On the heels of ‘Bizness’ comes the latest video from tUnE-yArDs 2011 release, w h o k i l l, ‘Gangsta‘. It was directed by Merrill Garbus herself. Definitely a different style than their last release, but still worth a look. Check it out!

“River Rocks” kicked off at Pier 54 last night with performances by tUnE-yArDs and Austra. I have everyone made it into the the show as the line outside the venue was insane. This must have been the biggest show on the Pier since Matt & Kim in 2009. Video edits of both artists are below.

A couple weeks ago, after playing her sold-out show at Music Hall of Williamsburg tUnE-yArDs joined Kurt Andersen at the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space to record an episode of the radio show Studio 360. She gave a great interview with Kurt (which you can hear here, along with a conversation with comedian Eugene Mirman), and also performed a few songs for the crowd. It is great to see a band donning face paint and weirdo highlighter outfits playing to a crowd of seated public radio listeners. Even better is seeing Merrill Garbus trying to coax them to get up and jump up and down during the finale of “You Yes You.”

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The great news about free awesome stuff happening this summer keeps on coming. Our favorite weirdo songstress from this year, Merrill Garbus, AKA tUnE-yArDs, is playing a free show at Hudson River Park pier 54. The show is happening July 14, which if you bought tickets for Animal Collective in Prospect Park means that you will be having the Best Week Ever that week.

Along with tUnE-yArDs, Deer Tick will be performing at Pier 54 on August 11 and Metronomy will appear on July 28. Opening acts have not been announced yet, but in keeping with the spirit will probably be mind-blowing.

Below, check out a live video of Merrill performing her song “Bizness” on Studio Brussel. It’s all rad.

Check out all these awesome moves that Merrill Garbus and everyone has in the tUnE-yArDs video for the song “Bizness.” The track comes from the forthcoming w h o k i l l record, that by all accounts will blow everyone’s mind. Put this on repeat and just dance your way through to the end of the bizness week.