TOP 5 OF 2017 (SO FAR): RACHEL

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 Rachel’s picks:

1. The Early NovemberFifteen Years
2. Can’t SwimFail You Again
3. GrayscaleAdornment
4. ’68Two Parts Viper
5. Galactic EmpireGalactic Empire

RECORD EXCHANGE TOP 10 SELLERS (WEEK ENDING 7/13/17)

1. OK Computer: OKNOTOK 1997 2017, Radiohead
2. Meanwhile … Back at the Lab, Slightly Stoopid
3. The Nashville Sound, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
4. Sand in the Sky, The Expendables
5. 4:44, Jay-Z
6. Something to Tell You, Haim
7. Boo Boo, Toro y Moi
8. Hug of Thunder, Broken Social Scene
9. Purple Rain Deluxe Edition, Prince
10. Crack-Up, Fleet Foxes

TOP 5 OF 2017 (SO FAR): TAYLOR

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 Taylor’s picks:

1. King Gizzard & the Lizard WizardFlying Microtonal Banana
2. Lounge on FireLips of Calypso
3. ThundercatDrunk
4. Beach FossilsSomersault
5. Washed OutMister Mellow

TOP 5 OF 2017 (SO FAR): AMEERAH

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 Ameerah’s picks:

1. Julie ByrneNot Even Happiness
2. Mount EerieA Crow Looked At Me
3. CaddywhompusOdd Hours
4. ThundercatDrunk
5. Timber TimbreSincerely, Future Pollution

NEW RELEASE FRIDAY: RADIOHEAD OK COMPUTER 20TH ANNIVERSARY, JAY-Z, HAIM, BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE, TORO Y MOI, THE MELVINS & MORE!

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

CD:

Radiohead – OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017
Jay-Z – 4:44
Haim – Something to Tell You
The Melvins – Walk with Love and Death
Broken Social Scene – Hug of Thunder
Toro Y Moi – Boo Boo
Pickwick – Lovejoys
M.O.D. – Busted, Broke and American
Public Service Broadcasting – Every Valley
River Black – River Black
Randall Bramblett – Juke Joint at the Edge of the World
Chris Bell – Looking Forward: The Roots of Big Star
Ulrich Schnauss – No Further Ahead Than Today
Blind Guardian – Live Beyond the Spheres
Decapitated – Anticult
Rhonda Vincent and Daryle Singletary – American Grandstand

VINYL:

Radiohead – OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017
Broken Social Scene – Hug of Thunder
Toro Y Moi – Boo Boo
STRFKR – Vault 2
The Black Lips – Satan’s Graffiti or God’s Art?
The Melvins – Walk with Love and Death
Emmylou Harris – Various Reissues
Rosanne Cash – King’s Record Shop
Randy Newman – Various Reissues
Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? Deluxe Edition
Ulrich Schnauss – No Further Ahead Than Today
Master P – Ice Cream Man
Nickelback – Various Reissues
Municipal Waste – Fatal Feast
Decapitated – Anticult
Public Service Broadcasting – Every Valley
Great Grandpa – Plastic Cough
Various Artists – True Romance Soundtrack
Otis Redding – The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
Otis Redding – The Soul Album
Booker T and the MG’s – Hip Hug Her
Albert King – Born Under a Bad Sign
Michael Giacchino – Spider-Man Homecoming Soundtrack
Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard – Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture