Bob Mould’s Kickstarter campaign to fund the release of Walt Disney Concert film now underway
11/16/12
Bob Mould has launched a Kickstarter campaign with the goal of bringing the now legendary See A Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould all-star tribute concert to an audience beyond the lucky 2300 attendees who made it into Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall on November 21, 2011.
Fortunately, filmmaker Justin Mitchell was on hand to document in high quality audio and video the amazing interpretations of Bob’s decades-spanning catalogue of Hüsker Dü, Sugar, and solo classics turned in by the likes of Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), Britt Daniel (Spoon), Ryan Adams, No Age, Craig Finn and Tad Kubler (The Hold Steady), Margaret Cho with Grant Lee Phillips, and Jessica Dobson (The Shins, Deep Sea Diver)–as well as the rehearsals, preparations, interactions and lead-up to the night’s unforgettable performances.
Watch the trailer for See A Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould
The current Kickstarter campaign will fund the completion of this film–from editing and production to bandwidth, packaging, shipping and more–while offering Bob Mould fans exclusive collectibles including a limited edition 7-inch single, a commemorative T-Shirt, a set of prints, and more. Visit Bob’s Kickstarter page for more information.
Bob Mould’s critically acclaimed new solo album Silver Age as well as the new reissues of the Sugar catalog are available now on CD, LP and digital in the Merge store.
“Mould, after 25 years in the trenches performing his melodic, bloodletting punk, finally got the retrospective he deserved at Disney Hall with See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould.” – The Los Angeles Times
The full cast of See A Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould is:
Bob Mould
Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
Britt Daniel (Spoon)
Ryan Adams
No Age
Craig Finn and Tad Kubler (The Hold Steady)
Margaret Cho with Grant Lee Phillips
Jessica Dobson (The Shins, Deep Sea Diver)
Jon Wurster (Superchunk, Mountain Goats, Bob Mould Band)
Jason Narducy (Spl:t S:ngle, Verbow, Bob Mould Band)
Matt Pinfield (Emcee)
Fortunately, filmmaker Justin Mitchell was on hand to document in high quality audio and video the amazing interpretations of Bob’s decades-spanning catalogue of Hüsker Dü, Sugar, and solo classics turned in by the likes of Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), Britt Daniel (Spoon), Ryan Adams, No Age, Craig Finn and Tad Kubler (The Hold Steady), Margaret Cho with Grant Lee Phillips, and Jessica Dobson (The Shins, Deep Sea Diver)–as well as the rehearsals, preparations, interactions and lead-up to the night’s unforgettable performances.
Watch the trailer for See A Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould
The current Kickstarter campaign will fund the completion of this film–from editing and production to bandwidth, packaging, shipping and more–while offering Bob Mould fans exclusive collectibles including a limited edition 7-inch single, a commemorative T-Shirt, a set of prints, and more. Visit Bob’s Kickstarter page for more information.
Bob Mould’s critically acclaimed new solo album Silver Age as well as the new reissues of the Sugar catalog are available now on CD, LP and digital in the Merge store.
“Mould, after 25 years in the trenches performing his melodic, bloodletting punk, finally got the retrospective he deserved at Disney Hall with See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould.” – The Los Angeles Times
The full cast of See A Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould is:
Bob Mould
Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
Britt Daniel (Spoon)
Ryan Adams
No Age
Craig Finn and Tad Kubler (The Hold Steady)
Margaret Cho with Grant Lee Phillips
Jessica Dobson (The Shins, Deep Sea Diver)
Jon Wurster (Superchunk, Mountain Goats, Bob Mould Band)
Jason Narducy (Spl:t S:ngle, Verbow, Bob Mould Band)
Matt Pinfield (Emcee)
Divine Fits on Letterman tonight!
11/16/12
Divine Fits return to TV tonight, November 16, with an appearance on Late Show with David Letterman. Tune in live or set your DVR!
Dan, Britt, Alex and Sam visited KCRW Santa Monica for a set in front of a live studio audience last month, and the session is now archived. If you haven’t yet seen the band live, turn up your speakers & watch the video.
