The Record Exchange was one of a few select indie record stores in the country to get our hands on an ultra-rare double-LP vinyl test pressing of Kimbra’s new Golden Echo album, and one lucky customer will win it.

To enter the drawing, send an email with the subject “Kimbra” 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.

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The Record Exchange was one of a few select indie record stores in the country to get our hands on an autographed vinyl copy of the new self-titled Alvvays album, and one lucky customer will win it. Runner-up prizes include a non-autographed copy of the album on vinyl and an autographed poster!

To enter the drawing, send an email with the subject “Alvvays” 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.

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

CD

Electric Wurms (Flaming Lips) – Musik Die Schwer zu Twerk

Pallbearer – Foundations of Burden

Dr. John – Ske-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit of Satch

Kimbra – Golden Echo

Celebration – Albumen

Wiz Khalifa – Blacc Hollywood

Various Artists – Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Revisited

Benjamin Booker – Benjamin Booker

Bread & Circus – Fortune Favors the Bold

Dragonforce – Maximum Overload (deluxe edition also available)

Paul Thorn – Too Blessed to Be Stressed

Imogen Heap – Sparks (deluxe edition also available)

Last Internationale – We Will Reign

Smokey Robinson – Smokey & Friends

Various Artists – Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute to Motley Crue

Ace Frehley – Space Invader (deluxe edition also available)

Bebel Gilberto – Tudo

Cory Branan – No-Hit Wonder

Rob McCoury – 5 String Flamethrower

Buckcherry – Fuck

Nektar – Remember the Future

Accept – Blind Rage (deluxe edition also available)

Liam Bailey – Definitely Now

Orenda Fink – Blue Dream

Sarah Jaffe – Don’t Disconnect

Caroline Rose – I Will Not Be Afraid

The Brokeoffs – Restless Leg

Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) – You Will Eventually

Bahamas – Bahamas is Afie

Various Artists – VH1 Love and Hip Hop: Music From the Series

Kyle Hollingsworth – Speed of Life

Bishop Allen – Lights Out

Elvin Bishop – Can’t Even Do Wrong Right

The Posies – Failure

William Shatner – Live

Paul Hardcastle – Moovin’ & Groovin’

Justin Hayward – Spirits … Live: Live at the Buckhead Theater Atlanta

Randy Travis – Influence 2: The Man I Am

Rocco Deluca – Rocca Deluca

Dirty Loops – Loopified

Halcyon Way – Conquer

Joel Crouse – Joel Crouse

Otis Gibbs – Souvenirs of a Misspent Youth

Peliroja – Injusticia

Judy Collins – Sings Lennon and McCartney

Amy Grant – In Motion: The Remixes

VINYL

Electric Wurms – Musik Die Schwer Zu Twerk

Polica – Raw Exit

Ryan Adams – 1984

Com Truise – In Decay

Trash Talk – No Peace

Skrillex – Recess

Kimbra – Golden Echo

Julia Holter – Tragedy

Lykke Li – I Never Learn

Dragonforce – Maximum Overload

The Offspring – Smash 20th Anniversary Edition

Imogen Heap – Sparks

Brian Setzer – Rockabilly Riot! All Original

Bishop Allen – Lights Out

Moon Duo – Live in Ravenna

Last Internationale – We Will Reign

John Lennon – Shaved Fish

Stereo MC’s – Connected

Eels – Beautiful Freak

Cream – The Best of Cream

Eric Clapton – Time Pieces: The Best of Clapton

John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers – Sense of Place

Django Reinhardt – Essential Electric

Human League – Dare

Crime – Murder By Guitar

Chet Baker – In New York

G.B.H. – City Baby’s Revenge

DVD/BLU-RAY

Justin Hayward – Spirits … Live: Live at the Buckhead Theater Atlanta

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