Mercury Rev

Mercury Rev played Bella Union’s official CMJ showcase on Thursdsay (10/15) at Le Poisson Rouge, part of their short tour. Though the band just released their first album in seven years, The Light in You, their set made the most room for their 1998 classic Deserter’s Songs, playing “Holes,” “Tonight it Shows,” “Endlessly,” “Opus 44” “The Funny Bird,” and “Goddess on a Highway…

The 2015 CMJ Music Marathon happens from October 13-17, and today the initial list of artists was revealed. A bunch of these are NYC shows we’ve posted about (browse our “CMJ” tag), but highlights include Car Seat Headrest, Cheatahs, Destruction Unit, Dent May, Dilly Dally, Doomsquad, Drinks, Eternal Summers, Evans the Death, Ex Hex, Expert Alterations, Ezra Furman, Frankie Cosmos, Hooton Tennis Club, Kamasi Washington, Kero Kero Bonito, Mercury Rev, Nai Harvest, Neon Indian, Panda Bear, Perfect Pussy, Protomartyr, S, Shannon and the Clams, Slim Twig, Stealing Sheep, The Album Leaf, The Dirty Nil, The Men, The Wonder Years, Titus Andronicus and Wil…

Villagers, who were last on this side of the Atlantic around SXSW, have announced that they’ll be joining John Grant on some of his North American tour dates this October, including the CMJ show he’s playing at Le Poisson Rouge on 10/17 (tickets)…

Mercury Rev have offered up a second track from their new album, The Light in You. “Widescreen” is a term that’s been applicable to the band since Deserter’s Songs and “Are You Ready…

Mercury Rev‘s new album, The Light in You, will be out September 18 via Bella Union and if you haven’t checked out first single “The Queen of Swans” you can stream it below…

Mercury Rev will release The Light in You, their eighth album and first since 2008, on September 18 via Bella Union. This is their first album to be made by just Jonathan Donahue and Grasshopper, as they were unable to work with member/producer Dave Fridmann this time due to scheduling conflicts…

A group of bands have teamed up to honor the late Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse by recording a tribute album, Last Box of Sparklers, which they’re currently raising money for on Indiegogo…

and Andrew Sacher Ex Cops DJing at Other Music, RSD 2012 (more) We’re about a week out from Record Store Day 2013. When it began in 2008, RSD was a celebration of brick-and-mortar stores in the face of digital downloads, offering up exclusive releases to get people out to stores…

I remember getting Mercury Rev’s Yerself is Steam, putting it in my CD player and thinking, “My speakers are busted.” But then I came to realize this was just how the music was recorded: loud and fucked up, strange but kind of beautiful too…

Devendra Banhart at Webster Hall (more by Vincent Cornelli) Devendra Banhart and the Grogs will team up with Adam Green at Terminal Five THURSDAY (8/19, tickets) and we have a pair of tickets available for giveaway…