A Trickle from the Vault

A couple songs for you, in what we hope to be a regular Merge Blog series of rare/live mp3s:

Destroyer & The Treacherous Fops - The Music Lovers (mp3): Live @ Cats Cradle, Carrboro, NC, July 31, 2004 at the Merge 15th Anniversary Festival.

This cut is culled from the one and only performance to date by The Treacherous Fops--comprised of Mac McCaughan on guitar, Spott on trumpet, Paul Finn on keys, Paul Cardillo on bass, and the incomparable Lee Waters manning the skins. Destroyer is Mr. Dan Bejar.

The Broken West – Brass Ring (mp3): Live at the Great Scott, Allston, MA, March 3, 2007. Special thanks to Bradley's Almanac, one of the best blogs in Blogland, for the Broken West show!

For non-digital, real life shows near you, check out the Merge Tour Dates.

Anyone with rare/live recordings (especially lossless) of any Merge bands and a disposition towards sharing, please send a message to:

wilson
wilson (at) mergerecords (dot) com

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One year ago today...

THE BROKEN WEST - I Can't Go On, I'll Go On was released on January 23, 2007!





Lucky for you (and us too!) the band is back in the studio recording a follow-up with Thom Monahan. Stay tuned for more notes from the studio!

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2007 Top 10 Lists: Ross Flournoy

Ross Flournoy from The Broken West shares his favorite releases of 2007 ("in no particular order"):

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
The Clientele - God Save the Clientele
Broken Social Scene presents Kevin Drew - Spirit If...
Okkervil River - The Stage Names
Oakley Hall - I'll Follow You
Iron & Wine - The Shepard's Dog
Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall
The National - Boxer
Trans Am - Sex Change

The Broken West plan to head into the studio early in 2008 and hope to have a new album ready by the fall. Stay tuned for more details.

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The Broken West debut new songs on WOXY!

Click HERE to hear the Broken West Lounge Act @ WOXY.com! The band made the radio debut of two new songs they've been playing on the road - "Perfect Games" and "Embassy Row."

UPDATE: Get the Tegan & Sara cover of "Back In Your Head" at Aquarium Drunkard

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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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