Oakley Hall rock NYC, McCarren Pool, and October Road!

Oakley Hall will play the Knitting Factory NYC TONIGHT, February 29! Mike Bones, Company, and Oneida join them on the bill.

Also, Angela will be featured on Monday Night's episode of October Road! You can buy a copy of Oakley Hall's I'll Follow You HERE!

New tour dates with The Constantines have been added to the site, so don't miss them!

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Imperial Teen hit the west coast!

Listen to Imperial Teen on KEXP!

The 'Teen have a few more tour dates lined up, don't miss them!
12.13.2007 * San Francisco CA @ The Independent
12.14.2007 * Los Angeles CA @ Troubadour
12.15.2007 * San Diego CA @ The Casbah

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The Broken West reunite with an old friend!

Last night at The Broken West show in Chapel Hill, the band reunited with a long-lost companion. Scott Claassen was last seen biking the length of Cuba, but he showed up last night for a very special occasion - to play with his old bandmates on "Down In the Valley," the track he co-wrote with Ross!

The Broken West have a few more dates left until they hunker down in LA for a while, so don't miss them!
10.26.2007 * Philadelphia PA @ Khyber #
10.27.2007 * Washington DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel
10.30.2007 * Nashville TN @ Exit/In #
10.31.2007 * Cincinnati OH @ 20th Century #
11.01.2007 * Indianapolis IN @ Birdy's #
11.02.2007 * Chicago IL @ Schubas #
11.03.2007 * Minneapolis MN @ 7th Street Entry
# = w/ The Whigs

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Stream the DC Spoon concert online!

(Spoon meet n' greet at NYC show)

SPOON plays the 9:30 Club in DC tonight! For those of you not lucky enough to make it, the kind folks at NPR have scheduled a LIVE BROADCAST tonight! An interview with the band will air at 7:30, and the show goes live at 8pm! Tune in tonight for the entire concert!

If you'd rather park yourself in front of the TV tonight, Reaper will feature songs from two Merge artists: Spoon's "The Underdog" and Imperial Teen's "Shim Sham"!

Another momentous TV event: SPOON on SNL re-airs THIS Saturday, October 27!

Spoon also visited KCMP recently. Click the link to hear the session!

They also gave a little shout out to Destroyer at their Boston show..

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Shout Out Louds on the air across the country!

Shout Out Louds are out on the road in support of September's Our Ill Wills, workin' overtime to visit some of our favorite places! Treat your ears to a little sweetness of the Swedish persuasion and click to hear the sessions:

KEXP: October 13, 12pm Pacific. (We will link back to the permalink when it becomes available)

KCMP Minnesota Public Radio

Shout Out Louds check in with AOL's Spinner Blog from the road

Next up: WERS in Boston and KUT in Austin!

Don't miss the band on tour!
10.23.2007 * Montreal QC @ Cabaret du Musse Juste Pour Rire #
10.24.2007 * Boston MA @ Paradise Rock Club #
10.25.2007 * New York NY @ Bowery Ballroom #
10.26.2007 * Brooklyn NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg #
10.27.2007 * Hoboken NJ @ Maxwell's #
10.28.2007 * Washington DC @ 9:30 Club
10.29.2007 * Philadelphia PA @ First Unitarian Church #
10.30.2007 * Carrboro NC @ Cat's Cradle #
10.31.2007 * Atlanta GA @ The Loft #
11.02.2007 * Austin TX @ The Parish #
11.03.2007 * Dallas TX @ Granada Theatre
# = w/ Johnossi & Nico Vega

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POLLARD LIVE - Southgate House Tickets on Sale Today !!

On October 9th, Robert Pollard will have not one, but two new CD/LPs in stores across the country, courtesy of your friends here at Merge - Coast To Coast Carpet Of Love and Standard Gargoyle Decisions. Both are streaming from the Merge homepage NOW, in case you hadn't noticed.

To celebrate the momentous occasion of releasing two amazing new recordings, Uncle Bob has announced 2 tour dates as well:

Nov 30th - The Metro - Chicago, IL
Dec 1st - Southgate House - Newport, KY

ROAD TRIP!!!

Tickets for the Southgate House show go on sale TODAY (10/5/07!!) and you can get yours HERE if you act fast.

Tickets for The Metro go on sale tomorrow morning (Saturday - 10/6/07) at 10am. You can get yours HERE.

While we are talking, eh typing, about Pollard, Pitchfork is featuring a new video for "Shadow Port" from Standard Gargoyle Decisions on the Forkcast right now. The video features a lot of collage art pieces from Bob. You can also check it out on Pollard's website HERE.

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