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[ featured new releases ]

featured new releases

NADA SURF
The Stars Are Indifferent ...
RODRIGO Y GABRIELA
Area 52
CLOUD NOTHINGS
Attack on Memory
INGRID MICHAELSON
Human Again
SKRILLEX

Bangarang

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[ 2011 staff picks ]

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After weeks of scrutiny, Record Exchange staffers have completed their 2011 Top 10 lists, and leading up to Christmas we're posting individual lists here on the website. You can also visit the store to view all the lists in realtime and shop our special '11 Staff Picks display. Let the judgment begin!

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[ the right price ]

the right price at the rx

Think local. Think indie. Think $9.99 CDs at Record Exchange.

[ go listen boise ]

first saturday buskers!

Go Listen Boise is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization with the mission of fostering a vibrant and diverse musical culture in the Boise area.

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[ buy rx gift cards online! ]

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Record Exchange Gift Cards can now be ordered for picky music fans from anywhere in the world!

Whether you live in town and want Aunt Sally in Sheboygan to stop sending you a Sears Gift Card, or you're Aunt Sally in Sheboygan and want to send your favorite RX shopper some store dollars, a Record Exchange Gift Card offers the perfect online shopping experience — and we'll ship it anywhere you want it to go!

GET THEM HERE

[ bluegirlredstate ]

bluegirlredstate

You've seen them everywhere — on the car in front of you, on the shopping cart stall in the parking lot, in the bathroom at Butch Otter's office (well, maybe not there).

You've been wondering ... "Where can I get some of that sweet Blue Girl Red State sticker action?"

Well, look no further. You can buy them HERE.

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[ featured new vinyl ]

featured new vinyl

KATHLEEN EDWARDS
Voyageur
NADA SURF
The Stars Are Indifferent ...
MOTORHEAD
The World is Ours Vol. 1
THE APPLES IN STEREO
Fun Trick Noisemaker
LACUNA COIL
Dark Adrenaline

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[ best of 2011 cd sale ]

best of 2011 cd sale

The Record Exchange, recordstoreday.com and Alternative Distribution Alliance have teamed up on the You Shoulda Listened ... Now You Can - The Best of 2011 sale! Nearly 40 2011 CD titles are on sale at the RX for $9.99 through Feb. 13. Enter to win a Pro-jekt turntable or vinyl prize pack!

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[ treefort music fest ]

treefort music fest

The Record Exchange is a proud sponsor of the inaugural Treefort Music Fest, taking place March 22-25 throughout Downtown Boise. With an amazing lineup of national, regional and local music, including Built to Spill, Of Montreal, Why? and Blitzen Trapper, the Treefort Music Fest is one of the most anticipated events on the 2012 Treasure Valley music calendar.

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[ rx top 10 ]

rx top 10

1. WE ARE THE TIDE
Blind Pilot
2. EL CAMINO
The Black Keys
3. THE TRUTH IS
Theory of a Deadman
4. PICKIN' UP THE PIECES
Fitz and the Tantrums
5. FALLEN EMPIRES
Snow Patrol
6. 21
Adele
7. THE HEAD AND THE HEART
The Head and the Heart
8. BON IVER
Bon Iver
9. VOYAGEUR
Kathleen Edwards
10. WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?
Ani DiFranco

[ payette brewing company ]

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The Record Exchange is a proud partner with Boise's Payette Brewing Company! Enjoy Payette Brewing Company beer (and for free!) at Record Exchange events such as Record Store Day, the annual holiday Bonus Club Sale and our singer-songwriter Birthday Bash celebrations!

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[ INFOTAINMENT ]

January 27th, 2012

RX INDIE STORE EXCLUSIVES: MAZZY STAR, PETER GABRIEL, DISPATCH, MORE!

What is a Record Exchange exclusive? It’s a CD, vinyl LP, 7-inch, DVD or other product you can only find at the RX — no big box, corporate record store chain or uncle’s basement will have it.

NEW EXCLUSIVES:

January 27th, 2012

94.9 FM THE RIVER PRESENTS SCARS ON 45 LIVE AT RECORD EXCHANGE JAN. 28!

94.9 FM The River presents Scars on 45 live at The Record Exchange (1105 W. Idaho St. in Downtown Boise) at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28. As always, this Record Exchange in-store event is free and all ages. Scars on 45 are playing Neurolux later that night and we have tickets for sale here at the RX!

ABOUT SCARS ON 45

January 27th, 2012

START SHOPPING FOR VALENTINE’S DAY AT BOISE’S BIGGEST & BEST GIFT SHOP!

Yeah, it feels like Christmas just ended, but Valentine’s Day is closer than you think. That said, let us quote the sage one, Young MC: “The early bird catches the worm, the late bird gets a girly with a two-dollar perm.”

January 26th, 2012

NEW DVD/BLU-RAY: MOTORHEAD LIVE!

BUY THE DVD HERE
ALSO AVAILABLE ON VINYL

Another country, another town, another place, the greatest road warriors in rock have once again bled their sweat all over another stage. A sold-out crowd roars their approval. Here we go: Lemmy steps up to the mike…
“WE ARE MOTÖRHEAD! . . . AND WE PLAY ROCK‘N‘ROLL!”