NEW RELEASE FRIDAY: CHARLES BRADLEY, EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY, ANDREW BIRD, ALLMAN BROTHERS, WEEZER, YEASAYER, LAST SHADOW PUPPETS, BLACK MOUNTAIN & MORE!

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

CD

Charles Bradley – Changes

Explosions in the Sky – Wilderness

Andrew Bird – Are You Serious (deluxe edition also available)

The Allman Brothers Band – Live From A&R Studios, New York 1971

Weezer – The White Album

Yeasayer – Amen and Goodbye

The Last Shadow Puppets – Everything You’ve Come to Expect (deluxe edition also available)

Cheap Trick – Bang Zoom Crazy Hello

Black Mountain – IV

Bombino – Azel

The Heavy – Hurt and the Merciless

Black Stone Cherry – Kentucky

Miles Davis – Miles Ahead Soundtrack

Kaada/Patton – Bacteria Cult

Mike and the Melvins – Three Men and a Baby

Pet Shop Boys – Super

Autolux – Pussy’s Dead

Sasha – Late Night Tales Presents Scene Delete

Tacocat – Lost Time

Robbie Fulks – Upland Stories

Lucas Graham – Lucas Graham

Elephant Revival – Petals

Hammock – Everything and Nothing

Purple – Bodacious

Teddy Thompson and Kelly Jones – Little Windows

Child Bite – Negative Noise

Anoushka Shankar – Land of Gold

Hiromi – Spark

Laura Gibson – Empire Builder

John Congleton and the Nighty Nite – Until the Horror Goes

Buzzcocks – British Live Performance Series

Ten Years After – British Live Performance Series

Bibio – Mineral Love

Teen Suicide – It’s the Big Joyous Celebration, Let’s Stir the Honeypot

Tancred – Out of the Garden

Unwritten Law – Acoustic

Ensiferum – Two Decades of Greatest Sword Hits

Graves at Sea – The Curse That Is

Moonsorrow – Jumalten Aika

Devour the Day – S.O.A.R.

Entheos – The Infinite Nothing

Tombs – All Empires Fall

Pears – Green Star

VINYL

Explosions in the Sky – Wilderness

Andrew Bird – Are You Serious (deluxe vinyl edition with bonus 7-inch also available)

Sufjan Stevens – Illinois: Special 10th Anniversary Blue Marvel Edition

Black Mountain – IV

Weezer – The White Album

Tacocat – Lost Time

Panic at the Disco – Death of a Bachelor

The Last Shadow Puppets – Everything You’ve Come to Expect (indie-exclusive deluxe vinyl edition with bonus 7-inch also available)

Mike and the Melvins – Three Men and a Baby

Amy Winehouse – Amy Soundtrack

Grimes – Halfaxa

Yeasayer – Amen and Goodbye

Chelsea Wolfe – Hypnos/Flame

Witchcraft – Legend

The Heavy – Hurt and the Merciless (deluxe vinyl edition with bonus 7-inch also available)

Battles – Mirrored

Battles – Gloss Drop

Battles EP C/B

Com Truise – Silicon Tare

Bleached – Welcome the Worms

James Brown and the Famous Flames – The Roots of Revolution: Classic Federal Recordings 1956-60

Mavis Staples – Living on a High Note

Autolux – Pussy’s Dead

Exodus – Tempo of the Damned

Triptykon – Eparistera Daimones

Bibio – Mineral Love

Sia – Colour the Small One

James – The Girl at the End of the World

Teddy Thompson and Kelly Jones – Little Windows

Elephant Revival – Petals

Lefty Frizzell – Time Out for the Blues

Rascal Flatts – Rewind

Umphrey’s McGee – Safety in Numbers

CASSETTES

Mike and the Melvins – Three Men and a Baby

Tacocat – Lost Time

DVD/BLU-RAY

Pentatonix – On My Way Home DVD

DANNY NEWCOMB & THE SUGARMAKERS LIVE AT THE RECORD EXCHANGE APRIL 1

2014.05.16: Acoustic Medley @ Showbox at the Market, Seattle, WADanny Newcomb and the Sugarmakers will perform live at The Record Exchange (1105 W. Idaho St., Boise) at 6pm Friday, April 1 – their only show in town! As always, this Record Exchange in-store event is free and all ages.

ABOUT DANNY NEWCOMB AND THE SUGARMAKERS

DannyNewcomb_Masterwish_Cover-page-001For years, Danny Newcomb has played a quiet but essential role in some of Seattle’s more noteworthy bands (Goodness, The Rockfords, Shadow), letting his guitar playing and songwriting do the talking. With the release of Masterwish, the guy who inadvertently pushed Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready to become a better guitar player in their teenaged band has stepped into the limelight for the first time.

Released nationally through Think Indie after an initial 7” by McCready’s HockeyTalkter Records, Masterwish has already received impressive support in Seattle. Word of mouth raves from McCready, noted author and journalist Charles Cross and Easy Street Records’ owner Matt Vaughan — not to mention substantial airplay from tastemaker radio station KEXP — have meant that Newcomb is finally getting his day in the spotlight.

