Merge Records Announces SXSW 2012 Showcase

Merge Records is hosting a showcase at the annual SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TX at Frank.

Merge SXSW Showcase 2012
Friday, March 16 @ Frank
Doors at 7 and the show starts at 7:30

Line-up from first to last on stage:
M. Ward
Hospitality
Eleanor Friedberger
The Love Language
Crooked Fingers
Imperial Teen

The Magnetic Fields play their own show at SXSW
Friday, March 16 @ Austin City Limits Live
Doors are at 6:30, and the band hits the stage at 8:30.

Imperial Teen Return With New Album

Imperial Teen returns with their new album, Feel the Sound on January 31, 2012. The album is the followup to 2007′s The Hair the TV the Baby and the Band. The entire band, Roddy Bottum (Faith No More), Lynn Perko Truell, Will Schwartz, and Jone Stebbins are all featured on lead vocals on the opening track “Runaway” from Feel the Sound.

MP3: Imperial Teen – Runaway

Pre-order Feel the Sound now on CD or LP in the Merge store and receive a poster and a limited-edition key-chain earplug case while supplies last.

Track listing:
1. Runaway
2. No Matter What You Say
3. Last to Know
4. Over His Head
5. Hanging About
6. All the Same
7. Don’t Know How You Do It
8. Out From Inside
9. The Hibernates
10. It’s You
11. Overtaken

For more information on Imperial Teen, visit ImperialTeen.com.