The Record Exchange and Treefort Music Fest are planning a series of Secret Treefort In-stores during the festival, and we’re pleased to announce our second confirmed show:

Saturday, March 23 (3 p.m.)
The Record Exchange
1105 W. Idaho St., Boise (two blocks from the Treefort main stage)

RSVP HERE

FULL SECRET TREEFORT IN-STORE SCHEDULE

Thursday, March 21, 5 p.m.
Saturday, March 23, 3 p.m.

All Record Exchange Secret Treefort In-stores are free and all ages, and a Treefort pass is not required to attend (but you really should get one because this festival is gonna rule).

The RX and Treefort will announce the artists the morning of each event via social media and The Record Exchange email list, which you can sign up for HERE.

Shhh!

The Record Exchange is proud to present the Treefort Music Fest Warmup Party featuring Edmond Dantes at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, at The Record Exchange (1105 W. Idaho St., Downtown Boise). As always, this Record Exchange in-store event is free and all ages. RSVP HERE.

The party includes a live set by Edmond Dantes (6 p.m.), Youth Lagoon Wondrous Bughouse Listening Party (5 p.m.) and free craft beer (21+ with I.D.) and pizza courtesy of our partners Payette Brewing Co. and Pie Hole!

We’ll also have Treefort 4-day passes (including discount youth passes) for sale and raffle prizes, including a Fat Possum prize pack!

ABOUT EDMOND DANTES

The genre defying duo Edmond Dantes (edmonddantesband.bandcamp.com) released Etta, their first EP of original tunes, on Feb. 12 and celebrated with a pair of triumphant release parties. Since its release, Etta has remained firmly entrenched in The Record Exchange Top 10 and garnered heaps of critical praise:

“Sassy-soulful vocals, swaggering ’80s synths and lip-curling, laid-back bass lines … shimmering atmosphere atop delicious grooves.” — Idaho Statesman

“A solid collection of pop tunes that use strong melodic hooks and straight-ahead beats to craft tunes that are equal parts The Killers and Hall and Oates.” — Boise Weekly

 ABOUT YOUTH LAGOON’S ‘WONDROUS BUGHOUSE’

Wondrous Bughouse, Youth Lagoon‘s sophomore album (available on CD and vinyl March 5 at The Record Exchange; free poster with purchase!), was spawned from what he describes as “becoming more fascinated with the human psyche and where the spiritual meets the physical world.”  During the time he wrote, Powers became intrigued with the metaphysical universe and blending those ideas with pop music.

“Youth Lagoon is something so personal to me because writing music is how I sort my thoughts, as well as where I transfer my fears,” explains Powers. “My mental state is usually pretty sporadic … a lot of this record was influenced by a fear of mortality but embracing it at the same time. Realizing that human life is only great because it is temporary. Experimenting with ideas about dimensions. I’m not a gifted speaker, so explaining things is difficult for me. But music always makes sense.”

The Record Exchange’s New Release Tuesday series continues on March 5 with Youth Lagoon‘s Wondrous Bughouse! The album — available on CD and vinyl — will be featured during our weekly listening party at 5 p.m. (NOTE EARLIER TIME) while you enjoy free pizza from our New Release Tuesday partners Pie Hole! Get a free Youth Lagoon poster with purchase and enter to win our New Release Tuesday raffle: A Fat Possum prize pack!

The listening party will kick off our Treefort Warmup Party, which also features a live set from Edmond Dantes and free Payette Brewing Co. beer! Full details HERE.

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 Radio Boise Tuesdays series at Neurolux 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.

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

CD

Youth Lagoon – Wondrous Bughouse

Josh Ritter – The Beast in its Tracks

Son Volt – Honky Tonk

They Might Be Giants – Nanobots

Jimi Hendrix – People, Hell and Angels

How to Destroy Angels – Welcome Oblivion

Madeleine Peyroux – Blue Room

Kate Nash – Girl Talk

The Cave Singers – Naomi

Robyn Hitchcock – Love From London

Boz Scaggs – Memphis

Hey Marseilles – Lines We Trace

The Last Bison – Inheritance

Autechre – Exai

At the Drive-in – Acrobatic Tenement

Cloud Cult – Love

The Men – New Moon

Tossers – Emerald City

Soilwork – Living Infinite

Caitlin Rose – Stand-in

Shannon Whitworth – High Tide

Rhye – Woman

Ashley Monroe – Like a Rose

The Kingsbury Manx – Bronze Age

The New Amsterdams – Outroduction

Krokus – Dirty Dynamite

Old Man Markley – Down Side Up

Luke Bryan – Spring Break: Here to Party

Various Artists – Disco Love Vol. 3

Various Artists – Deutsche Elektronische Musik: Experimental German Rock and Electronic Music 1972-1983 Vol. 2

