David Kilgour & Tony De Raad stopped by a park on a beautiful Seattle day to play “Pop Song” and “Steel Arrow” for One Shot Seattle. Watch the video below, and order Left by Soft today in the Merge store!
The Washington Post interviews David Kilgour
September 7, 2011 – 3:12 pm
David Malitz of the Washington Post interviewed David Kilgour in advance of his show with Richard Buckner at the IOTA, and explored the legacy of New Zealand’s scene. Read the rest of the article at the Washington Post website.
It was in Dunedin that a bunch of young, like-minded bands began playing music infused with the punk spirit but without the desperate need to be noticed. Less agitated, more laid-back. Less spiky, more droney. Such bands as the Chills, the Bats and the Verlaines all came from there, but the one that continues to cast the longest shadow is the Clean.
“It certainly seemed to come out of nowhere, really, the first burst of energy that came out of Dunedin,” says the Clean’s singer-guitarist, David Kilgour, from his home in South New Zealand. “I think the isolation certainly had something to do with it. Dunedin back then was incredibly sleepy, and there wasn’t much for the young kids to do.”
Order David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights – Left by Soft in the Merge Store now!
David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights perform “Left by Soft” live in New Zealand
June 29, 2011 – 3:04 pm
David shares some details about the video and his one-of-a-kind guitar:
“We were playing at the Empire in Dunedin, an old bar that only holds abut 140 people and was made famous by the old Dunedin Sound-ers. The guitar I’m playing is a hybrid—the neck is off an oldish Epiphone acoustic, and the body was made by a guitar dude called Rob Scott. One weird thing about it is that the pickups sit on rails, so I can move them to whatever position/sound I want. It has the sound of mountains collapsing, especially at volume.”
Left by Soft is available on CD and digital download in the Merge store.
David Kilgour & Richard Buckner on tour:
Aug 16 Los Angeles, CA – Bootleg Theater
Aug 17 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
Aug 19 Portland, OR – Bunk Bar
Aug 20 Seattle, WA – The Triple Door
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
Richard Buckner & David Kilgour embark on co-headlining tour
June 29, 2011 – 2:29 pm
Richard Buckner & David Kilgour will team up for a co-headlining tour beginning August 16 in Los Angeles! Don’t miss this opportunity to see two legendary songwriters and guitar “gods” share the stage!
Also, David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights have just released a live video for the title track off their latest release, Left by Soft. David shares some details about the video and his one-of-a-kind guitar:
“We were playing at the Empire in Dunedin, an old bar that only holds abut 140 people and was made famous by the old Dunedin Sound-ers. The guitar I’m playing is a hybrid—the neck is off an oldish Epiphone acoustic, and the body was made by a guitar dude called Rob Scott. One weird thing about it is that the pickups sit on rails, so I can move them to whatever position/sound I want. It has the sound of mountains collapsing, especially at volume.”
Watch David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights perform “Left by Soft” live in New Zealand
Richard Buckner’s new album Our Blood is available for pre-order on CD and LP now in the Merge store. While supplies last, Our Blood pre-orders come with a limited-edition “Don’t Blame Me I Voted for Richard Buckner” bumper sticker! Also, David Kilgour’s new album Left by Soft is available on CD and digital download now in the Merge store.
Richard Buckner & David Kilgour on tour:
* = Richard Buckner only
July 29 Chicago, IL – Schubas*
July 30 Milwaukee, WI – 3rd Annual Radio Summer Camp Music Festival*
July 31 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club*
Aug 16 Los Angeles, CA – Bootleg Theater
Aug 17 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
Aug 19 Portland, OR – Bunk Bar
Aug 20 Seattle, WA – The Triple Door
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
Sept 09 Big Indian, NY – Truck Festival*
Sept 10 Big Indian, NY – Truck Festival*
Sept 11 Big Indian, NY – Truck Festival*
David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights’ “Left by Soft” & more!
April 7, 2011 – 5:27 pm
David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights are trying to sort out their planned US tour in support of their upcoming album Left by Soft for later this spring. In the meantime, please check out this session at The Current in Minneapolis. David performed “Diamond Mine,” as well as songs from The Far Now and talked about the process of making music and art.
Speaking of art, check out Kilgour’s paintings at his website. Obviously inspired by nature, both David’s music and artwork will only fuel the wanderlust that comes over us all this time of year!
