TENNIS IN-STORE SATURDAY, OCT. 18 (3P)

Shervin Lainez 2Tennis will perform live at The Record Exchange (1105 W. Idaho St.) at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. As always, this Record Exchange in-store event is free and all ages. Tennis is performing at Knitting Factory later that evening and we have tickets for sale at the store!

ABOUT TENNIStennis

Tennis is Denver couple Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley. The duo began writing music together as a way to document the history of their time living aboard a sailboat. The result was their first release, Cape Dory.

Moore and Riley followed Cape Dory with Young and Old, which The New Yorker described as “winsome as it is ebullient,” and debuted #1 on Billboard’s Heatseeker Chart and #1 on CMJ Top 200, where it remained for three weeks in a row. The album also debuted on Soundscan’s “New Artist Chart” at #1, remaining there for nine consecutive weeks. The band performed on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Conan” and “Last Call with Carson Daly.”

2013 brought Small Sound EP and the band’s spring tour with Haim. In September 2014, Tennis’ third full-length Ritual in Repeat was released.

SLOW MAGIC IN-STORE SUNDAY, OCT. 12

sm-summer-2014-press-photo-frontSlow Magic will perform live at The Record Exchange (1105 W. Idaho St.) at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12. As always, this Record Exchange in-store event is free and all ages. Slow Magic is performing at The Crux later that evening and we have tickets for sale at the store!

ABOUT SLOW MAGIC
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A DIY project with worldwide scope, Slow Magic is universal and inclusive. It’s cosmic electronic music culled from the ether, yet crafted with human hands. It’s joyous, escapist, multi-disciplinary art that mixes transcendent performance with the nostalgic intimacy of two teenagers staying up too late on the phone.

How To Run Away, Slow Magic’s debut with Downtown Records, reflects this growth, oozing both otherworldly beauty and a mastery of production. Lead Single “Girls” is deconstructionist house with an organic pulse and collaged, handcrafted samples. “Hold Still” sculpts elastic organs and jazz piano into an emotionally-pummeling finale, while the melancholy “Let U Go” merges watery dub with spectral piano and “Closer” plays like a ‘90s R&B fever dream.

Slow Magic is music by your imaginary friend.

ENTER TO WIN A TENNIS VINYL LP AND PAIR OF TICKETS TO THEIR KNIT SHOW!

tennisThe Record Exchange is super excited to be hosting a Tennis in-store on Oct. 18, and we’re giving you a chance to win a vinyl copy of their new album Ritual in Repeat and a pair of tickets to their Knitting Factory show later that evening!

To enter the drawing, send an email with the subject “Tennis” HERE by midnight Thursday, Oct. 16. We will draw a name and notify the winner on Friday, Oct. 17.

* One entry per person, NOT per email address. If you have 16 email addresses and you enter with each address, we’ll just delete 15 of them. We have the technology. To be eligible to win, you must live in the Boise metro area and be able to pick up your prize at the store.

NEW RELEASE TUESDAY: WEEZER, STEVIE NICKS, JACKSON BROWNE, FLYING LOTUS, SBTRKT, CARIBOU, JASON ALDEAN, PLUS VINYL TUESDAY!

vinyl tuesday poster reduced 475It’s New Release Tuesday, and our new Vinyl Tuesday sale continues this week – customers receive up to $5 in used vinyl* with every $25 in new vinyl purchased all day long every Tuesday!

* Must be redeemed at time of purchase. Offer valid during regular business hours (10am-9pm) on Tuesdays only. The Record Exchange will not issue store credit for any unused portion of the Vinyl Tuesday used vinyl bonus.

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

CD

Weezer – Everything Will Be Alright in the End

Stevie Nicks – 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault

Jackson Browne – Standing in the Breach

Jason Aldean – Old Boots, New Dirt

Flying Lotus – You’re Dead

Caribou – Our Love

Broods – Evergreen

Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn – Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn

SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land (deluxe edition also available)

