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Lou Barlow on The Current!

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 live on BreakThru Radio

btr-logoLou Barlow visited The Big Takeover‘s Jack Rabid for a chat and live set at the Williamsburg studios of BreakThru Radio. Listen now at BreakThru Radio.

And check out a full stream of Lou Barlow’s new album, Goodnight Unknown, in the Merge store and a collection of videos at LooTube.

American Music Club on KEXP – Saturday, 9/19!

American Music Club at XX Merge. Photo by Brian Vetter

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

Telekinesis on WKNC TODAY!

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!

Merge on the Radio

mrgcollage300There have been several awesome radio features on Merge recently, and all are available online for your listening pleasure. Thanks to all of these wonderful programs for helping us celebrate our birthday!

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.

Mac and Laura talk about Merge + acoustic Superchunk performance on WUNC’s “The State of Things”

mergerecords_wuncMac and Laura joined Frank Stasio on North Carolina Public Radio’s The State of Things to discuss 20 years of Merge Records. The interview will air Monday, July 13 at Noon EST. Tune in for a special acoustic performance by Superchunk!

Download the acoustic version of “Detroit Has a Skyline” from The State of Things performance now!

Telekinesis perform live on Morning Becomes Eclectic

morning_becomes_telekinesisTelekinesis are in Los Angeles today and will visit the Santa Monica studios of KCRW to perform on Morning Becomes Eclectic. The band will play live and chat with host, Jason Bentley. Tune in to listen and watch live at 11:15 PST / 2:15 EST today, June 26.

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

M. Ward at KEXP – SXSW!

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M. Ward visited KEXP while he was in Austin for SXSW this year! The session is now available as an MP3 download and part of the KEXP Live Performances Podcast!

M. Ward at KEXP

M. Ward on tour:
04.27.2009 Toronto, ON The Phoenix
04.28.2009 Montreal, QC Le National
05.15.2009 Visalia, CA Fox Theater
05.16.2009 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
05.22.2009 Eugene, OR McDonald Theatre
05.23.2009 George, WA Sasquatch Music Festival
07.23.2009 Salt Lake City, UT Twilight Concert Series FREE!
07.27.2009 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club
07.28.2009 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom
07.30.2009 Washington, 9:30 Club
08.01.2009 New York, NY Central Park Summerstage FREE!

Oakley Hall Daytrotter Session!

Oakley Hall recently stopped in to the Daytrotter studios to record four songs previously found on I’ll Follow You and Gypsum Strings! Take a listen HERE!

And did we mention the Charity Auction is still happening? Arcade Fire and Essex Green swag is up now!

Spoon plays the DL!

Spoon visited AOL’s The DL and performed 3 songs that you can watch HERE, just in case you weren’t able to catch them at one of their many festival gigs.

“I Summon You”
“Rhthm and Soul”
“Black Like Me”

Spoon Tour Dates HERE

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