Merge Production Manager James Cartwright inspired the fun new Times New Viking temporary tattoos with his real Ohio tattoo.
Now you can join in the fun by pre-ordering Dancer Equired on CD or LP in the Merge store!
Ohio love inspires Times New Viking pre-order fun!
March 31, 2011 – 2:39 pm
The Rosebuds – “Loud Planes Fly Low” – Album trailer
March 30, 2011 – 3:45 pm
Pre-order Loud Planes Fly Low on CD and LP now in the Merge store!
The Mountain Goats on Letterman tonight, attend WNYC’s Greene Space next week!
March 24, 2011 – 12:57 pm
Tonight, the Mountain Goats’ performance of “Birth of Serpents” will re-air on Late Show with David Letterman! Catch their performance on CBS at 11:35 p.m. EST. Tune in or set your DVR! The band heads out on tour tonight starting at The National in Richmond, and have sold out three nights at the Bowery Ballroom! WNYC’s Greene Space will host a special live event on Wednesday, March 30 at 2pm. Tickets to the event are now available at WNYC.org.
On Tour:
03-24 Richmond, VA The National
03-25 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
03-26 York, PA Strand-Capitol Performing Arts
03-28 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
03-29 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
03-30 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
04-01 Boston, MA Paradise
04-02 Ithaca, NY Castaways
04-03 Toronto, ON The Opera House
04-05 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
04-06 Nashville, TN One Cannery Row
04-07 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
04-08 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
04-10 Asheville, NC Grey Eagle
04-11 Columbus, OH Wexner Center
04-12 Millvale, PA Mr. Small’s Theatre
04-15 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
06-25 Bloomington, IN Plan-it-X REcords
Pre-order Jonny & get a pink balloon!
March 22, 2011 – 12:37 pm
Pre-order the debut self-titled album from Norman Blake & Euros Childs aka Jonny, and receive a pink “candyfloss-colored” Jonny balloon!
Jonny is available from your favorite digital outlets including iTunes, Amazon, and the Merge digital store. The CD version will include the 4-song Free EP and will be in stores on April 12. You can now stream the whole Jonny album in the Merge store, and be sure to check out the video for “Candyfloss,” too!
Get your tickets now for Jonny’s newly announced US tour – the places are small and they will sell out!
Jonny on tour!
Jun 3 Toronto, ON The Drake Hotel
Jun 4 Toronto, ON The Drake Hotel
Jun 7 Northampton, MA Iron Horse Music Hall
Jun 8 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
Jun 9 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge
Jun 10 Brooklyn, NY The Bell House
Jun 11 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live Upstairs
Jun 12 Vienna, VA Jammin’ Java
Jun 14 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
Jun 15 Decatur, GA Eddie’s Attic
Jun 16 Nashville, TN The Bluebird Cafe
Jun 17 Louisville, KY Zanzabar
Jun 18 Chicago, IL Old Town School of Folk Music @ Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall
Destroyer live on KEXP!
March 22, 2011 – 10:15 am
You can now listen to the 8-piece Destroyer band play live on KEXP Seattle! Destroyer is currently touring the west coast, making their way east towards Webster Hall in NYC!
Tracks:
Certain Things You Ought To Know
Downtown
Painter In Your Pocket
Song For America
Destroyer on Tour:
03-22 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
03-23 Tucson, AZ Club Congress
03-25 Austin, TX The Mohawk
03-26 Dallas, TX The Loft
03-27 Little Rock, AR Sticky Fingerz Rock ‘N’ Roll Chicken Shack
03-28 St. Louis, MO The Luminary Center for the Arts
03-29 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
03-30 Pontiac, MI The Pike Room at The Crofoot
03-31 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
04-01 Montreal, QC Le Cabaret du Mile End
04-02 Cambridge, MA Middle East Downstairs
04-03 New York, NY Webster Hall
04-04 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
04-05 Washington, DC Black Cat
04-06 Asheville, NC Grey Eagle
04-07 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
04-08 Atlanta, GA The Earl
04-09 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge
04-11 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
04-12 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Centre
04-13 Winnipeg, MB West End Cultural Centre
04-15 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room
04-16 Calgary, AB #1 Royal Canadian Legion
Watch Telekinesis play KEXP!
March 15, 2011 – 1:05 pm
photo by Renata Steiner/Nataworry Photography
Jason Narducy, Cody Votolato, and Michael Benjamin Lerner visited KEXP during release week last month for a live session! Video of the set is online now!
Tracks:
Country Lane
Please Ask for Help
Dirty Thing
50 Ways
Times New Viking share songs from “Dancer Equired” in their natural habitat
March 14, 2011 – 11:40 am
NPR All Songs Considered shared a video this weekend of Times New Viking in the band members’ Ohio hometowns. Watch the video & preview a number of songs from their upcoming release, Dancer Equired, out April 26 on CD, LP, and digital download!
03-14 Little Rock, AR Sticky Fingerz Rock ‘N’ Roll Chicken Shack
03-15 Beaumont, TX Victoria House
03-22 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge
03-23 Asheville, NC Grey Eagle
04-02 Iowa City, IA Blue Moose Tap House
Jonny plays “Gloria” at a clothing store
March 7, 2011 – 4:05 pm
JONNY is Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) & Euros Childs (Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci). To get to know them better, watch this live video of the duo performing “Gloria” from the Free EP and an interview on BBC 6!
The Jonny CD will be released in stores on April 12, but is available for pre-order now in the Merge store. The CD version will include the four bonus songs from the Free EP and all pre-orders of the CD through the Merge store will receive an immediate download of the entire album including the bonus tracks beginning today.
You can now stream the whole Jonny album in the Merge store, and be sure to check out the video for “Candyfloss,” too! US tour dates will be announced soon!
Mac & Jim of Superchunk play on WXDU
March 4, 2011 – 3:29 pm
Mac & Jim stop by Ross Grady’s Local Music show at WXDU Durham last Sunday for a live session! If you missed the show, Superchunk’s website now has the session available as a free download.
From Mac:
Ross Grady has bands play sometimes on his Sunday afternoon show on WXDU. We’d never done it before but wanted to, so Jim and I went in and Ross broke all kinds of crazy rules for us! Acoustic only! Interview portion! Only 5 songs! But it went ok, 57s and 58s, check it out….and thanks to Ross and Kelly for the recording.
Tracks:
Crossed Wires
Rope Light
Cursed Mirror
Skip Steps 1 & 3
Don’t miss Superchunk on tour in March!
March 4 Carrboro NC Cat’s Cradle w/ Veelee SOLD OUT!
March 8 New York NY Radio City Music Hall w/ Bright Eyes, WILD FLAG
March 9 New York NY Radio City Music Hall w/ Bright Eyes, WILD FLAG
- Hospitality releases video for “Friends of Friends” and other release week excitement!
- M. Ward to release A Wasteland Companion in April; full North American Tour announced
- Stream Imperial Teen’s Feel the Sound now at Spin.com
- Crooked Fingers on WXPN World Cafe, Sirius XM The Loft & KUT Austin
- Lambchop releases “Gone Tomorrow” from Mr. M
- Arcade Fire appears on Austin City Limits this weekend on PBS
- The Mountain Goats to premiere new songs on tour
- Jeff Mangum announces west coast tour including Coachella
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