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NEW RELEASE FRIDAY: SALLIE FORD, ANDREW MCMAHON, THIEVERY CORPORATION, BOWIE REISSUES

February 9, 2017 - DVD and Blu Ray , The Vinyl Word - by - No Comments

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

CD

Sallie Ford – Soul Sick
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness – Zombies on Broadway
Thievery Corporation – The Temple of I and I
Lupe Fiasco – Drogas Light
Various Artists – Fifty Shades Darker Soundtrack
Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears – Backlash
Overkill – The Grinding Wheel
Old Crow Medicine Show – Best Of
Tinariwen – Elwan
David Bowie – Young Americans
David Bowie – Diamond Dogs
David Bowie – Station to Station
David Bowie – Live Nassau Coliseum 76
David Bowie – David Live (2005 Mix)
Radical Face – The Family Tree: The Branches
Rhiannon Giddons – Factory Girl
Brett Young – Brett Young
Sinkane – Life and Livin’ It
Chuck Prophet – Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins
Kris Kristofferson – Austin Sessions
The Sadies – Northern Passages
Tosca – Going Going Going
Rag’n’Bone Man – Human
Lowly – Heba
Ces Cru – Catastrophic Event Specialists
The Bombpops – Fear of Missing Out
Cynic – Uroboric Forms: The Complete Demo Recordings
Nidingr – The High Heat Licks Against Heaven
Emperor – In the Nightside Eclipse
Elvin Bishop – Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio
Simon Kirke – All Because of You
Michael Bolton – Songs of Cinema

VINYL

Queen – Greatest Hits II
The Weeknd – Starboy
Various Artists – Hamilton Mixtape
Sleep – The Clarity
Thievery Corporation – The Temple of I and I
Tinariwen – Elwan
David Bowie – Sound and Vision 40th Anniversary Picture Disc
David Bowie – Young Americans
David Bowie – Diamond Dogs
David Bowie – Station to Station
David Bowie – Live Nassau Coliseum 76
David Bowie – David Live (2005 Mix)
Big Star – Complete Third Vol. 2: Roughs to Mixes
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness – Zombies on Broadway
Isis – Wavering Radiant
Sinkane – Life and Livin’ It
Old Crow Medicine Show – Best Of
Sun Ra – Spaceways
Various Artists – Philip Glass: Violin Concerto Vol. 1
Jeezy – Trap or Die 3
Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears – Backlash
Meatbodies – Alice
Noveller – A Pink Sunset for No One
Chevelle – This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)
Avenged Sevenfold – Best of 2005-2013
311 – From Chaos
Nat King Cole – Unforgettable
Chuck Prophet – Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins
Cynic – Uroboric Forms: The Complete Demo Recordings
Parkway Drive – Horizons

CASSETTE

Various Artists – Hamilton Mixtape
Beach Slang – Here I Made This For You
Carlo Mario Cordio – Troll 2 Soundtrack

DVD/BLU-RAY

Def Leppard – And There Will Be a Next Time: Live From Detroit DVD and Blu-ray

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THE HAND ALBUM RELEASE PARTY 2/23

February 7, 2017 - Live Shows , Live@RX , The Record Exchange Blog , The Vinyl Word - by - No Comments

TheHandPromoPhto_PThe Record Exchange (1105 W. Idaho St.) is honored to host The Hand Album Release Party at 6pm Thursday, Feb. 23. “Find a Reason” will be available for purchase at the party. As always, this Record Exchange in-store event is free and all ages. The Hand also will be celebrating the release with a special performance at Neurolux Feb. 24 with Cerberus Rex and Mantooth – tickets available at The Record Exchange!

ABOUT THE HAND

TheHand_FAR.CDThe Hand was formed in 1998 with the intention of the lineup being Pat “Brown” Schmaljohn on bass and vocals, Scott Schmaljohn on guitar and vocals and a drummer that would put up with the Schmaljohn brothers. This plan was cut short with a substance addiction and later death of Pat Brown (RIP) in 1999. Scott and Pat were eager and excited to play together after a break from years of playing, recording and touring in Boise bands State of Confusion (1983-1988) and Treepeople (1988-1992).

