RX 36TH ANNIVERSARY SALE AUG. 2-4!
August 1, 2013
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD $2 PREVIEW EP; INCLUDES $2 COUPON FOR NEW ALBUM!
Avenged Sevenfold‘s new album won’t be available until Aug. 27, but right now you can score an indie exclusive CD for only $1.99 at The Record Exchange!
The CD, which includes two songs (one exclusive to this release), comes with a $2 coupon that you can bring back and cash in on the new album courtesy of our friends at Record Store Day!
NEW RELEASE TUESDAY: TECH N9NE LISTENING PARTY WITH PIE HOLE 7/30!
The Record Exchange’s New Release Tuesday series continues on July 30 with Tech N9ne‘s Something Else! The album — available on CD, deluxe CD and vinyl — will be featured during our weekly listening party at 6 p.m.! Enjoy free pizza from our New Release Tuesday partners Pie Hole and enter to win our New Release Tuesday raffle prize!
Are you a proud owner of a Radio Boise KRBX Card? Bring it in every Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. and receive 20% off gift shop items and used CDs, vinyl, DVD/Blu-ray and cassettes (excluding collectibles – individual items $100 and over).
Speaking of our beloved community radio station, their Radio Boise Tuesdays series at 
Neurolux features local and touring bands as well as a Radio Boise DJ after each show. Radio Boise receives 20% of drink sales from every Radio Boise Tuesday show. You receive the benefit of DRINK SPECIALS at each one. The music kicks off at 7 p.m. — right after you’ve filled your belly with pizza and heard some new music at the RX!
Check out the Radio Boise Tuesdays performance schedule HERE.
Here’s a quick look at the bright and shiny new releases this week at The Record Exchange:
CD
Tech N9ne – Something Else (deluxe edition also available)
Five Finger Death Punch – Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell Vol. 1 (deluxe edition also available)
Michael Franti and Spearhead – All People (deluxe edition also available)
Buddy Guy – Rhythm and Blues
Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines (deluxe edition also available)
Haitus Kaiyote – Tawk Tomahawk
Vince Gill and Paul Franklin – Bakersfield
Ron Block – Walking Song
Fruition – Just One of Those Nights
Backstreet Boys – In a World Like This
Chimaira – Crown of Phantoms
Moreland and Arbuckle – 7 Cities
Roomful of Blues – 45 Live
Chris Shiflett and the Dead Peasants – All Hat and No Cattle
Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk – Dirty Word
Various Artists – The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Bollywood
Jimmie Rodgers – The Rough Guide to Jimmie Rodgers
Jay Sean – Neon
Oak Ridge Boys – 40th Anniversary
George Thorogood and the Destroyers – George Thorogood and the Destroyers Deluxe Edition
George Thorogood and the Destroyers – Move It On Over Deluxe Edition
Earl Klugh – Hand Picked
Emblem 3 – Nothing to Lose (deluxe edition also available)
Boogie Down Productions – Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip-Hop Expanded Edition
Honey Island Swamp Band – Cane Sugar
Afro Celt Sound System – Pod
VINYL
Five Finger Death Punch – Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell Vol. 1
Pickwick – Can’t Talk Medicine
Mayer Hawthorne – Where Does This Door Go
Buddy Guy – Rhythm and Blues
Tech N9ne – Something Else
Hot Chip – Dark and Stormy
Quicksilver Messenger Service – Live at the Fillmore June 7, 1968
Black Sabbath – Never Say Die
Black Sabbath – Technical Ecstasy
Black Sabbath – We Sold Our Soul for Rock N Roll
13th Floor Elevators – Easter Everywhere
Porcupine Tree – Sky Moves Sideways
Various Artists – Verve Remixed: The First Ladies
Joan of Arc – Testimonium Songs
CSS – Planta
Mike Watt and Qui – Split 7″
The Shirelles – Baby It’s You
Darkthrone – Sempiternal Past
DVD/BLU-RAY
The Devil’s Backbone (Criterion Collection) DVD and Blu-ray
Scorpions – Moment of Glory Blu-ray
The Bee Gees – One Night Only Blu-ray
Star Trek the Next Generation: Redemption Blu-ray
The Angry Beavers: The Complete Series DVD
THE VINYL WORD: FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH'S NEW ALBUM 'THE WRONG SIDE OF HEAVEN AND THE RIGHTEOUS SIDE OF HELL VOL. 1'
PREVIEW/BUY THE VINYL HERE
With a title like, The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Vol. 1, it would be easy to think that Five Finger Death Punch had gone off the deep end and decided to release a concept album. Fortunately, the only concept here is that the band went into the studio and felt like they were putting out too much good work to be contained on one album, so they opted to release two records in quick succession. Listening to the first installment, it’s hard to argue with their logic. The opening salvo of their sprawling, two-volume work is an incredibly solid album of hard hitting alt-metal that finds the band on a (mostly) inspired run. The best moments on the album come when the band pushes its sound to its most aggressive limits, with “Burn MF” and Dot Your Eyes” both representing the most pit-worthy offerings on the album with their chugging guitars and propulsive, pounding beats. The album also sports an impressive guest list, with metal legend Rob Halford dropping in on the albums opening track, “Lift Me Up,” as well as Max Cavalera and Jamey Jasta, who drop in on alternate versions of “I.M. Sin” and “Dot Your Eyes,” respectively. The album’s most surprising guest appearance comes by way of its biggest misstep, with rapper Tech N9ne dropping a verse on the band’s cover of LL Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out.” Although the song is executed nicely, a rap-metal song on an album in 2013 just feels like a step backward for the band. Given how solid the rest of the album is, it’s an easy mistake to overlook, and if the material on The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Vol. 1 is any indicator, it’s going to be a pretty good year for Five Finger Death Punch fans.- Allmusic
NEW RELEASE OF THE WEEK: BUDDY GUY'S 'RHYTHM AND BLUES'
PREVIEW/BUY THE CD HERE
PREVIEW/BUY THE VINYL HERE
Buddy Guy‘s 50-plus-year career has been a testament to a simple premise: playing 12-bar blues as loudly and wildly as possible. It’s made him the genre’s arch individualist, respected by all and imitated by none. Now, at 76, Guy and a handful of others, such as harmonica player James Cotton, are the last vestiges of Chicago’s blues royalty. However, out of all those immortal names, Guy always seemed most comfortable mingling in the rock world, being closer in age to admirers such as Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton. That openness served him well over the years — particularly the lean ones — and while it’s also brought him loads of praise and awards, until Rhythm & Blues there hasn’t been an album that truly represents the scope of his power for the current generation. Split into two discs (“Rhythm” and “Blues”), the album’s slick but still raw production, courtesy of long-time collaborator Tom Hambridge, shows Guy in top form, commanding waves of jagged solos in between his often-underappreciated wailing vocal turns. The songs, on the whole, are tailored to Guy’s jovial public persona, from “I Go By Feel” to “Meet Me In Chicago,” which is sure to become the city’s new anthem. A handful of guest stars — Keith Urban, Kid Rock, members of Aerosmith — are unnecessary, although the duets with Beth Hart and Gary Clark Jr. come off better in a passing-the-torch kind of way. But therein lies perhaps the album’s only flaw: given Guy’s stature, there’s a strong sense that he and Hambridge wanted to make “the last great blues album,” which they very well might have done. Perhaps if they had been less conscious of that, the songs could have delved deeper into Guy’s soul. But, as it is, Rhythm & Blues is a late career milestone that backs up all of the accolades Guy has ever received.- Exlaim