Merrill Garbus, the multi-talented master of weird pop music, celebrated her birthday a couple of weeks ago by announcing her third album and sharing a megamix of all the songs on it. Now we have our first taste of a whole song, and it’s as catchy and offbeat as the best songs on W H O K I L L. Listen to “Water Fountain” below.
tUnE-yArDs’ new album Nikki Nack will be released May 6.
tUnE-yArDs LIVE 2014
* supporting Arcade Fire
^ support from Sylvan Esso
% supporting The National
April
23rd – Pepsi Center, Denver, CO *
26th – Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, MO *
27th – Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis, MO *
29th – Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH *
May
1st – Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN *
2nd – Aarons Amphitheatre at Lakewood, Atlanta, GA *
5th – Masonic Lodge @ Hollywood Forever, Los Angeles, CA SOLD OUT
7th – Rough Trade, Brooklyn, NY SOLD OUT
23rd – Les Schwab Amphitheater, Bend, OR %
25th – Sasquatch Festival, George, WA
26th – Knitting Factory Concert House, Boise, ID ^
27th – Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT ^
30th – Granada Theater, Dallas, TX ^
June
1st – Free Press Summer Fest, Houston, TX
3rd – The Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix, AZ ^
5th – The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA ^
6th – The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA ^
13th – 9:30 Club, Washington, DC ^
15th – Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA ^
16th – Royale Boston, Boston, MA ^
18th – La Tulipe, Montreal, QC ^
19th – Massey Hall, Toronto, ON ^
21st – Firefly Music Festival, Dover, DE
22nd – Webster Hall, New York, NY ^
23rd – Webster Hall, New York, NY ^
26th – Concorde 2, Brighton, UK
30th – Gorilla, Manchester, UK
July
1st – Cockpit, Leeds, UK
2nd – Trinity, Bristol, UK
17th – First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
19th – Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago, IL
20th – Forecastle Festival, Louisville, KY