
Big news! Today, Merge announced the initial lineup for XX Merge, Merge Records‘ 20th anniversary celebration, their entrance into the summer festival circuit.
XX Merge will take place July 22-26 at the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, North Carolina and Memorial Hall on the UNC campus in Chapel Hill. Check out who’s playing: label founders Superchunk, Spoon, Conor Oberst, M. Ward, Destroyer, Polvo, the Rosebuds, Guv’ner, Pipe, the Broken West, and Spent. And that’s just the beginning, as over 25 bands are promised. [Pitchfork]
Erm, we need to be there. I will send Tom…again.
Haha I say it on gchat and 15 minutes later it’s on the site. Nice.
But srsly, Merge, comp me. I will cover this like nothing else!
It was closer to 5 minutes, but who’s counting?