Sirius XM’s The Loft session will air multiple times this week, including Wednesday 1/18 at 2pm, Saturday 1/21 at noon, and Sunday 1/22 at midnight, all times EST.

World Cafe airs on Wednesday, January 18. Visit NPR.org for local airtimes, or you can listen live on WXPN’s live stream at 2PM EST.

KUT Austin’s performance aired on Tuesday, January 17. The session is now archived at KUT.org.

Order Breaks in the Armor on CD, LP or digital download in the Merge store now.

Order Last Summer from the Merge store & create your own bundle for a chance to save up to 30% now through the end of the year.

Mary, Rebecca, Janet & Carrie stopped by Oregon Public Broadcasting for a very special set in front of a live audience. The session is now available at OPBmusic.org, with live video! Don’t miss Wild Flag on tour, and pick up a copy of their self-titled debut in stores now.

Wild Flag on tour:
Oct 19 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
Oct 20 Washington, DC Black Cat
Oct 21 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
Oct 22 Athens, GA 40 Watt
Oct 24 Birmingham, AL The Bottletree
Oct 26 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks
Oct 27 Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s Downstairs
Oct 28 Dallas, TX The Loft
Oct 29 Austin, TX La Zona Rosa
Oct 31 Phoenix, AZ Rhythm Room
Nov 01 San Diego, CA Casbah
Nov 02 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
Nov 03 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
Nov 04 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
Nov 05 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
Nov 07 Arcata, CA Humboldt State University
Nov 09 Portland, OR Doug Fir
Nov 10 Portland, OR Doug Fir
Nov 11 Seattle, WA Neumo’s
Nov 12 Vancouver, The Biltmore Cabaret
Dec 08 London, UK The Lexington
Dec 09 Minehead, UK Butlin’s Holiday Center – ATP’s “Nightmare Before Christmas

Wild Flag is available on CD and LP in stores now.

A European tour for Richard has just been announced! Be sure to catch him on the road in October and November, and check back for a few more dates.

Our Blood is available in stores and online now.

Richard Buckner on tour:
Sep 28 Little Rock, AR Sticky Fingerz Rock ‘N’ Roll Chicken Shack
Sep 29 Memphis, TN HiTone Cafe
Oct 01 Ft. Worth, TX Ft. Worth Music Fest after show at Lola’s
Oct 02 Austin, TX Cactus Café
Oct 04 Mobile, AL Satori Coffee House
Oct 07 Columbia, SC Tapp’s Art Center
Oct 08 Asheville, NC The Grey Eagle
Nov 06 Winchester, UK The Railway
Nov 07 London, UK Pancras Old Church
Nov 08 Leeds, UK Brudenell Social Club w/ Mark Eitzel
Nov 09 Cardiff, UK The Buffalo Bar w/ Mark Eitzel
Nov 10 Glasgow, UK The Captain’s Rest
Nov 12 Liverpool, UK Americana UK Festival w/ Mark Eitzel
Nov 13 Brighton, UK The Basement
Nov 18 Trondheim, NO Credo
Nov 19 Oslo, NO Mono
Nov 21 Stockholm, SE Debaser
Nov 22 Gothenburg, SE Jazzhuset
Nov 23 Malmo, SE KB
Nov 24 Norderstedt, DE The Music Star
Nov 25 Utrecht, NL Le Guess Who Festival
Nov 26 Den Haag, NL Paard
Nov 27 Ottersum, NL Roepaen
Nov 29 Ravenna, IT Bronson Club

On September 21, she stopped by WNYC’s Soundcheck for a live in-studio performance and interview. You can now listen to the archived session online.

And on Thursday, September 22, Eleanor will join author Christopher Bollen at the Union Square Barnes & Noble for a special performance at 7pm.

Eleanor will also be on Sirius XMU this weekend for a session from the NYC studios. Replays of the session air Thursday 9/22 at 4pm Eastern, Friday 9/23 at 9pm Eastern, and Sunday 9/25 at Noon Eastern.

Last Summer is in stores now!

You can also listen to her archived World Cafe radio session on NPR.org now.

During a recent stop in her hometown of Chicago, Eleanor recorded a takeaway session with Paste which was filmed in one of her favorite guitar shops. Watch her perform two songs from Last Summer as well as a brand-new tune called “I’ll Never Be Happy Again.”

And last but not least, Eleanor will be at Sonic Boom Records – Ballard for an in-store performance on September 6 at 6pm. This will be her only appearance in the Seattle area on this tour, though, so mark your calendars!

Last Summer is in stores now and available from Merge on CD, LP, and digital download.

