David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights – Left by Soft is perfect road trip music. Order this album now in the Merge Holiday Store, and make your own bundle to save 20%!
Occupational Hazard: Wild Flag Edition
November 23, 2011 – 12:09 pm
Jamie & James sport this season’s hottest shirt, brought to you by Wild Flag!
Crooked Fingers plays for Daytrotter, on tour now!
November 18, 2011 – 6:16 pm
Eric Bachmann & Liz Durrett stopped by the Daytrotter studios to perform a special career-spanning accoustic set. The songs are now available on Daytrotter’s website, along with an essay by Sean Moeller.
Crooked Fingers on Daytrotter:
Lonesome Warrior
Don’t Say a Word
Weary Arms
Broken Man
Crooked Fingers is currently on tour! The band plays the Pacific Northwest this weekend, and head south in time for American Thanksgiving and an in-store performance at Origami Vinyl on Saturday, November 26.
Nov 19 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
Nov 20 Seattle, WA The Crocodile
Nov 22 Santa Cruz, CA The Crepe Place
Nov 23 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
Nov 25 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
Nov 26 Los Angeles, CA Origami Vinyl in-store performance at noon
Nov 26 San Diego, CA Casbah
Nov 28 Tempe, AZ Club Red
Dec 01 Austin, TX The Mohawk
Dec 02 Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s
Dec 03 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks
Dec 04 Atlanta, GA The Earl
New in the Merge store!
November 15, 2011 – 5:29 pm
The holidays are right around the corner, and we want to make sure you know about some exciting new items in the Merge store!
Check out Tracey Thorn‘s new Night Time and You Are a Lover digital EPs. These EPs are also available limited-edition import vinyl. The Night Time 12-inch is even signed by Tracey and pressed on cool blue vinyl!
Merge is selling the limited-edition Wye Oak 7-inch of covers recorded as part of the AV Club Undercover series. “Strangers” b/w “Mother” is limited to only 1,000 copies and includes a cover of “Strangers” by the Kinks and “Mother” by Danzig. Also for Wye Oak fans, we have reissued their sophomore album The Knot on vinyl, and orders in the Merge store will include a signed poster!
Pre-orders are also available now for our January releases including Merge freshmen Hospitality and the return of Imperial Teen. Pre-order Hospitality’s self-titled debut album on CD or LP before its official release on January 31 to also receive via email their 6-song EP recorded in 2008 at their Red Hook apartment by Karl Blau. Imperial Teen’s fifth album Feel The Sound is also available for pre-order on CD and LP. Order now and your CD or LP will come with a cool poster. Hear tracks from both of these albums on our new Spotify “New Release” playlist!
Got your music fix but need new gear? Merge has you covered. She & Him Christmas winter accessories make a great addition to A Very She & Him Christmas and are available just in time for the holidays and winter season. Hats & mittens are going fast, so order yours today!
New additions to Merge Gear are Cranberry Merge Hoodies and Gray Track Jackets. These American Apparel outerwear options have metallic gold and silver Merge logos screened on them. They will keep you cozy while looking awesome. Not to mention, they are ridiculously comfortable!
Help Telekinesis’ Michael Benjamin Lerner celebrate Movember!
November 9, 2011 – 4:44 pm
Telekinesis’ Michael Benjamin Lerner is taking part in Movember! Movember is the month formerly known as November, where men and women across the globe join together to raise awareness and funds for men’s health issues. Men grow a Mo (moustache) for 30 days to become a walking, talking billboards, for our men’s health causes – specifically cancers affecting men.
Visit his page to donate & watch his moustache progress!
Telekinesis contributes song to new Smiths Tribute album
November 1, 2011 – 4:10 pm
Telekinesis joins The Wedding Present, Built to Spill’s Doug Martsch, Stars and more to contribute covers of more than 20 classic songs by The Smiths for a new tribute album to be released by American Laundromat Records on December 13.