Texas Hippie Coalition – Ride On

Nehruviandoom – Nehruviandoom

Iceage – Plowing Into the Field of Love

Zola Jesus – Taiga

Peaking Lights – Cosmic Logic

Johnny Marr – Playland

Philip Selway – Weatherhouse

Shakey Graves – And the War Came

Single Mothers – Negative Qualities

Doug Seegers – Going Down to the River

Scars on 45 – Safety in Numbers

Minus the Bear – Lost Loves

The Barr Brothers – Sleeping Operator

Ex Hex – Rips

Field Report – Marigolden

Pissed Jeans – Shallow

David Bazan and the Passenger String Quartet – Volume 1

Yellowcard – Life a Sail

Kasabian – 48:13

Macy Gray – The Way

Nikki Yanofsky – Little Secret

TR3 – Like Some Kind of Alien Invasion

Sister Hazel – 20 Stages

Sixx AM – Modern Vintage

Various Artists – The Best of Me Soundtrack

O’Death – Out of Hands We Go

Minnie Driver – Ask Me to Dance

Underworld – Dubnobasswithmyheadman 20th Anniversary Edition

New Found Glory – Resurrection

Hozier – Hozier

Wampire – Bazaar

Paloma Faith – Perfect Contradiction

Arctic Monkeys – Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys

Belle and Sebastian – Dear Catastrophe Waitress

Shelby Lynne – I Am Shelby Lynne Deluxe Edition

Ry Cooder – Soundtracks

Jeff Healey – Live at the Horseshoe

Keyshia Cole – Point of No Return

VINYL

Widespread Panic – Ain’t Life Grand

Widespread Panic – Everyday

SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land (deluxe edition also available)

Sun Kil Moon – Benji (clear and red colored vinyl versions)

Caribou – Our Love

Peaking Lights – Cosmic Logic

Zola Jesus – Taiga (deluxe edition also available)

Smashing Pumpkins – Adore

Pissed Jeans – Shallow

Minus the Bear – Lost Loves

Ex Hex – Rips

Generationals – Alix

Arctic Monkeys – Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys

Sun Ra – Marshall Allen Presents in the Orbit of Ra

The Barr Brothers – Sleeping Operator

Old Crow Medicine Show – Sweet Amarillo

David Bazan and the Passenger String Quartet – Volume 1

Shelby Lynne – I Am Shelby Lynne

Single Mothers – Negative Qualities

Belle and Sebastian – Dear Catastrophe Waitress

Belle and Sebastian – Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant

James Brown – Soulful Christmas

Deaf Wish – St. Vincent + 3

Yellowcard – Lift a Sail

Adventures/Pity Sex – Split 7-inch

AUDRA CONNOLLY ALBUM RELEASE PARTY PREVIEW IN-STORE FIRST THURSDAY, OCT. 2; FREE PBC BEER!

DSC_0480Audra Connolly will perform a special album release party preview in-store at 6 p.m. First Thursday, Oct. 2, at The Record Exchange (1105 W. Idaho St., Downtown Boise). Connolly is holding a release party on Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Sapphire Room (inside Riverside Hotel), 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Boise. We’ll be serving free Payette Brewing Co. beer for guests 21 and older with I.D. As always, this Record Exchange in-store event is free and all ages!

Connolly’s album “Slowly” will be available for purchase at the in-store! It’s also First Thursday at The Record Exchange, and that means buy-2-get-1-free savings all over the store!

ABOUT AUDRA CONNOLLYaudra connolly

Studying, teaching and, above all, writing and performing music took Audra Connolly all around the United States and then beyond to South Korea. Her life as an expat, an outsider looking in, lit the spark for her latest album “Slowly,” released in Korea in January 2014 and to be released internationally on Sept. 23.

Working as an English teacher, “Slowly” grew out of Audra’s explorations and performances in the independent music scene in Seoul, where fans and collaborators embraced her sound. And Korea itself is a clear secondary sound to Audra’s voice on “Slowly.” The Korean language, the sound of her students singing a Korean folk song, and whirring cicadas enliven the album. “Slowly” was written, produced and recorded entirely in the Seoul area, a challenging, but rewarding experience. Audra is grateful to the musicians in the local Seoul scene for lending their motivation and support while recording “Slowly.”

Audra’s musical roots began in Nampa, Idaho. There she grew up studying classical music before finding her passion in songwriting, heavily influenced by folk icons Joni Mitchell and Ani DiFranco, among others. After earning a degree in Music Performance from Boise State University, Audra focused on songwriting. In 2009, Audra completed “Dear Friend,” her first album, on Hole Heart Records, her independent recording label.

Audra has toured the western United States promoting “Dear Friend” and has plans to continue to tour in her home country this year. However, she is by no means finished as a world traveler.