Eleanor Friedberger on tour:
Sep 05 Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom w/ The Kills, Mini Mansions
Sep 06 Seattle, WA – Sonic Boom Records – Ballard (in-store performance @ 6pm)
Sep 07 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom (for MusicfestNW) w/ The Kills, Mini Mansions
Sep 09 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater w/ The Kills, Mini Mansions
Sep 10 Los Angeles, CA – Wiltern Theatre w/ The Kills, Mini Mansions
Sep 11 San Diego, CA – House of Blues w/ The Kills, Mini Mansions
Oct 14 Boston, MA – Paradise w/ Wild Flag
Oct 19 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer w/ Wild Flag
Oct 20 Washington, DC – Black Cat w/ Wild Flag
Oct 21 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle w/ Wild Flag
Oct 22 Athens, GA – 40 Watt w/ Wild Flag
Oct 24 Birmingham, AL – The Bottletree w/ Wild Flag
Oct 26 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks w/ Wild Flag
Oct 27 Oxford, MS – Proud Larry’s
Oct 28 St. Louis, MO – The Luminary Center for the Arts
Oct 29 Chicago, IL – Subterranean
Oct 30 Cleveland Heights, OH – Grog Shop

David Malitz of the Washington Post writes, “The new Left by Soft is his seventh album and solidifies his status as an unlikely guitar god.” Read the interview with David Kilgour interview here.

Both Richard & David stopped by KEXP Seattle last week. You can now listen to the sessions online! David Kilgour’s set is archived here, and Richard Buckner’s set is here.

Richard Buckner & David Kilgour on tour:
Aug 23 Atlanta, GA – Smith’s Olde Bar
Aug 24 Chapel Hill, NC – The ArtsCenter
Aug 25 Arlington, VA – IOTA Club & Café
Aug 27 Brooklyn, NY – The Bell House
Aug 28 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
Aug 31 Los Angeles, CA – Old Style Guitar Shop * David Kilgour only

The Rosebuds

The band recently released a video for the track “Woods,” directed by Steve Choo. Watch it on the Merge Blog now!

You can order The Rosebuds‘ new album Loud Planes Fly Low on CD, LP, and digital download now in the Merge store, or at your favorite local record store.

The Rosebuds on tour:
# – w/ Bon Iver
July 12 Vancouver, BC Media Club
July 14 Boise, ID The Neurolux
July 15 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
July 16 Denver, CO Hi-Diver
July 19 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
July 20 Eau Claire, WI House of Rock
July 21 Madison, WI UW Union Terrace
July 22 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater #
July 23 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater #
July 24 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre #
July 25 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre #
July 27 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium #
July 28 Atlanta, GA Cobb Energy PAC #
July 29 Raleigh, NC Raleigh Amphitheater #
July 30 Richmond, VA The National #
Aug 01 Washington, DC 9:30 Club #
Aug 03 Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre #
Aug 05 Boston, MA House of Blues #
Aug 06 Holyoke, MA Mountain Park #
Aug 08 Toronto, ON The Sound Academy #
Aug 09 New York, NY United Palace Theatre #
Aug 10 Brooklyn, NY Celebrate Brooklyn! #

The Mountain Goats‘ latest album, All Eternals Deck, is available now on CD, LP, and digital download in the Merge store.

On Saturday, June 18, Terre T and WFMU will debut the first track from Wild Flag’s self-titled debut album! Tune in to the Cherry Blossom Clinic on WFMU between 3-6pm Eastern to hear the worldwide premiere of “Romance” in its entirety.

You can listen to the Cherry Blossom Clinic live online at WFMU.org or the show’s archive at any point after Saturday at 3pm. If you’re in the New York area, you can listen on the radio at 91.1FM, and at 90.1FM in the Hudson Valley.

Wild Flag is available for pre-order in the Merge Store now on CD & LP.

M. Ward recently visited KINK Portland’s Bing Lounge for an acoustic session! You can watch the entire set on KINK.FM now.

M. Ward on tour:
May 27 Barcelona, Spain Primavera Festival
June 10 Philadelphia, PA Mann Center for Performing Arts
June 11 Vienna, VA Filene Center @ Wolftrap
June 25 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre
June 26 Davis, CA Mondavi Center
July 07 Winnipeg, MB Canada Winnipeg Folk
July 09 Ottawa, ON Ottawa Blues
July 11 Quebec City, QC Quebec City Summer Festival
July 31 Newport, RI Newport Folk Festival
Aug 11 Montclair, NJ Wellmont Theatre
Aug 13 East Hampton, NY Music to Know Festival

The Mountain Goats head to Europe in a few weeks but will be back on the North American roads in June! Check the tour page for all new shows!

