STREAM BRAND NEW MERIDENE + NEW TOUR DATES

MERIDENE RELEASE 'SOMETHING LIKE BLOOD'
STREAM FULL RECORD AT SPINNER
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“they won't be Eau Claire's secret for long” - Absolute Punk


MERIDENE's outstanding new album 'SOMETHING LIKE BLOOD' is now out on  AMBLE DOWN RECORDS and we're also excited to announce a line of October dates in support.   Leading up to today's release, MAGNET has been streaming a song a day from the album which can also be heard in full now on SPINNER.COM .  'Something Like Blood' is Meridene's long-awaited follow up to 2008's 'You're Not Pretty, You're Worse,' and has been earning the Eau Claire four piece loads of early praise.

Next month Meridene will set out on tour showcasing songs from both albums, and likely you'll catch the prolific indie rockers playing a brand new song.  See Meridene performing the unreleased track "Awful Mouth" live HERE and be sure to catch them onstage here:

Meridene On Tour

10/15 - The Mouse Trap - Eau Claire, WI
10/16 - Acadia Cafe - Minneapolis, MN
10/17 - House of Bricks - Des Moines, IA
10/20 - The Space - Hamden, CT
10/21 - The 201 - Providence, RI
10/22 - Slainte Wine Bar - Portland, ME
10/23 - The Starving Artist - Keene, NH
10/24 - The Party Xpo - Brooklyn, NY
10/28  - The Green Line Cafe - Philadelphia, PA
10/29  - Wilbert's - Cleveland, OH
10/31- Linneman's - Milwaukee, WI

“damn good tunes” - Examiner LA

“a truly remarkable album” - Volume One

“precise musicianship, inescapable melodies and near-perfect pacing make their sophomore album Something Like Blood into a must-listen set of songs” - Independent Clauses

HEAR A BRAND NEW SONG FROM MERIDENE EVERY DAY!

Hear a brand new song from Meridene's upcoming album 'Something Like Blood' every day this week! Leading up to the September 28th release of Meridene's awesome upcoming LP  'Something Like Blood,' head to Magnet online to hear a sneak peek of a brand new song every morning at 10am est.  Recorded at Bon Iver's home studio in the Northwoods of Wisconsin,  produced and mixed by Brian Moen of Peter Wolf Crier, and mastered by T.W. Walsh, 'Something Like Blood' has been gaining the Eau Claire four piece a lot of early praise for their "entirely fresh" songs (AustinTownHall), “precise musicianship, inescapable melodies and near-perfect pacing” (IndependentClauses) and “Part Shins pop, part pre-flame-out Strokes” sound (KDHX).  'Something Like Blood' is available for pre-order by clicking Amble Down Records.

Meridene's live show is also something to see, and they will be heading to the East Coast next month!

ON TOUR:
9/24 - Madison, WI @ The Frequency
9/25 – Eau Claire, WI @ The Oxford Theater *Cd Release Show
10/15 - Eau Claire, WI @ The Mouse Trap
10/17 –  Des Moines, IA @ House Of Bricks
10/22 - Portland, ME @ Slainte Wine Bar
10/23 - Keene, NH @ The Starving Artist
10/24 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Party XPO, doors 4pm
10/28 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Green Line Cafe
10/29 – Cleveland, OH @ Wilbert’s

So a Comedian Sits Next to Former GOP Chairman Ken Mehlman on a Plane...

Ken Mehlman is the former GOP chairman who recently confirmed he was gay. Marc Maron is a comedian. Marc Maron has found himself sitting next to Ken Mehlman on a plane and is live-tweeting it. Guess what happened?  Gawker fills us in...

http://gawker.com/5642206/comedian-live+tweets-sitting-next-to-ken-mehlman-on-a-plane-exposes-nipple

 

MATT & KIM NAB THE COVER OF REAL DETROIT!

Power couples unite!

MERIDENE EXCLUSIVE SHITTY BARN SESSION VIDEO

Shitty Barn Sessions #3: Meridene "Awful Mouth" from ryan heraly on Vimeo.

Meridene hit the Shitty Barn Session for a show last month where Ryan Heraly shot this terrific video of  the unreleased, braaaaaaaaaand new song "Awful Mouth."  Meridene's awesome new album, Something Like Blood, recorded at Bon Iver's Northern Wisconsin studio, is available for pre-order on Amble Down Records and hits shelves September 28.  Stay up to speed with news and shows at http://www.myspace.com/meridene

MATT & KIM'S "CAMERAS" TOPS EW'S MUST LIST

Matt & Kim's brand new single "Cameras" made its way onto Entertainment Weekly's Must List!  See them on tour starting next week where every venue is going to be playing Matt & Kim's upcoming album 'Sidewalks' in its entirely before every show!!  Tour dates here

DELOCATED EPISODES GET NEW PREMIER DAY/TIME

Starting this Thursday September 9th, and then all Thursdays afterward, new episodes of Delocated will premier at midnight EST on Adult Swim.  You can catch them again when they air the following Sunday at 10pm EST.  Now enjoy the puppy suit from last week's "Dog Mayor" episode.   

MARK MALLMAN ANNOUNCES 78 HOUR PERFORMANCE "MARATHON 3"

M   A  R  K  M  A  L  L  M  A  N
MARATHON 3 : The 78 hour long song

 
From October 7 through October 10,  Mark Mallman will perform one of the greatest musical feats of his career thus far; the 78 hour long song MARATHON 3.  His non-stop performance from the Turf Club in St. Paul, MN will include well over 400 pages of lyrics and nearly 100 backup musicians over the course of 4 days.  It's been six years since Mallman’s last marathon performance (Marathon 1 happened Sept 10-11 1999, and Marathon 2 took place September 4-6, 2004).

This Piece is representative of one of indie rock's unsung heros life's undertaking.  “This piece represents 3 marathons.  Each phase is 26 hours long, like a Marathon is 26 miles.  The first phase is called 'A Giant Wave,' the second 'Blood Flow,' and the 3rd “Liquid Moth.””  The 3 phases of the song will be performed consecutively, without breaks, totaling 78 hours.  When asked recently if he was planning on setting a world record, Mallman declined, saying,  “I am not a magician or a stuntman attempting to set a world record.  I am a professional musician.  I seek to expose the raw nerve of creativity itself.”

Mark Mallman's songs have been featured on This American Life, MTV, VH1, MSNBC, Current Television, and Public Radio International.  He has been touring America twice a year since 2003 and is currently signed with Badman Recording Company.  Mallman is also the frontman for Ruby Isle (Kindercore) and guitarist of newly formed WAXX MAXX.

Marathon 3 will begin October 7th at 4pm CST and end October 10th at 10pm CST and will be webcast live from www.markmallman.com.  A full schedule of guests and performers will be announced a week before Marathon 3 and the event will be recorded on multi-track for future release.  Advanced tickets are available through First Avenue and online at http://www.first-avenue.com/calendar/Turf%20Club/2010-10

For more info on Mark Mallman and Marathon 3, as well as free mp3 download and archival footage from Marathons 1+2, go to www.markmallman.com

“David Lynch would appreciate Mallman's world”
-CHICAGO SUN TIMES

“simply mesmerizing to watch”
- WE HEART MUSIC

“Mark Mallman is a renaissance musician for the 21st Century”
– THE 3-MIN EGG
   
 “Comparisons to Meatloaf and Harry Nilsson don’t seem quite so improbable"
- LA WEEKLY

“Electro tinged piano rocker"
-PITCHFORK
 

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