WIN A DEVIL MAKES THREE VINYL TEST PRESSING LP/NEW WEST PRIZE PACK!

DMTThe Record Exchange was one of a few select indie record stores in the country to get our hands on an ultra-rare vinyl test pressing of the new Devil Makes Three album I’m a Stranger Here, and one lucky customer will win it along with a New West Records prize pack that includes a record tote bag, turntable slip mat, T-shirt and sticker).

To be entered into the drawing, we are requiring a CD or vinyl purchase of I’m a Stranger Here. Why? Because we want the vinyl to go to a Devil Makes Three fan and not up on eBay. Deadline to purchase the album and get entered to win is Sunday, Nov. 3. We will draw the winner at random on Monday, Nov. 4.

NEW RELEASE TUESDAY 10/22: POLICA, KATY PERRY, BRETT DENNEN, BOARDS OF CANADA VINYL REISSUES & MORE!

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

CD

Polica – Shulamith

Brett Dennen – Smoke and Mirrors

Katy Perry – Prism (deluxe edition also available)

AFI – Burials

Van Morrison – Moondance Blu-ray Super Deluxe Edition

Van Morrison – Moondance Expanded Remastered Edition

Van Morrison – Moondance Remastered Edition

Motorhead – Aftershock (deluxe edition also available)

Pearl Jam – Essential (Rearviewmirror 1991-2003)

Def Leppard – Viva! Hysteria

Nahko and Medicine for the People – Dark As Night

Active Child – Rapor EP

Radical Face – Family Tree: The Branches

Various Artists – Eraserhead Soundtrack

Various Artists – Twin Peaks: Season Two Music

Robin and Linda Williams – The Back 40

Tears for Fears – The Hurting Deluxe Edition

Joseph Arthur – Big City Secrets

Sainthood Reps – Headswell

Dresses – Sun Shy

Donna Summer – Love to Love You Donna

Woody Guthrie – American Radical Patriot

Anoushka Shankar – Traces of You

Incredible String Band – Live at the Fillmore 1968

Big Joe Turner – Big Joe Turner Live 1983

The Exploited – Exploited Barmy Army: The Collection

The Mission UK – Silver

Vince Guaraldi – A Charlie Brown Christmas: Snoopy Doghouse Edition

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – It Feels Like Christmas Time

Piano Guys – Family Christmas (deluxe edition also available)

Wynton Marsalis – The Spiritual Side of Wynton Marsalis

Andrea Bocelli – Love in Portofino

Ashley Macisaac – Crossover

VINYL

Polica – Shulamith

Boards of Canada – Music Has the Right to Children Reissue

Boards of Canada – Geogaddi Reissue

Boards of Canada – The Campfire Headphase Reissue

Skeletonwitch – Serpents Unleashed Bootleg Edition (hand-numbered indie exclusive; 300 made)

David Bowie – Sorrow 40th Anniversary Picture Disc

Darkthrone – Blaze in the Northern Sky

Tedeschi Trucks Band – Made Up Mind

AFI – Burials

The Strawberry Alarm Clock – The Best of the Strawberry Alarm Clock

B.B. King – Blues Kings Best

Cliff Martinez – Wanna Fight?

DVD/BLU-RAY

Morrissey – 25: Live DVD and Blu-ray

Sara Bareilles – Brave Enough: Live at the Variety CD/DVD

Def Leppard – Viva! Hysteria DVD and Blu-ray

Hugh Laurie – Live on the Queen Mary DVD

The Conjuring DVD and Blu-ray

The Way, Way Back DVD

The Internship DVD

WIN A SIGNED OF MONTREAL VINYL LP!

lousywithsylvianbriarThe Record Exchange was one of a few select indie record stores in the country to get our hands on an ultra-rare autographed copy of the new Of Montreal album Lousy with Sylvianbriar, and one lucky customer will win it!

To be entered into the drawing, we are requiring a CD or vinyl purchase of Lousy with Sylvianbriar. Why? Because we want the vinyl to go to an Of Montreal fan and not up on eBay. Deadline to purchase the album and get entered to win is Sunday, Oct. 13. We will draw the winner at random on Monday, Oct. 14.

NEW RELEASE TUESDAY 9/24: KINGS OF LEON, CHVRCHES, NIRVANA, DRAKE, MAZZY STAR, METALLICA AND MORE!

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

CD

Kings of Leon – Mechanical Bull (deluxe edition also available)

Chvrches – The Bones of What You Believe

Nirvana – In Utero 20th Anniversary Edition (deluxe edition also available)

Drake – Nothing Was the Same (deluxe edition also available)

Mazzy Star – Seasons of Your Day

Dream Theater – Dream Theater (deluxe edition also available)

Deer Tick – Negativity

Gov’t Mule – Shout!

