RECORD EXCHANGE 2016 STAFF PICKS: RACHEL

rachelTis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2016 Staff Picks!

Here’s Rachel’s picks:

JOHN CARPENTER
Lost Themes II
THE MYSTERY LIGHTS
The Mystery Lights
TOUCHE AMORE
Stage Four
PUP
The Dream Is Over
OATHBREAKER
Rheia
KYLE DIXON AND MICHAEL STEIN
Stranger Things Vols. 1 & 2
LUST FOR YOUTH
Compassion
SUBROSA
For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages
XIU XIU
Plays The Music Of Twin Peaks
WRAY
Hypatia

RECORD EXCHANGE 2016 STAFF PICKS: IAN

ianTis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2016 Staff Picks!

Here’s Ian’s picks:

DAVID BOWIE
Blackstar
DANNY BROWN
Atrocity Exhibition
RADIOHEAD
A Moon Shaped Pool
DEATH GRIPS
Bottomless Pit
BEYONCE
Lemonade
SCOTT WALKER
The Childhood Of A Leader Soundtrack
EXPLODED VIEW
Exploded View
BRIAN ENO
The Ship
TIM HECKER
Love Streams
PARQUET COURTS
Human Performance

RECORD EXCHANGE 2016 STAFF PICKS: CATHERINE

catherineTis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2016 Staff Picks!

Here’s Catherine’s picks:

DAVID BOWIE
Blackstar
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS
Skeleton Tree
THOMAS PAUL
Singalongs
THE JAYHAWKS
Paging Mr. Proust
PARQUET COURTS
Human Performance
SFM-STEVE FULTON MUSIC
Eponym
KARL BLAU
Introducing Karl Blau
LEONARD COHEN
You Want It Darker
HOPE SANDOVAL AND THE WARM INVENTIONS
Until The Hunter
JESSE DAYTON
The Revealer

TOP 5 OF 2016 (SO FAR): JOE P.

IMG_3731We’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 2016.

Here’s Joe P.’s picks:

The Goon SaxUp to Anything
Angry AnglesAngry Angles
Car Seat HeadrestTeens of Denial
Various Artists – Wake Up You! The Rise and Fall of Nigerian Rock 1972-1977, Vol. 1
Bummers EveBummers Eve

TOP 5 OF 2016 (SO FAR): RACHEL

image1We’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 2016.

Here’s Rachel’s picks:

1. John CarpenterLost Themes II
2. So So GlosKamikaze
3. WrayHypatia
4. Beach SlangThe Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us
5. Lust For YouthCompassion