NEW RELEASES
ALBERTA CROSS
Broken Side Of Time
GARY ALLEN
Get Off On The Pain
ALOHA
Home Acres
BESNARD LAKES
Are The Roaring Night
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB
Beat The Devil's Tattoo CD/Vinyl
BLED
Heat Fetish
BROKEN BELLS
Broken Bells CD/Vinyl/Deluxe
THE BUNDLES (KIMYA DAWSON)
The Bundles CD/Vinyl
CAN
Delay
JOHNNY CASH
American VI Vinyl
CHIEFTAINS/RY COODER
San Patricio Deluxe Edition Available
JASON COLLETT
Rat A Tat Tat
DARK TRANQUILLITY
We Are The Void Deluxe Edition Available
DAUGHTERS
Daughters
DEMON HUNTER
The World Is A Thorn
DISNEY SONGS AND STORY
Various Titles
ELUVEITIE
Everything Remains
FINNTROLL
Nifelvind
FOUR YEAR STRONG
Enemy Of The World
FRIGHTENED RABBIT
The Winter Of Mixed Drinks CD/Vinyl
GORILLAZ
Plastic Beach Deluxe Edition available
BEN HARPER AND RELENTLESS7
Live From The Montreal International Jazz Festival
JIMI HENDRIX
Valleys Of Neptune CD/Vinyl
JIMI HENDRIX
Various Reissues CD/DVD/Vinyl
IMMOLATION
Majesty And Decay
JOAN JETT
Greatest Hits
KIDZ IN THE HALL
Land Of Make Believe
THE KNIFE W/ MT. SIMS & PLANNINGTOROCK
Tomorrow, In A Year
MILES KUROSKY (BEULAH)
The Desert Of Shallow Effects
PATTY LARKIN
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TED LEO
The Brutalist Bricks CD/Vinyl
LIARS
Sisterworld Deluxe Edition Available
LUDACRIS
Battle Of The Sexes
THE MORNING BENDERS
Big Echo
OF MICE AND MEN
Of Mice And Men
PAVEMENT
Quarantine The Past: The Best Of CD/Vinyl
PAVEMENT
Various Vinyl Reissues
LEE PERRY
Mad Alien Dub
PETER, PAUL AND MARY
With Symphony Orchestra: The Prague Sessions
IGGY POP
Anthology Box 2CD
ROTTING CHRIST
Aealo Deluxe Edition Available
JOSH ROUSE
El Turista
SERJ TANKIAN
Elect The Dead Symphony CD/DVD/Vinyl/Deluxe
TITUS ANDRONICUS
The Monitor
TWISTA
S.O.S.
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Love Never Dies
WHITE WIZZARD
Over The Top
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RX TOP SELLERS
CLICK ON ALBUM TO BUY!
Johnny Cash
Reckless Kelly
Peter Gabriel
John Hiatt
Curtis Stigers
Sade
Various Artists
Citizen Cope
Rosanne Cash
Vampire Weekend
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LIVE AT THE RX
ALL SHOWS ARE FREE!
JOSHUA TREE
Thursday, March 11 (7 p.m.)
ALBUM RELEASE PARTY!
VISQUEEN
Saturday, March 13 (4 p.m.)
ANTSY MCCLAIN
Thursday, March 25 (5:30 p.m.)
JOSH RITTER
Saturday, April 17 (7 p.m.)
RECORD STORE DAY!
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BANDS IN TOWN
CAMILLE BLOOM
Lucky Dog Tavern 3.10
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
The Venue 3.10
JAGUAR LOVE
Neurolux 3.10
JANUS
Knitting Factory 3.12
JOHN NEMETH
Egyptian Theatre 3.13
JAKE SHIMABUKURO
Egyptian Theatre 3.14
MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA
Knitting Factory 3.15
JASON ALDEAN
Taco Bell Arena 3.20
OTEP
Knitting Factory 3.23
TWIZTID
Knitting Factory 3.24
XIU XIU
Neurolux 3.25
EVERY TIME I DIE
The Venue 3.26
QUASI
Neurolux 3.26
ROCK AND WORSHIP ROADSHOW
Idaho Center 3.26
COLD
Knitting Factory 3.26
TYRONE WELLS
Knitting Factory 3.28
JERRY JOSEPH
Neurolux 3.29
OWL CITY
Knitting Factory 3.30
SOULFLY
Knitting Factory 3.31
VOODOO GLOW SKULLS
Gusto 3.31
CHAMILLIONAIRE/PAUL WALL
Knitting Factory 4.2
THE CAVE SINGERS
Neurolux 4.3
THE RUBY SUNS
Flying M Nampa 4.7
HOCKEY
Neurolux 4.8
BEACH HOUSE
Neurolux 4.9
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND
Knitting Factory 4.9
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GIVEAWAYS!
MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA, MARCH 15, KNITTING FACTORY
Purchase Manchester Orchestra's latest album Mean Everything to Nothing at The Record Exchange and get a free ticket to the band's March 15 show at the Knitting Factory. Ticket quantities are limited, so act fast!
JAKE SHIMABUKURO, MARCH 14, EGYPTIAN THEATRE
Ukuleke virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro is performing Sunday, March 14, at the Egyptian Theatre, and The Record Exchange is giving away tickets to the show!
To enter, send an email with the subject "Jake Shimabukuro tickets" HERE by Thursday, March 11. Winners will be notified via email on Friday, March 12. Good luck, peeps!
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CIMS SUGGESTS
VARIOUS ARTISTS
JOHNNY CASH
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ETALES 03.09.10 TRACK LISTING
1. WHITE STRIPES DVD SCREENING: See new live doc at the Egyptian March 16!
2. JOSHUA TREE ALBUM RELEASE PARTY: Celebrate the band's first record!
3. VISQUEEN RECORD EXCHANGE IN-STORE: Up-and-coming indie band at RX!
4. RECORD STORE DAY: Josh Ritter in-store, exclusive releases galore
5. NEW RELEASE OF THE WEEK: Gorillaz Plastic Beach for the $9.99 Right Price!
6. OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS: BRMC, Broken Bells, Hendrix, Pavement, more
7. NEW DVD/BLU-RAY: The definitive Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock
8. THE VINYL WORD: Six Pavement reissues now in stock!
9. THE RIGHT PRICE AT THE RX: White Stripes, Goldfrapp on deck
10. STAFF PICK OF THE WEEK: Elliot on Joanna Newsom's new triple album
11. BEST OF THE DECADE SALE: Extended through March!
12. RX GIFT SHOP: Irish eyes are smiling
13. THINKINDIE DIGITAL STORE: My Morning Jacket ear X-tacy benefit sale
14. BUY STUFF, GET FREE STUFF: Free Hendrix litho!
15. INDIE STORE EXCLUSIVES: Hot Chip numbered vinyl, new Will Kimbrough
16. THE VINYL PRINCESS: Best book on record store culture since High Fidelity?
17. NOONTUNES FLASH SALE: Get schooled on this new Monday three-hour sale!
18. THE BODACIOUS RX BARGAIN BIN: Behold the Gift Shop clearance wall
19. RX SOCIAL NETWORK LINKS: Be our friend, please!
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RECORD EXCHANGE PRESENTS WHITE STRIPES DVD SCREENING AT THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE 3.16
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The Record Exchange presents a special screening of The White Stripes' Under Great White Northern Lights live documentary at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at the Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St. in Downtown Boise.
March 16 is also the release date for the live album and documentary, which chronicles The White Stripes' 2007 tour of every province and territory in Canada. It will be available on DVD, Blu-ray, CD and vinyl.
Tickets to the Egyptian screening are free with purchase of the video or album. If you purchase the DVD, Blu-ray or vinyl, we will give you two tickets to the screening; if you purchase the CD (available at the $9.99 Right Price), we'll give you one ticket.
You can pre-purchase Northern Lights now (tickets will be given to you at time of purchase; videos and albums will be available for pickup beginning March 16). You can also purchase the video or album at the Egyptian the night of the screening.
Beer and wine will be served. Prior to the screening, a student band from Boise Rock School (boiserockschool.com) will be roving outside the Egyptian performing White Stripes songs. Boise Rock School and Go Listen Boise (golistenboise.org) will have information booths inside the theater.
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JOSHUA TREE ALBUM RELEASE PARTY MARCH 11 AT THE RX!!!
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After 25 years, local honky-tonk/roots/country favorites Joshua Tree have released their first album, Live at the VaC, and The Record Exchange is helping them celebrate with an album release party at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 11.
Johnny Shoes, who founded the band with fellow guitarist/vocalist Deborah Holmberg a quarter-century ago, said Live at the VaC is a gift for fans who have long been asking when the band was going to release an album.
"Whenever we were asked about releasing an album, we would always say 'soon' — it became a running joke," Shoes says. "Now they can stop asking."
