1. 25, Adele
2. Coming Home, Leon Bridges
3. The Well-Rounded Clarke and the Himselfs, The Well-Rounded Clarke and the Himselfs
4. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
5. Tell Me I’m Pretty, Cage the Elephant
6. Trumpet Vine, Belinda Bowler
7. Every Open Eye, Chvrches
8. Purple, Baroness
9. Waking Days, Jeff Crosby
10. Sundown Over Ghost Town, Eilen Jewell
RECORD EXCHANGE 2015 STAFF PICKS: SEVERED ARM
Tis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2015 Staff Picks!
Here’s Severed Arm’s list:
AIMEE MANN
The Forgotten Arm
DIRE STRAITS
Brothers in Arms
ARM
Universal Standard Time
ISLANDS
Arm’s Way
STRONG ARM STEADY
Arms and Hammers
GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS
A Forest of Arms
THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES
Easter
BAND OF HORSES
Infinite Arms
THE LAWRENCE ARMS
Metropole
MUDHONEY
Piece of Cake
WIN A GRATEFUL DEAD ‘FARE THEE WELL’ GICLEE PRINT; FREE DEAD KITE, GIFT WRAP AND MORE WITH PURCHASE!
Grateful Dead‘s Fare Thee Well shows were one of the music events of the year, and Rhino Records just released the concerts on CD, DVD, Blu-ray and CD/DVD and CD/Blu-ray combos.
To celebrate, Rhino sent us a rare framed giclee print (one of only 30 in the country) to give to one lucky customer!
To enter the drawing, send an email* with the subject “Grateful Dead” HERE by midnight Thursday, Dec. 31 (New Year’s Eve, fittingly). We will draw a name at random and notify the winner on Monday, Jan. 4.
Pick up Fare Thee Well at The Record Exchange and get a Grateful Dead kite, holiday gift wrap, coasters and more free with purchase!
* 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.
CLARKE AND THE HIMSELFS VINYL RELEASE PARTY IN-STORE DEC. 27!
December 27, 2015
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Clarke and the Himselfs will perform a special album release in-store set in celebration of the vinyl release of The Well-Rounded Clarke and the Himselfs at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 27, at The Record Exchange (1105 W. Idaho St., Downtown Boise). As always, this Record Exchange in-store event is free and all ages!
The Well-Rounded Clarke and the Himselfs will be available for purchase at the in-store!
ABOUT CLARKE AND THE HIMSELFS
Clarke and the Himselfs is the sonically extended portion of Clarke Aleksandr Howell. What originally began with multi-track records transmographied into the full band it is today, with Howell using the drums, guitar, his voice and no loops, creating catchy, dark, powerful sounds that are supported ultimately by the gravity of the songs themselves.
The Himselfs are regularly on the road and have extensively toured the South, Midwest and East Coast. Clarke and the Himselfs opened for Built to Spill on two different month-long North American tours. He has played with the likes of Colleen Green, No Bunny, Paleo, Sad Horse, La Luz, Naomi Punk and many more.
Their latest release, The Well-Rounded Clarke and the Himselfs, is the cumulative LP debut from Clarke and the Himselfs. Recorded in Portland, Oregon, on half-inch tape at Fluff and Gravy in early spring of 2014. Engineered and mixed by David Strackany (Paleo). Mastered by Mell Dettmer (Sunn O))), Boris, Earth) Featuring brand new cuts as well as re-done classics, all recorded, mixed and mastered to audiophile quality.
“Songs like ‘Asteroid’ and ‘Toxic World’ are infectious, fuzzed-out earworms that are sure to get trapped in your head for days.” – Chipp Terwilliger/Portland Mercury
“..Clarke Howell’s not simply working a stripped aesthetic, he’s a single player going for a full sound. Unlike most one-man bands who play drums with just their feet, one of his hands handles both guitar and stick on a practically full drum kit. Drape all that with the kind of gorgeously groaning guitar effects that Pink Mountaintops used to specialize in and a weird trilling vocal effect and you’ve got an impressively lush solo act. Perhaps most importantly though, the actual quality of his songs proves he’s more than just some novelty act.” – Bao Le-Huu/Orlando Weekly
RECORD EXCHANGE 2015 STAFF PICKS: MICHAEL
Tis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2015 Staff Picks!
Here’s Michael’s list:
CASSANDRA WILSON
Coming Forth by Day
CALEXICO
Edge of the Sun
RICHARD THOMPSON
Still
KING CRIMSON
Live at the Orpheum
BOB DYLAN
The Cutting Edge 1965-1966
LOW
Ones and Sixes
STEVE EARLE AND THE DUKES
Terraplane
KAMASI WASHINGTON
The Epic
MATTHEW SHIPP TRIO
The Conduct of Jazz
BELINDA BOWLER
Trumpet Vine