'IDAHO HO HO' BENEFIT ALBUM RELEASE IN-STORE CONCERT TUESDAY, NOV. 27!

The Record Exchange will host a special IdaHo Ho Ho with Moxie Java benefit album release in-store at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27. As always, this Record Exchange in-store performance is free and all ages.

Once again, Moxie Java and Idaho musicians have combined efforts to support the Idaho Foodbank with the third volume of IdaHo Ho Ho with Moxie Java, another holiday celebration with music from 13 Idaho artists.

The CD will be available at The Record Exchange during the in-store, which will feature artists from the album performing their holiday tunes live on the RX stage!

Scheduled to perform are:

Steve Fulton
Andy Byron
Ophelia
Willison Roos
Scott Riggan

The limited-edition CD will be available at the Record Exchange and participating Moxie Java locations throughout the Treasure Valley for $15, with all profits going directly to help fund the efforts of the Idaho Foodbank – the largest distributor of free emergency food in the state. Since 1984, the Idaho Foodbank has provided 100 million pounds of food to a network of more than 200 hunger-relief partners.

TRACK LIST

1. Carole King – “Carol Of The Bells”
2. New Transit with Todd Sloan – “Satisfy My Heart (Christmas For Beginners)”
3. Ben Darwish & Shook Twins – “Carol Of The Drum”
4. Ryan Bayne – “Go Tell It On The Mountain”
5. Scott Riggan & Jamie Thietten – “Come To Us (O Little Town)”
6. Ophelia – “This Mistletoe (The Bum, Bum, Bum Song)”
7. Micky & The Motorcars – “Odessa Snow”
8. Andy Byron & The Lost River Band – “Christmas Time Again”
9. James Orr – “Auld Lang Syne”
10. Todd Dunnigan – “One For The Angels”
11. Willison Roos – “All I Want Tonight (Christmas In Boise)”
12. Fiona Luray – “For All Eternity”
13. Steve Fulton – “Merry Wishes”

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NEW RELEASE OF THE WEEK: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE'S REMASTERED 'XX (20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION)'

PREVIEW/BUY THE CD HERE
PREVIEW/BUY THE VINYL HERE

Rage Against the Machine‘s 1992 debut is a grenade that keeps exploding; among Nineties albums, only Nevermind and The Chronic rival it for cultural impact. Rage made hip-hop-tinged funk metal the new rebel music, taking over the alienation beat from grunge slackers and making Marxist sloganeering seem badass.

Like any good revolutionary sect, Rage weren’t without their contradictions and tensions: Zack de la Rocha’s blocky, academically aspirational rhymes preached leftist revolution (“Enough, I call the bluff – fuck Manifest Destiny!” he shouted on “Bombtrack”); guitarist and sonic architect Tom Morello practiced an almost authoritarian control and extreme technical precision as he mimicked sampling, sent down thunderous power chords and, occasionally, indulged in almost New Age-y solos. (See the liquid note-bending on “Township Rebellion.”)

Remastered to museum-clean standards, the reissued album comes with DVDs of holy-shit live shows and music videos, plus demos that prove just how down and detailed the group had every song (even if Morello still couldn’t resist changing solos). The rap appropriation has lost the force of novelty, of course, but blaming Rage Against the Machine for Fred Durst is like blaming Abraham Lincoln for John Boehner; de la Rocha’s throat-scraping eruptions about suicide (the fate of an outcast in “Settle for Nothing”) and bullets in the head feel as primal as any lefty rock – and maybe more so, heard from inside Morello’s palace of sound. Rage were machinelike, yes, but built to change worlds.–Rolling Stone

GIVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC: 60 MUST-HAVE CDs $9.99 NOV. 23 THROUGH DEC. 31!

The name says it all: Give the Gift of Music. Our annual $9.99 holiday CD sale is back, and a top-drawer coalition of record store people across the country (including The Record Exchange) hand-picked 60 titles for your holiday gift-giving and personal pleasure.

