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New album ‘Better Dreaming’ out now. https://teapawt.net/t.co/IUcutKk3n2

Oakland, CA
Joined August 2009
Our new album ‘Better Dreaming’ is out in the world today. May this music be fuel to spur us all into action; courage to change ourselves; and solidarity with all the work already being done in the name of justice, peace, and better dreaming about what our world could be.
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What a joy Chicago 🌈 Louisville tonight with Rituals of Mine at Whirling Tiger No fan meetup tonight, Merrill needs to rest her voice, meet each other at the merch table! 📸: Dan Roth
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The Ones That Love You Tour starts next week with Rituals of Mine. 🔶🔶🔶 11.05 Chicago, IL 11.07 Louisville, KY 11.08 Cincinnati, OH 11.10 Grand Rapids, MI 11.11 Cleveland, OH 11.14 Homer, NY 11.15 Portsmouth, NH 11.16 Hamden, CT 11.18 Boston, MA
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The Ones :: Out Now  Give me the power now to Stand beside the ones that love me The ones that never stand in my way Stand beside the ones that love me The ones that haven't fallen away
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It’s still time to stand with Ukraine Please join us with CAKE and DakhaBrakha January 12 & 13 at Fox Theater - Oakland Artist presale tickets tomorrow, October 28 at 10am PT with CAKE2027 :: Public tickets Friday, October 30 at 10am PT
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THE ONES :: OUT NOW Mixed by Michael Coleman Contraalto clarinet by Ben Goldberg Mastering by Jeff Lipton All other stuff by Merrill & Nate Listen now at tuneyards.ffm.to/theones
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BAY AREA FAMILY, WE LOVE YOU a magical evening at Point San Pablo Harbor thank you Clay Eugene Smith, Gabby La La and Foxtails Brigade and all of you open-hearted souls. Photos by Roy Scopazzi
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East Coast and Midwest, we heard your calls, so here’s a little fall surprise: The Ones That Love You Tour 🔹 NOVEMBER 2026 Joined by Rituals of Mine Tickets are on sale Friday, September 18, 10am local venue time.
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“It’s a rich man’s game, no matter what they call it” - 9 to 5 RIP Dolly. I wish I’d gotten to meet her. 🎵: “9 to 5” cover for This American Life
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YES With Yuka Honda in Tokyo in 2015. Yuka brought out the Yoko in all of us this weekend. Yuka and Sean made it possible for us to collaborate with Yoko in the studio, on Take Me To the Land of Hell.
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Wrote about it on the Substack but the gratitude came up again after seeing the incredible exhibit at the Broad. How lucky we were to be stirred up into her creative pot for a brief moment. And how dreamy to perform one of those songs live with rock heroes.
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If you get a chance to be in LA before mid-October, go see the Yoko Ono exhibit at The Broad Her art has never felt so right on, proving once again she has been ahead of her time, forever. *//* YES *\\*
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New sbstck post about my girl. She's impossible to describe in limited words but I tried. tuneyards.substack.com and go listen to Sick of the Times! 🌊🌊🌊
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Just over eleven years later, we're making our way back to Stern Grove Festival This time opening for Violent Femmes !!! Who was there and who's coming back?! 🌲🌿🌲🌿🌲🌿🌲🌿🌲
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And the epic band was Dani Markham, Moira Smiley, Haley Dekle Love and miss you gals 🏵️
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STATUS: ATTENTION UN-FRACKED focus focus focus timers timers timers ding ding ding! you did it
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LET US GO ON like blisters in the sun New Substack today, tuneyards.substack.com/ See you next month out in the heat
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a playlist and post inspired by our friend and tour manager forever, John Fitzgerald -- on our Substack tuneyards.substack.com/ In 2010, Nate and I toured as a duo, trying out much of the material that would eventually become w h o k i l l
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* may this playlist of songs, many born under oppressive regimes, military coups, and political tumult, accompany all of your acts of resistance *
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New post up on Substack in advance of our performance at YOKO ONLY at The Broad Museum Aug 8 What a treasure she is 🌎
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