NEW RELEASE TUESDAY 9/25: LISTENING PARTY WITH MUMFORD & SONS, FREE PIZZA, RAFFLE FOR TEST PRESSING!

The Record Exchange’s New Release Tuesday series continues on Sept. 25 with Mumford & Sons‘ new album Babel! The album will be featured during our weekly listening party at 6 p.m. Enjoy free Pie Hole pizza while you listen to Babel and enter to win one of our New Release Tuesday raffle prizes: An ultra-rare vinyl test pressing of Babel (only 12 in circulation)!

Purchase Babel on New Release Tuesday and you’ll be entered to win. Once the album has been played in its entirety, we will draw the winner at random (NOTE: You need not be present to win.)

Unlike other New Release Tuesday Listening Party raffles, you must purchase the album to be eligible to win the test pressing. Given the rarity of the test pressing, we want it to go home with an honest-to-goodness Mumford & Sons fan instead of some dude who’s just gonna flip it on eBay the next day.

A limited number of Mumford & Sons silk-screened posters are also on the way to hand out free with purchase of Babel (including preorders).

Green Day fans: Stop in and enter to win one of two killer prizes – a vinyl test pressing of their new album Uno! or a 7-CD collection of Green Day albums!

Are you a proud owner of a Radio Boise KRBX Card? Bring it in every Tuesday from 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 new Radio Boise Tuesdays series at Neurolux is quickly becoming a new favorite on the music scene. The weekly series features local and touring bands as well as a Radio Boise DJ after each show. Radio Boise 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

Mumford & Sons – Babel (deluxe edition also available)

Green Day – Uno! (deluxe edition also available)

As I Lay Dying – Awakened (deluxe edition also available)

Deadmau5 – Album Title Goes Here

Brett Netson – Simple Work for the Dead

No Doubt – Push and Shove

John Hiatt- Mystic Pinball

The Wallflowers – Glad All Over

Lupe Fiasco – Food and Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 2

Joe Bonamassa – Beacon Theatre: Live

DJ Shadow – Reconstructed: The Best of DJ Shadow

Frank Zappa – Various Reissues

Bettye LaVette – Thankful n’ Thoughtful

Joe Strummer – Various Reissues

Murder By Death – Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon

Various Artists – Frankenweenie Soundtrack

Various Artists – Frankenweenie Unleashed

R.E.M. – Document 25th Anniversary Edition

Warren Zevon – Mr. Bad Example/Mutineer reissue

Ben Sollee – Half Made Man

Casualties – Resistance

Chino XL – Ricanstruction

Eluveitie – The Early Years

Witchcraft – Legend

Gary Moore – Blues for Jimi: Live in London

Waylon Jennings – Goin’ Down Rockin: The Last Recordings

Hybrid – Classics

David Hidalgo, Mato Nanji and Luther Dickinson – 3 Skulls and the Truth

Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Gary Peacock and Joey Baron – Enfants Terribles: Live at the Blue Note

Larry Graham and Graham Central Station – Raise Up

Dokken – Broken Bones (deluxe edition also available)

The Bad Plus – Made Possible

Medeski, Martin and Wood – Free Magic

Murs and Fashawn – This Generation

Jedi Mind Tricks – Army of the Pharoahs: The Unholy Terror

The Soft Pack – Strapped

Ozomatli – Presents Ozokidz

Preservation Hall Jazz Band – 50th Anniversary Collection

Preservation Hall Jazz Band – St. Peter and 57th St.

Pete Seeger – Pete Remembers Woody

Pete Seeger and Lorre Wyatt – A More Perfect Union

Ricky Skaggs – Music to My Ears

Various Artists – Re-Machined: A Tribute to Deep Purple’s Machine Head

Unnatural Helpers – Land Grab

Steven Wilson – Get All You Deserve

Outlaws – It’s About Pride

Jake Owen – Endless Summer EP

St. Germain – Tourist reissue

The Beach Boys – Christmas Harmonies

Jewel – Joy: A Holiday Collection

George Lopez – It’s Not Me, It’s You

Black September – Into the Darkness, Into the Void

Lavender Diamond – Incorruptible Heart

Nektar – Recycled Deluxe Edition

Dead Amanda – Why

Jonathan Butler – Grace and Mercy

Rachael MacFarlane – Hayley Sings

Heather Nova – 300 Days at Sea

Chevin – Borderland

Jason Collett – Reckon

Richie Sambora – Aftermath of the Lowdown

Jesse Cook – The Blue Guitar Sessions

VINYL

Mumford & Sons – Babel

Green Day – Uno!