Live at the VaC is comprised of one original tune and nine covers, but Joshua Tree's first album is not a collection of country hits — rather, it's deep cuts and band/fan favorites from the likes of Emmylou Harris, Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell and others. "We were really making it for the people, the fans we've been playing for for years," Shoes says.
Purchase Live at the VaC or anything else during the in-store and receive a coupon good for 15% off your next purchase (excluding sale items). Rawk on!
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VISQUEEN IN-STORE MARCH 13!
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Visqueen will visit The Record Exchange for an in-store performance at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 13. As always, this Record Exchange in-store concert is free and all ages.
If you haven't heard of Visqueen, here's the skinny: From opening for Muse and Vampire Weekend at a sold-out show to being named NPR's "Biggest Surprise of the Year," the band jettisoned itself to national attention in 2009. With the band having filmed a new video, and a tour down to SXSW with a stop at Noise Pop in San Francisco, things are certainly rolling on for the band in 2010.
Press quotes:
"The band is so fun; it sounds a little like Neko Case and Joan Jett, and there's nothing wrong with that." — Stephen Thompson, NPR, naming the album "The Biggest Suprise of the Year"
"It's a warm-hearted, hardworking album, pushed forward at a breakneck power-pop pace by whalloping drums and grinding, giddy guitars, clearly uninterested in wasting any single second of anyone's time." — Rachael Maddux, Paste Magazine
"From the disc's opening blast, 'Hand Me Down,' to its crashing coda 10 songs later, 'Jimmy vs. James,' the music is insistent, urgent, thrilling. There are no wasted notes, no flash distractions." — Joe Heim, Washington Post
Purchase Message to Garcia or anything else during the in-store and receive a coupon good for 15% off your next purchase (excluding sale items). Rawk on!
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RECORD STORE DAY AT THE RX: JOSH RITTER, RAD EXCLUSIVES
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April 17 marks the third annual Record Store Day, and here at The Record Exchange, it's shaping up to be the best one yet.
Firstly, Josh Ritter will play a special Record Store Day in-store at 7 p.m. Ritter will be performing solo and signing autographs after his set. Because of the anticipated attendance for the event, The Record Exchange is requiring wristbands to get in the door.
Wristbands are available with pre-purchase of Ritter's new album, So Runs the World Away, which is being released on vinyl (with CD included) exclusively at indie record stores on Record Store Day, weeks in advance of the official May 4 release. Pre-purchasing this exclusive vinyl/CD RSD advance release gets you guaranteed admission to the show.
The album will be available for pre-purchase beginning April 13. You'll get your wristband at the time of purchase; then on Record Store Day, the album can be picked up any time before 5:30 p.m. Visit joshritter.com for a preview of So Runs the World Away.
Secondly, Record Store Day will once again feature a slew of exclusive, limited-edition releases on CD and vinyl. Scheduled RSD titles include:
• Sonic Youth Hits Are for Squares double-vinyl LP (songs selected by musicians, actors, directors, etc.)
• Soundgarden Hunted Down 7-inch (Sub Pop reissue, orange vinyl)
• Elvis Costello Live at Hollywood High EP 7-inch (numbered)
• Queens of the Stone Age Feel Good Hit of the Summer EP 10-inch picture disc
• R.E.M. Chronic Town vinyl EP (blue vinyl, numbered)
• Phoenix Fences 12-inch (pink vinyl, exclusive remix)
• Drive-By Truckers Your Woman is a Living Thing 7-inch
• Them Crooked Vultures Mind Eraser, No Chaser 10-inch picture disc
• TV on the Radio Dead Science vinyl LP reissue (MP3 card, bonus Hot Chip remix)
• Weezer Raditude CD (Record Store Day version)
• White Lies The Remix EP CD
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs Skeletons 7-inch (exclusive track)
• Owl City Record Store Day 7-inch (exclusive versions)
• Cage the Elephant Live at Grimey's CD EP
• Fela Kuti 10-inch EP (1969 L.A. sessions)
• Mason Jennings Live at Fingerprints CD
• Shooter Jennings and Hierophant Don't Feed the Animals CD EP
• White Rabbits and Antler Live from Daytrotter 7-inch
• The Get Up Kids Simple Science CD (first new release since 2004)
• Royce Da 5'9" Street Hop vinyl LP
• Ani Difranco Live at Bull Moose CD
• Rodriguez Inner City Blues 7-inch (2009 live tracks, hand-numbered)
• Dios We Are Dios CD
• Godsmack Record Store Day 7-inch (orange vinyl)
• La Roux Record Store Day 7-inch (live and remixed)
• Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Live in Skowhegan CD
• Asteroids Galaxy Tour Fruit vinyl LP
• Infected Mushroom Killing Time Remix 12-inch
• Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey The Sensation of Seeing Light 7-inch
• Nonpoint Miracle DVD single
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NEW RELEASE OF THE WEEK: GORILLAZ 'PLASTIC BEACH' FOR THE $9.99 RIGHT PRICE AT RX!
