Jordan & Stu McLamb played a few songs on the street for Boston’s Sleepover Shows. Watch Heart to Tell above, and Sparxxx & Summer Dust on the Sleepover Shows website.
Libraries is in stores now.
The Love Language on tour:
Aug 19 Washington, DC Rock & Roll Hotel
Aug 20 Brooklyn, NY The Rock Shop
Sep 08 Raleigh, NC Hopscotch Music Festival
Our Blood is in stores today!
The debut self-titled 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, will be in stores on September 13. You can now sample all the tracks in the official album trailer, directed by Andrew Ellmaker & Lara Gallagher.
The group is touring North America throughout the fall including dates with Eleanor Friedberger in October.
Wild Flag is in stores on September 13, and you can pre-order it now on CD or LP in the Merge store.
Wild Flag on tour:
# w/ Eleanor Friedberger
12 Aug Brooklyn, NY Williamsburg Waterfront w/ Sonic Youth
03 Oct Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theatre
04 Oct Omaha, NE Waiting Room
05 Oct Kansas City, MO Record Bar
07 Oct Champaign, IL High Dive
08 Oct Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
09 Oct Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
10 Oct Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
11 Oct Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
14 Oct Boston, MA Paradise #
19 Oct Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer #
20 Oct Washington, DC Black Cat #
21 Oct Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle #
22 Oct Athens, GA 40 Watt #
24 Oct Birmingham, AL Bottletree #
26 Oct New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks #
28 Oct Dallas, TX The Loft
29 Oct Austin, TX Emo’s
31 Oct Tempe, AZ Rhythm Room
01 Nov San Diego, CA Casbah
02 Nov Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
03 Nov Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
04 Nov San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
05 Nov San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
07 Nov Arcata, CA Humboldt State
09 Nov Portland, OR Doug Fir
10 Nov Portland, OR Doug Fir
11 Nov Seattle, WA Neumo’s
12 Nov Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret
09 Dec Minehead, UK ATP Nightmare Before Christmas
Awesome + Modest have created a new video for the Mountain Goats “Estate Sale Sign,” from All Eternals Deck. John Darnielle & co. are on the road with Bright Eyes now! Check dates below & order All Eternals Deck on CD, LP or digital in the Merge Store.
The Mountain Goats on tour:
July 28 Belknap, NH Meadowbrook Pavilion w/ Bright Eyes
July 29 Shelburne, VT Ben & Jerry’s Concerts on the Green w/ Bright Eyes
July 30 Montreal, QC Osheaga Festival
July 31 Baldwinsville, NY Paper Mill Island Amphitheater w/ Bright Eyes
Aug 02 Cleveland, OH House of Blues w/ Bright Eyes
Aug 03 Grand Rapids, MI Meijer Gardens w/ Bright Eyes
Aug 04 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room w/ Bright Eyes
Aug 05 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
Sept 24 Ames, IA Maximum Ames Music Festival
Dec 02 Minehead, UK All Tomorrow’s Parties curated by Jeff Mangum
Superchunk premiered a new video, “Learned to Surf,” this week on Pitchfork.tv. The video is made of concert footage from their last two tours of Brazil: this past spring and 1998′s visit.
Superchunk is in New York for a free show at the House of Vans, and then plays Chicago’s Pitchfork Music Festival on Sunday! Stop by the Merge Records Booth if you’re at the fest & come on Saturday to see Destroyer!
Jul 14 Brooklyn, NY House of Vans
Jul 17 Chicago, IL Pitchfork Music Festival
Sep 08 Atlanta, GA Buckhead Theatre
Sep 10 Raleigh, NC Hopscotch Festival – City Plaza Stage
Dec 01 London, UK Scala
Dec 02 Minehead, UK All Tomorrow’s Parties curated by Jeff Mangum
Gary from The Ladybug Transistor was recently on a solo tour of Spain and performed “Oh Cristina!” from Clutching Stems on a Spanish beach with help on guitar from Darren Hanlon.
The Ladybug Transistor are currently on tour and will celebrate the release of Clutching Stems in their hometown of Brooklyn at the Knitting Factory on July 6!
Order Clutching Stems now on CD or digital download in the Merge store.