You can also listen to new live sessions from Divine Fits on NPR’s World Cafe and WFUV. And don’t miss their fantastic KEXP performance, Pitchfork.TV feature as well as their explosive performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Purchase A Thing Called Divine Fits at your local record store or in the Merge store now.
Click here to view the embedded video.
Divine Fits on tour:
Dec 01 Buenos Aires, AR Personal Fest
Dec 12 Aspen, CO Belly Up
Dec 13 Vail, CO Ford Park
Dec 14 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
Dec 30 Las Vegas, NV The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Dec 31 Las Vegas, NV The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Jan 26 Singapore, SG St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2013
Jan 28 Auckland, NZ St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2013
Feb 01 Brisbane, AU St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2013
Feb 02 Sydney, AU St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2013
Feb 03 Footscray, AU St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2013
Feb 04 Melbourne, AU The Corner Hotel
Feb 06 Sydney, AU Manning Bar
Feb 08 Adelaide, AU St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2013
Feb 09 Perth, AU St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2013
Dan, Britt, Alex and Sam visited KCRW Santa Monica for a set in front of a live studio audience last month, and the session is now archived. If you haven’t yet seen the band live, turn up your speakers & watch the video.
You can also listen to new live sessions from Divine Fits on NPR’s World Cafe and WFUV. And don’t miss their fantastic KEXP performance, Pitchfork.TV feature as well as their explosive performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Purchase A Thing Called Divine Fits at your local record store or in the Merge store now.
Click here to view the embedded video.
Divine Fits on tour:
Dec 01 Buenos Aires, AR Personal Fest
Dec 12 Aspen, CO Belly Up
Dec 13 Vail, CO Ford Park
Dec 14 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
Dec 30 Las Vegas, NV The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Dec 31 Las Vegas, NV The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Jan 26 Singapore, SG St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2013
Jan 28 Auckland, NZ St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2013
Feb 01 Brisbane, AU St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2013
Feb 02 Sydney, AU St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2013
Feb 03 Footscray, AU St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2013
Feb 04 Melbourne, AU The Corner Hotel
Feb 06 Sydney, AU Manning Bar
Feb 08 Adelaide, AU St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2013
Feb 09 Perth, AU St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2013
Jeff Mangum announces new live shows in 2013
11/12/12
Today, Jeff Mangum announced a new run of tour dates beginning January 9 in Buffalo, NY and wrapping up February 16 in North Adams, MA. Support will include Tall Firs, Briars of North America and the Music Tapes. A portion of the proceeds for these shows will benefit Children of the Blue Sky, which aims to place orphaned Mongolian children with foster families. A full list of Jeff Mangum tour dates and all up-to-date ticket information can be found at GroundControlTouring.com.
Of Jeff Mangum’s return to performing live, RollingStone.com said, “Few dared to expect it, but Jeff Mangum is back, and the music world is immeasurably richer for it.” Spin.com offered “Five Reasons Why Jeff Mangum is Magical” saying, “For two generations of listeners who grew up with Mangum’s intimate voice coming through the headphones, alone in that peculiar sound-world he conjured and feeling they were its sole inhabitant, this is the moment they’ve all been waiting for.”
Neutral Milk Hotel releases can be found on CD, 180 gm LP and digital download now in the Merge store.
