Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band at Night 1 of XX Merge (07/22/09) Photo : Brad Searles Here's what night 2 of XX Merge looked like: XX Merge Night 2: July 23, 2009 Broken West Richard Buckner GUV'NER Versus 3D's Superchunk - via MergeRecords ( More #XXMerge Tweets )
I believe this was previously announced in some form or another, but there was a more official announcement plus ticket on sale info released today. Legendary indie rock label Merge Records, started by Superchunk back in 1989 and home to Arcade Fire, Spoon, etc., will be holding a 20th anniversary festival/concert series over 5 days in Carrboro, NC at Cat's Cradle for 4 nights and at UNC for one night. The lineup announced thus far includes Superchunk, Spoon, M. Ward, Conor Oberst, Spent, The Rosebuds, Destroyer, Guv'ner, Polvo, The Broken West and Pipe, with more special guests to [...]
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Tickets for Merge XX—the scrappy independent label's five-day 20th-anniversary celebration, set to take place July 22-26 in North Carolina—go on sale Wednesday, and it looks like a pretty incredible deal: $150 gets you tickets to all five nights, and the bills include label stalwarts like Superchunk, Spoon, Guv'ner, Polvo, and the Rosebuds. (Plus "many more expected & unexpected.") Of course, this doesn't factor in travel expenses, but 85 bucks a night for a hotel room isn't too bad when you split it between feedback-loving pals. [ Merge ]
Big news! Today, Merge announced the initial lineup for XX Merge , Merge Records ' 20th anniversary celebration, their entrance into the summer festival circuit. XX Merge will take place July 22-26 at the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, North Carolina and Memorial Hall on the UNC campus in Chapel Hill. Check out who's playing: label founders Superchunk, Spoon, Conor Oberst, M. Ward, Destroyer, Polvo, the Rosebuds, Guv'ner, Pipe, the Broken West , and Spent . And that's just the beginning, as over 25 bands are promised. [ Pitchfork ] [...]
DOWNLOAD: Guv'ner - Bay's Way Cruel (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Guv'ner - Help Me (MP3) 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 line up for the five-day-long Merge Records 20th Anniversary Celebration has been announced, and the event to bound to be nothing but stellar with headliners like label-founders Superchunk topping the bill. The festival - XXMerge as they've dubbed it - is set to take place on July 22 through the 26, in Carrboro, N.C. at the Cat's Cradle and one night at UNC. Along with the previously mentioned headliners, M. Ward , Spoon , Conor Oberst , The Rosebuds , [...]
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I'm way behind in posting my weekly Sirius radio playlists. The last one I posted was Week 8 . Here's the playlist from Week 11 (8/15/2006). On this show I played all music that came out on Merge Records , and all music that happens to be available in MP3 format... 1) Superchunk - Becoming a Speck 2) And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Mistakes and Regrets 3) Pipe - Chula 4) Dinosaur Jr. - Forget the [...]
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