Following the tragedy, The Hand’s first lineup included Scott Schmaljohn on guitar and vocals, Darin Dodd on drums and Chris Bock on bass.

TheHandSngleThe Hand currently features Cody Roy (Demoni) on drums, James Johnson (Trigger Itch) on bass and Scott Schmaljohn on guitar and vocals. Uniting in 2014, The Hand had a new vigor, urgency and energy. The Hand was asked to tour in February 2016 on an 11-shows-in-12-days West Coast tour with Built to
Spill. “We were well received on tour, and knew we had to get a new record out,” Scott says.

With this new momentum, chemistry and songwriting, The Hand went into Andy A.’s Chop Shop studio to record nine new songs. “Find a Reason” will be officially released at The Record Exchange release party. The Hand will also have a two-song vinyl 7-inch( limited edition of 30, signed and numbered) for sale at both shows.

The Hand is planning tour dates in the spring, as well as playing Treefort Music Fest Wednesday, March 22 at Neurolux.

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RECORD EXCHANGE TOP 10 SELLERS (WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 2, 2017)

February 3, 2017 - The Record Exchange Blog - by - No Comments

4184563183261. Mixtape of the Open Road, Martin Sexton
2. One More for the Road, Curtis Stigers
3. Lips of Calypso, Lounge on Fire
4. Life Without Sound, Cloud Nothings
5. Run the Jewels 3, Run the Jewels
6. What the Devil?, Storie Grubb
7. Blurryface, Twenty One Pilots
8. Near to the Wild Heart of Life, Japandroids
9. La La Land Soundtrack, Various Artists
10. I See You, The xx

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NEW RELEASE FRIDAY: WYCLEF JEAN, ELBOW, BETH HART, IRON REAGAN, MENZINGERS, CIGARETTES AFTER SEX

February 2, 2017 - DVD and Blu Ray , The Vinyl Word - by - No Comments

new release friday

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

CD

Wyclef Jean – J’ouvert
Elbow – Little Fictions
Beth Hart – Fire on the Floor
Iron Reagan – Crossover Ministry
The Menzingers – After the Party
Wheeler Bryson – Wheeler Soundtrack
LeAnn Rimes – Remnants
Less Than Jake – Sound the Alarm
Cigarettes After Sex – I.
Surfer Blood – Snowdonia
Muno – About U
Ron Gallo – Heavy Meta
Black Star Riders – Heavy Fire
Sampha – Process
Black Sabbath – The Ultimate Collection
Judas Priest – Turbo 30
Moon Duo – Occult Architecture I
Communions – Blue
Fenech-Soler – Zilla
Horisont – About Time
Haken – Aquarius
Haken – Visions
Delaney and Bonnie and Friends – Motel Shot

VINYL

Cigarettes After Sex – I.
Elbow – Little Fictions
The Menzingers – After the Party (indie exclusive red colored vinyl available)
Surfer Blood – Snowdonia (indie exclusive white colored vinyl available)
Less Than Jake – Sound the Alarm
Iron Reagan – Crossover Ministry
Sampha – Process
Judas Priest – Turbo 30
Black Sabbath – The Ultimate Collection
Gigi Masin and Charles Hayward – Les Nouvelles Musiques de Chambre Volume 2
Moon Duo – Occult Architecture 1
Ron Gallo – Heavy Meta
Beth Hart – Fire on the Floor
Behind Closed Doors – Exit Lines: A Brief History of Behind Closed Doors
Eluvium – Talk Amongst the Trees
The-Dream – Love Hate
Steve Miller Band – The Joker 40th Anniversary Edition
Train – A Girl, A Bottle, A Boat

DVD/BLU-RAY

Mumford and Sons – Live from South Africa: Dust and Thunder DVD and Blu-ray

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LYDIA LOVELESS LIVE AT THE RECORD EXCHANGE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6 (6PM)

February 1, 2017 - Live Shows , Live@RX - by - No Comments

Lydia_Loveless_Horizonal_David_T_Kindler_Girls_StyleLydia Loveless will perform live at The Record Exchange (1105 W. Idaho St. in Downtown Boise) at 6pm Monday, Feb. 6. Loveless is performing at Neurolux later in the evening and we have tickets for sale at the store. As always, this Record Exchange in-store event is free and all ages.