Kimbra – Vows

High on Fire – The Art of Self Defense

The Killers – Battle Born

Various Artists – Hey Girl Hey (Polyvinyl comp)

Murder By Death – Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon

LCD Soundsystem – Various Reissues

Liars – Various Reissues

The Wallflowers – Glad All Over

Joe Strummer – Various Reissues

The Sonics – Various 7-inch reissues

Massive Attack – Blue Lines

Massive Attack – Protection

Daft Punk – Homework

St. Germain – Tourist

John Hiatt – Mystic Pinball

The Flatlanders – The Odessa Tapes

Keane – Upstairs at United

North Mississippi Allstars – Upstairs at United

Le Mystere Jazz de Tombouctou – Le Mystere Jazz de Tombouctou

Bettye LaVette – Thankful n’ Thoughtful

Diana Krall – Glad Rag Doll

Circuit Rider – Circuit Rider

Wanda Jackson – Tore Up

Jamey Johnson – Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran

Eagle Town – The Feather Tipped the Serpent’s Scale

Casualties – Resistance

Emerson, Lake and Palmer – Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Emerson, Lake and Palmer – Tarkus

DVD/BLU-RAY

Portlandia Season 2 DVD

Gary Moore – Blues for Jimi: Live in London DVD

Steven Wilson – Get All You Deserve DVD

Circle Jerks – My Career as a Jerk DVD

Gojira – Link Above DVD

Leonard Cohen – Complete Review DVD

Freddie Mercury – The Great Pretender DVD

Autopsy – Born Undead DVD

Black Metal: Voices from Hell DVD

Resident Evil: Damnation DVD

The Carol Burnett Show: Carol’s Favorites DVD

Avengers Blu-ray

AT ALIVE AFTER FIVE: GET DOWN TO GYPSY ROCK WITH DIEGO'S UMBRELLA!

This week’s Alive After Five headliner: Diego’s Umbrella
Go Listen Boise local opener: Desirae Bronson

ABOUT DIEGO’S UMBRELLA

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who love Diego’s Umbrella and those who soon will. Celebrated as San Francisco’s Ambassadors of Gypsy Rock, these world renowned entertainers have created an irresistible cocktail that is entirely their own.

On a planet bombarded with every possible kind of entertainment, a Diego’s Umbrella show is a singular, ecstatic experience; one concert is all it takes to turn you into a believer. Night after night they effortlessly blend marching drums, harmonized shredding and gang choruses with showmanship that has all the fire and unpredictability of youth, coupled with the refinement of years of experience on the road. The group’s uncanny gift for pleasing crowds, from standard clubs to huge festivals such as High Sierra and Outside Lands, has earned them a breathless and ever-expanding following across the United States and Europe, and that connection with other cultures continues to inform their aesthetic. In their music you will hear klezmer, flamenco and punk rock all blended to pop perfection.

Diego’s Umbrella’s fourth album, Proper Cowboy, released in July of 2012, marks a first-time collaboration with San Francisco producers The Rondo Brothers (MC Lars, Foster the People). The union has resulted in a captivating new spin on the world that the band has created; the reverb-soaked guitars and gypsy fiddles have been augmented by an army of tubas, analog synths and soaring vocals in what they are calling a “futuristic Spaghetti-Western soundtrack.” D.U. attributes much of the album’s extraordinary character to their decision to cover a 1972 Sonny and Cher gem, “A Cowboy’s Work is Never Done.” The song’s soundscape of Ennio Morricone guitars, horns and percussion woven with modern electronic beats set the stage for the entire album. Among the other highlights, the single “Big Star” finds the band picking up where they left off with their 2009 Double Panther favorite “Kings of Vibration,” complete with a shared verse vocal and enhanced by a chorus that flies higher than anything they’ve done before. And the exuberant “Bulletproof Shine” finds the group joined by Angelo Moore, legendary leader of Fishbone, who adds his pipes (and his theremin) to the festivities.

