NEW RELEASE TUESDAY 9/2: EARTH, JOHNNY WINTER, MAROON 5, COUNTING CROWS, R.E.M., YOB AND MANY MORE!

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

CD

Earth – Primitive and Deadly

Johnny Winter – Step Back (deluxe edition also available)

Maroon 5 – V (deluxe edition also available)

Counting Crows – Somewhere Under Wonderland (deluxe edition also available)

Yob – Clearing the Path to Ascend

Mutual Benefit – The Cowboy’s Prayer

Zeus – Classic Zeus

Blonde Redhead – Barragan

The Call – A Tribute to Michael Been (deluxe edition also available)

Anthony D’Amato – Shipwreck From the Shore

Method Man – Tical 20th Anniversary Edition

Hammerfall – (R)evolution

The Haunted – Exit Wounds

Kim Waters – Silver Soul

Code Orange Kids – I Am King

Grateful Dead – Dick’s Picks 16: Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco 11/8/69

No-Man – Schoolyard Ghosts

Jeezy – Seen It All: The Autobiography (deluxe edition also available)

God Help the Girl – God Help the Girl

Coves – Soft Friday

Julianna Barwick – Florine

Julianna Barwick – Sanguine

Big Star – #1 Record

Big Star – Radio City

Weedeater – And Justice for Y’all

Dark Fortress – Venereal Dawn

Solstafir – Otta

VINYL

Johnny Winter – Step Back

Maroon 5 – V

Counting Crows – Somewhere Under Wonderland

Jason Mraz – Yes

R.E.M. – MTV Unplugged 1991

R.E.M. – MTV Unplugged 2001

Miles Davis – Collectors’ Items

Billie Holiday – Essential Rare Collection

Bill Evans – New Jazz Conceptions

John Coltrane – Bye Bye Blackbird

Sonny Rollins – The Sound of Sonny

Art Pepper – Art Pepper + Eleven: Modern Jazz Classics

Coleman Hawkins – Hawk Relaxes

Cattle Decapitation – Monolith of Inhumanity

DVD/BLU-RAY

We Came As Romans – Present, Future and Past DVD

Swedish House Mafia – Leave the World Behind DVD

RECORD EXCHANGE ALIVE AFTER FIVE SEASON FINALE: THE BOTH AUG. 27!

theboth_photo_gal__photo_201861164Join us on Wednesday, Aug. 27, for the annual end-of-season Record Exchange Party at Alive After Five featuring The Both (Aimee Mann, Ted Leo). This free, all-ages concert on the Grove Plaza in Downtown Boise kicks off at 5 p.m. with Go Listen Boise opener Matt Hopper and the Roman Candles.

ABOUT THE BOTH
the both“Throughout the song and the album, each singer sounds freshened and energized- never diminished-by the collaboration.” – NPR Music

“The Both represents the pairing of two great … talents who go great together.” – Rolling Stone

“The project places the talents of the two artists in perfect harmony…” – The Los Angeles Times

“Coupled with Mann’s gift for a pop melody and Leo’s penchant for spiky, urgent guitars, the end result is a best-of-both-worlds situation.” – Boston Globe

“It isn’t just a collection of well-constructed tunes. It’s a unified album, in which sound is every bit as crucial as craft. Despite the formidable solo careers involved, The Both improbably sounds like the work of a band.” – Chicago Tribune

“Aimee Mann and Ted Leo have combined their eloquent, slightly off-kilter songwriting powers…” – SPIN

The Both is a collaborative project from critically acclaimed musicians Aimee Mann and Ted Leo. Building on a friendship forged while they were on tour together last year, it was Leo’s solo sets that piqued Mann’s interest in getting on stage with him and writing music together. Of the project, Mann notes, “Honestly, I feel like for the first time, I’m part of a rock band.”

The band’s all original songs were written as back-and-forth collaborations between Mann and Leo. With their differing musical vocabularies and mutual admiration for one another, the duo found working together to be a boon. “We were just like ‘Fuck it, let’s push and make it happen,'” notes Mann. “You really just have to go, ‘You know what, I have to trust that this other person’s instincts are good.'” Leo furthers, “I think as Aimee and I have gotten closer, we have realized how much in common we have and how much respect we have for what the other person does and what they’re bringing to the table. The writing process has largely been long distance, but it’s been line by line, verse by verse, part by part; we’ll send each other something and go back and forth until it’s finished.” The album was recorded in Los Angeles with Ryan Freeland, between stretches of touring in 2013, and produced by Mann’s longtime friend and band member Paul Bryan.