"Only behind such a distracting smokescreen could Damon Albarn get away with conducting a project as sprawling, daring, innovative, surprising, muddled and magnificent as Plastic Beach: not just one of the best records of 2010, but a release to stand alongside the greatest Albarn’s ever been involved with and a new benchmark for collaborative music as a whole." - Mark Beaumont, BBC
Listen to a special Record Store Day message from Murdoc HERE.
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BRMC'S 'DEVIL'S TATTOO' AND OTHER CD RECOMMENDATIONS
Beat the Devil's Tattoo signifies Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's first full-length on their own Abstract Dragon label, in partnership with Vagrant Records and Co-Op Music Group. The band wrote and recorded most of the album at The Basement Studio in Philadelphia — the same room where they wrote and recorded Howl — as well as some work in their hometown of Los Angeles. Beat The Devil's Tattoo also marks the first album with drummer Leah Shapiro (Raveonettes).
If you pre-purchased Beat the Devil's Tattoo at BRMC's Record Exchange in-store, it is now available for pick-up!
OTHER NEW CD RECOMMENDATIONS:
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NEW DVD/BLU-RAY: DEFINITIVE JIMI HENDRIX AT WOODSTOCK
This special two-disc presentation of Jimi Hendrix: Live At Woodstock stands as the definitive record of one of Jimi's most celebrated performances. This all-new deluxe set features all of the existing film footage from Jimi's unforgettable August 1969 Woodstock concert, newly re-edited and presented uninterrupted and in its original performance sequence. Live At Woodstock includes never-before-seen versions of "Foxy Lady," "Message To Love," "Hey Joe," "Spanish Castle Magic" and "Lover Man," and an all-new 5.1 and 2.0 stereo soundtrack mixed by Eddie Kramer, Jimi's original studio engineer.
OTHER NEW DVD/BLU-RAY RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Who The Kids Are Alright Blu-ray
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THE VINYL WORD: PAVEMENT REISSUES ARE NOW IN STOCK!
Pavement recently reunited, and if you grew up in the Nineties and had a taste for indie rock before the hipster turds took over, it's a pretty big deal.
OTHER NEW VINYL RECOMMENDATIONS:
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Beat the Devil's Tattoo
Serj Tankian Elect the Dead Symphony
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THE RIGHT PRICE AT THE RX: WHITE STRIPES, GOLDFRAPP $9.99 TITLES COMING SOON!
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Think local. Think indie.
That's the spirit of the Right Price program, which offers you great deals on new releases at The Record Exchange and keeps money in your pocket while keeping you away from the mall.
This week we have Gorillaz Plastic Beach for the low, low price of $9.99. Then as soon as that sale ends, we'll have two more for you. That's right — a triple-stacked Right Price month here at the RX. To wit:
• The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights (March 16): Jack and Meg continue their bizarre journey through the pages of music history with their latest installment, a live album and companion piece to the DVD of the same name. Oh, and just in case you didn't already know, we're screening the DVD at the Egyptian Theatre on March 16. See above for details.
• Goldfrapp Head First (March 23): Quite possibly the U.K. duo's catchiest, poppiest album yet. "We wanted to write songs that had a simplicity to them and that just got to the point quicker," said singer Alison Goldfrapp.
Peep our full list of past Right Price CDs, which all sold for $9.99 the week of their release right here at the RX:
The Magnetic Fields Realism
Spoon Transference
Norah Jones The Fall
John Mayer Battle Studies
Nirvana Bleach Deluxe Edition
Say Anything Say Anything
Gov't Mule By a Thread
Flight of the Conchords I Told You I Was Freaky
Built to Spill There is No Enemy
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RX STAFF PICK OF THE WEEK: JOANNA NEWSOM'S TRIPLE LP
How about this for a creative outpouring: Folkie Joanna Newsom's new album Have One On Me is not a single LP, not a double LP, but a freakin' triple LP. Freak-folk yeah!