May 22 Dubin, Ireland Whelans
May 24 Brighton, UK Coalition
May 25 London, UK KOKO
May 27 Manchester, UK Academy 3
May 28 Leeds, UK Brudenell Social Club
May 29 Glasgow, Scotland King Tuts
May 30 Newcastle, UK Cluny
June 14 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
June 16 Seattle, WA The Showbox
June 17 Vancouver, BC The Biltmore Cabaret
June 18 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater
June 20 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
June 21 Costa Mesa, CA Detroit Bar
June 23 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
June 24 Santa Barbara, CA SoHo Music Club
June 26 Bloomington, IN Plan-it-X REcords
July 27 Lewiston, NY Art Park #
July 28 Belknap, NH Meadowbrook Pavilion #
July 29 Shelburne, VT Ben & Jerry’s Concerts on the Green #
July 30 Montreal, QC Osheaga Festival
July 31 Baldwinsville, NY Paper Mill Island Amphitheater #
August 03 Grand Rapids, MI Meijer Gardens #
August 04 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room #
August 05 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
August 06 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
# with Bright Eyes

Wye Oak visited Oregon Public Broadcasting while they were in Portland last month, and the session is now archived online!

There are just a handful of US dates left for the band, so catch them while you can, and order Civilian on LP, CD, or digital download from the Merge Store now.

Apr 07 Chicago, IL – Schuba’s
Apr 08 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
Apr 09 Toronto, ON – El Mocambo
Apr 10 Montreal, QC – Casa Del Popolo
Apr 12 Cambridge, MA – Middle East Upstairs
Apr 14 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
Apr 15 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
May 28 George, WA – Sasquatch Music Festival

You can now listen to the 8-piece Destroyer band play live on KEXP Seattle! Destroyer is currently touring the west coast, making their way east towards Webster Hall in NYC!

Tracks:
Certain Things You Ought To Know
Downtown
Painter In Your Pocket
Song For America

Destroyer on Tour:
03-22 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
03-23 Tucson, AZ Club Congress
03-25 Austin, TX The Mohawk
03-26 Dallas, TX The Loft
03-27 Little Rock, AR Sticky Fingerz Rock ‘N’ Roll Chicken Shack
03-28 St. Louis, MO The Luminary Center for the Arts
03-29 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
03-30 Pontiac, MI The Pike Room at The Crofoot
03-31 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
04-01 Montreal, QC Le Cabaret du Mile End
04-02 Cambridge, MA Middle East Downstairs
04-03 New York, NY Webster Hall
04-04 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
04-05 Washington, DC Black Cat
04-06 Asheville, NC Grey Eagle
04-07 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
04-08 Atlanta, GA The Earl
04-09 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge
04-11 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
04-12 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Centre
04-13 Winnipeg, MB West End Cultural Centre
04-15 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room
04-16 Calgary, AB #1 Royal Canadian Legion

photo by Renata Steiner/Nataworry Photography

Jason Narducy, Cody Votolato, and Michael Benjamin Lerner visited KEXP during release week last month for a live session! Video of the set is online now!

Tracks:
Country Lane
Please Ask for Help
Dirty Thing
50 Ways

Click here to view the embedded video.

Mac & Jim stop by Ross Grady’s Local Music show at WXDU Durham last Sunday for a live session! If you missed the show, Superchunk’s website now has the session available as a free download.

From Mac:

Ross Grady has bands play sometimes on his Sunday afternoon show on WXDU. We’d never done it before but wanted to, so Jim and I went in and Ross broke all kinds of crazy rules for us! Acoustic only! Interview portion! Only 5 songs! But it went ok, 57s and 58s, check it out….and thanks to Ross and Kelly for the recording.

Tracks:
Crossed Wires
Rope Light
Cursed Mirror
Skip Steps 1 & 3

Don’t miss Superchunk on tour in March!

March 4  Carrboro NC  Cat’s Cradle w/ Veelee SOLD OUT!
March 8  New York NY  Radio City Music Hall w/ Bright Eyes, WILD FLAG
March 9  New York NY  Radio City Music Hall w/ Bright Eyes, WILD FLAG

NPR Music’s Robin Hilton describes Telekinesis’ new edgier sound, “The group’s only permanent member, Michael Benjamin Lerner, writes songs that exude loneliness, heartache and the dizzying grief of dysfunctional relationships. But his agony is packaged in tightly wound, unabashedly upbeat pop songs. Misery has never sounded so worthy of company.”