Mann began her solo career in 1993 with the album “Whatever” and made a name for herself through her independent success and the founding of her record label, SuperEgo. In addition to her solo work, she has appeared on many film soundtracks, composed the soundtrack for Paul Thomas Anderson’s much-lauded “Magnolia” and appeared as herself on the hit indie TV series “Portlandia.” The new collaboration follows Mann’s eighth studio album “Charmer,” which received national attention.

Punk/indie singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Leo is best known for his work with Ted Leo and the Pharmacists over the past fifteen years. His most recent album The Brutalist Bricks was released on Matador Records in 2010. Leo also kept up a consistent presence as a solo performer since the late 1990s and began playing with Mann in February 2012.

RECORD EXCHANGE TOP 10 SELLERS (WEEK ENDING AUGUST 24, 2014)

rx top 101. Seasons, Hollow Wood
2. Lazaretto, Jack White
3. Fortune Favors the Bold, Bread & Circus
4. Benjamin Booker, Benjamin Booker
5. The Both, The Both
6. Zaba, Glass Animals
7. The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale, Eric Clapton and Friends
8. Voyager, Jenny Lewis
9. Singles, Future Islands
10. Foundations of Burden, Pallbearer

NEW RELEASE MONDAY 8/25: SHOVELS & ROPE, NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, TY SEGALL, BASEMENT JAXX, ROYAL BLOOD

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

CD

Shovels & Rope – Swimmin’ Time

Royal Blood – Royal Blood

Basement Jaxx – Junto (deluxe edition also available)

The New Pornographers -Brill Bruisers

Ty Segall – Manipulator

Opeth – Pale Communication

Brad Paisley – Moonshine in the Trunk

Ariana Grande – My Everything (deluxe edition also available)

Sinead O’Connor – I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss

Bruce Hornsby – Solo Concerts

James Taylor – One Man Band

Rubblebucket – Survival Sounds

Dry the River – Alarms in the Heart

Avenged Sevenfold – Waking the Fallen

Trevor Hall – Chapter of the Forest

The Griswolds – Be Impressive

The Bad Plus – Inevitable Western

The Rentals – Lost in Alphaville

M83 – Before the Dawn Heals Us reissue

M83- Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts reissue

M83 – M83 reissue

Motorhead – Aftershock: Tour Edition

The Kinks – Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One deluxe edition

Ian Anderson – Thick as a Brick Live in Iceland

Billy Talbot – On the Road to Spearfish

In the Valley Below – The Belt

Frnkiero andthe Cellabration – Stomachaches

Various Artists – Pay Close Attention: XL Recordings

Various Artists – Funky New Orleans: Nola Soul Explosion

Asia – High Voltage

VINYL

Pallbearer – Foundations of Burden

J Mascis – Tied to a Star

Basement Jaxx – Junto

FKA Twigs – LP1 (limited-edition indie store exclusive version also available)

Broken Bells – Control

Ty Segall – Manipulator

Shovels and Rope – Swimmin’ Time

New Pornographers – Brill Bruisers (limited-edition indie store exclusive version also available)

Merchandise – After the End

Dry the River – Alarms in the Heart

M83- Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts reissue

M83 – M83 reissue

King Buzzo – This Machine Kills

John Coltrane – Stardust

Herbie Hancock – Speak Like a Child

Wayne Shorter – Juju

Bud Powell – The Amazing Bud Powell

Avenged Sevenfold – Waking the Fallen

DVD/BLU-RAY

Metallica – Cliff Em All DVD

Metallica – Cunning Stunts DVD

Metallica – Videos 1989-2004 DVD

Metallica – A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica DVD

Ian Anderson – Thick as a Brick Live in Iceland DVD and Blu-ray

WIN A DAVID GRAY AUTOGRAPHED VINYL TEST PRESSING OF HIS NEW 'MUTINEERS'

david-gray-mutineersThe Record Exchange was one of a few select indie record stores in the country to get our hands on an ultra-rare autographed vinyl test pressing of David Gray’s new Mutineers album, and one lucky customer will win it.

To enter the drawing, send an email with the subject “David Gray” HERE by midnight Thursday, Aug. 28. We will draw a name at random and notify the winner on Friday, Aug. 29.

* 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.