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Shout Out Louds on NPR’s World Cafe

photo by Carl von Arbin

Shout Out Louds performed live from WXPN in Philadelphia during their North American tour in May and chatted with World Cafe host David Dye for a session that is available online now at NPR.org.

Shout Out Louds’ new album, Work, is available on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store. They also just posted new photos from their North American tour on their website, and don’t miss their great new video for “Show Me Something New.”

Lou Barlow visits KXT Dallas

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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 visits KCMP the Current

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

Tracey Thorn on “The Whole Wide World” with Rita Houston on WFUV

Tonight, Tracey Thorn will join Rita Houston on WFUV for an interview and perform a few songs from her forthcoming album, Love and Its Opposite. “The Whole Wide World” airs live on WFUV Friday nights from 7-10 pm EST. You can stream the show live at WFUV.org.

Tracey did an interview with WFUV’s Alternate Side, and you can download a “mixtape” of Tracey’s favorite Strange Feeling/Buzzin’ Fly releases, too!

Also, Love and Its Opposite is streaming in its entirety at NPR’s “First Listen” and you can pre-order it at iTunes to receive a bonus Berlin Demos EP and on CD in the Merge store.

Richard Buckner visits Daytrotter

Richard visited Daytrotter the last time he toured, and the session is finally online for your enjoyment. Give it a listen at daytrotter.com.

Buckner has also just been announced as part of Raleigh’s first Hopscotch Music Festival this summer! Tickets go on sale 4/1 at etix.com.

The Clientele visit BaebleMusic’s Guest Apartment

Alasdair MacLean recently visited BaebleMusic’s Guest Apartment in NYC to perform a few songs for you! The band is currently on tour state-side in support of Bonfires on the Heath. Don’t miss them!

02-26 Birmingham, AL Bottletree
02-27 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
02-28 Dallas, TX Granada Theater
03-01 Austin, TX The Mohawk
03-02 Marfa, TX Marfa Book Co.
03-04 San Diego, CA The Casbah
03-05 Los Angeles, CA Spaceland
03-06 Los Angeles, CA Spaceland
03-07 Visalia, CA The Cellar Door
03-09 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
03-11 Portland, OR Doug Fir
03-12 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
03-15 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center
03-16 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
03-17 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
03-18 Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig
03-19 Toronto, ON Canada The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
03-20 Montreal, QC Canada Il Motore
03-21 Allston, MA Great Scott
03-23 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom

The Love Language at Baeble Music’s Guest Apartment!

The Love Language visited The Guest Apartment while they were in New York last fall! Check out the video & interview at BaebleMusic.com.

The Rosebuds on Daytrotter!

Words by Sean Moeller:

The Rosebuds have a brilliant way of taking us out into the tobacco fields, feeling the drying of the leaves and the crumbly, dusty as a drought would have them be gravel roads and then get us to hear things, to think that some sneaky evil forces were at work and moving in on us, way out here in the middle of nowhere. It was in a setting like this – out where the closest neighbors are between and a half mile and a full mile away, the postman always knocks twice and where the goings on are oftentimes between the ravens, the grasshoppers and the steamy sun – where Robert Johnson was said to have sold his soul to the devil and Howard and Crisp make the backdrop of such a transaction seem possible on “Life Like.”

Visit Daytrotter for the session!

Tracks:
Welcome to Daytrotter
Life Like
Cape Fear
Border Guards

Portastatic’s Phoning It In on the Free Music Archives

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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 on KEXP!

Lou Barlow & the missingmen stopped by KEXP in Seattle last month! You can watch the set on YouTube, or listen at KEXP.org.

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Wye Oak perform on MTV Iggy

Wye Oak played a set for MTV’s new Iggy Music while in New York a few months ago. The set is online now! Don’t forget about The Knot while compiling your Top 10 List for the year!

Telekinesis on Daytrotter

Telekinesis stopped by Daytrotter on their last tour and the session is now online at Daytrotter.com! Don’t forget Telekinesis! when compiling your top 10 releases of 2009!

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