The Ladybug Transistor on tour:
July 06 Brooklyn, NY – Knitting Factory
July 07 Pittsburgh, PA – Carnegie Museum of Art Sculpture Court
July 08 Kalamazoo, MI – The Strutt
July 09 Madison, WI – UW Madison Union Terrace
July 10 Chicago, IL – Schuba’s
July 11 North Manchester, IN – The Firehouse (FREE SHOW!)
July 12 Cincinnati, OH – Mayday (FREE SHOW!)
July 15 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
July 16 Raleigh, NC – Kings Barcade
July 17 Charlottesville, VA – The Southern
Sept 06 Los Angeles, CA – Satellite
Sept 07 Santa Barbara, CA – Muddy Waters
Sept 08 San Francisco – the Hemlock Tavern
Sept 09 Portland, OR – Musicfest NW
Sept 10 Seattle, WA – The Comet Tavern
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:
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:
Street of the Love of Days is available now on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store.
Directed by Steve Choo, who also directed the title track from 2007′s Life Like, “Woods” premiered on Pitchfork today! Kelly & Ivan are currently on the road in support of Loud Planes Fly Low, and recently chatted with Lingua Musica.
The Rosebuds on tour:
$ with Other Lives
# with Bon Iver
Jun 17 Oxford MS Proud Larry’s $
Jun 18 Birmingham AL The Bottletree $
Jun 19 Little Rock AR Sticky Fingerz Rock ‘N’ Roll Chicken Shack $
Jun 21 Baton Rouge LA Spanish Moon $
Jun 23 Dallas TX Club DaDa $
Jun 24 Austin TX The Parish $
Jun 25 Houston TX Fitzgerald’s Downstairs $
Jun 28 Santa Fe NM Santa Fe Brewing Company $
Jun 29 Tucson AZ Solar Culture $
Jun 30 San Diego CA The Casbah $
Jul 1 Los Angeles CA The Satellite $
Jul 2 Visalia CA Cellar Door $
Jul 5 Santa Barbara CA SoHo Music Club $
Jul 6 San Francisco CA The Independent $
Jul 8 Portland OR Mississippi Studios $
Jul 9 Seattle WA Tractor Tavern $
Jul 10 Bellingham WA The Shakedown $
Jul 12 Vancouver Media Club $
Jul 14 Boise ID The Neurolux $
Jul 15 Salt Lake City UT Urban Lounge $
Jul 16 Denver CO Hi-Dive $
Jul 19 Minneapolis MN 7th Street Entry $
Jul 20 Eau Claire WI House of Rock $
Jul 21 Madison WI UW Union Terrace $
Jul 22 Milwaukee WI Riverside Theater #
Jul 23 Milwaukee WI Riverside Theater #
Jul 24 Chicago IL Chicago Theatre #
Jul 25 Indianapolis IN Murat Theatre #
Jul 27 Nashville TN Ryman Auditorium #
Jul 28 Atlanta GA Cobb Energy PAC #
Jul 29 Raleigh NC Raleigh Amphitheater #
Jul 30 Richmond VA The National #
Aug 1 Washington DC 9:30 Club #
Aug 2 Washington DC 9:30 Club #
Aug 3 Upper Darby PA Tower Theatre #
Aug 5 Boston MA House of Blues #
Aug 6 Holyoke MA Mountain Park #
Aug 8 Toronto ON The Sound Academy #
Aug 9 New York NY United Palace Theatre #
Aug 10 Brooklyn NY Celebrate Brooklyn! #
Last Summer is available for pre-order in the Merge Store now!
M. Ward recently visited KINK Portland’s Bing Lounge for an acoustic session! You can watch the entire set on KINK.FM now.
M. Ward on tour:
May 27 Barcelona, Spain Primavera Festival
June 10 Philadelphia, PA Mann Center for Performing Arts
June 11 Vienna, VA Filene Center @ Wolftrap
June 25 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre
June 26 Davis, CA Mondavi Center
July 07 Winnipeg, MB Canada Winnipeg Folk
July 09 Ottawa, ON Ottawa Blues
July 11 Quebec City, QC Quebec City Summer Festival
July 31 Newport, RI Newport Folk Festival
Aug 11 Montclair, NJ Wellmont Theatre
Aug 13 East Hampton, NY Music to Know Festival
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