12 Desperate Straight Lines is available on CD and LP in the Merge store and your local record store, and you can find Telekinesis on Twitter and Facebook.

See Telekinesis on tour!
* = w/ The Love Language
Feb 18 Bellingham, WA  Jinx Arts Space
Feb 20 Portland, OR  Doug Fir Lounge *
Feb 23 San Francisco, CA Noise Pop Festival – Cafe Du Nord w/ Versus & The Love Language
Feb 24 Los Angeles, CA  The Echo *
Feb 25 San Diego, CA  The Casbah *
Feb 26 Tempe, AZ  The Sail Inn *
Feb 28 Norman, OK The Opolis *
Mar 01 Omaha, NE  Slowdown Jr *
Mar 02 Minneapolis, MN  7th St. Entry *
Mar 04 Chicago, IL  Schubas *
Mar 05 Detroit, MI  Magic Stick *
Mar 06 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern
Mar 07 Montreal, QC  Casa Del Popolo
Mar 08 Cambridge, MA  TT the Bear’s Place *
Mar 09 New York, NY  Mercury Lounge *
Mar 10 Brooklyn, NY The Rock Shop *
Mar 11 Philadelphia, PA  Johnny Brenda’s *
Mar 12 Washington, DC  The Red Palace *
Mar 13 Chapel Hill, NC  Local 506
Mar 14 Atlanta, GA  The Earl *
Mar 22 Denver, CO  Hi Dive
Mar 23 Salt Lake City, UT  Kilby Court
Mar 24 Boise, ID  Neurolux
Mar 26 Seattle, WA  The Crocodile
Mar 27 Vancouver, BC  Media Club w/ Wye Oak

Superchunk stopped by The Current during their brief visit to the Twin Cities, and the session is now archived! Give it a listen at The Current.

Set list:
Learned to Surf
Digging for Something
Tie A Rope To The Back Of The Bus

Superchunk played a live set on KEXP while in Seattle for the Teenage Fanclub / Telekinesis mega-show at the Showbox on Thursday! Listen to the archive at KEXP.org.

North Carolina’s Superchunk was high on the list when it came to great indie-rock of the ‘90s (a time when that term actually made sense) and they haven’t lost a step with their 2010 LP of catchy, buzzing, riff-heavy pop “Majesty Shredding.” They play tracks from the new record and some classic singles live at KEXP. – W. Myers

Set List:
Cool
Digging for Something
Rosemarie
Cast Iron

Tour Dates:
10-15 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
10-17 San Francisco, CA Treasure Island
10-19 Los Angeles, CA The Music Box at Fonda
12-09 Toronto, ON Sound Academy

And check out their in-store performances in Portland, San Francisco, and LA!

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

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.

Listen here! She & Him in-studio at KGSR Austin

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!

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!

Click here to view the embedded video.

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.

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.

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

The Telekinesis rock invasion of Raleigh continues today as Michael Benjamin Lerner & friends play live on WKNC! Tune in around 6:15pm (Eastern Time) to catch the set & interview, then come by Tir Na Nog in Raleigh for a FREE show tonight around 10pm!

The Chapel Hill, NC band Polvo made a name for itself in the 1990s with off-kilter rhythms, dissonant guitars and cryptic wordplay. The band broke up in 1998, but is back with its first new studio album in 12 years. It’s called In Prism.

Order Polvo’s new album, In Prism, on limited edition double-LP, CD and digital download in the Merge store.

You can now listen to the entire M. Ward concert recorded at the 9:30 Club  July 30th by NPR!

Visit NPR Music to listen to the show!

NPR’s All Songs Considered
WUNC’s The State of Things *includes a rare acoustic Superchunk performance!
APM’s Sound Opinions
NPR’s Weekend All Things Considered

And, on Thursday, July 16th, message board regular Alex (aka flipyourwig), will host a Thursday Night Special entitled “MERGE RECORDS TURNS TWENTY- The Little Label That Could” on Chapel Hill’s WXYC from 9-Midnight (EST). Listen live in the triangle at 89.3 FM and online at wxyc.org.

Telekinesis visited The Bronx’s WFUV while in New York earlier this month! WFUV’s The Alternative Side has the full session with video!

Telekinesis are on tour in support of their debut album, Telekinesis!, available on CD and digital download in the Merge store.

CLICK HERE to catch the Radar Bros.’ “Lake Life” as the Song of the Day for January 23!

Auditorium is in stores next Tuesday, January 29!

Listen to Imperial Teen on KEXP!

