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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*

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Amor de Días – “Wild Winter Trees”

June 21, 2011 – 10:19 am

Street of the Love of Days is available now on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store.

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The Rosebuds “Woods” video & interview!

June 17, 2011 – 2:44 pm

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! #

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Eleanor Friedberger “My Mistakes” video

June 15, 2011 – 10:10 am

Last Summer is available for pre-order in the Merge Store now!

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M. Ward Live at KINK Portland

May 25, 2011 – 2:20 pm

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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Amor de Días premieres video, and “Street of the Love of Days” now streaming in the Merge store!

May 11, 2011 – 12:11 pm

Amor de Días—Alasdair MacLean, front man for UK group The Clientele, and Lupe Núñez-Fernández of indie-pop duo Pipas—premiere the full album stream of their debut album Street of the Love of Days now in the Merge store.

Stream the debut album from Amor de Días’ Street of the Love of Days now!

Design*Sponge spoke to Lupe about painting, art history, and her creative process. You can read the article here. They also premiered the new video for “Late Mornings,” directed by Xana Kudrjavcev-DeMilner!

Watch the video for “Late Mornings” now!

Lupe and Alasdair will also begin a North American tour with dream-pop duo Damon & Naomi on May 18 in support of Street of the Love of Days, which will be in stores on May 17.

When they tour across the country this spring, it will be the first tour where Alasdair and Lupe perform under the act Amor de Días (Spanish for “love of days”) but not the first time the duo have shared the same stage. Lupe would often appear onstage at the Clientele performances reciting the storybook lyrics of the Clientele song “Losing Haringey.”

Listen to “Bunhill Fields” from Street of the Love of Days and pre-order the album on CD or LP now in the Merge store.

Amor de Días on tour:
(all dates with Damon & Naomi)
May 18 Washington, DC – Red Palace
May 19 Carrboro, NC – ArtsCenter
May 20 Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery
May 21 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church Chapel
May 22 Brooklyn, NY – Knitting Factory
May 23 Allston, MA – Great Scott
May 25 Toronto, ON – Horseshoe
May 26 Pontiac, MI – Pike Room at Crofoot
May 27 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
May 28 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock
May 31 Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern
Jun 01 Portland, OR – Bunk Bar
Jun 03 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
Jun 04 Los Angeles, CA – The Satellite
Jun 05 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar

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Apex Manor play “Under the Gun” for Grooveshark

May 9, 2011 – 4:02 pm

Apex Manor visited the Grooveshark bus while they were in Austin! You can now watch the band performing “Under the Gun” on Vimeo. Check out Grooveshark and listen to your favorite Merge bands on their site.

The band is gearing up for a June tour with Jonny (Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub & Euros Childs of Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci), but first play Los Angeles on Friday at the Satellite! Follow Apex Manor on Twitter to keep up with Ross!

The Year of Magical Drinking is available on CD and digital download now in the Merge store.

Apex Manor on tour!
May 13 Los Angeles, CA The Satellite
Jun 3 Toronto, ON The Drake Hotel
Jun 4 Toronto, ON The Drake Hotel
Jun 7 Northampton, MA Iron Horse Music Hall
Jun 8 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
Jun 9 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge
Jun 10 Brooklyn, NY The Bell House
Jun 11 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live Upstairs
Jun 12 Vienna, VA Jammin’ Java
Jun 14 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
Jun 15 Decatur, GA Eddie’s Attic
Jun 16 Nashville, TN The Bluebird Cafe
Jun 17 Louisville, KY Zanzabar
Jun 18 Chicago, IL Old Town School of Folk Music @ Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall

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The Wilderness Downtown wins a Webby!

May 3, 2011 – 5:04 pm

Congratulations to Google & Radical Media for winning the award for Best Use of Video or Moving Image at this year’s Webby Awards for The Wilderness Downtown! The project also won the “People’s Award” for Net Art. The Wilderness Downtown features the song “We Used to Wait” from Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs.

Open Google Chrome and experience The Wilderness Downtown!

The Suburbs is available on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store.

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Times New Viking share songs from “Dancer Equired” in their natural habitat

March 14, 2011 – 11:40 am

NPR All Songs Considered shared a video this weekend of Times New Viking in the band members’ Ohio hometowns. Watch the video & preview a number of songs from their upcoming release, Dancer Equired, out April 26 on CD, LP, and digital download!

03-14 Little Rock, AR Sticky Fingerz Rock ‘N’ Roll Chicken Shack
03-15 Beaumont, TX Victoria House
03-22 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge
03-23 Asheville, NC Grey Eagle
04-02 Iowa City, IA Blue Moose Tap House

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