGHOUSE’

wondrous bughouseWondrous Bughouse, Youth Lagoon‘s sophomore album (available on CD and vinyl March 5 at The Record Exchange; free poster with purchase!), was spawned from what he describes as “becoming more fascinated with the human psyche and where the spiritual meets the physical world.”  During the time he wrote, Powers became intrigued with the metaphysical universe and blending those ideas with pop music.

“Youth Lagoon is something so personal to me because writing music is how I sort my thoughts, as well as where I transfer my fears,” explains Powers. “My mental state is usually pretty sporadic … a lot of this record was influenced by a fear of mortality but embracing it at the same time. Realizing that human life is only great because it is temporary. Experimenting with ideas about dimensions. I’m not a gifted speaker, so explaining things is difficult for me. But music always makes sense.”

NEW RELEASE TUESDAY 3/5: YOUTH LAGOON LISTENING PARTY, FREE PIE HOLE PIZZA PLUS TREEFORT WARMUP PARTY WITH EDMOND DANTES LIVE!

wondrous bughouseThe Record Exchange’s New Release Tuesday series continues on March 5 with Youth Lagoon‘s Wondrous Bughouse! The album — available on CD and vinyl — will be featured during our weekly listening party at 5 p.m. (NOTE EARLIER TIME) while you enjoy free pizza from our New Release Tuesday partners Pie Hole! Get a free Youth Lagoon poster with purchase and enter to win our New Release Tuesday raffle: A Fat Possum prize pack!

The listening party will kick off our Treefort Warmup Party, which also features a live set from Edmond Dantes and free Payette Brewing Co. beer! Full details HERE.

Are you a proud owner of a Radio Boise KRBX Card? Bring it in every Tuesday pie holefrom 6 to 9 p.m. and receive 20% off gift shop items and used CDs, vinyl, DVD/Blu-ray and cassettes (excluding collectibles – individual items $100 and over).

Speaking of our beloved community radio station, their Radio Boise Tuesdays series at Neurolux features local and touring bands as well as a Radio Boise DJ after each show. Radio radio boise march 2013Boise receives 20% of drink sales from every Radio Boise Tuesday show. You receive the benefit of DRINK SPECIALS at each one. The music kicks off at 7 p.m. — right after you’ve filled your belly with pizza and heard some new music at the RX!

Check out the Radio Boise Tuesdays performance schedule HERE.

Here’s a quick look at the bright and shiny new releases this week at The Record Exchange:

CD

Youth Lagoon – Wondrous Bughouse

Josh Ritter – The Beast in its Tracks

Son Volt – Honky Tonk

They Might Be Giants – Nanobots

Jimi Hendrix – People, Hell and Angels

How to Destroy Angels – Welcome Oblivion

Madeleine Peyroux – Blue Room

Kate Nash – Girl Talk

The Cave Singers – Naomi

Robyn Hitchcock – Love From London

Boz Scaggs – Memphis

Hey Marseilles – Lines We Trace

The Last Bison – Inheritance

Autechre – Exai

At the Drive-in – Acrobatic Tenement

Cloud Cult – Love

The Men – New Moon

Tossers – Emerald City

Soilwork – Living Infinite

Caitlin Rose – Stand-in

Shannon Whitworth – High Tide

Rhye – Woman

Ashley Monroe – Like a Rose

The Kingsbury Manx – Bronze Age

The New Amsterdams – Outroduction

Krokus – Dirty Dynamite

Old Man Markley – Down Side Up

Luke Bryan – Spring Break: Here to Party

Various Artists – Disco Love Vol. 3

Various Artists – Deutsche Elektronische Musik: Experimental German Rock and Electronic Music 1972-1983 Vol. 2

Various Artists – Change the Beat: The Celluloid Records Story 1980-1987

Hiromi – Move

Olof Arnalds – Sudden Elevation

Yes – Close to the Edge SACD

Emerson Lake & Palmer – Emerson Lake & Palmer

Fiction – Big Other

Hollis Brown – Ride on the Train

VINYL

Youth Lagoon – Wondrous Bughouse

Josh Ritter – The Beast in its Tracks (deluxe edition also available)

The Civil Wars – Unplugged on VH1

Jimi Hendrix – People, Hell and Angels

Jimi Hendrix – Axix: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced?

Frightened Rabbit – Pedestrian Verse

Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind

The Cave Singers – Naomi

Richard Thompson – Electric

Deafheaven – Demo

Underworld – Rez (Bassnectar Remix)

Autechre – Exai

Kate Nash – Girl Talk

Robyn Hitchcock – Love From London

Boz Scaggs – Memphis

Various Artists – West of Memphis: Voices for Justice

Various Artists – Disco Love Vol. 3

Various Artists – Change the Beat: The Celluloid Records Story 1980-1987

Touche Amore/Pianos Become Teeth – Split 7-inch

Cannonball Adderly – Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at The Club

Nick Waterhouse – Raina

Jucifer – Nadir

Doobie Brothers – Toulouse Street

DVD/BLU-RAY

The Dark Knight Blu-ray

Friday the 13th Uncut Blu-ray

FIRST RECORD EXCHANGE SECRET TREEFORT IN-STORE CONFIRMED FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 21 (5PM)!

