TOP 5 OF 2017 (SO FAR): JOE K.

We’re midway through the year in music and liking what we’ve heard so far. We’re excited for what’s to come, but here at the midpoint, we’re taking pause to talk about our favorite releases of the first half of 2017.

Here’s Joe K.’s picks:

1. 2 ChainzPretty Girls Like Trap Music
2. 2 Chainz – Pretty Girls Like Trap Music
3. 2 Chainz – Pretty Girls Like Trap Music
4. 2 Chainz – Pretty Girls Like Trap Music
5. 2 Chainz – Pretty Girls Like Trap Music

NEW RELEASE FRIDAY: LANA DEL REY, TYLER THE CREATOR, IN THIS MOMENT, VIOLENT FEMMES, FOSTER THE PEOPLE, AVEY TARE & MORE

Here’s a quick look at the bright and shiny new releases available at The Record Exchange on Friday!

CD:

Lana Del Rey – Lust for Life
Tyler, the Creator – Flower Boy
In This Moment – Ritual
Violent Femmes – Two Mics
Foster the People – Sacred Hearts Club
Chris Robinson – Barefoot in the Head
Nicole Atkins – Goodnight Rhonda Lee
Avey Tare – Eucalyptus
Goldfinger – Knife
Ramones – Leave Home 40th Anniversary
Straight No Chaser – Six Pack Vol. 3
Decrepit Birth – Axis Mundi
Dennis Coffey – Evolution … Plus
Sara Evans – Words
Hans Zimmer – Dunkirk Score
Various Artists – Sid and Nancy: Love Kills Soundtrack
Various Artists – Kids Soundtrack
Trapped Under Ice – Heatwave
Tau Cross – Pillar of Fire
Pathology – Pathology
Shattered Sun – The Evolution of Anger
Stanton Moore – With You In Mind
David Benoit and Marc Antoine – So Nice!
Harts – Smoke Fire Hope Desire
Declan McKenna – What Do You Think About the Car?
Billy Ocean – Here You Are: The Music of My Life
Mr. Big – Defying Gravity

VINYL:

Avey Tare – Eucalyptus
Wintersun – The Forest Seasons
Chris Robinson – Barefoot in the Head
Roxy Music – Avalon
Beach Boys – Wild Honey
Teenage Bottlerocket – Stealing the Covers
Various Artists – Sid and Nancy: Love Kills Soundtrack
Napalm Death – From Enslavement to Obliteration
Various Artists – Walk the Line Soundtrack
Carl Perkins – The Best of the Sun Records Sessions
Chon – Homey
Andy Hull and Robert McDowell – Swiss Army Man Soundtrack Collector’s Edition
Disasterpeace – Hyper Light Drifter Soundtrack
Takeshi Furukawa – The Last Guardian Soundtrack
Richard Strauss, Christian Thielemann, Wiener Philharmoniker – Eine Alpensinfonie Op. 64 TrV 233

ENTER TO WIN A SIGNED PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND VINYL LP!

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band recently released So It Is, and Sony Music sent us an autographed vinyl LP to give away!

To enter the drawing, send an email* with the subject “Preservation Hall” HERE by midnight Thursday, July 27. We will draw names and notify the winners on Friday, July 28.

* 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.

TOP 5 OF 2017 (SO FAR): JOEY

We’re midway through the year in music and liking what we’ve heard so far. We’re excited for what’s to come, but here at the midpoint, we’re taking pause to talk about our favorite releases of the first half of 2017.

Here’s Joey’s picks:

1. Sick WishRiddelvoid
2. Cigarettes After Sex – Cigarettes After Sex
3. Jason LoewensteinSpooky Action
4. Eleven & Jason DE&J
5. Sun Blood StoriesIt Runs Around The Room With Us

TOP 5 OF 2017 (SO FAR): BRION

We’re midway through the year in music and liking what we’ve heard so far. We’re excited for what’s to come, but here at the midpoint, we’re taking pause to talk about our favorite releases of the first half of 2017.

Here’s Brion’s picks:

1. Drab MajestyThe Demonstration
2. Mount EerieA Crow Looked at Me
3. Playboi CartiPlayboi Carti
4. TALsoundsLove Sick
5. LossHorizonless