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Eleanor Friedberger announces summer tour dates

March 20, 2013 – 1:48 pm

The Fiery Furnaces’ Eleanor Friedberger will be hitting the road in support of her forthcoming, second solo album, Personal Record, out on June 4th in the US and June 10th in the UK and Europe on Merge Records. Cassandra Jenkins and members of Icewater will be Eleanor’s backing band for these dates with TEEN providing support. Tour dates are listed below.

Personal Record is Eleanor Friedberger at her finest – recorded in late 2012 in New York and Los Angeles, and written with musician/novelist Wesley Stace, Personal Record is full of love songs – hellos and goodbyes, infatuation, pre-occupation, loss – but not simply about romantic love. Eleanor explains, “They’re also love songs to music: how you feel on stage when you do something spontaneous and it works, how you feel when you hear someone sing a song for the first time, what it’s like to watch a friend perform, how you can feel close to someone you barely know because you both happen to love the same record, or playing the same song forty times in a row, not being able to rest until you own every song recorded by your favorite singer, or every version of your favorite song.”

Personal Record is available now for pre-order digitally at iTunes and on CD and LP in the Merge store. Watch Eleanor’s album trailer set in beautiful Jamaica, too!


Eleanor Friedberger – “Stare at the Sun”

Eleanor Friedberger on tour:
Jun 04 Buffalo, NY @ Babeville *
Jun 05 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern *
Jun 06 Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room *
Jun 07 Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle *
Jun 08 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock *
Jun 11 Vancouver, BC @ Media Club *
Jun 12 Seattle, WA @ Neumos *
Jun 13 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir *
Jun 15 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent % *
Jun 18 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo % *
Jun 19 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
Jun 21 Austin, TX @ The Parish *
Jun 22 Dallas, TX @ The Loft *
Jun 24 St. Louis, MO @ The Demo *
Jun 25 Indianapolis, IN @ Radio Radio *
Jun 26 Pittsburgh, PA @ Brillobox *
Jun 27 Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall *
Jun 28 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg + *
*w/ TEEN
% w/ Icewater performing 1st of 3
+ w/ Cassandra Jenkins performing 1st of 3

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Richard Buckner returns to the road in March

February 11, 2013 – 12:56 pm

Richard Buckner recently announced several new shows, an acoustic extravaganza that will revisit songs from past albums as well as material from his upcoming record. The troubadour will head through Oregon, Washington, and California with one east coast show in Kingston, NY. A mix of beloved tunes and new tracks from Buckner’s new album due later this year, these sets will appeal to new and longtime fans alike.

Richard Buckner’s latest album Our Blood and more are available now in the Merge store. Be sure to follow Buckner on twitter @BucknerTweets for more details on the new album as they unfold!

Richard Buckner on tour:
March 7 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
March 8 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge (w/ The Maldives)
March 10 Bellingham, WA The Green Frog
March 13 San Francisco, CA Cafe Du Nord
March 14 Mill Valley, CA Sweetwater Music Hall
March 16 Los Angeles, CA The Satellite
March 17 San Diego, CA Soda Bar (w/ The Midnight Pine)
April 13 Kingston, NY BSP Lounge (w/ William Tyler & Small House)

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Divine Fits announce fall tour dates, play Fallon on Friday

September 4, 2012 – 12:41 pm

Divine Fits has confirmed its first full scale U.S. tour in support of its recently released and widely acclaimed debut album, A Thing Called Divine Fits. Of the album, NPR’s Stephen Thompson declares, “Comparisons are fair and inevitable, but the album deserves that highest of compliments: For all its familiar components, it sounds like Divine Fits.”

The tour will kick off October 16 in Pawtucket, RI and will wind up with a November 4 show at Los Angeles’ Fonda Theater. The band recently made its live debut to uniformly positive reviews. Of the band’s debut performance, Austinist raved, “The rapturous applause throughout the entirety of the band’s excellent set let them know they were doing more than a few things right. Put simply, things couldn’t have gone better.” Newly confirmed dates include this year’s Moogfest and the end of their Los Angeles residency, tonight at The Echo.

