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Wye Oak & Lou Barlow tour starts today!

Wye Oak & Lou Barlow + the missingmen start their tour together today in Milford, CT at Daniel Street Club. The tour will wind its way to the midwest and then back to the east coast to finish up at Maxwell’s in Hoboken on Sept 4. Don’t miss them!

Wye Oak recently released My Neighbor / My Creator which is available via digital download and on limited-edition CD from the band and in select record stores only. Lou Barlow + the missingmen have a new digital EP, = Sentridoh III available now in the Merge store.

Wye Oak & Lou Barlow + the missingmen on tour:
Aug 17 Milford, CT – Daniel Street Club
Aug 18 Washington, DC – Rock N Roll Hotel
Aug 19 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
Aug 20 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle
Aug 21 Nashville, TN – The Basement
Aug 22 St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway
Aug 23 Madison, WI – The Frequency
Aug 25 Minneapolis, MN – 400 Bar
Aug 26 Chicago, IL – Schubas Tavern
Aug 27 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
Aug 28 Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
Aug 29 Montreal, QC – Il Motore
Aug 31 Northampton, MA – Iron Horse
Sep 01 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
Sep 02 Cambridge, MA – Middle East
Sep 03 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
Sep 04 Hoboken, NJ – Maxwell’s

More Wye Oak dates:
% = w/ The Mountain Goats
# = w/ David Bazan
Oct 02 Urbana, IL – Canopy Club
Oct 04 Lawrence, KS – Bottleneck %
Oct 05 Columbia, MO – The Blue Note %
Oct 06 Oklahoma City, OK – ACM @ UCO Performance Lab %
Oct 08 San Antonio, TX – The Korova #
Oct 11 Lubbock, TX – The Foundation #
Oct 12 Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad #
Oct 13 Tucson, AZ – Club Congress #
Oct 15 Los Angeles, CA – Spaceland #
Oct 16 San Diego, CA – The Casbah #
Oct 17 San Luis Obispo, CA – Downtown Brewing Co. #
Oct 18 San Francisco, CA – The Independent #
Oct 21 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios w/ Fruit Bats
Oct 22 Seattle, WA – The Showbox w/ Blitzen Trapper

Tracey Thorn on World Cafe re-broadcast Saturday & Monday!

Tracey Thorn performed live from London and chatted with World Cafe host David Dye for a session that will re-air Saturday, Aug 14 and Monday, Aug 16 on nearly 200 stations nationwide. Listen online now at NPR.org.

Tracey Thorn’s critically acclaimed new album, Love and Its Opposite as well as the digital EP, Why Does the Wind? are available now, and the new digital EP, Opposites will be available August 31 in the Merge store. Download “Kentish Town (Walls remix)” from the Opposites EP now!

Arcade Fire on The Daily Show

Arcade Fire appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night and played “Ready to Start” from The Suburbs. They also played “Month of May” and illustrated how tiny Jon Stewart is compared to Win!

Lou Barlow talks Dirty Laundry & tours with Wye Oak

Lou Barlow + the missingmen have a new EP, = Sentridoh III, and are touring with Wye Oak beginning August 17 in Mitford, CT. Don’t miss them!

Lou Barlow + the missingmen with Wye Oak:
Aug 17 Milford, CT – Daniel Street Club
Aug 18 Washington, DC – Rock N Roll Hotel
Aug 19 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
Aug 20 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle
Aug 21 Nashville, TN – The Basement
Aug 23 Madison, WI – The Frequency
Aug 25 Minneapolis, MN – 400 Bar
Aug 26 Chicago, IL – Schubas Tavern
Aug 27 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
Aug 28 Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
Aug 29 Montreal, QC – Il Motore
Aug 31 Northampton, MA – Iron Horse
Sep 01 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
Sep 02 Cambridge, MA – Middle East
Sep 03 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
Sep 04 Hoboken, NJ – Maxwell’s

Versus Brooklyn CD release show is Thursday!

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Celebrate the release of On the Ones and Threes with Versus this Thursday at Rock Shop in Brooklyn! Buy tickets now!

Preview the whole album and buy it on CD, deluxe-edition dbl-LP, and digital download in the Merge store.

Versus on tour:
8/12 Brooklyn, NY Rock Shop CD release show w/ True Love Always
8/13 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace w/ Polvo
8/14 Montreal, QC Cabaret Juste Pour Rire w/ Polvo
9/21 Boston, MA Royale w/ Superchunk
9/22 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero Theatre w/ Superchunk & Jenny and Johnny

Brian Whelan (of The Broken West) appears on Mad Men!

Brian is the one holding the guitar!

Click here to watch the scene from Mad Men, season 4, episode 3 in which Don & Lane go to a comedy club to meet some “lady friends” and enjoy a few seconds of singing by “Rudy” aka Brian from the Broken West! “Rudy” appears at 3:01 in the clip.

We were watching, were you?

photo by Alicia Korenman

Some of the Merge staffers got together and watched the Arcade Fire stream at Pinhook in Durham. Did you have a gathering or did you just watch the action in your PJs? Send us your photos today for a chance at a Merge prize pack!

Watch Terry Gilliam take total control of Arcade Fire backstage at MSG, too! The Suburbs is in stores now!

Arcade Fire “Ready to Start” live from MSG

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Watch full song archives from the Arcade Fire live stream last night from Madison Square Garden at Arcade Fire’s YouTube page.

Caribou at the Great Wall of China

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Arcade Fire & Spoon at Madison Square Garden – Night one!

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The Village Voice posted the above video along with a full set list of last night’s sold out Madison Square Garden show. RollingStone.com, Prefix Magazine, Time Out NY, Spin.com and Brooklyn Vegan also ran photos and reviews.

Director Terry Gilliam talked to the New York Times about his plans for the live stream tonight.

Planning to host your own viewing party for the Madison Square Garden stream? Send us your best party pics for a chance to win a Merge prize pack!

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