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NEW DVD/BLU-RAY: 'NEIL YOUNG JOURNEYS' MASTERFULLY DEPICTS YOUNG'S CHILDHOOD STORIES

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October 19, 2012 - The Record Exchange Blog - by - No Comments

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In May of 2011, Neil Young drove a 1956 Crown Victoria from his idyllic hometown of Omemee, Ontario to downtown Toronto’s iconic Massey Hall where he intimately performed the last two nights of his solo world tour. Along the drive, Young recounted insightful and introspective stories from his youth to filmmaker Jonathan Demme. Demme, a long-time fan and collaborator, captured these tales of Young’s childhood and masterfully weaved them together with his mesmerizing music including songs from the 2010 album Le Noise and powerful renditions of classics including “Ohio”, “Hey Hey, My My”, “I Believe in You” and previously unreleased songs “Leia” and “You Never Call.” Through the tunes and the tales, Demme portrays a personal, retrospective look into the heart and soul of the artist.

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CHECK OUT 'DETHALBUM III' FROM METALOCALYPSE: DETHKLOK AND OTHER NEW RX CD RECOMMENDATIONS

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What happens when a work of satire becomes larger and more successful than the subject matter? Brendon Small, multi-instrumental lead vocalist of cartoon band Dethklok, is faced with this conundrum thanks to Metalocalypse, his sinister televised study, spoof, and tribute to all things metal.

Dethalbum III, like the band’s two previous full-length records, is an anthology of original tracks featured on the cartoon reworked into a proper album. But somehow, the sum total of its parts manages to come across as more than just a compilation. Metalocalypse viewers and Cradle of Filth fans will treasure the morose humor found on tracks like “I Ejaculate Fire” and “Impeach God”, while hardened metal-head zealots will quiver in the thunder of double kick drums set to melodic speed riffs that would be the envy of Children of Bodom. Granted, things can get repetitive and there’s a bit of a learning-curve for those unfamiliar with the target genre of mockery, but even casual fans can appreciate the musical expertise and technical proficiency required to craft such devilish noise.

Despite the added context of the TV series, it’s difficult to figure out where the joke ends and the actual band begins. Is this a Hot Topic clothing store evolving into haute couture or Weird Al Yankovic playing Carnegie Hall? Regardless, Dethalbum III’s tongue-in-cheek bravado delivers a more potent hour of music than many of the icons who originally inspired it.—Consequence of Sound

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THE VINYL WORD: GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR SHOWCASE THEIR 'INFALLIBLE EAR FOR TEXTURE'

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The focus on the band’s politics obscures something important: Godspeed You! Black Emperor are making art, not writing editorials. And the fact that they are making art gives them leeway to do things that wouldn’t work in the context of pure rhetoric. It allows them to find magnificence in destruction and build an aesthetic out of decay and loss. So for all their political slogans, pointed titles, and references to global doom, engagement with Godspeed’s music can feel exceedingly personal.

The two lengthy tracks on Allelujah!, “Mladic” and “We Drift Like Worried Fire”, have been part of the band’s live repertoire since 2003. So the record feels in one sense like Godspeed taking care of unfinished business, presenting existing music from their influential run in a context that showcases its full force and power. Taken together, those tracks serve as a 40-minute summary of everything that made this band great.

“We Drift Like Worried Fire” is the flip-side of “Mladic”, both literally and figuratively. For all their grim black-and-white roadside imagery and scenes of destruction, it can be easy to overlook just how joyful Godspeed’s music can be. Built around a simple guitar motif consisting of just a few notes, “Worried Fire” is one of those accruing pieces that gathers one element after another for 10 minutes until it’s so gorgeous you almost can’t take it. 

The two shorter tracks on this album, “Their Helicopters’ Sing” and “Strung Like Lights at Thee Printemps Erable”, are evidence of their infallible ear for texture. They’re both rich, dense drones, “Helicopter” an especially thick mix of feedback and accordion while “Strung Like Lights” is airier and more unstable, not unlike the locked groove that came at the second side of their debut F#A#∞.

Allelujah! (is) an album of music that is both new and old from a band that we thought we might never hear from again, one we should appreciate while we can.–Pitchfork

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NEW RELEASE OF THE WEEK: DON'T MISS A SINGLE NOTE OF PINBACK'S NEW ALBUM 'INFORMATION RETRIEVED'

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Information Retrieved is the sort of album you want to listen to with headphones on, so as to make sure not to miss a single pluck of the guitar string or tap of the snare drum. In the five years since 2007’s Autumn of the Seraphs, California duo Zach Smith and Rob Crow have developed a tightly controlled, almost minimalist collection of songs that remains singularly Pinback while sounding unlike much of their previous work.