That's a lot of music to digest, but RX barista Elliot Soriano was up for the task, and he loved it so much he made the album his Staff Pick of the Week. And so says Elliot:
I've been anticipating this album for the last two years, since I first heard a live version of "Esme" on YouTube. I believe it's the first time I've heard a horn section added to her music and it is so beautifully done. I haven't been this genuinely enthusiastic about an album in my entire life. I hope that statement doesn't discredit me from being a Record Exchange employee.
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RX BEST OF THE DECADE SALE EXTENDED THROUGH MARCH!!!
The Record Exchange's Best of the Decade Sale has been extended through March!
If you've been paying attention to our social media, you already know that we've been sharing our individual staff picks (plus some special guests from the community).
Two dozen of these albums are currently on sale at The Record Exchange, sale-priced for rediscovery, playing catch-up or buying for a friend who needs to be turned on to a recent classic they've yet to hear.
Sale albums include favorites from Radiohead, Modest Mouse, Interpol, Strokes, Arcade Fire, Beck, Jay-Z, Flaming Lips, Broken Social Scene, Built to Spill, Ryan Adams, Wilco, Neko Case, Kanye and others. Check it out yo!
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IRISH EYES ARE SMILING IN THE RECORD EXCHANGE GIFT SHOP
St. Patrick's Day is around the corner, and The Record Exchange Gift Shop has everything you need to celebrate. Well, everything except the green beer.
Check out our new St. Patrick's Day display, where you'll find hats, shirts (Irish, drinking, Irish drinking), sunglasses, key rings, Celtic music (including Celtic rock mainstays Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys, Pogues) and the Electronic Yodeling Pickle.
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RX THINKINDIE DIGITAL STORE: MY MORNING JACKET BENEFIT FOR EAR X-TACY RECORDS!
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If you believe in the importance of the independent record store, go to The Record Exchange ThinkIndie Digital Store today and purchase My Morning Jacket's Celebracion de la Cuidad Natal for the special sale price of $4.99.
The sale price for this ThinkIndie exclusive is good until March 13, and My Morning Jacket and ATO Records are donating all proceeds to ear X-tacy, the storied Louisville independent record store where Celebracion was partially recorded.
The store is struggling to survive and in danger of closing, but after the owner announced that ear X-tacy might close, a group of supporters, including My Morning Jacket, went into action. Read about ear X-tacy's situation HERE.
OTHER GOODIES:
• Exclusive Gaslight Anthem Live at Park Ave. EP for a special $2.99 sale price! Recorded at Orlando ThinkIndie store Park Ave. CDs, this live recording was taken during the band's tour with Rise Against, Thrice and Alkaline Trio. This is a full-band recording that includes a cover of the Robert Bradley's Black Water Surprise song "Once Upon a Time."
• Liars Sisterworld two-day sale: $8.99 standard, $12.99 deluxe. Hear the full album stream HERE.
• March is Metal Month! Peep our metal catalog sale HERE.
FULL ALBUM STREAMS:
• Hoquiam Hoquiam. Hoquiam is a port town in the state of Washington. It is also a band, formed by two brothers, Damien and Drake Jurado. Damien is well known for releases via Casa Recordings, Sub Pop and now St. Ives/Secretly Canadian.
BUY HERE. (on sale for $7.99!)
• Quasi American Gong. Portland’s own Quasi features Sam Coomes (Heatmiser), Janet Weiss (Jicks/Sleater-Kinney) and Joanna Bolme. This album is pretty tough sounding with production from Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips/MGMT), Tucker Martine and Steve Fisk. This is solid Northwest rock with some loose ends to make it fun.
• Lightspeed Champion Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You. Born in Texas but raised in the UK, Devonté Hynes' second album for Domino Records has arrived and you need to hear it … all.
FREE STUFF:
EXCLUSIVES:
NEW RELEASES:
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BUY STUFF, GET FREE STUFF!
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You want swag? We got swag. And this week we'll give you a free numbered lithograph of original Jimi Hendrix artwork (yeah, dude could paint, too) with the purchase of his new album of unreleased material, Valleys of Neptune. We have the album on vinyl, too!
OTHER RECENT FREEBIES:
• A free 7-inch with the purchase of Citizen Cope's The RainWater LP.
• A free mixtape CD (choose from two) with the purchase of RDJ2's The Colossus.
• A free 7-inch with the purchase of the Where the Wild Things Are DVD, Blu-ray or CD soundtrack.
• A free 7-inch with the purchase of Hot Chip's new album One Life Stand.
• A free split 7-inch by The Spits and Dan Melchior, which is free to the first few people who come to the counter and ask for it. No strings attached, no additional purchase required, no nothing. Just a free record.