Proper Cowboy is Diego’s Umbrella’s most fully realized vision to date, the culmination of years of dedication to the craft of songwriting and to their audience. It tips its hat to the raucous dance parties the band played in their early days in Croatia, but is as quintessentially American as Rock and Roll itself, giving true meaning to album’s namesake.

NEW RELEASE TUESDAY 9/18: LISTENING PARTY WITH BAND OF HORSES, FREE PIE HOLE PIZZA, RAFFLE PRIZES (INCLUDING A NUMBERED VINYL TEST PRESSING!)

The Record Exchange’s New Release Tuesday series continues on Sept. 18 with Band of Horses‘ new album Mirage Rock! The album will be featured during our weekly listening party at 6 p.m. Enjoy free Pie Hole pizza while you listen to Mirage Rock and enter to win one of our New Release Tuesday raffle prizes: A limited edition, numbered vinyl test pressing of Mirage Rock and an autographed Mirage Rock LP jacket!

We also have a limited quantity of Band of Horses bumper stickers to give away free with purchase of the album (available on CD and vinyl)!

Are you a proud owner of a Radio Boise KRBX Card? Bring it in every Tuesday from 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 new Radio Boise Tuesdays series at Neurolux is quickly becoming a new favorite on the music scene. The weekly series features local and touring bands as well as a Radio Boise DJ after each show. Radio Boise 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

Band of Horses – Mirage Rock (deluxe edition also available)

Ryan Bingham – Tomorrowland

Grizzly Bear – Shields

Aimee Mann – Charmer

The Killers – Battle Born (deluxe edition also available)

Dinosaur Jr. – I Bet On Sky

Paul Simon – Live in New York City

Ben Folds Five – The Sound of the Life of the Mind

Brother Ali – Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color

Menomena – Moms

Pink – The Truth About Love

The Whigs – Enjoy the Company

Dwight Yoakam – 3 Pears

Nelly Furtado – Spirit Indestructible (deluxe edition also available)

Black Prairie – A Tear in the Eye is a Wound in the Heart

Legacy of Disorder – Last Man Standing

Carly Rae Jepsen – Kiss

Brooklyn Brothers – Album

Alt-J – Awesome Wave

The English Beat – Various Reissues

The Grateful Dead – Spring 1990: So Glad You Made It

Michael Jackson – Bad 25th Anniversary Edition

Various Artists – The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Title Flight – Floral Green

Rickie Lee Jones – Devil You Know

Devin Townsend Project – Epicloud (deluxe edition also available)

Corin Tucker Band – Kill My Blues

Kid Koala – 12 Bit Blues

Ensiferum – Unsung Heroes

Fear and the Nervous System – Fear and the Nervous System

Gallows – Gallows

James Iha – Look to the Sky

Down – Down IV Pt. 1: The Purple EP

Big and Rich – Hillbilly Jedi

Brad Mehldau Trio – Where Do You Start

The Doors – The Soft Parade

Local H – Hallelujah! I’m a Bum

Various Artists – Lowe Country: Songs of Nick Lowe

Aaron Embry – Tiny Prayers

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Meat and Bone

The Sea and Cake – Runner

Becoming the Archetype – I Am

Drivin’ N’ Cryin – Songs About Cars, Space and the Ramones

Soul Jazz Orchestra – Solidarity

Sean Paul – Tomahawk Technique

Easton Corbin – All Over the Road

VINYL

Band of Horses – Mirage Rock

Grizzly Bear – Shields

Ryan Bingham – Tomorrowland

Dinosaur Jr. – I Bet On Sky

Menomena – Moms

JJ Doom – Keys to the Kuffs

The Whigs – Enjoy the Company

Ben Folds Five – The Sound of the Life of the Mind

Michael Jackson – Bad 25th Anniversary (picture disc)