Once again, The Record Exchange and Treefort Music Fest are planning a series of Secret Treefort In-stores during the festival, and we’re pleased to announce our first confirmed show:

Thursday, March 21 (5 p.m.)
The Record Exchange
1105 W. Idaho St., Boise (two blocks from the Treefort main stage)

RSVP HERE

The secret in-store will take place right before the official festival kick-off with Finn Riggins next door at Neurolux.

All Record Exchange Secret Treefort In-stores are free and all ages, and a Treefort pass is not required to attend (but you really should get one because this festival is gonna rule).

The RX and Treefort will announce the artist on the morning of March 21 via social media and The Record Exchange email list, which you can sign up for HERE.

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FREE GIFT WITH TREEFORT MUSIC FEST 4-DAY PASS AT THE RECORD EXCHANGE

treefort no date 200The Record Exchange has a limited supply of 4-day Treefort Music Fest passes (currently $119), and right now you can get a free gift with purchase of your pass at the RX!

Buy your Treefort pass at The Record Exchange and we’ll give you one of the following items of your choice:

Ra Ra Riot 7-inch featuring the new single “Dance With Me” and an exclusive b-side.
Sub Pop split 7-inch featuring Sera Cahoone and Toby & Skeeter.
Merge Records winter CD sampler featuring M. Ward, Hospitality, Amor de Dias, Radar Brothers and many others.
Anti- Records 2012 CD sampler featuring Wilco, Dr. Dog, Calexico, Tom Waits and many others.
Bloodshot Records 2012 CD sampler featuring Murder By Death, Lydia Loveless, Justin Townes Earle, Ha Ha Tonka and many others.

One free gift per pass purchase. This deal is only available at the RX!

KEN STRINGFELLOW IN-STORE FEB. 5!

stringfellowKen Stringfellow (The Posies, R.E.M., Big Star) will perform live at The Record Exchange (1105 W. Idaho St., Downtown Boise) at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5. As always, this Record Exchange in-store performance is free and all ages. Stringfellow is performing at Neurolux later that evening as part of Radio Boise Tuesdays and we have tickets for sale at the store! RSVP HERE.

ABOUT KEN STRINGFELLOW

ken-stringfellow-danzig-in-the-moonlight 200Ken Stringfellow – musician, songwriter, producer, arranger – has been part of the indie landscape since the debut of his acclaimed band The Posies in 1988. Hailing from the musical hotbed of Seattle at the time when that music scene exploded into national prominence, The Posies went on to sign with Geffen Records and released brilliant, successful albums such as 1993’s legendary Frosting on the Beater. The band is still active today, having released their seventh album Blood/Candy in 2010 … an album heaped with critical praise in the U.K. press: The Word magazine devoted two pages to a review, which called it “a finely calibrated … dazzling tapestry … just stupidly good.”

In addition to his groundbreaking work with the Posies, Ken was part of rock legends Big Star, one of the most acclaimed and legendary groups of all time, from 1993 until the death of Alex Chilton in 2010. Ken played bass, sang and helped create the band’s 2005 album In Space, their first since 1978’s timeless Third/Sister Lovers. He’s still frequently called upon to perform, speak about and celebrate the music of one of the cornerstones of indie rock.

Ken also spent ten years on the road and in studio with R.E.M., appearing on two albums (2001’s Reveal and 2004’s Around the Sun) and propelling the band on keyboards, bass, guitar and accordion during headlining slots at Glastonbury, Rock In Rio, Rock Am Ring, etc., as well as on TV shows such as Top of the Pops, Saturday Night Live, Later With Jools Holland and countless others.

The list of collaborations goes on: guitarist in punk legends Lagwagon; producer/engineer on albums for Damien Jurado, the Long Winters, China’s Hanggai and dozens more; onstage and on-album appearances with Snow Patrol (keyboards on their landmark Eyes Open album), Neil Young, Patti Smith, Mudhoney, Death Cab For Cutie … to list all his work over the years would add up to hundreds of albums and thousands of live appearances.

Then there’s his solo work. A scant four albums over the last two decades (1997’s This Sounds Like Goodbye, 2001’s Touched, 2004’s Soft Commands and 2012’s Danzig in the Moonlight), all garnering high praise in Pitchfork, Mojo, NME and other incontrovertible indie rock media. The albums mix Ken’s deeply expressed, emotional singing with delicate support: acoustic, electric, electronic, chamber — Stringfellow is adept at many styles. His shows are legendary, pushing minimalism to its core definition, often performing without using the house P.A,. Ken’s voice soars, cries, leaps from barely audible to room-filling anguish, joy, sorrow and humor. Ken’s live show has been raved about in packed audiences from Lithuania to Lima, from Taipei to Tasmania, from Johannesburg to Trinidad.