The ‘Teen have a few more tour dates lined up, don’t miss them!
12.13.2007 * San Francisco CA @ The Independent
12.14.2007 * Los Angeles CA @ Troubadour
12.15.2007 * San Diego CA @ The Casbah

Click HERE to hear the Broken West Lounge Act @ WOXY.com! The band made the radio debut of two new songs they’ve been playing on the road – “Perfect Games” and “Embassy Row.”

UPDATE: Get the Tegan & Sara cover of “Back In Your Head” at Aquarium Drunkard

SPOON plays the 9:30 Club in DC tonight! For those of you not lucky enough to make it, the kind folks at NPR have scheduled a LIVE BROADCAST tonight! An interview with the band will air at 7:30, and the show goes live at 8pm! Tune in tonight for the entire concert!

If you’d rather park yourself in front of the TV tonight, Reaper will feature songs from two Merge artists: Spoon’s “The Underdog” and Imperial Teen‘s “Shim Sham”!

Another momentous TV event: SPOON on SNL re-airs THIS Saturday, October 27!

Spoon also visited KCMP recently. Click the link to hear the session!

They also gave a little shout out to Destroyer at their Boston show..

Shout Out Louds are out on the road in support of September’s Our Ill Wills, workin’ overtime to visit some of our favorite places! Treat your ears to a little sweetness of the Swedish persuasion and click to hear the sessions:

KEXP: October 13, 12pm Pacific. (We will link back to the permalink when it becomes available)

KCMP Minnesota Public Radio

Shout Out Louds check in with AOL’s Spinner Blog from the road

Next up: WERS in Boston and KUT in Austin!

Don’t miss the band on tour!
10.23.2007 * Montreal QC @ Cabaret du Musse Juste Pour Rire #
10.24.2007 * Boston MA @ Paradise Rock Club #
10.25.2007 * New York NY @ Bowery Ballroom #
10.26.2007 * Brooklyn NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg #
10.27.2007 * Hoboken NJ @ Maxwell’s #
10.28.2007 * Washington DC @ 9:30 Club
10.29.2007 * Philadelphia PA @ First Unitarian Church #
10.30.2007 * Carrboro NC @ Cat’s Cradle #
10.31.2007 * Atlanta GA @ The Loft #
11.02.2007 * Austin TX @ The Parish #
11.03.2007 * Dallas TX @ Granada Theatre
# = w/ Johnossi & Nico Vega

Lindsey & I headed to San Francisco for a whirlwind 3 day trip! We managed to pack in visits to some of the best radio stations in the country in between amazing meals AND most importantly, we got to meet the guys and gal of Shout Out Louds!

The Shout Out Louds played the famous Popscene at Rickshaw Stop. The place was packed and full of sweat! We had never seen Shout Out Louds play before and felt super-cool knowing all of the new songs! The crowd loved every minute despite the oppressive heat and the band were a blast despite spending 5 hrs on the NYC runway trying to make it to the show!

Stay tuned to our website and the band’s myspace page for more tour announcements and new songs from their forthcoming release, Our Ill Wills. And get your copy of the new ep (with video!), Tonight I Have to Leave It!

Christina
Adam Shout Out Louds & Kim from the San Francisco Bay Guardian
Trying to squeeze the rest of the band in the picture!
Ted (& half of Bebban)!
(CONTINUED: Click permalink below for more of our adventures!



Jen, Lindsey, Kate & I share Hooka Love!

We arrived in San Fran early Tuesday morning and headed to the headquarters of our friend Jennifer Daunt of Dauntless Promotion. We finished the evening off with some hooka action. haha! A first for the ladies of this radio dept!
Tyler working hard @ KALX!
Benji showing off his fantastic restaurant!

Wednesday took us to Berkeley to visit our friends at KALX. Tyler, music director extraordinaire, showed us around the station and pointed out The Clientele & Spoon in heavy, mega, rotation! That’s just what we like to see! Then, we went visit former KALX md and current proprietor of Sea Salt Restaurant , Benji Lawless. We were treated like VIPs and ate more than was good for us!

The delicious lunch merely helped us stretch out in preparation for the giant Thai feast we shared with the Shout Out Louds! They are great people, and I hope you are all preparing yourselves to rock out this fall!
Live 105 Arcade Fire desktop in the control room!

Thursday, we ventured to Live 105 & KFOG to say hello. We grabbed another amazing feast at Nihon and caught the plane back for a disco nap prior to standing in line for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! Whew.

Thanks to Jen & Kate, Aaron Axelsen, Kelly Ransford, Kim Chun, KALX crew, Jim Spizirri & the # 71 bus for making our trip such a fun & successful one! We hope to have many more adventures to share soon!

Gratuitous “Harry Trotter” photo!