It’s also the first time that listeners are getting to hear Newcomb sing his own songs — a surprising but natural evolution that took place as the songs were being written.

“I had always written for other voices — never sang my own songs,” says Newcomb.  “I had never performed as a singer before writing this record. I had been writing since the last record I made with the Rockfords, but found that I had written a record that I liked my voice on. For me, it’s the missing link as far as writing. Being able to write for my own voice lets me complete the circle myself — lets me write from the heart. Singing gave me that perspective to write from that narrative, and now that I have it, I want to run with it and see where it goes!”

Produced by John Goodmanson (Sleater-Kinney, Brandi Carlile) and featuring guest appearances from McCready and fellow Vashon Island resident Ian Moore, Masterwish is chock-full of classic, catchy, sometimes rootsy guitar-pop. Cross predicted that it would make many a Top 10 Seattle records list this year; now that the album is being released nationally and internationally, that list of Top 10 lists is likely to expand exponentially.

“Danny Newcomb is a musician with a rich and lengthy Seattle pedigree, and his new album is full of folky hooks and poppy riffs that will win your heart. But Newcomb’s strongest suit with ‘Masterwish’ is his commitment to well-crafted songs — that standard makes this album soar. It’s only September, but ‘Masterwish’ most certainly will belong on a list of the Top Ten Seattle Records of 2015.” — Charles R. Cross, Author

NEW RELEASE FRIDAY: LUCIUS, JEFF BUCKLEY, INTO IT. OVER IT., WILD FEATHERS, 3 DOORS DOWN & MORE!

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

CD

Jeff Buckley – You and I

Lucius – Good Grief

Wild Feathers – Lonely is a Lifetime

3 Doors Down – Us and the Night

Into It. Over It. – Standards

Pete Yorn – Arranging Time

Parachute – Wide Awake

Flatbush Zombies – 3001: A Laced Odyssey

Killswitch Engage – Incarnate

Penny and Sparrow – Let a Lover Drown You

Aurora – All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend

Cardiknox – Portrait

The Cars – The Elektra Years 1978-1987

Dave Mason – The Columbia Years: The Definitive Collection

Little Green Cars – Ephemera

Matt Corby – Telluric

The Feelies – Only Life

The Feelies – Time for a Witness

Gadget – The Great Destroyer

Ivar Bjornson and Einar Selvik – Skuggsja

Papa Francisco – La Familia: La Voz y Pensamientos del Papa Francisco

Brian Fallon – Painkillers

Randy Houser – Fired Up

Gavin James – Bitter Pill

Beau – That Thing Reality

VINYL

Jeff Buckley – You and I

Lucius – Good Grief

Into It. Over It. – Standards

GZA – Beneath the Surface

The Gaslight Anthem – Sink or Swim

Sade – The Best of Sade

Wild Feathers – Lonely is a Lifetime

Pete Yorn – Arranging Time

G-Eazy – When It’s Dark Out

The Feelies – Only Life

The Feelies – Time for a Witness

Born of Osiris – Soul Sphere

The Raspberries – The Raspberries

CASSETTE

Cerberus Rex – Cerberus Rex

NEW RELEASE FRIDAY: WOLVSERPENT, AKA BELLE, LORETTA LYNN, RAY LAMONTAGNE, POLICA AND MORE!

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

CD

Wolvserpent – Aporia:Kala:Ananta

aka Belle – Mustangs

Ray LaMontagne – Ouroboros

Loretta Lynn – Full Circle

Violent Femmes – We Can Do Anything

Polica – United Crushers

M. Ward – More Rain

Thao and the Get Down Stay Down – Man Alive

Esperanza Spalding – Emily’s D+evolution (deluxe edition also available)