The band will make their late-night television debut this Friday, September 7 on NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

The Los Angeles Times called the penultimate show of the residency a “powerful, at times hypnotic gig at the Masonic Temple” that proved “three men with recognizable gifts and a keen sense of song can build mesmerizing musical structures.”

Fans can sign up for information on exclusive pre-sales at DivineFits.com. Further news, information updates, etc. can also be found at Facebook or @divinefits on Twitter and Instagram.

A Thing Called Divine Fits is available now on CD, LP and digital in the Merge store.

Divine Fits on tour:
Sept 4 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo * Daughn Gibson supports
Sept 5 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace * Hooded Fang supports
Sept 9 – New York, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg * Sean Bones supports
Oct 6 – Nashville, TN – SoundLand Festival
Oct 14 – San Francisco, CA – Treasure Island Music Festival
Oct 16 – Pawtucket, RI – Met Cafe
Oct 17 – Boston, MA – Royale Nightclub
Oct 18 – Washington DC – 9:30 Club
Oct 19 – Northampton, MA – Pearl Street (Downstairs)
Oct 21 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
Oct 22 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
Oct 24 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
Oct 25 – Chicago, IL – Logan Square Auditorium
Oct 26 – Indianapolis, IN – Deluxe
Oct 27 – Asheville, NC – Moogfest
Oct 28 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theater
Oct 29 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
Oct 31 – Austin, TX – Stubbs
Nov 2 – Tucson, AZ – The Rock
Nov 3 – Pioneertown, CA – Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace
Nov 4 – Los Angeles, CA – Fonda Theater

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Divine Fits add shows, release “My Love Is Real” 7-inch

August 1, 2012 – 3:08 pm

Divine Fits has confirmed its first ever dates in Los Angeles, New York, Seattle and Toronto. The announcement of the newly added shows comes a day after the  July 31 release of Divine Fits’ first single “My Love Is Real,” the 7-inch of which features a non-LP B-side cover of Camper Van Beethoven’s “I Was Born In A Laundromat.”

As previously announced, special golden tickets will be inserted into ten random copies of “My Love Is Real” at select indie retailers in each of the preceding trio of headline dates in the hometowns of Divine Fits’ Britt Daniel (Austin TX on August 1), Dan Boeckner (Montreal QC on August 3) and Sam Brown (Columbus OH on August 6). Participating locations are Waterloo and End of an Ear in Austin, Phonopolis in Montreal, and Used Kids and Magnolia Thunderpussy in Columbus. The band will also be playing August 5 in Chicago, where the golden ticket copies will be randomly distributed among the city’s three Reckless Records locations.

Each golden ticket will admit the winner and a guest to the Divine Fits show in that city. For more information on the golden ticket competition, newly announced tour dates, and personal notes from each band member to his respective hometown, visit DivineFits.com.

The newly released limited-edition “My Love is Real” 7-inch is available now in the Merge store as well as pre-orders of A Thing Called Divine Fitson CD or LP. “My Love Is Real” is also available digitally as a stand-alone track or as an instant download with pre-orders of A Thing Called Divine Fits placed at iTunes.

“a lean slice of garage-psych glory” ~Rolling Stone

Divine Fits on tour:
Aug 1 Austin, TX Beerland
Aug 3 Montreal, QC Il Motore
Aug 5 Chicago, IL Schuba’s
Aug 6 Columbus, OH Ace of Cups
Aug 9 Salt Lake City, UT Twilight Concert Series
Aug 14 Los Angeles, CA Bootleg Theater
Aug 21 Los Angeles, CA Hotel Cafe
Aug 30 Seattle The Crocodile
Sept 5 Toronto Lee’s Palace
Sept 9 NYC Music Hall of Williamsburg (On sale: Fri. Aug. 3)
Oct 14 San Francisco, CA Treasure Island
Oct 27 Asheville, NC MoogFest

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The Eleanor Friedberger band on tour, “I Won’t Fall Apart on You Tonight” video

April 10, 2012 – 3:20 pm

Eleanor Friedberger is bringing her full band back out on the road in April with Merge labelmates Hospitality. Eleanor’s band on this tour is Matt Asti (MGMT), Andy Mcleod (White Magic), and John Eatherly (Be Your Own Pet & Turbo Fruits).