Upcoming Jeff Mangum Tour Dates:
Jan 9 Buffalo, NY Asbury Hall at Babeville
Jan 10 Pittsburgh, PA Carnegie Music Hall
Jan 11 Cleveland, OH Ohio City Masonic Temple
Jan 12 Detroit, MI Redford Theatre
Jan 14 Columbus, OH Southern Theatre
Jan 15 Bloomington, IN Buskirk-Chumley
Jan 16 St. Louis, MO Sheldon Concert Hall
Jan 18 Lawrence, KS Liberty Hall
Jan 19 Oklahoma City, OK ACM at UCO – Performance Lab
Jan 20 Dallas, TX Majestic Theater
Jan 21 Houston, TX Cullen Theater at the Wortham Center
Jan 23 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks
Jan 24 Tallahassee, FL The Moon
Jan 25 Gainesville, FL Florida Theater
Jan 26 Orlando, FL The Beacham
Jan 28 Augusta, GA Sky City
Jan 29 Charleston, SC Charleston Music Hall
Jan 30 Wilmington, NC Brooklyn Arts Center at St. Andrews
Jan 31 Charlotte, NC Neighborhood Theatre
Feb 1 Knoxville, TN Bijou Theatre
Feb 2 Asheville, NC The Grey Eagle
Feb 4 Charlottesville, VA Jefferson Theater
Feb 5 Wilmington, DE Dupont Theatre
Feb 6 York, PA Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center
Feb 8 Hartford, CT The Great Hall in Union Station
Feb 9 Portland, ME State Theater
Feb 10 Providence, RI Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
Feb 13 Ithaca, NY State Theatre
Feb 14 Clinton, NY Hamilton College Chapel
Feb 15 Poughkeepsie, NY Barvadon Opera House
Feb 16 North Adams, MA MASS MoCA
Support will be as follows
Jan 9 – Jan 15 Tall Firs will be main support and Briars of North America will be first of three
Jan 16 – Feb 6 Tall Firs will be main support
Feb 8 – Feb 16 The Music Tapes will be main support and Tall Firs will be first of three, EXCEPT on Feb 14 at Hamilton College, where the only support will be Tall Firs. These Music Tapes shows will not be tent performances.
Of Jeff Mangum’s return to performing live, RollingStone.com said, “Few dared to expect it, but Jeff Mangum is back, and the music world is immeasurably richer for it.” Spin.com offered “Five Reasons Why Jeff Mangum is Magical” saying, “For two generations of listeners who grew up with Mangum’s intimate voice coming through the headphones, alone in that peculiar sound-world he conjured and feeling they were its sole inhabitant, this is the moment they’ve all been waiting for.”
Neutral Milk Hotel releases can be found on CD, 180 gm LP and digital download now in the Merge store.
Upcoming Jeff Mangum Tour Dates:
Jan 9 Buffalo, NY Asbury Hall at Babeville
Jan 10 Pittsburgh, PA Carnegie Music Hall
Jan 11 Cleveland, OH Ohio City Masonic Temple
Jan 12 Detroit, MI Redford Theatre
Jan 14 Columbus, OH Southern Theatre
Jan 15 Bloomington, IN Buskirk-Chumley
Jan 16 St. Louis, MO Sheldon Concert Hall
Jan 18 Lawrence, KS Liberty Hall
Jan 19 Oklahoma City, OK ACM at UCO – Performance Lab
Jan 20 Dallas, TX Majestic Theater
Jan 21 Houston, TX Cullen Theater at the Wortham Center
Jan 23 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks
Jan 24 Tallahassee, FL The Moon
Jan 25 Gainesville, FL Florida Theater
Jan 26 Orlando, FL The Beacham
Jan 28 Augusta, GA Sky City
Jan 29 Charleston, SC Charleston Music Hall
Jan 30 Wilmington, NC Brooklyn Arts Center at St. Andrews
Jan 31 Charlotte, NC Neighborhood Theatre
Feb 1 Knoxville, TN Bijou Theatre
Feb 2 Asheville, NC The Grey Eagle
Feb 4 Charlottesville, VA Jefferson Theater
Feb 5 Wilmington, DE Dupont Theatre
Feb 6 York, PA Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center
Feb 8 Hartford, CT The Great Hall in Union Station
Feb 9 Portland, ME State Theater
Feb 10 Providence, RI Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
Feb 13 Ithaca, NY State Theatre
Feb 14 Clinton, NY Hamilton College Chapel
Feb 15 Poughkeepsie, NY Barvadon Opera House
Feb 16 North Adams, MA MASS MoCA
Support will be as follows
Jan 9 – Jan 15 Tall Firs will be main support and Briars of North America will be first of three
Jan 16 – Feb 6 Tall Firs will be main support
Feb 8 – Feb 16 The Music Tapes will be main support and Tall Firs will be first of three, EXCEPT on Feb 14 at Hamilton College, where the only support will be Tall Firs. These Music Tapes shows will not be tent performances.
