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The Clean announce US tour dates!

The Clean will return to the US in September to play some shows! David, Hamish & Robert will kick off their tour at Maxwell’s in Hoboken and then head west giving lucky fans an all-too-rare chance to see them play live!

The Clean’s latest release Mister Pop is available along with other great selections from their catalog in the Merge store.

The Clean on tour:
Sep 29 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell’s
Sep 30 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge
Oct 04 San Francisco, CA The Independent
Oct 05 Portland, OR Holocene

Free Merge sampler at Amazon.com!

Spring has sprung and it is time for a new free Merge sampler! Featuring hit songs from the latest albums of Radar Brothers, Spoon, Let’s Wrestle, She & Him and more, visit amazon.com now to download all fourteen free songs with special cover art by Let’s Wrestle’s Wesley Patrick Gonzalez!

As always, you can find new albums from all of these artists and more in our handy Merge store.

Free Merge 2010 digital sampler track listing:
1. Radar Brothers – Horses Warriors (from The Illustrated Garden)
2. Let’s Wrestle – I Won’t Lie to You (from In the Court of the Wrestling Let’s)
3. Destroyer – The Very Modern Dance (from Streethawk: A Seduction)
4. Shout Out Louds – Fall Hard (from Work)
5. Spoon – Written in Reverse (from Transference)
6. Lou Barlow – Don’t Apologize (from Goodnight Unknown)
7. She & Him – Thieves (from Volume Two)
8. Superchunk – Learned to Surf (from Leaves in the Gutter)
9. Alec Bathgate – Glide (from Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox)
10. The Clientele – I Wonder Who We Are (from Bonfires on the Heath)
11. Caribou – Odessa (from Swim)
12. The Clean – In the Dreamlife U Need a Rubber Soul (from Mister Pop)
13. Wye Oak – I Hope You Die (from My Neighbor / My Creator)
14. Lambchop – Give It (from Live at XX Merge)

The Clean announce NYC shows!

On their way to All Tomorrow’s Parties in England, The Clean will stop in NYC to play the sold out Chris Knox benefit on May 6 as well as a headlining show at The Bell House in Brooklyn on Friday, May 7.

Tickets are on sale now for The Bell House and you can get The Clean’s most recent album, Mister Pop, as well as any of their catalog releases in the Merge store.

Jeff Mangum, The Clean, Portastatic & more announce Chris Knox benefit in NYC – SOLD OUT!

On Thursday, May 6, Jeff Mangum, The Clean, Portastatic, Yo La Tengo, Kyp Malone (of TV on the Radio), Claudia Gonson (of The Magnetic Fields), Sharon Van Etten, John Mulaney, Robert Scott, David Kilgour & Dimmer will unite in an evening of music at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City to benefit New Zealand musician Chris Knox, who suffered a series of life-altering strokes last year.

Hosted by Le Poisson Rouge, Wordless Music and WFMU, this show comes on the heels of the recent release of Stroke, a double album compilation of artists covering Knox songs with the proceeds going to benefit him and his family. All money raised for this event, save for circa $2,500 base costs to cover direct club expenses, is going straight to the Knox family.

This event is now sold out! Thank you very much!

Stroke is available now as a limited-edition 2-CD set and digital download in the Merge store.

2009 Year End List: Robert Scott of The Clean

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Tiny Vipers Live at Chicks Hotel
Eugene Chadbourne Live at Chicks Hotel
Darker than the Deepest Sea, Nick Drake Bio
Haunted Love Darkness in Diamond City EP
Buzzcocks Live in Christchurch
Getting to play Roen Gothenburg and Barcelona.
The Vulcan Railcar riding the Rails again in Otago
The Patch Community Gardens in Port Chalmers
The new Cycle way going from Dunedin to Port Chalmers
Harmonia live 74

The Clean released their first new record since 2001, Mister Pop, this year! Order yours now in the Merge store.

The Clean – “All These Notes” video & prize pack reminder!

Enter to win a prize pack featuring Mister Pop, Getaway, and Anthology at MBV.com!

The Clean – “In the Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul” video & prize pack!

Enter to win a prize pack featuring Mister Pop, Getaway, and Anthology at MBV.com!

Live footage from The Clean

theclean_vidsThe Clean’s new album, Mister Pop was released earlier this month to universal praise. Robert, Hamish, and David sent us a few live performance videos from late 2007 and a collection of vintage interview footage.

Watch all five and share them with your friends at The Clean’s Vimeo page. Mister Pop is available on CD and digital download in the Merge store.

“These guys invented guitar-organ grooves back in the 1980′s – lean, propulsive, intense, intoning the mantra.”
~ Rolling Stone

The Clean on AMC

theclean_mrpop2AMC recently used The Clean in their “All-Star Summer Download” series. If you missed the spot on TV, you can watch it now!

Get your copy of The Clean’s new record, Mister Pop, on CD and digital download in the Merge store!

The Clean on AMC

The Clean takes over MagnetMagazine.com

cleanlogo1David, Robert & Hamish are the Guest Editors at MagnetMagazine.com this week. Read a Q&A with Robert and David and the first few entries of their editorship.

Mister Pop is available today in your favorite record store, online music provider and the Merge store, of course!

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