Also, Paper Magazine premiered the new video for “I Won’t Fall Apart on You Tonight” from Last Summer today. The video was directed and produced by Matt Asti with Ry Russo-Young. Featuring backstage dance parties and other tour antics, this video will get you even more excited to see Eleanor and Hospitality when they come to your town.

Last Summer is available on CD, LP and digital download. Watch the recent video for “Heaven” too!

“Last Summer sounds more intimate and accessible than any of her band’s nine albums; it’s a perfect soundtrack for an afternoon spent sifting through a box of old Polaroids.” ~NPR Music

Eleanor Friedberger on tour:
(all dates w/ Hospitality)
Apr 18 Brooklyn, NY – The Bell House
Apr 19 Washington, DC – Black Cat
Apr 20 Durham, NC – Casbah
Apr 21 Atlanta, GA – The Basement
Apr 23 Birmingham, AL – Work Play
Apr 24 New Orleans, LA – Circle Bar
Apr 26 Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s
Apr 27 San Antonio, TX – Korova
Apr 28 Austin, TX – Frank
May 01 Chicago, IL – Schubas Tavern
May 02 Evanston, IL – SPACE
May 03 Ferndale, MI – Magic Bag
May 04 Toronto, ON – The Garrison
May 05 Montreal, QC – Il Motore
May 06 Allston, MA – Great Scott

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Merge artists on tour

March 22, 2012 – 4:59 pm

Touring season is officially here! Be sure to check the Merge tour page frequently for all the latest rock shows in your area. Richard Buckner, Crooked Fingers, Hospitality & the Love Language have been making their way around the country, and they yearn to see your happy faces! Please bookmark the Merge tour page, and note that you can now sort by Artist, City, or State!

M. Ward, The Magnetic Fields, Hospitality, Archers of Loaf, & the full band Lambchop all hit the road in support of new releases, while Destroyer, Caribou (with Radiohead!), The Clean & Times New Viking, Eleanor Friedberger, Jeff Mangum, Conor Oberst & Wild Flag provide you with a second chance to see their live shows. These are very special occasions, so don’t miss them!

A few Merge artists have paired up to bring you a twofer, including Eleanor Friedberger & Hospitality, Wild Flag & Hospitality, The Clean & Times New Viking, Crooked Fingers & Lambchop. We think these all make for exceptional pairings, and we hope you will make it out & spread the Merge love!

As always, you can sample our current releases at the Merge SoundCloud page or in the Merge Store.

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Amor de Días play “Harvest Time” in chilly Madrid

February 28, 2012 – 11:35 am
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Alasdair & Lupe play a song from Street of the Love of Days in Madrid, and tour with the Magnetic Fields in May! If you’re in Europe, be sure to catch them.

Amor de Días on tour
all dates with the Magnetic Fields
May 09 Oslo NO Rockefeller
May 11 Gothenburg SE Annedalskyrkan
May 12 Stockholm SE Filadelfiakyrkan
May 14 Berlin DE Passionskirche
May 15 Hamburg DE Kampnagel K6
May 16 Amsterdam NL De Duif

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Richard Buckner plays The Line of Best Fit

February 6, 2012 – 4:19 pm
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Richard Buckner played a set for The Line of Best Fit when he was last in Europe, and has just announced another trip for May. Don’t miss Richard on the road, either here or abroad, in 2012. Our Blood is available in stores and online now!

