Merge Records » Cover Songs http://www.mergerecords.com/blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:36:05 +0000 en hourly 1 Telekinesis covers Superchunk at Alternative Press! http://www.mergerecords.com/blog/2011/05/telekinesis-covers-superchunk-at-alternative-press/ http://www.mergerecords.com/blog/2011/05/telekinesis-covers-superchunk-at-alternative-press/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 22:01:50 +0000 Merge http://www.mergerecords.com/blog/?p=6200

Michael Benjamin Lerner & Cody Votolato recently covered Superchunk’s classic, “Nu Bruises,” and you can now listen at Alternative Press!

Telekinesis is currently on tour with Portugal. The Man. Check them out on the road, and politely request that they play the cover! 12 Desperate Straight Lines is in stores now!

May 09 Tucson, AZ Solar Culture
May 11 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep
May 12 Fort Collins, CO Aggie Theatre
May 13 Denver, CO The Bluebird Theater
May 14 Denver, CO The Bluebird Theater
May 16 Columbia, MO Mojo’s
May 17 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
May 19 Little Rock, AR Revolution
May 20 Dallas, TX Granada Theater
May 21 Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s
May 22 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks
May 24 Nashville, TN The End
May 25 Columbus, OH Outland on Liberty
May 26 Cleveland, OH House of Blues – Cambridge Room
May 27 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
May 28 Syracuse, NY The Westcott Theater
May 30 South Burlington, VT Higher Ground Ballroom
May 31 New Haven, CT Cafe Nine
June 03 New York, NY Webster Hall
June 05 Cincinnati, OH MOTR Pub
June 06 Bloomington, IN Russian Recording
June 08 Chicago, IL Schubas Tavern

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Radar Brothers will hit the road as a five-piece in June! Dates are being updated as they come in on their tour page.

Head to the band’s MySpace page for a new cover of Rufus Wainwright’s “Oh, What a World.”

As Spin described, the audience at our SXSW showcase was “smitten” as Radar Brothers played to a packed house. Get your copy of The Illustrated Garden on CD and digital download now in the Merge store!

Radar Brothers on tour
06.17.2010 San Diego, CA Soda Bar
06.18.2010 Santa Cruz, CA The Crepe Place
06.19.2010 Merced, CA The Partisan
06.21.2010 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
06.22.2010 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern
06.24.2010 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop

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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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via You Ain’t No Picasso

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