David Kilgour is a guitar god for guitar atheists. He’s worthy of worship, but his style neither demands nor expects it, all of which only serves to increase his otherworldly cool. Left by Soft, his first album in four years with the Heavy Eights, comes on the heels of the Clean’s excellent 2009 outing, Mister Pop.
Download & share “Diamond Mine” and pre-order Left by Soft now in the Merge store.
“Kilgour has been delivering nothing but first-rate music for almost 30 years with the Clean and on his own”~ All Music Guide
The Clean live from Matador 21!
November 23, 2010 – 12:23 pm
The Clean played at Matador 21 in Vegas in October, and Pitchfork has video!
Find “Anything Can Happen” on Anthology as well as The Clean’s most recent album, Mister Pop in the Merge store.
Teenage Fanclub on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
September 28, 2010 – 11:43 am
Teenage Fanclub will appear live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon tonight! They will perform “Baby Lee” from their latest album, Shadows.
Teenage Fanclub are now on tour with Radar Brothers and will play tonight at the Bowery Ballroom in New York with The Clean, too! Shadows is available on CD and digital download in the Merge store where you can also find a special Radar Brothers / Teenage Fanclub bundle in honor of their tour.
Teenage Fanclub on tour:
9/28 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom* w/ Radar Brothers AND The Clean
9/30 Brooklyn, NY Williamsburg Waterfront w/ Belle & Sebastian
10/01 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero*
10/02 Washington, DC 9:30 Club* w/ Radar Brothers & The Vaselines
10/03 Millvale, PA Mr. Small’s Theater*
10/05 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall*
10/06 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall*
10/07 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue*
10/11 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theater*
10/12 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore*
10/14 Seattle, WA Showbox at the Market w/ Superchunk & Telekinesis
10/15 Portland, OR Showbox at the Market w/ Superchunk & Telekinesis
10/16 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret
Sign up to see Teenage Fanclub from the Fallon Band Bench seats on Tuesday!
September 22, 2010 – 12:16 pm
photo from BBC.co.uk
On September 28th, 2010 Teenage Fanclub will be performing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Here is where you come in…
How would you like a chance to be close to Teenage Fanclub’s performance on the show?
Click here and you will be directed to the “Band Bench” Sweepstakes entry form. Enter for a chance to win seats on our band benches and an opportunity to surround the stage during Teenage Fanclub’s performance.
Please make sure you include the following band code: TEE, in your entry form.
Teenage Fanclub kick off their North American tour tonight in Toronto at the Horsehoe Tavern! Don’t miss your chance to see them! Shadows is available on CD and digital download in the Merge store, and you can still purchase the Radar Brothers / Teenage Fanclub bundle, too!
Click here to see how exciting and fun it is to be in the bleachers!
Teenage Fanclub on tour:
* = w/ Radar Brothers
9/22 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern
9/23 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern
9/24 Montreal, QC Le National*
9/25 Boston, MA Royale*
9/27 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom*
9/28 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom* w/ Radar Brothers AND The Clean
9/30 Brooklyn, NY Williamsburg Waterfront w/ Belle & Sebastian
10/01 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero*
10/02 Washington, DC 9:30 Club* w/ Radar Brothers & The Vaselines
10/03 Millvale, PA Mr. Small’s Theater*
10/05 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall*
10/06 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall*
10/07 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue*
10/11 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theater*
10/12 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore*
10/14 Seattle, WA Showbox at the Market w/ Superchunk & Telekinesis
10/15 Portland, OR Showbox at the Market w/ Superchunk & Telekinesis
10/16 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret
The Clean announce US tour dates!
August 25, 2010 – 4:17 pm
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!
May 4, 2010 – 5:21 pm
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)
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The Clean announce NYC shows!
March 30, 2010 – 1:40 pm
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!
March 29, 2010 – 3:43 pm
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.
- Fucked Up’s Chinese Zodiac series streaming at Matador
- Archers of Loaf’s original “Vee Vee” videos!
- Richard Buckner plays The Line of Best Fit
- The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle talks about the new album with RollingStone.com
- Hospitality “Friends of Friends” video
- Lambchop – Mr. M – in stores February 21!
- She & Him’s Zooey Deschanel to host Saturday Night Live
- Hospitality invite you to see them live!