Pink – The Truth About Love

Two Fingers – Stunt Rhythms

DVD/BLU-RAY

Paul Simon – Live in New York City DVD and Blu-ray

Katy Perry the Movie: Part of Me DVD

Yes – Acoustic DVD

Children of Paradise DVD and Blu-ray

Death Note Box Set 2 DVD

Eddie Izzard – Live at Madison Square Garden DVD

Michael Jackson – Bad 25th Anniversary DVD

Steve Martin – Television Stuff DVD

Celtic Crossroads – Live from Canada DVD

Cabin in the Woods DVD

Hysteria DVD

Do-Deca-Pentathlon DVD

AT ALIVE AFTER FIVE: JAM WITH TREVOR GREEN & LOCAL OPENERS HARPERSMAN

This week’s Alive After Five headliner: Trevor Green
Go Listen Boise local opener: HarpersMan

ABOUT TREVOR GREEN

Trevor Green, a California native, grew up on the beaches of Southern California, where he spent as much time riding waves as he did strumming his guitar. For the past five years, Green has toured heavily in the western United States, establishing a loyal and enthusiastic fan base. Fusing world, funk, folk and jam rock into a high-energy performance, Green’s music has a strong universal appeal. The versatile musician who makes use of vocals, guitar (6- and 12-string, lap slide, banjo, mandolin and ukulele), didgeridoo, stompbox and harmonica has been called “a musical breath of fresh air…” by Richard Wellenreiter, Cole Clark Guitars North America. Michael Billings of the Los Angeles Daily Journal remarked, “the skill-set of this finger-style guitarist’s free form artistic ability combined with enthusiasm and apparent love of cultured music is showcased in a raw, live, unedited fashion.” Green’s most recent notable accomplishment was recording three songs for the upcoming major motion picture This Must Be the Place starring Sean Penn and also featuring David Byrne of the Talking Heads. “Being a part of this film with David and Sean was truly an honor. I have the deepest respect for both individuals for not only their amazing artistic accomplishments, but also for the humanitarian work they do as well.” One of the tracks, an eerie and mystical rendition of David Byrne’s “This Must Be the Place” that Green covered for the film, is also featured on the film’s OST.

With the release of Green’s third studio album Sacred Seed, he shows his prolific abilities as a songwriter, releasing his third independent album in the past four years. Sacred Seed proves once again that this multi-instrumentalist is one talented storyteller and songwriter. You can hear it in the lyrics and the sincerity delivered through his vocals. (Sacred Seed is full of magical music that reflects a natural beauty and splendor” – Mark Johnson, Music Street Journal. “With Sacred Seed Green shows how honed his chops are on guitars, didgeridoo, banjo, ukulele, percussion and stompbox, and if such an array suggests that Green’s musical mind is filled with thoughts well beyond his Southern California upbringing, the sonic journey he takes you on confirms it. Acoustic guitar and didgeridoo are the most recurring elements, and around these are built rhythms and melodies accessible enough for radio airplay yet brimming with accentuated subtleties drawn from indie rock, bluegrass, Manding griot music, Sufi trance states, flamenco, reggae and perhaps American and Australian indigenous peoples joining a front porch jam somewhere in Appalachia.”  – Tom Orr, World Music Central)

Green’s live performance is an uplifting and high energy display of talent, threading together dynamic instrumentation and a diverse rhythmic sound while displaying the depths of his gifted songwriting. Having sold over 5,000 copies independently and performing over 500 shows in the past 7 years, it is clear that Trevor Green is a musical sensation whose talent, discipline and passion are boundless. “With so many instruments…so much sound…it’s hard to believe it’s all coming from one man. Trevor Green masterfully weaves his love of the natural world with his passion for music and his high energy performance leaves the crowd chanting for more every time!” – Nicole Johnson, Director, Sawtooth Music Festival

NEW RELEASE TUESDAY 9/11: LISTENING PARTY WITH BOB DYLAN AND FREE PIE HOLE PIZZA – ENTER TO WIN A DYLAN NUMBERED VINYL TEST PRESSING!

