Numerocero from la madre patria, España, interviewed Destroyer as part of a documentary being shot for the Día de la Música Festival in Madrid. Continue reading
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Destroyer Goes “Downtown” on Fallon
It’s good to see Dan Bejar, aka Destroyer, on national television pushing my favorite album of 2011 thus far. Continue reading
New Arcade Fire Album
Caribou Offers New Track
There was a time when I was listening to Manitoba, Four Tet, and Boards of Canada. Continue reading
Merge XX Anniversary Giveaway From Bablegum
Last July, Merge Records celebrated twenty years in the record business. Continue reading
Merge Celebrates Awesomeness
Well, kind of, they’re celebrating twenty years of being in the biz. That’s an incredible feat considering the way things are going in the music industry. For those fortunate to live out East or able to go to any of these shows, you will be handsomely rewarded.
XX Merge: 5 days of live music & mayhem!
In celebration of our 20th anniversary, Merge bands of the past and present will converge for 5 days of live music, July 22-26th in the heat of the sunny North Carolina summer. We are calling these 5 days of live music and mayhem, XX Merge.
XX Merge Wednesday, July 22nd – Sunday, July 26th
4 nights at the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC
1 night at Memorial Hall in Chapel Hill, NC on UNC Campus Details of additional music & bedlam yet to come!
Featuring over 25 of your favorite Merge artists including…Superchunk, Spoon, Conor Oberst, Spent, M. Ward, The Rosebuds, Destroyer, Guv’ner, Polvo, Pipe & The Broken West. Many more bands both expected and unexpected still to-be-announced!
5-Day Passes are $150 and will get you in to all XX Merge festivities. Passes will go on sale on Wednesday, April 8th at 10 AM EST via catscradle.com and mergerecords.com. 5-day passes are nontransferable. A limited number of tickets for individual Cradle shows and the Memorial Hall show will be made available at a later date. For more information, visit mergerecords.com.