Merrill Garbus
Tune-Yards is the music project of New England native Merrill Garbus. When performing live, Garbus creates drum loops on the spot, and layers these with ukulele, and vocals, in addition to electric bass played by Nate Brenner.
Guest Appearances
June 9, 2014
Obvious Child’s Jenny Slate and lead singer of the tUnE-yArDs, Merrill Garbus join forces to find out what they have in common as artists on today’s Comedy Bing Bong! Jenny tells us about her role in the new film Obvious Child as well as showcases her Arnold Schwarzenegger impression, Merrill gives a taste of what the new tUnE-yArDs album Nikki Nack sounds like, and Sappity Tappity, the drunk British rollerblading pine tree rolls on in for some harmonized singing. Plus, a fun game of Would You Rather? you won’t want to miss!
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