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!
Lou Barlow + the missingmen are currently on tour in support of Lou’s Goodnight Unknown, and Lou Barlow + the missingmen = Sentridoh III.
06-21 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
06-22 Vancouver, BC Media Club
06-23 Portland, OR Doug Fir
06-25 San Francisco, CA Cafe Du Nord
06-26 Los Angeles, CA Bootleg Theater
08-17 Milford, CT Daniel Street
08-18 Washington, DC Rock N Roll Hotel
08-19 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
08-20 Asheville, NC Grey Eagle
08-21 Nashville, TN The Basement
08-22 St. Louis, MO Off Broadway
08-24 Madison, WI The Frequency
08-26 Chicago, IL Schuba’s Tavern
08-27 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
08-28 Toronto, ON The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
08-29 Montreal, QC Il Motore
08-31 Northampton, MA Iron Horse
09-01 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
09-02 Cambridge, MA Middle East
09-03 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s
08/17 through 09/03 with Wye Oak
She & Him visited KCMP’s The Current while in Minneapolis and the session is now online! Matt & Zooey talk the Beach Boys & Bieber’s Baby.
She & Him on tour:
07-01 Boston, MA House of Blues
07-02 Philadelphia, PA Great Plaza @ Penn’s Landing
07-03 Oxford, ME Nateva Music Festival
07-04 New York, NY The Beach @ Governor’s Island
07-06 New York, NY Terminal 5
07-07 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
07-09 Atlanta, GA Atlanta Botanical Gardens
07-10 Birmingham, AL Sloss Furnaces
07-11 Louisville, KY Forecastle Festival
07-18 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
08-26 Salt Lake City, UT Twilight Music Series
08-29 St. Louis, MO LouFest
She & Him will perform live on Jimmy Kimmel Live! tonight – Monday, April 5. They’ll be playing “Thieves,” the first song from Volume Two. Check your local listings for time and channel, and set those DVRs!
If you missed She & Him’s performance on The Late Show with David Letterman on Friday, watch it now!
Preview and order the newly released Volume Two on CD and LP in the Merge store and watch their brand-new video for “In the Sun” now!
photo credit: Taea Thale
Alasdair, Mel, Mark & James visited KEXP’s John in the Morning to record a session at the Cutting Room studio. The session airs today, Tuesday 3/30 at 11am Eastern on 91.5-FM WNYE in NYC, 8am Pacific on 90.3-FM KEXP in Seattle, and online at KEXP.org. Listen in!
The Clientele also paid a visit to WNYC’s Soundcheck last week while in New York at the end of their 6-week tour! You can listen to their session online now.
If you missed them on tour, visit the Merge Store for all your Clientele needs! Bonfires on the Heath available on CD and digital.
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!
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