Mekons

watch Mekons' "In the Desert" video, see them on tour in July

Mekons first album in eight years, ’Deserted,’ is out now.

26 New Songs Out Today

Listen to new songs by Modest Mouse, Beth Gibbons, Kelsey Lu, Billy Woods & Kenny Segal, Pure Bathing Culture, Show Me The Body, Haram, YBN Nahmir, UNKLE, Courtney Marie Andrews, and more.

Mekons prep first LP in 8 years, touring (listen to "Lawrence of California")

The band made the album in Joshua Tree, California. ”Going to the country to get your head together is a ripe old rock cliché,” say Jon Langford. ”We went to the desert to have our brains scoured.”

Blind Boys of Alabama & Jon Langford joined Yo La Tengo for Hanukkah Night 2 (pics, setlist)

Yo La Tengo continued their Hanukkah 2019 celebration on Monday night (12/3) at Bowery Ballroom. Blind Boys from Alabama were Night 2’s opener…

legendary NYC superfans Dennis & Lois the subject of a new documentary (watch a clip)

The Ramones were their first obsession but it was not their last. They have seen over 10,000 shows together, Happy Mondays wrote a song about them on their classics Pills, Thrills & Bellyaches LP, and they’re still going strong.

Jeff Tweedy, Mekons members & more reinterpret Carl Sandburg's poetry on new LP (stream it)

There’s also a NYC release show this Saturday with the album’s creator, David Nagler, and a ten-piece band.

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Angel Olsen & friends releasing Mekons tribute LP this week (song stream)

The 2012 band Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy band — which had Will Oldham joined by Angel Olsen, plus Ben Boye, Van Campbell, Danny Kiely, and Emmett Kelly of The Cairo Gang — had done a whole set of Mekons covers on tour, and now they’re releasing an album of those covers under the name Chivalrous Amoekons this week.

Waco Brothers releasing 'Going Down in Style,' share "Had Enough," playing SXSW, NYC & other tour dates

The Waco Brothers, the raucous alt-country band fronted by John Langford of Mekons, will release Going Down in History, on February 26 via Bloodshot…

Mekons touring this summer, playing two NYC shows

Mekons will be touring this summer, including two NYC stops: Bowery Ballroom on July 21 and Red Hook’s Jalopy Theatre on July 23. Tickets for the Bowery show go on sale Friday (5/8) at noon with an AmEx presale starting Wednesday (5/6) at noon…

Mekons doc screening at Film Forum; Jon Langford playing opening night afterparty (win tickets to both)

Acclaimed Mekons documentary Revenge of the Mekons premiered a year ago at NYC Doc fest and is now getting a proper release. It’ll screen in NYC at Film Forum from Oct…
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