Alasdair MacLean stopped by WFMU this week to play Irwin Chusid’s show on Wednesday. The session is online for your enjoyment.
Bonfires on the Heath is in stores & the Merge Store now! Visit Converse.com for a pastoral version of the title track, performed by the band on a late July day in honor of XX Merge.
Watch the fantastic video and download an MP3 of The Music Tapes’ “For the Planet Pluto” for free!
Go to Spoon’s website this week to download four mp3s in honor of the deluxe digital releases of classic Spoon albums: Telephono/Soft Effects, A Series of Sneaks, Girls Can Tell, and Kill The Moonlight. “Get Out of The State,” “Metal Detektor,” “Chicago at Night,” and “Paper Tiger” are all up for free download!
Download “Harvest Time,” a new MP3 from The Clientele’s forthcoming album, Bonfires on the Heath.
“languidly psychedelic new track “Harvest Time”, flows forth in hazy technicolor” ~Pitchfork
The gorgeous mix of drone, strings, and Alasdair MacLean’s evocative “Harvest Time” narrative perfectly sets this hauntingly beautiful tone. ~Stereogum
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.
Lou Barlow has released a free MP3 download of “Gravitate” from the forthcoming new album, Goodnight Unknown in stores October 6! Enjoy!
You can now download track two from Hold Time to your computer!
Never Had Nobody Like You [mp3]
Hold Time is now available for preorder from our website!
A couple songs for you, in what we hope to be a regular Merge Blog series of rare/live mp3s:
Destroyer & The Treacherous Fops – The Music Lovers (mp3): Live @ Cats Cradle, Carrboro, NC, July 31, 2004 at the Merge 15th Anniversary Festival.
This cut is culled from the one and only performance to date by The Treacherous Fops–comprised of Mac McCaughan on guitar, Spott on trumpet, Paul Finn on keys, Paul Cardillo on bass, and the incomparable Lee Waters manning the skins. Destroyer is Mr. Dan Bejar.
The Broken West – Brass Ring (mp3): Live at the Great Scott, Allston, MA, March 3, 2007. Special thanks to Bradley’s Almanac, one of the best blogs in Blogland, for the Broken West show!
For non-digital, real life shows near you, check out the Merge Tour Dates.
Anyone with rare/live recordings (especially lossless) of any Merge bands and a disposition towards sharing, please send a message to:
wilson
wilson (at) mergerecords (dot) com
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