Starting Black Friday and continuing through Dec. 31, the following CDs are sale-priced at $9.99 each. See, 10 bucks still does go a long way.

GIVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC TITLES

Jack White – Blunderbuss

The Shins – Port Of Morrow

Bob Dylan – Tempest

Dave Matthews Band – Away From The World

Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Americana

Shinedown – Amarylis

The Lumineers – The Lumineers

Shovels and Rope – O Be Joyful

Grizzly Bear – Shields

Fun. – Some Nights

Gary Clark Jr. – Blak And Blu

Tame Impala – Lonerism

Passion Pit – Gossamer

The Head and the Heart – The Head and the Heart

Beach House – Bloom

Father John Misty – Fear Fun

Willie Nelson – Heroes

Rodriguez – Searching For Sugar Man

Rage Against The Machine – Rage Against The Machine XX

Coheed and Cambria – The Afterman: Ascension

Kaki King – Glow

Lavender Diamond – Incorrupitble Heart

Ozomatli – Ozomatli Presents Ozokidz

Mike Doughty – The Flip Is Another Honey

Miggs – 15th & Hope

The Heavy – The Glorious Dead

The Heavy – The House That Dirt Built

Grouplove – Never Trust A Happy Song

Redd Kross – Researching the Blues

Angus Stone – Broken Brights

Be Good Tanyas – A Collection

Julia Stone – By the Horns

Brother Ali – Mourning in America & Dreaming

P.O.S. – We Don’t Even Live Here

Aesop Rock – Skelethon

The Mynabirds – Generals

Icky Blossoms – Icky Blossoms

Title Fight – Floral Green

Xavier Rudd – Spirit Bird

Eric Bibb and Habib Koite – Brothers in Bamako

Various Artists – First Came Memphis Minnie

King Tuff – King Tuff

The Tallest Man on Earth – There’s No Leaving Now

Bloc Party – Four

Local Natives – Gorilla Manor

Steve Forbert – Over With You

Rhett Miller – The Dreamer

Raveonettes – Observator

Turbonegro – Sexual Harassment

Black Angels – Phosphene Dream

Bad Brains – Bad Brains

Dead Can Dance – Anastasis

RECORD EXCHANGE TOP 20 SELLERS (WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 25, 2012)

1. Babel, Mumford & Sons
2. Paradise, Lana Del Rey
3. Let’s Go Out Tonight, Curtis Stigers
4. Cold Fact, Rodriguez
5.  Psychedelic Pill, Neil Young & Crazy Horse
6. Dos!, Green Day
7. Born To Sing: No Plan B: Van Morrison
8. Various Artists, Moonrise Kingdom Soundtrack
9. My Head Is An Animal, Of Monsters And Men
10. Searching For Sugarman, Rodriguez
11. Glad Rag Doll, Diana Krall
12. Celebration Day, Led Zeppelin
13. Night Visions, Imagine Dragons
14. Afterman: Ascension, Coheed and Cambria
15. Fell In Love With A Girl, The White Stripes
16. Dopesmoker, Sleep
17. Grrr! Greatest Hits, Rolling Stones
18. Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes
19. King Animal, Soundgarden
20. Little Broken Hearts, Norah Jones

 

 

 

NEW RELEASE TUESDAY 11/27: LISTENING PARTY WITH RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE & FREE PIE HOLE PIZZA!

The Record Exchange’s New Release Tuesday series continues on Nov. 27 with Rage Against the Machine‘s XX reissue of their self-titled first album! The album will be featured during our weekly listening party following the Idaho Ho Ho in-store, which takes place at 6 p.m. Enjoy free Pie Hole pizza starting at 6!

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 new Radio Boise Tuesdays series at Neurolux is quickly becoming a new favorite on the music scene. The weekly series features local and touring bands as well as a Radio Boise DJ after each show. Radio Boise receives 20% of drink 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.