Information Retrieved’s arrangements are stripped down, especially by Pinback’s standards. As a result, listener’s ears are drawn into a fuller awareness of, say, Smith’s bass-playing on “His Phase,” which seems to both drive the beat forward and glide the melody along at the same time. But slow-and-steady songs like “Diminished,” with its twinge of ’70s folk in the vocals, are balanced by the toned-down power-pop of opener “Proceed to Memory” and album closers “Denslow, You Idiot!,” with its vintage frenzy of guitar picking and clipped drumming, and “Sediment,” which may be as close as the duo will ever get to arena rock.

From start to finish, Information Retrieved sounds confident and deliberate, a consummate release from two deft musicians who’ve made every note count. —Paste

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NEW RELEASE TUESDAY 10/16: DETHKLOK LISTENING PARTY AND DVD SCREENING, FREE PIE HOLE PIZZA!

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The Record Exchange’s New Release Tuesday series continues on Oct. 16 with Dethklok‘s new album Metalocalypse: Dethklok Dethalbum III! The album and accompanying DVD will be featured during our weekly listening party at 6 p.m. Enjoy free Pie Hole pizza while you listen to Dethalbum III, watch the DVD and enter to win one of our New Release Tuesday raffle prizes!

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!

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Here’s a quick look at the bright and shiny new releases this week at The Record Exchange:

CD

Donald Fagen – Sunken Condos

Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!

Metalocalypse: Dethklok – Dethalbum III (deluxe edition also available)

Pinback – Information Retrieved

Trey Anastasio – Traveler

Widespread Panic – Wood

Jamey Johnson – Livin’ for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran

Jason Aldean – Night Train

ZZ Ward – Til the Casket Drops

Benjamin Gibbard – Former Lives

A Fine Frenzy – Pines

K’naan – Country, God or the Girl (deluxe edition also available)

Martha Wainwright – Come Home to Mama

Anberlin – Vital

First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar deluxe edition

Justin Robinson and the Mary Annettes – Bones for Tinder

Bjork – Biophilia Remix Series Vol. 6

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez – Octopus Kool Aid

Steve Winwood – Arc of a Diver deluxe edition

Ben Harper – By My Side

Smoke and Jackel – EP No. 01

Mika – Origin of Love (deluxe edition also available)

Jason Lytle – Dept. of Disappearance

Neon Trees – Picture Show deluxe edition

Daphni – Jiaolong

Two Fingers – Stunt Rhythms

Tamaryn – Tender New Signs

Public Image Ltd. – Out of the Woods/Reggie Song

Ministry – Every Day is Halloween: Greatest Tricks

Tangerine Dream – Under Cover

The Herbaliser – There Were Seven

Night Moves – Colored Emotions

Bill Laswell – Means of Deliverance

Brandy – Two Eleven (deluxe edition also available)

My Dying Bride – Map of All Our Failures

Various Artists – Return of the Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

Chickenfoot – Chickenfoot

Gov’t Mule – Georgia Bootleg Box

Carla Olson and Mick Taylor – Too Hot For Snakes/The Ring of Truth

Moving Sidewalks – The Complete Moving Sidewalks

Hundred Waters – Hundred Waters

DJ Vadim – Don’t Be Scared

Paul Gilbert – Vibrato

VINYL

Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!

Pinback – Information Revisited

Bon Iver – Beth/Rest

Benjamin Gibbard – Former Lives

Trey Anastasio – Traveler

DJ Shadow – Reconstructed: The Best of DJ Shadow

Smoke and Jackal – EP No. 01

The Sea and Cake – Biz

Martha Wainwright – Come Home to Mama

Widespread Panic – Wood (deluxe box set)

Matmos – Ganzfeld EP

David Bazan – Fewer Moving Parts

Public Image Ltd. – Out of the Woods/Reggie Song

Willie Nelson – Heroes

Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia – Live at Keystone

Buddy Guy – Stone Crazy

Alice Cooper – Killer

DJ Vadim – Don’t Be Scared

DVD/BLU-RAY

Moonrise Kingdom DVD and Blu-ray

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted DVD and Blu-ray

Neil Young – Journeys DVD and Blu-ray

The Stanley Kubrick Collection DVD

Mad Men Season 5 DVD

The Office Secret Santa Pack DVD

Chappelle’s Show: The Complete Series DVD

In Treatment Season 2 DVD

Manassas – Lost Broadcasts DVD

That’s My Boy DVD

Chernobyl Diaries DVD

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