The double-CD set is available for pre-order in three configurations: a $13 bundle, which includes the CD and a one-inch promo pin; a $20 bundle, which includes the CD, a limited-edition 7-inch with three more covers, a download of those tracks, and the pin; or a $35 bundle, which includes the CD, the 7-inch, the downloads, the pin, a T-shirt and a “private preview of the album.”
For a full tracklisting and to pre-order your copy of this Smiths Tribute, visit alr-music.com. Telekinesis’ latest release 12 Desperate Straight Lines is available on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store.
Wild Flag interview on Noisevox with John Norris
November 1, 2011 – 3:44 pm
Rebecca, Mary & Janet of Wild Flag sat down with John Norris of Noisevox to talk about how Wild Flag started and where their sound comes from.
Watch the interview now at Noisevox.org
Wild Flag are now on tour and their debut album Wild Flag is available on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store.
Wild Flag on tour:
Nov 01 San Diego, CA – Casbah
Nov 02 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
Nov 03 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
Nov 04 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
Nov 05 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
Nov 07 Arcata, CA – Humboldt State
Nov 09 Portland, OR – Jackpot Records (in-store performance at 3pm)
Nov 09 Portland, OR – Doug Fir
Nov 10 Portland, OR – Doug Fir
Nov 11 Seattle, WA – Neumos
Nov 12 Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret
Dec 08 London, UK – The Lexington
Dec 09 Minehead, UK – Butlin’s Holiday Center (ATP’s Nightmare Before Christmas)
Mar 10 Victoria, Australia – Golden Plains Festival
Zooey Deschanel & Stephin Merritt on Halloween episode of The Late Late Show!
November 1, 2011 – 12:40 pm
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson had a little Merge night last night! Zooey Deschanel dressed as Minnie Mouse visited the couch to talk about New Girl and A Very She & Him Christmas while Stephin Merritt joined Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman & Moby to perform “Science Fiction/Double Feature” from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Watch the musical performance here and click the second dot of the full show video to jump to Zooey’s chat with Craig!
Stephin Merritt’s new compilation Obscurities is available on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store as well as the newly released reissue of the Magnetic Fields’ Holiday on 180-gm LP. She & Him’s A Very She & Him Christmas is available on CD, red vinyl & digital download with special gift bundles in the Merge store, too!
Arcade Fire play Bridge School benefit
November 1, 2011 – 5:15 am
Arcade Fire performed an acoustic set at Neil Young’s annual Bridge School benefit in San Francisco, CA, on October 22. They were joined by Neil Young himself for a cover of “Helpless.” Watch Arcade Fire and Neil Young perform “Helpless” below!
Arcade Fire’s award-winning album The Suburbs is available on CD, LP, and digital download in the Merge store, as is the extended CD+DVD version, The Suburbs Deluxe.
Richard Buckner visits Relix Magazine & Daytrotter in support of “Our Blood”
November 1, 2011 – 4:31 am
Richard Buckner visited Relix Magazine and played “Traitor” from his new album Our Blood.
Watch the performance now at Relix.com.
Richard also stopped by the Daytrotter studios on his travels to play a few tracks. Listen online now.
Our Blood is available on CD, LP and digital download now in the Merge store.
Richard Buckner on tour:
Nov 06 Winchester, UK – The Railway
Nov 07 London, UK – Pancras Old Church
Nov 08 Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
Nov 09 Cardiff, UK – The Buffalo Bar
Nov 10 Glasgow, UK – The Captain’s Rest
Nov 12 Liverpool, UK – Americana UK Festival
Nov 13 Brighton, UK – The Basement
Nov 14 London, UK – The Social
Nov 18 Trondheim, NO – Credo
Nov 19 Oslo, NO – Mono
Nov 21 Stockholm, SE – Debaser
Nov 22 Gothenburg, SE – Jazzhuset
Nov 23 Malmo, SE – KB
Nov 24 Norderstedt, DE – The Music Star
Nov 25 Utrecht, NL – Le Guess Who Festival
Nov 26 Den Haag, NL – Paard
Nov 27 Ottersum, NL – Roepaen
Nov 29 Ravenna, IT – Bronson Club
- 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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