Metallica – Through the Never Soundtrack

Metallica – Various Reissues

Sting – Last Ship (deluxe edition also available)

The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma – A Playlist Without Borders (deluxe edition also available)

Allen Toussaint – Songbook (deluxe edition also available)

Various Artists – Muscle Shoals

Elton John – Diving Board (deluxe edition also available)

Sammy Hagar – Sammy Hagar and Friends (deluxe edition also available)

Cher – Closer to the Truth (deluxe edition also available)

Patty Larkin – Still Green

Krewella – Get Wet

Touche Amore – Is Survived By

Andre Nickatina – Andre Nickatina

Zeod – Clarity

Horrible Crowes – Live at the Troubadour

INVSN – INVSN

Ha Ha Tonka – Lessons

Dexateens – Sunsphere

Au Revoir Simone – Move in Spectrums

The Band – The Last Waltz (4CD)

Smashing Pumpkins – Oceania: Live in NYC

Captain Beefheart – Safe as Milk (mono)

Megadeth – Countdown to Extinction: Live

Zakk Wylde and Black Label Society – Unblackened

John Zorn and Thurston Moore – At

Jimmy Lafave – Trail Two

Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

R5 – Louder

Alan Jackson – The Bluegrass Album

Icona Pop – This Is …

Ray Charles – Ray Charles Forever

Various Artists – Woodstock 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur’s Farm

The Sir Douglas Quintet – Nuevo Wave Live

Sons of the Sea – Sons of the Sea

Pierce the Veil – Selfish Machines

A Skylit Drive – Rise

Everclear – Return to Santa Monica

Hans Zimmer – Rush

Gabriel Iglesias – Aloha Fluffy (deluxe edition also available)

Tarja – Colours in the Dark (deluxe edition also available)

10 Ft. Ganja Plant – Skycatcher

Kneebody – Line

Bloodwyn Pig – Pigthology

VINYL

Kings of Leon – Mechanical Bull

Touche Amore – Is Survived By

Chvrches – The Bones of What You Believe

Mazzy Star – Seasons of Your Day

Deer Tick – Negativity

Various Artists – Inside Llewyn Davis Soundtrack

Sting – The Last Ship

Elvis Costello and the Roots – Wise Up Ghost

Dexateens – Sunsphere

Au Revoir Simone – Move in Spectrums

Aesop Rock – Labor Days

Aesop Rock – Bazooka Tooth

Gov’t Mule – Shout!

Elton John – Diving Board

Dream Theater – Dream Theater

Love – The Best of Love

The Mamas and the Papas – Deliver

The Mamas and the Papas – The Mamas and the Papas

John Lee Hooker – Don’t Turn Me From Your Door

Blind Blake – The Rough Guide to Blind Blake

DVD/BLU-RAY

Nirvana – Live and Loud DVD

Smashing Pumpkins – Oceania: Live in NYC DVD and Blu-ray

Green Day – !Cuatro! DVD

Megadeth – Countdown to Extinction: Live DVD

Bryan Ferry – Live in Lyon DVD and Blu-ray

Neil Young – Heart of Gold DVD

Zack Wylde and Black Label Society – Unblackened DVD and Blu-ray

Iron Man 3 DVD

Iron Man 2 DVD

Family Guy Volume 11 DVD

South Park Season 16 DVD

City of God/City of Men Blu-ray

Dave Foley – Relatively Well DVD

Bang the Drum Slowly DVD

Soapdish DVD

PICKWICK IN-STORE TUESDAY, SEPT. 17

PICKWICK_Polaroids_1Pickwick will perform live at The Record Exchange (1105 W. Idaho St., Downtown Boise) at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17. The band is opening for Neko Case at Knitting Factory later that evening and we have tickets for sale here at the store! As always, this Record Exchange in-store event is free and all ages!

ABOUT PICKWICK

Pickwick was formed in 2008 when singer Galen Disston began writing songs on his acoustic guitar while drummer Matt Emmett kept time in the background. The duo settled on the name as an homage to ‘The Ostrich,’ an obscure dance song written by Lou Reed and released by Pickwick Records in 1964. With the later additions of Emmett’s childhood friend Cassady Lillstrom on keys, Kory Kruckenberg on vibraphone, and brothers Garrett and Michael Parker on bass and guitar, the six-piece began playing shows in small clubs around Seattle.

By the beginning of 2010 the band was in a state of disarray. Frustrated by the direction the music was taking, the band began having discussions about throwing in the towel and going their separate ways. Up until that point, band members had little to do with the writing process and simply added color to Disston’s songs. Ultimately, the band decided to throw out all of their old material and start over from scratch with a new collaborative approach to songwriting. This rebirth allowed the band to take a new look at their individual and collective strengths, as well as look to new places for inspiration.

Raised on indie rock and a love for lo-fi garage bands, the members of Pickwick found themselves entrenched in underground gospel and blues recordings from the 1950s and 60s as well as popular northern soul artists. This new reference point combined with a renewed appreciation for UK bands like The Animals, Spencer Davis Group, and The Zombies helped the members of Pickwick cultivate their own unique take on garage rock, gospel, and 60s-era pop while interpreting those genres through a modern lens.

Along with a shift in musical aesthetic, Disston began exploring darker, more complicated themes in the lyrics of his songs. Contrasting stories of murder, mental illness, and confused sexual identity with major chords, three-part harmonies, and church organs. This unlikely pairing quickly became a mainstay of the band’s approach to songwriting. “I’ve always been drawn to music that seems a bit schizophrenic,” says Disston.

Inspired by a new burst of creative output, the band wasted little time to self-release their music. Instead of waiting to record a full-length record, the band decided to do things on their own terms, putting their music out exclusively on vinyl with three installments of a 7-inch series. Each 45 was accompanied by a record release show at a different club in Seattle. With the release shows under their belt and a series of DIY live videos gaining attention online, the band had cultivated a strong local following by the middle of 2011.

By late 2011, Seattle independent radio station KEXP caught wind of what the band was doing and began playing the band’s music on-air. By the end of the year Pickwick’s 7-inch series ‘Myths’ was voted the #9 record of the year by KEXP listeners alongside artists such as TV on the Radio, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Wilco, Adele and Radiohead.

The band released their first full-length album Can’t Talk Medicine in early 2013.