Richard Buckner on tour:
Feb 22 New Haven, CT BAR
Feb 24 Lexington, KY Cosmic Charlie’s
Feb 25 Atlanta, GA Highland Inn Ballroom
Feb 27 Easton, MD The NightCat
Mar 02 Bayport, NY The Grey Horse Tavern
Mar 10 North Adams, MA MASS MoCA
May 01 Winchester, UK The Railway
May 02 York, UK Dutchess of York
May 03 Bury, UK The Met
May 04 Kilkenny, IE Kilkenny Festival
May 05 Kilkenny, IE Kilkenny Festival
May 06 Belfast, IE Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
May 07 London, UK Cecil Sharp House
May 08 Newcastle, UK The Cluny 2

 

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Jeff Mangum announces new tour dates including the line-up for the rescheduled ATP

November 10, 2011 – 11:08 am

Jeff Mangum has announced a new leg of US tour dates as well as European dates and the newly rescheduled All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in Minehead, UK he is curating this March. A portion of the proceeds for these shows will benefit Children of the Blue Sky, which aims to place orphaned Mongolian children with foster families. Jeff’s show at the Brooklyn Academy of Music will be his last New York area tour date for the foreseeable future.

After Mangum’s recent NYC Town Hall show, RollingStone.com said, “Few dared to expect it, but Jeff Mangum is back, and the music world is immeasurably richer for it.” Spin.com offered “Five Reasons Why Jeff Mangum is Magical” saying, “For two generations of listeners who grew up with Mangum’s intimate voice coming through the headphones, alone in that peculiar sound-world he conjured and feeling they were its sole inhabitant, this is the moment they’ve all been waiting for.”

The line-up for the rescheduled All Tomorrow’s Parties festival curated by Jeff Mangum has been announced and will include the Magnetic Fields, Versus, the Music Tapes, Sebadoh and more! Special “family tickets” are being issued and all original bookings will be honored. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit ATPfestival.com.

More information and links to purchase tickets are below.

Jeff Mangum on tour:
Jan 18 New Haven, CT Shubert Theater On Sale Now
Jan 20 Brooklyn, NY Gilman Opera House at Brooklyn Academy of Music SOLD OUT
Jan 20 Brooklyn, NY Gilman Opera House at Brooklyn Academy of Music SOLD OUT
Jan 25 Philadelphia, PA Irvine Auditorium at University of Pennsylvania SOLD OUT
Jan 27 Washington, DC Lincoln Theatre SOLD OUT
Jan 28 Washington, DC Lincoln Theatre SOLD OUT
Jan 30 Chapel Hill, NC Memorial Hall at University of North Carolina On Sale Now
Feb 01 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse SOLD OUT
Feb 04 Minneapolis, MN Pantages Theatre SOLD OUT
Feb 06 Chicago, IL Athenaeum Theater SOLD OUT
Feb 07 Chicago, IL Athenaeum Theater SOLD OUT
Feb 08 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater SOLD OUT
Feb 10 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club SOLD OUT
Feb 11 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club SOLD OUT
Mar 07 Dublin, IRE Vicar Street (Rescheduled Date) SOLD OUT
Mar 09 – Mar 11 Minehead, UK All Tomorrow’s Parties Curated By Jeff Mangum  (Rescheduled Dates)
Mar 13 London, UK Union Chapel (Rescheduled Date) SOLD OUT
Mar 14 London, UK Union Chapel (Rescheduled Date) SOLD OUT

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Richard Buckner visits Relix Magazine & Daytrotter in support of “Our Blood”

November 1, 2011 – 4:31 am

Richard Buckner visited Relix Magazine and played “Traitor” from his new album Our Blood.

Watch the performance now at Relix.com.

Richard also stopped by the Daytrotter studios on his travels to play a few tracks. Listen online now.

Our Blood is available on CD, LP and digital download now in the Merge store.

Richard Buckner on tour:
Nov 06 Winchester, UK – The Railway
Nov 07 London, UK – Pancras Old Church
Nov 08 Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
Nov 09 Cardiff, UK – The Buffalo Bar
Nov 10 Glasgow, UK – The Captain’s Rest
Nov 12 Liverpool, UK – Americana UK Festival
Nov 13 Brighton, UK – The Basement
Nov 14 London, UK – The Social
Nov 18 Trondheim, NO – Credo
Nov 19 Oslo, NO – Mono
Nov 21 Stockholm, SE – Debaser
Nov 22 Gothenburg, SE – Jazzhuset
Nov 23 Malmo, SE – KB
Nov 24 Norderstedt, DE – The Music Star
Nov 25 Utrecht, NL – Le Guess Who Festival
Nov 26 Den Haag, NL – Paard
Nov 27 Ottersum, NL – Roepaen
Nov 29 Ravenna, IT – Bronson Club

 

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The Ladybug Transistor in London

October 18, 2011 – 10:45 am

On November 3, The Ladybug Transistor will play London’s Scala as part of Fortuna Pop’s 15 Year Anniversary! Tickets are on sale now.

