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Merge Records' XX Anniversary Party Just Got Much, Much Better

Jun 10, 2009, 11:27am

Merge Records' XX Anniversary Party Just Got Much, Much Better

The good people at Merge Records have been gearing up recently for their big 20th anniversary celebration, an event that, like Sub Pop's last summer, will celebrate the label's entire discography. To kick the festivities off, The Triangle Youth Ballet will be performing Merge In Motion , a choreographed contemporary dance performance set to the music of the Arcade Fire, Spoon, Destroyer, Caribou, Polvo, The Magnetic Fields and a host of other roster standouts. The show's going down at the Carolina Theatre in Durham, NC on July 18th with a special performance by the Rosebuds. Valuable ticket [...]

Artists: The Arcade Fire, Destroyer, Magnetic Fields, Polvo, Rosebuds, Spoon

Tags: News, spoon, The Arcade Fire, Polvo, merge, destroyer, magnetic fields, The Rosebuds

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