Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner’s project Tune-Yards have shared a new session for Spotify Singles that features a cover of 1983 new wave classic “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” by Eurythmics and a live version of “ABC 123,” off of last year’s I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life. Recently, the duo unveiled an unreleased track off the 2017 album and collaborated with Lakeith Stanfield and Hrishikesh Hirway for the song “Mango” for the film Sorry To Bother You.
Catch Tune-Yards at the Neptune Theatre on Tuesday, Oct. 23 with U.S. Girls. Listen to the Spotify Singles session and watch Tune-Yards’ KEXP in-studio performance from earlier this year below.
tUnE-yArDs — even the typography of the name seems to pop off the page like the ecstatic rhythms of the band's new album. For Nikki Nack, Merrill Garbus has traveled far, sonically and literally, expanding upon the conceit of her self-recorded debut and turning tUnE-yArDs into a communal arts tribe…
"Don't tell any other festivals, but this miiiiiight be my favorite festival." That's how Merrill Garbus began her campaign to win over the Gorge on Sunday afternoon at Sasquatch, and it certainly worked. tUnE-yArDs' live show has always demanded a participatory audience, if only to dance to Garbus…
