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Lou Barlow & Crooked Fingers’ Lara Meyerratken join Noise Addict

August 31, 2009 – 4:44 pm

Crooked Fingers’ vocalist Lara Meyerratken and Lou Barlow joined Ben Lee as Noise Addict. Download their new record for free on the Noise Addict website.

from NoiseAddict.net:

here is the new Noise Addict album “it was never about the audience”. its the first Noise Addict album in about 14 years. it felt like time for a new one.

the line up on this recording is me [ben lee], lou barlow and lara meyerratken. that’s a new line-up for the band, but the principle is the same: everything recorded quickly, in my bedroom, with lots of stupid arbitrary rules like no mic-stands.

the songs were all written by me except “lasagna” which i wrote with my step-daughter kate.

Lou Barlow has a new album, Goodnight Unknown, in stores October 6. Listen to songs and video from Goodnight Unknown at LooTube! Lara Meyerratken’s contributions to Crooked Fingers can be heard in the Merge store, and you can hear her solo work at her El May website.

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New Rosebuds song! “Brad Cook is Not Your Man”

August 25, 2009 – 12:54 pm

Recorded for the Hear Here compilation, The Rosebuds new song, “Brad Cook is Not Your Man,” tells the story of Megafaun’s Brad Cook and a little misunderstanding with the law.

Read the story and listen to the song at New Raleigh. Visit the Hear Here website for more information on the compilation and to check out more great local bands from the Triangle!

Find more great music from The Rosebuds in the Merge store.

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Stereogum premieres Lou Barlow – “Dont Apologize” video!

August 25, 2009 – 11:47 am

Stereogum posted “Don’t Apologize,” the first music video for Goodnight Unknown! Check it out on Stereogum today! As the weeks go on, you can catch up on all the videos (including the documentary) at LooTube!

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Lou Barlow gives a behind-the-scenes look at “Goodnight Unknown”

August 20, 2009 – 12:22 pm

New videos from Lou Barlow’s Goodnight Unknown unveiled weekly at LooTube!

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NPR + Merge: Wye Oak & Lou Barlow

August 19, 2009 – 12:29 pm

“Too Much Freedom,” a new song from Lou Barlow‘s forthcoming new album, Goodnight Unknown, was included in NPR’s new All Songs Considered podcast. Visit All Songs Considered to download the podcast and stream the song.

Watch the Lou Barlow documentary-style video about the process of making Goodnight Unknown. This behind-the-scenes vignette is the first in a series of videos from Goodnight Unknown that will be unveiled weekly leading up to its October 6 release date. Download “Gravitate” from Goodnight Unknown, too, and be sure to see Lou Barlow + The Missingmen on tour this fall!

Wye Oak‘s “Take It In” from their new record The Knot was featured on NPR Music as the “Song of the Day” yesterday. Listen and read the review here and order your copy of The Knot on CD and digital download in the Merge store. Go see Wye Oak on tour this fall, too!

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Polvo interviewed on Wired.com

August 18, 2009 – 1:58 pm

photo by Ashley Worley

From Wired.com:

Not that Brylawski, whose brainy band vaporized conventional musical structure with hypnotic results on efforts like its 1992 debut Cor-Crane Secret and 1996’s Exploded Drawing before disbanding, rejects critical or commercial vernacular. He just thinks math rock is too narrow to describe his band’s output.

“I understand the need to classify bands,” he said, “but if you have to put us in a box, I guess I prefer ‘psychedelic.’”

Read the full interview with Brylawski here.

The new Polvo album, In Prism, will be released on September 8 on CD, DBL-LP, and digital download. Pre-order your copy now in the Merge store for a chance to win a SCORE! subscription box set.

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Interview Magazine chats with The Clean

August 17, 2009 – 4:27 pm

Interview Magazine‘s Erik Morse had a conversation with The Clean’s David Kilgour for their music blog. Read the full interview here.

EM: In addition to some personnel crossover between a lot of the Flying Nun bands, was there a unifying working methodology that everyone shared? Did the label ever have a political bent?

DK: Oh yeah, it was the post-punk, indie answer to the corporate rock industry monster. The Clean carried many a punk ideal, and well before Roger came along with Flying Nun. We cared, maaaaan! Still do! I think it’s fair to say that in the early days we did want to stick the finger at the MAN.

Pre-order The Clean’s new album Mister Pop in the Merge store for a chance to win a SCORE! box set!

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Pipe @ Broad Street Cafe (8/15/09)

August 17, 2009 – 11:14 am

Need more Pipe in your life? Of course you do! Visit the Merge store!

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MGMT covered The Clean!

August 12, 2009 – 11:38 am

MGMT at All Points West in NYC, August 2, 2009

The Clean’s new album, Mister Pop, is available for pre-order and full album stream in the Merge store. Get a copy of the original version of “Anything Can Happen” on The Clean’s Anthology while you are there!

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Wye Oak get remixed!

August 11, 2009 – 2:40 pm

photo by Brian Vetter

Wye Oak are giving away a free MP3 of the remix of “That I do” (from The Knot) by Baltimore hip hop artist, Mickey Free. Listen and download at Splice Today.

Wye Oak have also announced more tour dates in support of their new album, The Knot. Don’t miss them if they come to your town! Order your copy of The Knot on CD and digital download now in the Merge store.