Hear Dinosaur Jr.’s Chocomel Daze now at RecordStoreDay.com
11/12/12
Dinosaur Jr.‘s Chocomel Daze (Live 1987) will be in stores on November 19, but you can hear it now exclusively at RecordStoreDay.com!
Listen to Dinosaur Jr.’s Chocomel Daze (Live 1987) now at RecordStoreDay.com
Dinosaur Jr.‘s You’re Living All Over Me, the groundbreaking album from the masters of alt-guitar rock, turns 25 this fall. To celebrate, Merge will release Chocomel Daze (Live 1987), a rare live show (featuring the classic, original line-up of J, Lou, and Murph) recorded in 1987 at Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands on November 19. Limited edition and on 150-gram vinyl for the first time, Chocomel Daze (Live 1987) follows the release of their acclaimed new album I Bet on Sky.
Chocomel Daze (Live 1987) will be available on limited-edition 150 gm LP on November 19 at your local independent record store and in the Merge store. Also, find You’re Living All Over Me, Dinosaur & Bug on CD and digital in the Merge store plus a specially priced bundle of all three.
Listen to Dinosaur Jr.’s Chocomel Daze (Live 1987) now at RecordStoreDay.com
Dinosaur Jr.‘s You’re Living All Over Me, the groundbreaking album from the masters of alt-guitar rock, turns 25 this fall. To celebrate, Merge will release Chocomel Daze (Live 1987), a rare live show (featuring the classic, original line-up of J, Lou, and Murph) recorded in 1987 at Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands on November 19. Limited edition and on 150-gram vinyl for the first time, Chocomel Daze (Live 1987) follows the release of their acclaimed new album I Bet on Sky.
Chocomel Daze (Live 1987) will be available on limited-edition 150 gm LP on November 19 at your local independent record store and in the Merge store. Also, find You’re Living All Over Me, Dinosaur & Bug on CD and digital in the Merge store plus a specially priced bundle of all three.
Radar Brothers release Eight in January on LP & digital only
11/08/12
Radar Brothers return with Eight, a very special new release only available on LP and digital beginning January 29. Featuring an expanded band of brothers including Stevie Triechel and Be Hussey from The Illustrated Garden as well as new members Dan Iead (formerly of The Broken West) on guitar/pedal steel, Brian Cleary on keyboards and Ethan Walter on piano and synthesizers. Between the two keyboards and Iead and Putnam’s guitars, the band orchestrates a swirling fervor that glides over Triechel and Hussey’s rhythmic aggressions.
The band called the record Eight (being their eighth), and it may well be Radar Brothers’ darkest, hardest rocking, most psychedelic, and yet most intensely personal album to date. From Putnam’s tribute to Joni Mitchell’s cover art (The Hissing of Summer Lawns) to the surreal, picturesque lyrics to the unidentifiable textures and sounds that pour from your speakers like liquid paintings—this may also be the band’s most visual album to date.
So forget everything that you know or have ever thought about Radar Brothers. From the very start, Eight explodes with newness and bold, otherworldly jaunts. While paying tribute to their past on several songs, the band retains its swagger in this new territory throughout the rest.
Pre-order Eight on LP now in the Merge store. LP will include CD in package. All pre-orders will be shipped to arrive on or before January 29 and receive a free Merge slipmat.
The band called the record Eight (being their eighth), and it may well be Radar Brothers’ darkest, hardest rocking, most psychedelic, and yet most intensely personal album to date. From Putnam’s tribute to Joni Mitchell’s cover art (The Hissing of Summer Lawns) to the surreal, picturesque lyrics to the unidentifiable textures and sounds that pour from your speakers like liquid paintings—this may also be the band’s most visual album to date.
