TURNTABLES: PRO-JECT'S CLASS-LEADING SOUND FOR STARTER PRICE

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RECORD EXCHANGE '13 PICKS: MICHAEL

bunnell headTis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2013 Staff Picks!

Take a gander at Michael‘s list:

STEVE EARLE
The Low Highway
RICHARD THOMPSON
Electric
VIEUX FARKA TOURE
Mon Pays
JASON ISBELL
Southeastern
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS
Push The Sky Away
TIM EASTON
Not Cool
SHOVELS & ROPE
O’ Be Joyful
HOWE GELB
The Coincidentalist
CHARLES BRADLEY
Victim Of Love
BILL CALLAHAN
Dream River

RECORD EXCHANGE '13 PICKS: JIL

jilTis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2013 Staff Picks!

Take a gander at Jil‘s list:

MAZZY STAR
Seasons Of Your Day
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Way To Blue: The Songs Of Nick Drake
VALERIE JUNE
Pushin’ Against A Stone
ROBYN HITCHCOCK
Love From London
RICHARD THOMPSON
Electric
THE FLAMING LIPS
The Terror
CATE LE BON
Mug Museum
PHOSPHORESCENT
Muchacho
NEKO CASE
The Worse Things Get
MATT COSTA
Matt Costa

RECORD EXCHANGE '13 PICKS: CARL S.

carlTis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2013 Staff Picks!

Take a gander at Carl S.‘s list:

IRON & WINE
Ghost On Ghost
OKKERVIL RIVER
The Silver Gymnasium
STEVE EARLE
The Low Highway
EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL
Old Yellow Moon
THE HEAD & THE HEART
Let’s Be Still
RICHARD THOMPSON
Electric
NEW TRANSIT
Country Music Dead
BEN HARPER WITH CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE
Get Up!
THE BEATLES
On Air: Live At The BBC Vol. 2
J. RODDY WALSTON & THE BUSINESS
Essential Tremors

RECORD EXCHANGE TOP 20 SELLERS (WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 22, 2013)

idaho ho ho cd1. IdaHo Ho Ho 2013, Various Artists
2. Pure Heroine, Lorde
3. Let’s Be Still, The Head and the Heart
4. Foreverly, Billie Joe and Norah
5. Garden City Skyline, Famous Motel Cowboys
6. Reflektor, Arcade Fire
7. Pull Together, Calico
8. Random Access Memories, Daft Punk
9. Lightning Bolt, Pearl Jam
10. Southeastern, Jason Isbell
11. I’m a Stranger Here, The Devil Makes Three
12. The Lumineers, The Lumineers
13. Babel, Mumford & Sons
14. Because the Internet, Childish Gambino
15. Inside Llewyn Davis Soundtrack, Various Artists
16. Trouble Will Find Me, The National
17. The Low Highway, Steve Earle
18. In Our Town: Songs for Boise 150, Various Artists
19. IdaHo Ho Ho 2012, Various Artists
20. For Emma, Forever Ago, Bon Iver