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Spoon on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight!

Spoon will appear on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight! Other guests include Tom Hanks and the US Olympic bobsled team.

Having just completed a largely sold out UK/Europe trek, the dudes of Spoon are gearing up for their 2010 North American tour, which commences with a March 17 South by Southwest kick off show at Stubbs in Austin, with Spoon headlining a bill featuring Broken Bells, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, The Walkmen and more. Tickets are selling out fast, so don’t wait!

Spoon’s new album Transference is available now on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store.

SPOON NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2010
17-March Stubbs – Austin, TX
18-March Republic – New Orleans, LA
19-March Workplay Soundstage – Birmingham, AL
20-March Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
22-March 9:30 Club – Washington, DC * SOLD OUT
23-March 9:30 Club – Washington, DC * SOLD OUT
24-March The National – Richmond, VA
26-March Radio City Music Hall – New York, NY * SOLD OUT
27-March House of Blues – Boston, MA, USA * SOLD OUT
29-March Sound Academy – Toronto, ON
30-March Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal – Oak, MI
1-April Aragon Ballroom – Chicago, IL
2-April First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN * SOLD OUT
3-April First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN * SOLD OUT
5-April Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
6-April Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
7-April In the Venue – Salt Lake City, UT
9-April Moore Theatre – Seattle, WA
10-April Moore Theatre – Seattle, WA
11-April Orpheum Theatre – Vancouver, BC
12-April McDonald Theater – Eugene , OR
13-April Fox Theater – Oakland, CA
17-April Indio, CA – Coachella

Tall Dwarfs records on sale for $6 !

The fantastic Tall Dwarfs records Weeville and Fork Songs are on sale for six bucks each from our good friends at Cloud Recordings, with 100% of the proceeds going to benefit Chris Knox in his recover from last year’s stroke.

And don’t forget to pick up Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox in record stores now.

Zach Galifianakis SCORE! video at The AV Club

As a gentle reminder of the limited number of SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records box sets available in the Merge store, The Onion AV Club is streaming the Zach Galifianakis video from his curated compilation for one week only. Watch the video now.

Visit the Merge store for more information about what is included in SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records, and order your box set today before they are gone forever! All proceeds will benefit charities chosen by the 14 curators.

Wye Oak announce spring tour

Wye Oak just announced spring tour dates with Shearwater in support of their 2009 release, The Knot! Jenn & Andy will also be in Austin for the SXSW festival.

Spin Magazine described The Knot in their “Best Albums You May Have Missed” roundup, “Singer/guitarist Jenn Wasner’s hypnotic songwriting has obvious Americana roots, but on the duo’s sophomore full-length, her dreamy vocals artfully join ragged riffs to drummer/keyboardist Andy Stack’s layers of thunderstorm drums and surging keyboard drones.”

Preview and purchase The Knot on CD and digital download in the Merge store.

Also, listen and watch their live performance from the studios of Oregon Public Broadcasting!

Wye Oak on Tour:
1/29 Baltimore, MD G Spot
3/24 Atlanta, GA The Earl
3/25 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
3/26 Washington, DC Rock and Roll Hotel
3/27 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
3/28 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s
3/30 Cambridge, MA TT The Bear’s
3/31 Montreal, QC Canada La Sala Rossa
4/01 Toronto, ON Canada Lee’s Palace
4/02 Ithaca, NY Castaways
4/04 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
4/06 Minneapolis, MN 400 Bar
4/07 Grinnell, IA Gardner Lounge – Grinnell College
4/09 Norman, OK The Opolis
*All shows with Shearwater except 1/29

New Merge gear in the Holiday shop!

brown_merge_gearVisit the Merge store for Merge hoodies and t-shirts for the whole family!

New chocolate brown tees for men, women and babies! Cherry red tees for toddlers and kids! Brown hoodies for all the grownups on your holidays list! Also, freshly reprinted Superchunk tees for men, women and toddlers!

All Merge wear is 100% cotton and made by American Apparel.