So forget everything that you know or have ever thought about Radar Brothers. From the very start, Eight explodes with newness and bold, otherworldly jaunts. While paying tribute to their past on several songs, the band retains its swagger in this new territory throughout the rest.
Pre-order Eight on LP now in the Merge store. LP will include CD in package. All pre-orders will be shipped to arrive on or before January 29 and receive a free Merge slipmat.
Amor de Días to release The House at Sea in January
11/06/12
Amor de Días, the long-term collaboration between Alasdair MacLean (The Clientele) and Lupe Núñez-Fernández (Pipas), will release their sophomore album The House at Sea in the US on January 29 and in Europe on February 18.
While their debut album Street of the Love of Days took three years to make, The House at Sea was recorded and mixed in only nine days. As a result, the sessions centered around a smaller band—the twin Spanish guitars and voices of Núñez-Fernández and MacLean, and an occasional rhythm section of James Hornsey and Howard Monk, both formerly of The Clientele.
The fast pace of the sessions resulted in a rawer, more urgent album, recorded by Brian O’Shaughnessy (My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream, Denim, Birdie) on 1970s valve equipment with a feeling for space and a deliberately limited palette, all the elements of which had to count.
The House at Sea is a snapshot of a year’s songs written in London and Madrid. There are pop songs, delirious dream accounts, strange lyrical puzzles, and stories from the city and the suburbs. The theme of the sea threads its way throughout the record along with a gentle sense of drifting and departure, of being lost, of saudade—a sadness at lost things.
Pre-order The House at Sea now in the Merge store. LP Preorders will include a free Merge Records LP slip mat and a poster. Preorders will ship to arrive on or around the release date of January 29, 2013.
While their debut album Street of the Love of Days took three years to make, The House at Sea was recorded and mixed in only nine days. As a result, the sessions centered around a smaller band—the twin Spanish guitars and voices of Núñez-Fernández and MacLean, and an occasional rhythm section of James Hornsey and Howard Monk, both formerly of The Clientele.
The fast pace of the sessions resulted in a rawer, more urgent album, recorded by Brian O’Shaughnessy (My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream, Denim, Birdie) on 1970s valve equipment with a feeling for space and a deliberately limited palette, all the elements of which had to count.
The House at Sea is a snapshot of a year’s songs written in London and Madrid. There are pop songs, delirious dream accounts, strange lyrical puzzles, and stories from the city and the suburbs. The theme of the sea threads its way throughout the record along with a gentle sense of drifting and departure, of being lost, of saudade—a sadness at lost things.
Pre-order The House at Sea now in the Merge store. LP Preorders will include a free Merge Records LP slip mat and a poster. Preorders will ship to arrive on or around the release date of January 29, 2013.
Daphni releases video for “Ahora” and 7.5 hour DJ set
11/05/12
Today, Daphni released a 7.5 hour live DJ set from the London album release party for JIAOLONG as well as a new video for “Ahora.”
JIAOLONG, the debut full-length from Daphni, is in stores on CD and dbl-LP now, and you can listen to the entire album on Daphni’s Soundcloud page. The LA Times called JIALONG, “nine timeless dance-floor bangers that resurrect a moment” and you can read excellent interviews with Daphni’s Dan Snaith at XLR8R, and Macleans in Canada.
Listen & download the live DJ set from Daphni now via SoundCloud
“Ahora” is the fourth video in Jane Eastlight’
JIAOLONG, the debut full-length from Daphni, is in stores on CD and dbl-LP now, and you can listen to the entire album on Daphni’s Soundcloud page. The LA Times called JIALONG, “nine timeless dance-floor bangers that resurrect a moment” and you can read excellent interviews with Daphni’s Dan Snaith at XLR8R, and Macleans in Canada.
Listen & download the live DJ set from Daphni now via SoundCloud
“Ahora” is the fourth video in Jane Eastlight’