ABOUT LYDIA LOVELESS

BS239_lydialoveless_real_LPcover1600_1Blessed with a commanding, blast-it-to-the-back-of-the-room voice, the 25-year-old Lydia Loveless was raised on a family farm in Coshocton, Ohio—a small weird town with nothing to do but make music. With a dad who owned a country music bar, Loveless often woke up with a house full of touring musicians scattered on couches and floors. She has turned this potential nightmare scenario (eww….touring musicians smell…) into a wellspring of creativity.

When she got older, in the time-honored traditions of teenage rebellion, she turned her back on these roots, moved to the city (Columbus, Ohio) and immersed herself in the punk scene, soaking up the musical and attitudinal influences of everyone from Charles Bukowski to Richard Hell to Hank III.

Loveless’s Bloodshot debut album Indestructible Machine combined heady doses of punk rock energy and candor with the country classicism she was raised on and just can’t shake; it was a gutsy and unvarnished mash-up. It channeled ground zero-era Old 97s (with whom she later toured), but the underlying bruised vulnerability came across like Neko Case’s tuff little sister. Indestructible Machine possesses a snotty irreverence and lyrical brashness that’s an irresistible kick in the pants.

On her second Bloodshot album Somewhere Else, released after a few 7″ singles and an EP, Loveless was less concerned with chasing approval – she scrapped an entire album’s worth of material before writing the set – and more focused on fighting personal battles of longing and heartbreak, and the aesthetic that comes along with them. While her previous album was described as “hillbilly punk with a honky-tonk heart” (Uncut), this one couldn’t be so quickly shoehorned into neat categorical cubbyholes. No, things were different this time around—Loveless and her band collectively dismissed the genre blinders and sonic boundaries that came from playing it from a safe, familiar place. Creatively speaking, if Indestructible Machine was an all-night bender, Somewhere Else was the forlorn twilight of the next day, when that creeping nostalgia has you looking back for someone, something, or just… anything.

2016’s Real is one of those exciting records where you sense an artist truly hitting their stride, that their vision is both focused and expansive, and that their talent brims with a confident sense of place, execution and exploration. Whether you’ve followed Lydia’s career forever, like us, or if you are new to her ample game, Real is gonna grab your ears.

On her first two Bloodshot albums, there were fevered comparisons to acknowledged music icons like Loretta Lynn, Stevie Nicks, Replacements, and more. She’s half this, half that, one part something else. We hate math. But, now Real and Lydia Loveless are reference points of their own. Genre-agnostic, Lydia and her road-tightened band pull and tease and stretch from soaring, singalong pop gems, roots around the edges to proto-punk. There are many sources, but the album creates a sonic center of gravity all its own.

Always a gifted writer with a lot to say, Lydia gives the full and sometimes terrifying, sometimes ecstatic force of the word. Struggles between balance and outburst, infectious choruses fronting emotional torment are sung with a sneer, a spit, or a tenderness and openness that is both intensely personal and universally relatable. It is, as the title suggests, real.

Lydia Loveless has toured with artists such as Old 97s, Drive-By Truckers, Jason Isbell, Iron & Wine, Scott H. Biram, and the Supersuckers. Her music has been praised by Rolling Stone, NPR, Pitchfork, SPIN, Stereogum, Chicago Tribune, and more.

Loveless penned an original song for the 2015 film I Smile Back, starring Sarah Silverman, and was the subject of the 2016 documentary Who Is Lydia Loveless?, directed by Gorman Bechard.

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