Gary spoke to Monty Manatee about visual art’s involvement in the Ladybug Transistor releases. You can read the interview here.

You can listen to Clutching Stems in its entirety in the Merge store!

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Crooked Fingers – “Breaks in the Armor” in stores now!

October 11, 2011 – 11:31 am

We’re happy to welcome Crooked Fingers back to the Merge family with the release of Breaks in the Armor, available today on CD, LP, and digital download.

To celebrate the release, The AV Club has posted live video of Eric Bachmann and Liz Durrett playing “Bad Blood” and “Your Apocalypse” on the top of the Chicago Tribune building.

SPIN writes:

Crooked Fingers has been Eric Bachmann’s primary band for the past decade, but before that, he fronted Archers of Loaf, the seminal college rock act that sprung from Chapel Hill, North Carolina’s vaunted ’90s indie rock scene. And while Bachmann made news this year by reuniting Archers in January, then taking them out on the road at festivals like Sasquatch, he was holding an ace the whole time: Breaks in the Armor, a new, superb Crooked Fingers album.

Bachmann, who writes, records, and performs songs mainly under the name Crooked Fingers, lives in Athens, Georgia, these days, where he recorded at The Bakery with Matt Yelton (live sound engineer for the Pixies) throughout the winter of 2010/2011, enlisting the help of Liz Durrett on backing vocals. It’s a cohesive and diverse set of songs with less adorned and more direct and affecting arrangements. Beautifully understated, artfully phrased, and ultimately a paean to perseverance, the album seems to suggest that the breaks in the armor are more important than the armor itself.

Over the course of the coming year, Bachmann will alternate between touring as Crooked Fingers and with Archers of Loaf, making the most of two distinct and rewarding modes of expression and performance. All of which seems to be exactly where he should be again.

Order your copy of Crooked Fingers’ Breaks in the Armor on CD, LP, and digital download in the Merge store today.

Crooked Fingers on tour:
Oct 15 Carrboro NC – Cat’s Cradle – OCSC 10-Year Anniversary
Oct 27 Asheville NC – Grey Eagle
Oct 28 Knoxville TN – Pilot Light
Oct 29 Charlotte NC – The Evening Muse
Oct 30 Richmond VA – The Camel
Nov 01 Washington DC – IOTA
Nov 02 Philadelphia PA – Johnny Brenda’s
Nov 03 Hoboken NJ – Maxwells
Nov 04 New York NY – Mercury Lounge
Nov 05 Brooklyn NY – Cameo Gallery
Nov 06 Boston MA – TT the Bear’s
Nov 07 Montreal QC – Casa Del Popolo
Nov 08 Toronto ON – Drake
Nov 09 Detroit MI – Magic Stick
Nov 10 Cincinnati OH – MOTR Pub
Nov 11 Chicago IL – Schubas
Nov 12 Milwaukee WI – Cactus Club
Nov 13 Minneapolis MN – Triple Rock Social Club
Nov 14 Omaha NE – Waiting Room
Nov 15 Denver CO – Larimer Lounge
Nov 19 Portland OR – Mississippi studios
Nov 20 Seattle WA – The Crocodile
Nov 22 Santa Cruz CA – The Crepe Place
Nov 23 San Francisco CA – Bottom of the Hill
Nov 25 Los Angeles CA – The Echo
Nov 26 San Diego CA – Casbah
Nov 28 Tempe AZ – Club Red
Dec 01 Austin TX – Mohawk
Dec 02 Houston TX – Fitzgerald’s Downstairs
Dec 03 New Orleans LA – One Eyed Jacks
Dec 04 Atlanta GA – The Earl

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