THE VINYL WORD: FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH'S NEW ALBUM 'THE WRONG SIDE OF HEAVEN AND THE RIGHTEOUS SIDE OF HELL VOL. 1'

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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

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RECORD EXCHANGE TOP 20 SELLERS (WEEK ENDING JULY 28, 2013)

Gogol Bordello1. Pura Vida Conspiracy, Gogol Bordello
2. In Our Town-Songs For Boise, Various Artists
3. My Favorite Picture of You, Guy Clark
4. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
5. Blessed Unrest, Sara Bareilles
6. Electric, Pet Shop Boys
7. Southeastern, Jason Isbell
8. Take On The World, Fly2Void
9. Magna Carta Holy Grail, Jay-Z
10. 3 Feet HIgh & Rising, De La Soul
11. Ghost On Ghost, Iron & Wine
12. Give Up, The Postal Service
13. Live At Blues Alley, Eva Cassidy
14. Sunbather, Deafheaven
15. Random Access Memories, Daft Punk
16. Old Yellow Moon, Emmylou Harris
17.Modern Vampires of the City, Vampire Weekend
18. Night Visions, Imagine Dragons
19. All Hail West Texas, Mountain Goats
20. Pick Me Up, Truth & Salvage Co.

NEW RELEASE OF THE WEEK: GUY CLARK'S 'MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF YOU'

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Guy Clark has written a few dozen of the best songs of the last half-century, as many of the artists who have covered his work – from Johnny Cash to Kenny Chesney – would likely say. He’s saved a few good ones for himself on My Favorite Picture of You (Dualtone), his first album in four years and one of the best of his storied career.

Clark was a friend, mentor and spiritual foundation for a gaggle of Texas songwriters, including Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle and Rodney Crowell, and his sparse but poetic style is best served with a minimum of fuss. The new album’s small-combo acoustic settings — melding two-steps and Tex-Mex, Spanish guitar and honky-tonk fiddles — suit the songwriter’s weathered vocals. Clark is 71, and he’s outlived friends and loved ones, who flicker through these songs. It’s difficult not to feel the spirit of Van Zandt in the unflinching “The High Price of Inspiration.” Most poignant of all is the title song, in which Clark turns a faded decades-old snapshot of his late wife, Susanna, into a tender farewell. – Chicago Tribune

NEW RELEASE TUESDAY: MERGE RECORDS LISTENING PARTY (THE LOVE LANGUAGE, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS) AND FREE PIE HOLE PIZZA/RAFFLE JULY 23!

the-love-language-ruby-redThe Record Exchange’s New Release Tuesday series continues on July 23 with a special Merge Records showcase featuring The Love Language‘s Ruby Red and The Mountain Goats‘ All Hail West Texas reissue! The albums 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!mountain-goats-west-texas

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 drradio boise tuesdaysink 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

Gogol Bordello – Pura Vida Conspiracy

Guy Clark – My Favorite Picture of You

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Half Moon Run – Dark Eyes

Selena Gomez – Stars Dance

Ghostface Killah – Twelve Reasons to Die: The Brown Tape

The Smashing Pumpkins – The Aeroplane Flies High Deluxe Edition

Rich Gang – Rich Gang (deluxe edition also available)

The Weekend – Jinx

Fuck Buttons – Slow Focus

True Widow – Circumambulation

We Came As Romans – Tracing Back Roots

The Love Language – Ruby Red

The Mountain Goats – All Hail West Texas

Truth and Salvage Co. – Pick Me Up

Winery Dogs – Winery Dogs

Van Dyke Parks – Songs Cycled

Secrets – Fragile Figures

James Maddock – Another Life

Grant Hart – Argument

U-God – Keynote Speaker

Ulver – Live at Roadburn 2012

Star and Dagger – Tomorrowland Blues

Pyramids – Brightest Darkest Day

Otis Redding – The Complete Stax/Volt Singles

Sombear – Love You in the Dark

Fur Trade – Don’t Get Heavy

Mona – Torches and Pitchforks

Hands Like Houses – Unimagine

Grits and Glamour – Dos Divas

Hey! Hello! – Hey! Hello!

Fight or Flight – Life By Design

All Pigs Must Die – Nothing Violates This Nature

Hunx and His Punx – Street Punk

Various Artists – History of Soul: Let’s Soul Dance (Black Dance Crazes 1957-1962)

Various Artists – History of Soul: Lonely Avenue (Soul From New York 1955-1962)

Black Tusk – Tend No Wounds

Craig Ferguson – I’m Here to Help

Marc Anthony – 3.0

Julian Cope – Revolutionary Suicide

Jim Jones Revue – Savage Heart

Chet Baker – Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe

George Jones and Friends – God’s Country

Ella Fitzgerald – Best of the BBC Vaults

Cannonball Adderley and Milt Jackson – Things Are Getting Better

Thelonious Monk and Gerry Mulligan – Mulligan Meets Monk

Bill Evans Trio – How My Heart Sings!

Wes Montgomery – So Much Guitar!

Chixdiggit! – Double Diggits!

VINYL

Baroness – Live at Maida Vale-BBC

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Editors – The Weight of Your Love

Fuck Buttons – Slow Focus

The Weekend – Jinx

Gogol Bordello – Pura Vida Conspiracy (indie store exclusive version)

Guy Clark – My Favorite Picture of You

Streetlight Manifesto – Hands That Thieve

Half Moon Run – Dark Eyes

Black Tusk – Tend No Wounds

Blockhead – Music By Cavelight

Bonobo – Days to Come

John Doe – Year in the Wilderness

Truth and Salvage Co. – Pick Me Up

Johnny Cash – Rockabilly Blues

Elvis Presley – Elvis’ Golden Records

The Smashing Pumpkins – The Aeroplane Flies High Deluxe Edition

The Mountain Goats – All Hail West Texas

Le Super Biton National de Segou – Le Super Biton National de Segou

Divine Fits – Chained to Love

Superchunk – Me & You & Jackie Mittoo

Cold Cave – Oceans With No End

Alpine – A is For Alpine

Cathedral – Garden of Unearthly Delights

Cathedral – Guessing Game

Dengue Fever – Venus On Earth

Chixdiggit! – Born on the First of July

DVD/BLU-RAY

Aerosmith – Rock for the Rising DVD and Blu-ray

Babette’s Feast (Criterion Collection) DVD and Blu-ray

Craig Ferguson – I’m Here to Help DVD

RECORD EXCHANGE TOP 20 SELLERS (WEEK ENDING JULY 21, 2013)

songs for boise1. In Our Town-Songs For Boise, Various Artists
2. Take On the World, Fly2Void
3. Random Access Memories, Daft Punk
4. Electric, Pet Shop Boys
5. What’s That Hat For?, Hillfolk Noir
6. Blessed Unrest, Sara Bareilles
7. Magna Carta Holy Grail, Jay-Z
8. Southeastern, Jason Isbell
9. 13, Black Sabbath
10. Night Visions, Imagine Dragons
11. Babel, Mumford & Sons
12. My Head Is An Animal, Of Monsters & Men
13. Kveikur, Sigur Ros
14. Tomorrow’s Harvest, Boards of Canada
15. Walk Through Exits Only, Philip Anselmo
16. The Weatherman, Gregory Alan Isakov
17. Last of the Great Pretenders, Matt Nathanson
18. If You Leave, Daughter
19. Deceiver Of The Gods, Amon Amarth
20. Jump-Ups and Jollities, Travis Ward