Miike Snow – III

Janis Joplin – Janis: Little Girl Blue Soundtrack

Nada Surf – You Know Who You Are

Greg Laswell – Everything Things I Dodged a Bullet

Hop Along – Get Disowned

Wussy – Forever Sounds

Cross Canadian Ragweed – Mission California

John Williams – The Complete Collection

Steven Wilson – Grace for Drowning

Steven Wilson – Insurgentes

Steven Wilson – The Raven that Refused to Sing

Twiztid – Mutant Remixed and Remastered

Rndm – Ghost Riding

Face to Face – Protection

La Sera – Music for Listening to Music

Mexrrissey – No Manchester

Prince Rama – Xtreme Now

Church of Misery – And Then There Were None

The Coral – The Distance In Between

The Struts – Everybody Wants

Sabaton – Heroes on Tour

Inverloch – Distance Collapsed

Wall of Death – Loveland

Granger Smith – Remington

Sara Bareilles – What’s Inside: Songs from Waitress

VINYL

Wolvserpent – Aporia:Kala:Ananta

Polica – United Crushers

Ray LaMontagne – Ouroboros

Santigold – 99 Cents

M. Ward – More Rain

Miike Snow – III

Flogging Molly – Drunken Lullabies

Flogging Molly – Swagger

Loretta Lynn – Full Circle

Thao and the Get Down Stay Down – Man Alive

La Sera – Music For Listening to Music

Shovels and Rope – Busted Jukebox Vol. 1

Nada Surf – You Know Who You Are

Face to Face – Protection

Esperanza Spalding – Emily’s D+evolution

Gogo Penguin – Man Made Object

Hop Along – Get Disowned

Neko Case – Furnace Room Lullaby

Elvis Presley – The Essential Elvis Presley

Johnny Cash – The Essential Johnny Cash

Dave Brubeck – The Essential Dave Brubeck

Joe Bonamassa – An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House

Joe Bonamassa – Different Shades of Blues

Joe Bonamassa – Driving Towards the Daylight

The O’Jays – Back Stabbers

Dillinger Escape Plan – Under the Running Board

Twiztid – Mutant Remixed and Remastered

A Day to Remember – What Separates Me From You

Day Wave – Headcase/Hard to Read

Loreena McKennit – Troubadours on the Rhine

DVD/BLU-RAY

The Decline of Western Civilization Part 1 DVD

The Decline of Western Civilization Part 2 DVD

The Decline of Western Civilization Part 3 DVD

Loretta Lynn – Still a Mountain Girl DVD

Johnny Winter – Down and Dirty DVD

NEW RELEASE FRIDAY: BONNIE RAITT, THE 1975, DAVID BOWIE VINYL REISSUES, SANTIGOLD, ANTHRAX & MANY MORE!

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

CD

Bonnie Raitt – Dig in Deep

The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It

Santigold – 99 Cents

Willie Nelson – Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin

Anthrax – For All Kings

School of Seven Bells – SVIIB

Lily and Madeleine – Keep It Together

Various Artists – George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison (CD/DVD and CD/Blu-ray versions available)

Michael Jackson – Off the Wall Deluxe Edition (CD/DVD and CD/Blu-ray versions available)

Various Artists – God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson

Jake Shimabukuro – Live in Japan

Gene Watson – Real Country Music

Mount Moriah – How to Dance

Waco Brothers – Going Down in History

Voivod – Post Society

Mothxr – Centerfold

Adelitas Way – Getaway

Colours – Ivory

Destroyer 666 – Wildfire

Black Cobra – Imperium Simulacra

Quilt – Plaza

Wakey Wakey – Overreactivist

Phil Collins – Dance into the Light

Phil Collins – Hello, I Must Be Going

Emitt Rhodes – Rainbow Ends

Jeannie C. Riley – Harper Valley PTA

Swollen Members – Bad Dreams

Swollen Members – Balance

Rich Robinson – Llama Blues

Rich Robinson – Paper

Peter Frampton – Acoustic Classics

Lee Michaels – Various Reissues

Entombed AD – Dead Dawn

Omnium Gatherum – Grey Heavens

Hands Like Houses – Dissonants

Michael Daves – Orchids and Violence

Horace Andy – In the Light

Celtic Thunder – Legacy 1

Matt Andersen – Honest Man

VINYL

David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie – Aladdin Sane

David Bowie – David Bowie aka Space Oddity

David Bowie – Hunky Dory

David Bowie – The Man Who Sold the World

David Bowie – Pinups

David Bowie – Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions

Bonnie Raitt – Dig In Deep

The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It

Puscifer – Money Shot

Quilt – Plaza (indie exclusive version available)

Anthrax – For All Kings

Various Artists – George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison

Sonic Youth – Goo

Sonic Youth – Dirty

Sonic Youth – Washing Machine

Sonic Youth – The Diamond Sea

School of Seven Bells – SVIIB

Lizzy Mercier Descloux – One for the Soul

Lizzy Mercier Descloux – Suspense

Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto and Bryce Dessner – Revenant Soundtrack

Phil Collins – Hello, I Must Be Going

Frank Sinatra – Ring-a-Ding Ding

Frank Sinatra – That’s Life

Willie Nelson – Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin

Johnny Cash – Now Here’s Johnny

Johnny Cash – Sings Hank Williams

Charlie Louvin – Live at Shake It Records

Bad Religion – 30 Years Live

Lily and Madeleine – Keep It Together

Black Cobra – Imperium Simulacra

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory – Original Soundtrack

West Side Story – Original Broadway Cast Recording

My Fair Lady – Original Broadway Cast Recording

Lee Michaels – Heighty Hi: The Best Of

Lee Scratch Perry and the Upsetters – Return of the Super Ape

Logic – Incredible True Story

Nothing But Thieves – Nothing But Thieves

Horace Andy – In the Light

Horace Andy – In the Light Dub

Meghan Trainor – Better When I’m Dancin’

DVD/BLU-RAY

Celtic Thunder – Legacy 1 DVD