The Broken West visted WFUV in the Bronx while they were in New York for this year’s CMJ events! Watch a studio taping of “Gwen, Now and Then”!
CMJ 2008
October 27, 2008 – 5:51 pm
Portastatic @ Merge showcase
photo from Metromix by Ryan Muir
See lots more Merge showcase photos and mini-interviews at Metromix Reports, photos and videos are rolling in from CMJ 2008. Post ‘em if we missed some!
Wye Oak @ Merge Showcase
Nicholas Roberts for NY Times
Also posted in Merge HQ, Oakley Hall, Portastatic, rosebuds, the music tapes, the rosebuds, videos, wye oak
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The Broken West vist KUT Today!
October 1, 2008 – 3:15 pm
Tune in at 2pm Central time today, 10/1, to hear The Broken West live on Austin’s KUT!
The band is heading home for a few short weeks, but will hit the road again before you know it (aka November)!
November
11/07 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
11/08 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
11/10 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
11/11 Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
Now or Heaven is in stores now.
The Broken West: Social Studies
September 16, 2008 – 2:41 pm
Skip to 1:33 to catch The Broken West play the Picador in Iowa City!
The Broken West & Portastatic in Stores Today!
September 9, 2008 – 2:20 pm
Happy Release day, y’all!
Portastatic – Some Small History on Pitchfork
The Broken West – Now or Heaven on AV Club
You can pick up these new releases at your local record shop or the Merge Store
Friday Cuteness: Drummer Babies in Merge Onesies
August 22, 2008 – 1:57 pm
Riley Mann is ready to go on tour!
Ryder McCorkindale is showing off his rock cred – Daddy Rob is the drummer on The Broken West’s fantastic new record, Now or Heaven.
The Broken West "Sneak Previews"
August 19, 2008 – 1:52 pm
NPR included “Perfect Games” from the forthcoming Broken West album Now or Heaven on their “Sneak Preview” podcast. Download the podcast and stream the song at the NPR website.
Aquarium Drunkard released The Broken West tour dates and a second MP3 from Now or Heaven. See the dates and download “Auctioneer.”
Preorder Now or Heaven and stream the whole record at our website.
New Broken West Song!
June 30, 2008 – 9:51 pm
A while back The Broken West covered Tegan & Sara’s “Back In Your Head” — last weekend, they all got together at Sled Island! Check The Broken West on Myspace for that track.
Your first taste of Now or Heaven is right HERE! Click to listen to Perfect Games.
Now or Heaven is out September 9!
A Trickle from the Vault
May 21, 2008 – 2:52 pm
A couple songs for you, in what we hope to be a regular Merge Blog series of rare/live mp3s:
Destroyer & The Treacherous Fops – The Music Lovers (mp3): Live @ Cats Cradle, Carrboro, NC, July 31, 2004 at the Merge 15th Anniversary Festival.
This cut is culled from the one and only performance to date by The Treacherous Fops–comprised of Mac McCaughan on guitar, Spott on trumpet, Paul Finn on keys, Paul Cardillo on bass, and the incomparable Lee Waters manning the skins. Destroyer is Mr. Dan Bejar.
The Broken West – Brass Ring (mp3): Live at the Great Scott, Allston, MA, March 3, 2007. Special thanks to Bradley’s Almanac, one of the best blogs in Blogland, for the Broken West show!
For non-digital, real life shows near you, check out the Merge Tour Dates.
Anyone with rare/live recordings (especially lossless) of any Merge bands and a disposition towards sharing, please send a message to:
wilson
wilson (at) mergerecords (dot) com
Merge @ SXSW 2008
March 19, 2008 – 5:02 pm
A selection of photos from our SXSW 2008 experience:
Wye Oak warming up backstage at The Parish
She & Him trying to stay cool!
A hard-earned Shout Out Louds’ nap!
Jimmy Putnam and the new Radar Bros. onstage at The Parish
Carl “Lipsill” von Arbin from Shout Out Louds & Mac Merge/Portastatic
Bebban & Ted from Shout Out Louds
Bejar & Fisher of Destroyer
Christina Merge & Ross “Rusty79″ Flournoy of The Broken West
“Blogger Cage” at the Stereogum/Paste Lounge
Also posted in Destroyer, Portastatic, radar bros, she & him, Shout Out Louds, sxsw, wye oak
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One year ago today…
January 23, 2008 – 9:46 pm
THE BROKEN WEST – I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On was released on January 23, 2007!
Lucky for you (and us too!) the band is back in the studio recording a follow-up with Thom Monahan. Stay tuned for more notes from the studio!
2007 Top 10 Lists: Ross Flournoy
January 3, 2008 – 5:03 pm
Ross Flournoy from The Broken West shares his favorite releases of 2007 (“in no particular order”):
LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
The Clientele – God Save the Clientele
Broken Social Scene presents Kevin Drew – Spirit If…
Okkervil River – The Stage Names
Oakley Hall – I’ll Follow You
Iron & Wine – The Shepard’s Dog
Neil Young – Live at Massey Hall
The National – Boxer
Trans Am – Sex Change
The Broken West plan to head into the studio early in 2008 and hope to have a new album ready by the fall. Stay tuned for more details.
- Arcade Fire join Foo Fighters as Mick Jagger’s band for Saturday Night Live season finale
- M. Ward visits WNYC and The Late Show with David Letterman
- Merge partners with the Southern Folklife Collection at UNC
- New Superchunk 7-inch “This Summer” b/w “Cruel Summer” in June
- The Magnetic Fields premiere video for “Quick!”
- Redd Kross sign to Merge!
- Crooked Fingers releases acoustic version of Breaks in the Armor
- Hospitality visits NPR’s “Tiny Desk”
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