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March 2009

“Slowly (Oh So Slowly)” from Conor & MVB’s OUTER SOUTH!

You can now stream “Slowly (Oh So Slowly)” from Outer South at ConorOberst.com!

Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band – Outer South is out on May 5, 2009! Preorder from Merge will be up shortly!

Tour Dates:
04.09.2009 Omaha, NE Slowdown
04.10.2009 Denver, CO The Ogden Theater
04.11.2009 Aspen, CO Belly Up
04.12.2009 El Paso, TX Barnett Harley Davidson
04.13.2009 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
04.14.2009 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theater
04.15.2009 Pomona, CA The Glass House
04.17.2009 Indio, CA Coachella
06.18.2009 Telluride, CO Telluride Bluegrass Festival

Win an M. Ward poster on My Old Kentucky Blog!

This poster could be yours! Dodge at My Old Kentucky Blog is giving away this poster and a few others, all designed by Nate Duvall, today! Check My Old Kentucky Blog for details on how to win!

M. Ward Tour Dates:
04.17.2009 Indio, CA Coachella
04.18.2009 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
04.19.2009 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
04.20.2009 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre
04.22.2009 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom
04.23.2009 Omaha, NE Slowdown
04.24.2009 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theatre
04.25.2009 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
04.26.2009 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
04.27.2009 Toronto, ON The Phoenix
04.28.2009 Montreal, QC Le National
05.15.2009 Visalia, CA Fox Theater
05.16.2009 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
05.22.2009 Eugene, OR McDonald Theatre
05.23.2009 George, WA Sasquatch Music Festival
08.01.2009 New York, NY Central Park Summerstage

“Wake Up” in Where the Wild Things Are trailer

The Broken West visit KCMP

The Broken West visited KCMP in St. Paul yesterday on their stop in the Twin Cities. You can listen to the session and interview at Minnesota Public Radio!

Tour Dates:
03.25.2009 Chicago, IL Logan Square w/ AC Newman
03.26.2009 Pontiac, MI The Pike Room w/ AC Newman
03.27.2009 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop w/ AC Newman
03.28.2009 Pittsburgh, PA Andy Warhol Museum w/ AC Newman
03.30.2009 Cambridge, MA Middle East w/ Say Hi, Blind Pilot, and Telekinesis
03.31.2009 New York, NY Mercury Lounge w/ Blind Pilot
04.04.2009 Austin, TX Mohawk w/ Clem Snide

The Broken West appearance on Rockville, CA


The Broken West appearance on Rockville, CA is now available at thewb.com.  They appeared in episode 3 entitled “Into Me.”

Watch live performances of “Perfect Games,” and “Auctioneer” followed by an interview in the Green Room. New episodes of Rockville, CA are available each Tuesday at rockvilleca.com. The Broken West’s most recent album, Now or Heaven, is available on CD and digital download in the Merge store.

Lambchop visits OPB music!

Kurt Wagner visited OPB Music in Portland while touring the northwest earlier this month! The session is now up, so take a minute and check it out here: OPBMusic

Set list:
Sweet Marie (Crooked Fingers cover)

Slipped Dissolved and Loosed

Please Rise

I Threw It All Away

MBV + Merge: Angels of Epistemology

Our friends at MBV Music continue their ongoing series celebrating 20 Years of Merge with a post today about Angels of Epistemology.

In celebration, we have temporarily lowered the price on Fruit, a compilation of the complete recordings of Angels of Epistemology originally released in 1992. Visit the Merge store and get your digital download of Fruit on MP3 or FLAC on sale for a limited time!

The Broken West visit Rockville, CA

The Broken West rocked out with “Major Deb” and “The Douche” at Rockville, CA! On March 17, you will be able to watch the first three episodes of this new online show produced by Josh Schwartz (Chuck, The OC, Gossip Girl). Visit the newly relaunched WB website for more information.

M. Ward on The Late Late Show

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M. Ward and his band with special guests Gillian Welch and David Rawlings and Carla
from Autolux performing “To Save Me” from Hold Time.  Get your copy of Hold Time on CD, LP and digital in the Merge store.

Telekinesis – Tokyo video!

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Tour Dates are here!

Breaking Upwards

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Kyle Forester (Composer) composed scores for the short film “Apartments” by Brian Perkins, and, recently, “Horsefingers 3: Starf*cker” by Kirsten Kearse. He co-wrote the theme for the the sci-fi erotica web serial “The Fold”. He is a member of the The Ladybug Transistor, Crystal Stilts, and Mark Dzula’s Magic Caravan, plays for neo-burlesque shows with the Fisherman Xylophonic Orchestra, and once played bass with Nina Hagen. This is Kyle’s third collaboration with Zoe Lister-Jones. He arranged the music for her debut covers album, “Skip the Kiss”, and wrote the music for her still-in-progress one woman musical “Crying for Cash.” The score for “Breaking Upwards” was written and recorded at Marlborough Farms, with the assistance of The Ladybug Transistor frontman, Gary Olson.

Breaking Upwards is available at iTunes and will be screened at the SXSW film festival.  For more information, visit breakingupwards.com.

See The Ladybug Transistor on tour this month!

03.25.2009 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
03.26.2009 Columbus, OH Treehouse
03.27.2009 Bloomington, IN Bear’s Place
03.28.2009 Madison, WI Der Rathskeller @ UW Madison
03.29.2009 Chicago, IL Schuba’s
03.31.2009 Grand Rapids, MI DAAC
04.17.2009 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg

Covers for blogs & radio shows

Radar Bros. and Wye Oak contributed covers of traditional folk songs for Splice Today‘s first annual mix of original recordings of traditional folk music, The Old Lonesome Sound. They are joined by Headlights, Deer Tick and many more.  Visit Splice Today to listen & download The Old Lonesome Sound

Radar Bros. and The Broken West contributed covers of songs from Paul McCartney’s RAM for Aquarium Drunkard’s RAM on LA: A Los Angeles Music Sampler. Radar Bros. chose “Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey” and The Broken West give their take on “Eat at Home”.


The RAM love continues tonight on WFMU.  Portastatic, Ted Leo, Aimee Mann, Death Cab for Cutie and others have covered the songs of RAM as a benefit for The Best Show on WFMU. Portastatic covered “Ram On” as his contribution.

If you visit the WFMU website or call 800-989-9368 tonight between 8 and 11 PM EST during The Best Show and pledge at least $75 you will receive a prize pack that includes both a new Scharpling & Wurster cd of guaranteed hilarity, but also a CD of various artists covering the entirety of Paul and Linda McCartney’s album RAM.

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