• A free sticker and lithograph with the purchase of Pearl Jam's Backspacer.
• A digital download card for a free bonus EP ("Mistake" remixes) with the purchase of Moby's Wait For Me.
• A free comic book with the purchase of Styles P and DJ Green Lantern'sThe Green Ghost Project.
• A free pulp fiction lyric book, Cloak and Dagger, with the purchase of Motion City Soundtrack's My Dinosaur Life.
• A download card to redeem a free Manchester Orchestra live EP from ThinkIndie with the purchase of Mean Everything to Nothing.
• Many more — just ask an RX clerk!
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RX INDIE STORE EXCLUSIVES
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As if you need an excuse to buy your music at the RX, we have a slew of exclusive indie store titles currently available on CD and wax. We also have exclusive books. You know, to like, read.
RECENT EXCLUSIVES:
• Lifehouse Smoke & Mirrors Indie Store Version with bonus CD.
• Hot Chip One Life Stand 200-gram numbered vinyl LP — only 250 pressed!
• Will Kimbrough Wings CD.
• Dangerous Highway Eddie Hinton tribute 7-inches. Two titles: Greg Dulli (covering "Hard Luck Guy" and "Cover Me") and the Drive-By Truckers (covering "Where's Eddie" and "Everybody Needs Love").
• Vampire Weekend Contra indie-store version bundled with a limited-edition bonus CD featuring three exclusive tracks!
• BlakRoc BlakRoc CD and vinyl LP, ONLY VERSION WITH LUDACRIS/ODB TRACK "COOCHIE" and it's going quickly! Get it while you can — very limited quantities remaining of this first pressing!
• Josh Ritter Hello Starling vinyl/double CD reissue
• Live at Bonnaroo 2009 DVD
• The Beastie Boys Ill Communication and Hello Nasty limited-edition vinyl box sets
• Gimme Something Better Bay Area punk history book
• The Beatles Abbey Road vinyl box (w/ t-shirt and poster)
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THE BEST BOOK ABOUT RECORD STORES SINCE 'HIGH FIDELITY'
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The Vinyl Princess, written by Amoeba Records cofounder Yvonne Prinz, has been call the best book about record store culture since Nick Hornby's High Fidelity.
If you've ever fallen in love over a mixtape, alphabetized your vinyl or worked in a record store (or wanted to), you'll want to read this book, a hilarious look at a young girl's obsession with vinyl collecting.
But don't take our word for it. Take theirs:
“A funny and poignant insider's look at record store culture.” —Terry Zwigoff, director of Ghost World
"The Vinyl Princess will make you tune in, rock out, and dream on.” —Daniel Handler, author and Lemony Snicket's representative
“The true record collector's obsessive love of music and its artifacts, and the East Bay in all its quirky, resolutely peculiar glory really come to life in this, the only book that has ever spurred me to plow through several layers of stacked apartment detritus to get at my old Jeff Beck LPs. And yes: Telegraph Avenue really is exactly like that, and Truth still sounds as great as it ever did. Beautifully done.” —Frank Portman, musician and author of King Dork and Andromeda Klein
"As dead-on a portrait of a true-blue teenage music obsessive as you're likely to find. Prinz totally nails it." —Colin Meloy, musician, the Decemberists
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RX NOONTUNES FLASH SALE!!
Have you checked out our NoonTunes Flash Sale? It's a special three-hour Monday sale when we offer super deals on everything from CDs and vinyl records to gift shop items, books, and beverages at our espresso bar.
We hold the sale every Monday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and reveal the details in the morning over our blog, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Pony Express courier, etc.
We chose Monday for NoonTunes because, well, Mondays suck. And what better way to get out of the office than to come down to your favorite independent record store and score deep discounts during your lunch break!
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BODACIOUS RX BARGAIN BIN: RECORD EXCHANGE GIFT SHOP
Tucked into the corner of The Record Exchange Gift Shop is a wall of discount bric-a-brac. We don't really have a name for it, but it's wicked cool and always stocked with a diverse collection of clearance curiosities.
On a given day, you'll find everything from greeting cards to toys to belts to gift bags to health and beauty goods to holiday leftovers. As deep discounts go, it's probably our deepest (but not darkest) corner of the store.
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FRIEND US, FAN US, FOLLOW US
The Record Exchange is all over that thar Interweb. If you're not already a friend, fan or follower, what are you waiting for? The RX staff sends multiple daily dispatches to the Web to keep you up to date on our store events, new releases and quarterback rating.
Here's where to find us:
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