Mac takes part in NPR’s “Label Roundtable Discussion”

monitor_mix_mainNPR’s Monitor Mix blog, helmed by Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein, hosted a label roundtable to discuss the role of the record label in today’s music industry. Mac joined the “chat via the internet” with label representatives from Kill Rock Stars, Secretly Canadian, Matador, and Saddle Creek.

Read the discussion and tell us what the role of the record label is for you!

Cassette From My Ex: Stories and Soundtracks of Lost Loves

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Groovy-looking book for music geeks from Found Magazine’s Jason Bitner. Check out the magnificent contribution by The Magnetic Fields’ Claudia Gonson and stream the entire mix tape from her high school boyfriend, John, who – along with friend and bandmate Stephin Merritt – she thanks for her musical education.

Ask for it at your local bookstore.

Spoon song in documentary about photo legend Eddie Adams

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Mac performs “Anything You Want” at Housing Works in NYC

From last week’s Our Noise reading at Housing Works in New York City:

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Live Wye Oak video from XX Merge

XX Merge, Wye Oak, Live Video

Today on Converse.com, see Wye Oak play an acoustic version of “Take It In” from their new album, The Knot.

The Wye Oak video joins an ongoing series at Converse.com showcasing six Merge bands performing stripped-down sets somewhat spontaneously in various locations during the festival. Visit the XX Merge section of Converse.com for videos from Superchunk, The Clientele, Telekinesis, Lou Barlow, and now Wye Oak.

Check back next week for the next clip in this series of unique sessions courtesy of Converse.com. And don’t forget to check out the Merge channel at Babelgum for live footage from the XX Merge shows held July 22-26th at the Cat’s Cradle and Memorial Hall.

On Tour

Richard Buckner [+]

April
17 Brooklyn, NY Union Hall

Caribou [+]

April
19 Manchester Deaf Institute
20 London Corsica Studios
21 Amsterdam Paradiso
22 Brussels Beursschouwburg
23 Paris Le Point Ephemere
[see all]

The Clientele [+]

March
16 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
17 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
18 Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig
19 Toronto, ON The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
20 Montreal, QC Il Motore
[see all]

The Ladybug Transistor [+]

March
19 New York, NY Bowery Electric

Let's Wrestle [+]

March
18 Austin , TX Cedar Street
21 El Paso, TX Black Market
22 Scottsdale, AZ Chyro Arts
23 Los Angeles, CA Bootleg Theater
25 San Luis Obispo, CA SLO Art Center
[see all]

The Love Language [+]

March
16 Baton Rouge, LA Red Star Bar
18 Austin, TX Home Slice Pizza
18 Austin, TX Cedar Street Courtyard
April
03 Harrisonburg, VA Clementine Cafe'
15 Raleigh, NC The Pour House
[see all]

Oakley Hall [+]

April
02 Brooklyn, NY Knitting Factory

Radar Bros. [+]

March
26 Los Angeles, CA Spaceland

The Rosebuds [+]

March
19 Asheville, NC UNCA Alumni Hall in Highsmith
20 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
May
08 Beaufort, NC Beaufort Music Festival

She & Him [+]

March
25 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
27 Savannah, GA Trustees Theatre (Savannah Music Festival)
29 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
30 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
April
15 Pomona, CA Glass House
[see all]

Shout Out Louds [+]

March
23 Rostock MAU
24 Hamburg Uebel & Gefahrlich
25 Berlin Astra
26 Dresden Reithalle
27 Munchen Backstage Werk
[see all]

Spoon [+]

March
18 New Orleans, LA Republic New Orleans
19 Birmingham, AL Workplay Soundstage
20 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
22 Washington 9:30 Club
23 Washington 9:30 Club
[see all]

Superchunk [+]

March
19 Austin, TX La Zona Rosa
April
07 Toronto, ON Royal Cinema
May
27 Barcelona Primavera Sound
June
19 Denver, CO Westword Music Festival

Telekinesis [+]

May
21 Eugene, OR Sam Bond's Garage
24 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up Tavern
25 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
27 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
29 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
[see all]

Wye Oak [+]

March
24 Atlanta, GA The Earl
25 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
26 Washington, DC Rock and Roll Hotel
27 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
28 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda's
[see all]
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