Archers of Loaf [+]
| February | ||
| 25 | San Francisco, CA | Great American Music Hall |
| 26 | Los Angeles, CA | Troubadour |
| April | ||
| 26 | New York, NY | Bowery Ballroom |
| 27 | Cambridge, MA | Middle East - Downstairs |
| 28 | Cambridge, MA | Middle East - Downstairs |
| [see all] | ||
Richard Buckner [+]
| February | ||
| 22 | New Haven, CT | BAR |
| 24 | Lexington, KY | Cosmic Charlie's |
| 25 | Atlanta, GA | Highland Inn Ballroom |
| 27 | Easton, MD | The NightCat |
| March | ||
| 02 | Bayport, NY | The Grey Horse Tavern |
| [see all] | ||
Caribou [+]
| April | ||
| 17 | Mexico City | Foro Sol |
| 18 | Mexico City | Foro Sol |
Crooked Fingers [+]
| February | ||
| 29 | Los Angeles, CA | Hotel Cafe |
Destroyer [+]
Eleanor Friedberger [+]
| February | ||
| 09 | Seattle, WA | The Crocodile |
Hospitality [+]
| February | ||
| 25 | San Francisco, CA | Great American Music Hall |
| 26 | Los Angeles, CA | Troubadour |
| 29 | Toronto, ON | Horseshoe Tavern |
| March | ||
| 02 | Boston, MA | Brighton Music Hall |
| 03 | New York, NY | Bowery Ballroom |
| [see all] | ||
Imperial Teen [+]
| February | ||
| 24 | San Francisco, CA | Cafe Du Nord |
| 25 | San Francisco, CA | Amoeba Records |
Lambchop [+]
| February | ||
| 23 | Berlin | Babylon |
| 24 | Berlin | Babylon |
| 25 | Dresden | Beatpol |
| 26 | Leipzig | Werk II |
| 27 | Vienna | Konzerthaus |
| [see all] | ||
The Love Language [+]
| March | ||
| 09 | Charlotte, NC | Visulite Theatre |
| 10 | Savannah, GA | Savannah Stopover at Ships of the Sea Museum |
| 11 | Atlanta, GA | Variety Playhouse |
| 12 | Baton Rouge, LA | Red Star Bar |
| 20 | Birmingham, AL | The Bottletree |
| [see all] | ||
The Magnetic Fields [+]
| March | ||
| 06 | Hudson, NY | Helsinki Hudson |
| 07 | Philadelphia, PA | Union Transfer |
| 10 | Minehead | All Tomorrow's Parties curated by Jeff Mangum |
| 18 | Vancouver | The Vogue |
| 19 | Seattle, WA | Neptune Theatre |
| [see all] | ||
Jeff Mangum [+]
| February | ||
| 08 | Milwaukee, WI | Pabst Theater |
| 10 | Athens, GA | 40 Watt |
| 11 | Athens, GA | 40 Watt |
| March | ||
| 07 | Dublin | Vicar Street |
| 09 | Minehead | ATP curated by Jeff Mangum |
| [see all] | ||
the Mountain Goats [+]
| March | ||
| 09 | Denton, TX | 35 Denton |
| 13 | New York, NY | Carnegie Hall |
| 24 | New York, NY | Merkin Hall |
Portastatic [+]
| February | ||
| 11 | Chapel Hill, NC | The Cave |
| 18 | Durham, NC | Duke Coffeehouse |
| 23 | San Francisco, CA | Swedish American Hall |
Superchunk [+]
| February | ||
| 11 | Chapel Hill, NC | The Cave |
| 18 | Durham, NC | Duke Coffeehouse |
| 23 | San Francisco, CA | Swedish American Hall |
Versus [+]
| March | ||
| 09 | London | The Lexington |
| April | ||
| 10 | Brooklyn, NY | The Bell House |
M. Ward [+]
| March | ||
| 20 | London | Leicester Square Theatre |
| 21 | Paris | Le Zenith |
| 22 | Lyon | Transbordeur |
| 23 | Lille | Theatre Sebastopol |
| 25 | London | Royal Albert Hall |
| [see all] | ||
Wild Flag [+]
| February | ||
| 08 | Berlin | Lido |
| March | ||
| 07 | Perth | The Bakery |
| 09 | Melbourne | Corner Hotel |
| 10 | Victoria | Golden Plains Festival |
| 11 | Brisbane | The Zoo |
| [see all] | ||
Wye Oak [+]
| February | ||
| 23 | Los Angeles, CA | Troubadour |
| 24 | San Francisco, CA | The Independent |
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