L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — It seems like only yesterday that Pop & Hiss was hanging out at dimly lighted upstate New York bars watching a hot new alt-folk-rock band called 10,000 Maniacs, and trying to figure out the words to "Lilydale" because the lead vocalist, Natalie Merch... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Light Asylum at BV-SXSW 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) today in NYC * ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB * Glassjaw @ Irving Plaza * Stephane Wrembel @ Barbes * Joseph Keckler @ Joe's Pub * 10000 Maniacs @ City Winery *... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Ted Leo @ Pier 54 in 2009 (more by Chris La Putt) today in NYC * LAMC * SBTRKT @ Coco 66 * Matt Bauder @ Barbes * Shai Halud @ Party Xpo * 10,000 Maniacs @ City Winery *... more info

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Guardian Music — Cherry Hinton HallNatalie Merchant has changed direction again. It's little more than two months since she toured Britain, backed by just acoustic guitars and a cello, reworking songs from her epic Leave Your Sleep album, on which she performed with ... more info

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Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offNatalie Merchant Tell Yourself I can't stop playing this, from 2001's Motherland, since the former 10,000 Maniacs singer's breathtaking gig this week in Gateshead. She gives... more info

Guardian Music — The Sage, GatesheadFrom John Peel indie favourite with 10,000 Maniacs to impassioned socio-political crusader, Natalie Merchant's career has undergone many twists. But none, perhaps, quite as curious as this. Absent from the scene since becoming a mo... more info