Various Artists – Change the Beat: The Celluloid Records Story 1980-1987

Hiromi – Move

Olof Arnalds – Sudden Elevation

Yes – Close to the Edge SACD

Emerson Lake & Palmer – Emerson Lake & Palmer

Fiction – Big Other

Hollis Brown – Ride on the Train

VINYL

Youth Lagoon – Wondrous Bughouse

Josh Ritter – The Beast in its Tracks (deluxe edition also available)

The Civil Wars – Unplugged on VH1

Jimi Hendrix – People, Hell and Angels

Jimi Hendrix – Axix: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced?

Frightened Rabbit – Pedestrian Verse

Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind

The Cave Singers – Naomi

Richard Thompson – Electric

Deafheaven – Demo

Underworld – Rez (Bassnectar Remix)

Autechre – Exai

Kate Nash – Girl Talk

Robyn Hitchcock – Love From London

Boz Scaggs – Memphis

Various Artists – West of Memphis: Voices for Justice

Various Artists – Disco Love Vol. 3

Various Artists – Change the Beat: The Celluloid Records Story 1980-1987

Touche Amore/Pianos Become Teeth – Split 7-inch

Cannonball Adderly – Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at The Club

Nick Waterhouse – Raina

Jucifer – Nadir

Doobie Brothers – Toulouse Street

DVD/BLU-RAY

The Dark Knight Blu-ray

Friday the 13th Uncut Blu-ray

Once again, The Record Exchange and Treefort Music Fest are planning a series of Secret Treefort In-stores during the festival, and we’re pleased to announce our first confirmed show:

Thursday, March 21 (5 p.m.)
The Record Exchange
1105 W. Idaho St., Boise (two blocks from the Treefort main stage)

RSVP HERE

The secret in-store will take place right before the official festival kick-off with Finn Riggins next door at Neurolux.

All Record Exchange Secret Treefort In-stores are free and all ages, and a Treefort pass is not required to attend (but you really should get one because this festival is gonna rule).

The RX and Treefort will announce the artist on the morning of March 21 via social media and The Record Exchange email list, which you can sign up for HERE.

Shhh!

What Made Milwaukee Famous will perform live at The Record Exchange (1105 W. Idaho St., Downtown Boise) at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18. As always, this Record Exchange in-store performance is free and all ages. What Made Milwaukee Famous is performing at Neurolux on Feb. 19 as part of Radio Boise Tuesdays and we have tickets for sale at the store! RSVP HERE.

It’s also Presidents Day, and given that it’s a holiday The Record Exchange is offering customers 20% off storewide* all day long! The coffee/gift shop opens at 7:30 a.m., then the record store side opens at 9 a.m. (closing at 9 p.m. in our usual fashion). (*Excludes sale and clearance items.)

The RX is holding a Treefort Music Fest Flash Sale during the in-store. From 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, we’re selling 4-day Treefort passes for only $99 — that’s $10 cheaper than you can get them anywhere else! At $99 with 250 bands on the bill, that amounts to 40 cents a band.

ABOUT WHAT MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS

What Made Milwaukee Famous has been a stalwart of the Austin music scene since their inception in 2003. The three original members, Michael Kingcaid (vocals, guitar, keyboards), John Farmer (bass), and Jason Davis (guitars, vocals), each bring a diverse range of influences to the table, allowing them to seamlessly shift between genres at the drop of a hat.

With the release of their first two records, Trying to Never Catch Up and What Doesn’t Kill Us on Seattle’s Barsuk imprint, the band was touted for their abilities to channel strong musicianship and diverse song-writing into instantly, addictive hooks. Nearly five years later comes their third album You Can’t Fall Off the Floor, which was self-released in January.

Their “elegant pop” (Billboard) has landed them on the bill at a number of the mammoth festivals including Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, Sasquatch, SXSW and Lollapalooza, highlighted by a taping on PBS’s prestigious Austin City Limits with Franz Ferdinand. They have also shared the stage with the likes of Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, The National, Snow Patrol, The Walkmen, TV on the Radio, and the Pretenders to name a few; a testament to their musical diversity and mutual respect with other artists in the industry.