The Record Exchange’s New Release Tuesday series continues on Sept. 11 with Bob Dylan‘s new album Tempest! The album will be featured during our weekly listening party at 6 p.m. Enjoy free Pie Hole pizza while you listen to Tempest and enter to win one of our New Release Tuesday raffle prizes: A limited edition, numbered vinyl test pressing of Tempest! and a rare Dylan 7-inch featuring tracks from Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series No. 8!

We also have a limited quantity of Bob Dylan 11×13 posters (pictured) to give away free with purchase of the album (available on CD, deluxe CD and vinyl)!

Are you a proud owner of a Radio Boise KRBX Card? Bring it in every Tuesday from 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 new Radio Boise Tuesdays series at Neurolux is quickly becoming a new favorite on the music scene. The weekly series features local and touring bands as well as a Radio Boise DJ after each show. Radio Boise 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

Bob Dylan – Tempest (deluxe edition also available)

The xx – Coexist

Dave Matthews Band – Away from the World (deluxe and super deluxe editions also available)

The Avett Brothers – Carpenter

David Byrne and St. Vincent – Love This Giant

Patterson Hood – Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance

Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Magic Door

The Helio Sequence – Negotiations

ZZ Top – La Future

Calexico – Algiers

Neil Halstead – Palindrome Hunches

Raveonettes – Observator

Seapony – Falling

NOFX – Self Entitled

DMX – Undisputed

Sea Wolf – Old World Romance

Blaqk Audio – Bright Black Heaven

Helvetia – Nothing in Rambling

Amanda Palmer – Theatre is Evil

Thee Oh Sees – Putrifier II

Field Report – Field Report

Residents – Duck Stab

Residents – Eskimo

Chris Knight – Little Victories

Little Big Town – Tornado

Castle – Blacklands

Therapy? – Brief Crack of Light

Mr. Gnome – Madness in Miniature

Kix Brooks – New to This Town

Lewis Black – In God We Rust

Pet Shop Boys – Elysium (deluxe edition also available)

Bob Marley – Live on Air

Kathy Mattea – Calling Me Home

Billy Talent – Dead Silence

Jerry Jeff Walker – Live from Dixie’s Bar and Bus Station

Thin Lizzy – Live on Air

Uriah Heep – Live on Air

Velvet Acid Christ – Maldire

Time Jumpers – Time Jumpers

Turbo Fruits – Butter

Hawkwind – 77

Magma – Trilogy

Weather Report – Live in Cologne 1983

Marco Benevento – Tigerface

Lee Scratch Perry – Gold Collection

Lee Scratch Perry – Master Piece

Hoobastank – Fight or Flight

Firewater – International Orange

Daddy Yankee – Prestige

Adicts – All the Young Droogs

Grave Digger – Clash of the Gods (deluxe edition also available)

Altar of Oblivion – Grand Gesture of Defiance

Evocation – Tales from the Tomb

Barclay James Harvest – Live in Concert at Metropolis

VINYL

Bob Dylan – Tempest

The xx – Coexist

David Byrne and St. Vincent – Love This Giant

Patterson Hood – Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance

Dave Matthews Band – Away from the World

The Helio Sequence – Negotiations

Calexico – Algiers

Thee Oh Sees – Putrifier II

Easy Star All-Stars – Thrillah

NOFX – Self Entitled

My Morning Jacket – Outta My System

Tom Tom Club – Downtown Rockers

Rolling Stones – Some Girls Live in Texas

Muddy Waters and the Rolling Stones – Live at the Checkerboard Lounge

Grateful Dead – From the Mars Hotel

Van Morrison – Midnight Special

Sea Wolf – Old World Romance

Corb Lund – Cabin Fever

Neil Halstead – Palindrome Hunches

Jimi Hendrix – Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)

Trey Anastasio – Scabbard

DVD/BLU-RAY

Grateful Dead – The Closing of Winterland DVD

George Martin – Produced By George Martin

Wishbone Ash – Live from the Marquee Club

30 Rock Season 6 DVD

Lewis Black – In God We Rust DVD

Castle Season 4 DVD