Boise's best selection of Criterion Collection

We don't mean to brag, we don't mean to boast ... but The Record Exchange has the best selection of Criterion Collection DVDs in the Treasure Valley, dare we say the entire state of Idaho.

 

What is the Criterion Collection? Arguably the best home video imprint out there, the Criterion Collection is a film geek's dream, title after title of film classics — everything from art house to foreign to indie to music documentary.

 

Whether you're into Fellini or Wes Anderson (or both), come to The Record Exchange and check out our, ahem, Criterion Collection collection — it even has its own section with new, used, red-tag clearance and Blu-ray titles. Et tu, Borders?

 

NEW DVD/BLU-RAY RECOMMENDATIONS:

 

Bad Company Hard Rock Live Blu-ray

Bad Girls of Film Noir Vol. 1 and 2 DVD

The Beatles All Together Now DVD

R.L. Burnside with Johnny Woods Live 1984/1986 DVD

Couples Retreat DVD/Blu-ray

Neil Diamond Hot August Night NYC DVD

Hardware Wars 30th Anniversary Special Edition DVD

The Life and Times of Tim Season 1 DVD

The Pretenders Live in London Blu-ray

The Rocker Blu-ray DVD

Rod Serling Studio One Dramas DVD

The Sarah Silverman Program Season 2, Vol. 2 DVD

The Stepfather DVD/Blu-ray

Hot Chip and other new recommendations

Hot Chip have always seemed older than their years, but this album, their fourth, is the one in which they grow up for real. They have always paired an ear for the dancefloor with an eye for the impenetrable lyric, their songs brimming with so much energy, so many ideas that the listener was sometimes scalded. In One Life Stand, however, everything is pared back and prised open. Musically, melody is to the fore, with new lines grafted carefully on to one another, the predominant influences being 80s house and disco and even, on "Slush," Will Oldham. Lyrically, there is a clear theme: the transformational power of love. Alexis Taylor's vocals are perfectly suited to this subject, and where his falsetto might once have seemed cold, here it's delicate and tender. Marvellously, an uninspiring mid-section aside, this is still music to dance to. More than dance in fact; you can exult to this. — Paul MacInnes, The Guardian

 

BUY THE CD HERE.

BUY THE MP3 ALBUM HERE.

 

OTHER NEW CD RECOMMENDATIONS:

 

Buzzcocks Various Reissues

Neil Diamond Hot August Night NYC

Galactic Ya-Ka-May

K.D. Lang Recollection

Massive Attack Heligoland

Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds Live in Las Vegas

Allison Moorer Crows

The Pretenders Live in London

Reckless Kelly Somewhere in Time

Gil Scott-Heron I'm New Here

The Watson Twins Talking to You, Talking to Me

Yeasayer Odd Blood

New Release of the Week: Sade

It's been 10 years since her last album, a fatal hiatus for almost any other artist, but just another hibernation for a woman whose disdain for fame only deepens our fascination. Sade's voice sounds unchanged, a unique emotional instrument that conjures visions of rain-streaked windows and windblown streets. Her topics — love, loss, sorrow, strength — remain the same. But her music has still moved forward. The aggressive title track makes a bold statement, its stabbing drums continuing the bass-heavy direction of her 2000 release, Lover's Rock. Some of the new album's 10 songs are classic, smooth Sade. But there's also a country twanger, a reggae-tinged ode to fathers who are not husbands, even Sade's first uptempo number since 1992's "Kiss of Life." — Jesse Washington, San Francisco Chronicle

 

BUY THE CD HERE.

Win tickets to David Andrews Unplugged at the Linen Building!

David Andrews is returning to the stage with a full band for a special evening of songs and stories at the Linen Building Feb. 12 (7 p.m.), and The Record Exchange is giving away tickets to the show!

 

To enter, send an email with the subject "David Andrews tickets" HERE by Wednesday, Feb. 10. Winners will be notified via email on Thursday, Feb. 11. Good luck, peeps!

The Right Price at the Record Exchange!

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.

 

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

RX Top 25 sellers (week ending Feb. 7): Grammy edition

Holy Grammy Awards, Batman! As is the case in the week following the annual Grammys telecast, America buys music, and they buy winners.

This week's Record Exchange Top 25 is dotted with Grammy winners, including Steve Earle, Zac Brown Band, Taylor Swift, Phoenix, Lady Gaga and Boob-lay, plus a host of nominees who didn't take home a trophy but nonetheless captured the hearts and the wallets of the country.

On that note, let us un-slyly remind you that The Record Exchange currently has a selection of Grammy winners on sale, and in a special display to boot. Artists include Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Kings of Leon, Zac Brown Band, Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, Green Day, Jason Mraz, Phoenix, Steve Earle, Eminem and Stephen Marley.

1. Teen Dream, Beach House

2. Transference, Spoon

3. Downtown Church, Patty Griffin

4. The Fall, Norah Jones

5. IRM, Charlotte Gainsbourg

6. Crazy Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Various Artists

7. Hellbilly Deluxe 2, Rob Zombie

8. Contra, Vampire Weekend

9. The Courage of Others, Midlake

10. The Fame Monster, Lady Gaga

11. I and Love and You, Avett Brothers

12. Need You Now, Lady Antebellum

13. Rebirth, Lil Wayne

14. Manners, Passion Pit

15. Townes, Steve Earle

16. The Foundation, Zac Brown Band

17. Dark Horse, Nickelback

18. Fearless, Taylor Swift

19. Oracular Spectacular, MGMT

20. Them Crooked Vultures, Them Crooked Vultures

21. Together Through Life, Bob Dylan

22. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix

23. Backspacer, Pearl Jam

24. Booker’s Guitar, Eric Bibb

25. Crazy Love, Michael Buble

In Store Player for the Week Ending February 7th

The store was infected with Dengue Fever last week. Well, everyone but the owner, who remains mystified by their appeal.



The Maria Muldaur & her Garden Of Joy CD is spearheading a jug band revival up front spearheaded by me, who remains the sole member of the jug band team. This too is inspiring much puzzlement in the ownership group..



In any case, things are moving right along towards Valentines Day, and we are making strides every day to make things interesting. Go to the link for the instore player.

The Instore Play List for the week ending 7 February 2010