To celebrate the deluxe reissue of Archers of Loaf‘s Vee Vee, we have two videos from the original 1995 release. Watch, reminisce, and order Vee Vee in the Merge store now!
“Underachievers March and Fight Song”
Hospitality “Friends of Friends” video
January 24, 2012 – 11:24 am
Hospitality on tour:
Feb 3 Brooklyn, NY Glasslands Gallery (Record Release Show)
Feb 25 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall (Noise Pop w/ Archers of Loaf)
Feb 26 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour w/ Archers of Loaf
Feb 29 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern w/ Tennis
Mar 2 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall w/ Tennis
Mar 3 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom w/ Tennis
Mar 7 New Haven, CT BAR
Mar 9 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506 w/ Tennis
Mar 10 Atlanta, GA The Earl w/ Tennis
Mar 11 Orlando, FL Orange You Glad Festival
David Kilgour premieres video for “A Break in the Weather”
November 29, 2011 – 12:10 pm
David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights – Left by Soft is perfect road trip music. Order this album now in the Merge Holiday Store, and make your own bundle to save 20%!
Arcade Fire play Bridge School benefit
November 1, 2011 – 5:15 am
Arcade Fire performed an acoustic set at Neil Young’s annual Bridge School benefit in San Francisco, CA, on October 22. They were joined by Neil Young himself for a cover of “Helpless.” Watch Arcade Fire and Neil Young perform “Helpless” below!
Arcade Fire’s award-winning album The Suburbs is available on CD, LP, and digital download in the Merge store, as is the extended CD+DVD version, The Suburbs Deluxe.
Wye Oak’s “The Knot” vinyl reissue in stores now
October 24, 2011 – 1:47 pm
Today, Wye Oak’s sophomore album, The Knot, is available for the first time ever on vinyl! All LP copies will include a digital download coupon.
At the end of 2009, SPIN magazine deemed The Knot one of the “10 Best Albums You May Have Missed” (along with Telekinesis’ self-titled debut!) and apparently, people took note. Since then, Jenn and Andy have put out an EP and another full-length and garnered heaps of praise from fans and critics alike for their recordings as well as for their compelling live shows. Wye Oak will join The National at the end of November, with some solo shows sprinkled in as well. Check their tour page for a full list of live dates.
Watch Wye Oak’s newest video below, for the song “Holy Holy” off of their latest album, Civilian:
The Knot track listing:
1. Milk and Honey
2. For Prayer
3. Take It In
4. Siamese
5. Talking About Money
6. Mary Is Mary
7. Tattoo
8. I Want for Nothing
9. That I Do
10. Sight, Flight
Amor de Días “Season of Light” video
October 12, 2011 – 1:42 pm
Filmed & directed by Alasdair Maclean.
Street of the Love of Days is available now on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store.
Wild Flag’s debut album in stores, win a trip to New York City!
September 14, 2011 – 10:28 am
The highly anticipated self-titled debut album from Wild Flag, the 4-piece Portland, OR- and Washington, DC-based rock group including Carrie Brownstein, Mary Timony, Rebecca Cole and Janet Weiss, is in stores today! Featuring members of Sleater-Kinney, Quasi, Helium, the Minders and Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks to name just a few, Wild Flag premiered with a tour of small west coast rock clubs in the fall of 2010.
To celebrate the release of Wild Flag, we’re giving away a trip for two to New York City! Enter the contest at the Merge Facebook page!
Gail O’Hara interviewed the entire band for Salon.com. Read it HERE.
And Rolling Stone reviews the album, saying “There are no wasted moments here – these are lifers who know exactly what they’re doing.”
Pitchfork has just premiered the Tom Scharpling-directed video for “Romance.” Watch it at Pitchfork, or on Vimeo below.
Order the album on CD or LP in the Merge store, or buy it from your favorite retail outlet today!
Wild Flag on tour:
# w/ Eleanor Friedberger
Oct 03 Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theatre
Oct 04 Omaha, NE – Waiting Room
Oct 05 Kansas City, MO – Record Bar
Oct 07 Champaign, IL – High Dive
Oct 08 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
Oct 09 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
Oct 10 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
Oct 11 Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
Oct 14 Boston, MA – Paradise #
Oct 15 Brooklyn, NY – Bell House
Oct 16 Hoboken NJ – Maxwell’s #
Oct 18 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom # w/ Hospitality
Oct 19 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer #
Oct 20 Washington, DC – Black Cat #
Oct 21 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle #
Oct 22 Athens, GA – 40 Watt #
Oct 24 Birmingham, AL – Bottletree #
Oct 26 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks #
Oct 27 Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s Downstairs
Oct 28 Dallas, TX – The Loft
Oct 29 Austin, TX – Emo’s
Oct 31 Tempe, AZ – Rhythm Room
Nov 01 San Diego, CA – Casbah
Nov 02 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
Nov 03 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
Nov 04 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
Nov 05 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
Nov 07 Arcata, CA – Humboldt State
Nov 09 Portland, OR – Doug Fir
Nov 10 Portland, OR – Doug Fir
Nov 11 Seattle, WA – Neumos
Nov 12 Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret
Dec 08 London, UK – The Lexington
Dec 09 Minehead, UK – ATP Nightmare Before Christmas
Wye Oak premieres video for “Holy Holy”
September 7, 2011 – 10:28 am
Wye Oak recently visited Coney Island and filmed a cool video with director Jeremy Johnstone for the song “Holy Holy,” which premieres today on Pitchfork.TV. Head over to Pitchfork now or watch it below.
Tonight, Wye Oak play the first of two shows at Philadelphia’s Academy of Music with Yo La Tengo and The National. Next week, they embark on a tour opening for Okkervil River and then for Explosions in the Sky later in the month. Don’t miss them! Visit the band’s tour page for a full list of their live dates.
Wye Oak‘s latest album, Civilian, is available now on CD, LP, and digital download from the Merge store and your favorite retail outlets.
Wye Oak play “Holy Holy” for Invisible Children
August 31, 2011 – 11:22 am
Read about the Invisible Children project here.
Wye Oak are on tour through October. Don’t miss them!
Destroyer debuts new video for “Savage Night at the Opera”
August 31, 2011 – 10:49 am
Directed by David Galloway, Destroyer‘s new music video takes you on a nerve-wracking ride through the streets of Vancouver and is the first that features Dan Bejar in the clip! Go to Pitchfork.tv to view, or watch below.
Kaputt is in stores on CD, double-LP, and digital download now!
The Love Language on the road, again!
August 15, 2011 – 2:03 pm
Watch a clip of The Love Language on the road, and see them this weekend in DC and New York!
Aug 19 Washington, DC Rock & Roll Hotel
Aug 20 Brooklyn, NY The Rock Shop
Sep 08 Raleigh, NC Hopscotch Music Festival
- Lambchop announces US tour in support of Mr. M
- The Magnetic Fields premiere video for “Andrew in Drag” at NPR Music
- Hospitality extends spring tour including dates with The Love Language & Wild Flag
- Archers of Loaf announce new tour dates
- M. Ward premieres video for “The First Time I Ran Away” from A Wasteland Companion
- Imperial Teen premieres “Runaway” video at Spin.com
- New Eleanor Friedberger video for “Heaven” & Portlandia dates announced!
- Hospitality releases video for “Friends of Friends” and other release week excitement!
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