From the Portastatic Blog:
Local gal made good (and now living in the big city) Tift Merritt was back in NC recently and was kind enough to have me on her interview show The Spark, which she records for Marfa Public Radio…we talked about writing songs and listening to songs and record covers and all kinds of things, check it out here!
Spoon’s eagerly anticipated new album, Transference, is available in stores and at your favorite digital music outlet today!
You can order your copy of Transference on CD, 180-gram vinyl LP (with digital download coupon) and digital download in the Merge store now! And don’t forget to order the limited edition “Written in Reverse” 7-inch on pink vinyl featuring non-album B-side “Mean Red Spider,” too!
There are a multitude of release-week activities planned in Los Angeles, New York, and Austin. Visit spoontheband.com or follow Spoon on Twitter for updates and opportunities to celebrate the release of Transference with the band!
Also, Spoon has announced their spring North American tour. The dates kick off with a March 17th headlining appearance at Stubb’s in Austin as part of the annual South by Southwest conference, and include the band’s first-ever headline engagement at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.
Tonight!
Spoon on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien on NBC at 11:35 p.m. EST
Wednesday, Jan. 20
Spoon on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic—streaming live beginning at 11:15 a.m. PST / 2:15 p.m. EST
Thursday, Jan 21
Spoon play live at the Mercury Lounge in NYC. Password: Transference
Saturday, Jan. 23
Britt Daniel solo at Sound Fix in Brooklyn at 7 p.m. EST
Monday, Jan. 25
Spoon on KGSR 93.3 FM in Austin at 12 p.m. CST
Spoon performance at Waterloo Records in Austin at 4 p.m. CST
Mac McCaughan called Phoning It In on WMBR back in 2006, but the session is now available on the Free Music Archive! Give it a listen online now!
Lou Barlow performed a set for The Current while he was in Minneapolis with Dinosaur Jr last week! You can now listen to the session online!
Tracks:
Sharing
Too Much Freedom
Take Advantage
Goodnight Unknown is available on LP & CD in the Merge Store.
Lou Barlow was recently interviewed on CFRU Guelph, ON! You can listen on Vish Kannah’s website.
Lou will also perform live tomorrow at 8:30am Central Time on KCMP The Current!
For even more Lou, check out LooTube and Goodnight Unknown in the Merge Store.
World-renowned Jersey City freeform radio station, WFMU is hosting a 24-hour emergency fund drive beginning at 7PM tonight. Due to a major short fall from their Spring fund drive and losing the lease on their transmitter, WFMU is setting aside their pride and asking for help to keep their “heart pumping and turntables spinning until next Spring.” WFMU is 100% listener-supported and receives no outside funding.
WFMU is also the home of Tom Scharpling’s “The Best Show on WFMU” every Tuesday night from 8-11 PM. This show has given us a catalog of hilarious comedy from the weekly collaboration of Scharpling with Superchunk’s Jon Wurster. Listen to clips from classic “Best Show” moments at ScharplingandWurster.com.
Please visit WFMU’s marathon page for more information and to pledge whatever you can to help keep this unique radio station on the airwaves!
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.
Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal had a chat with Mac & Laura about 20 years of Merge Records and the book, Our Noise. Listen to the interview or read the transcript on the Marketplace website.
American Music Club at XX Merge. Photo by Brian Vetter
Mark Eitzel & pianist Marc Capelle will visit KEXP tomorrow while they’re in Seattle for a live session on air! You can listen at 1pm pacific time at KEXP.org or on the airwaves if you’re lucky enough to live in Seattle.
Mark Eitzel performs American Music Club:
09.19.2009 Seattle, WA Triple Door
09.20.2009 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
09.24.2009 San Francisco, CA Red Devil Lounge
