Merge releases limited edition 7″s for Record Store Day
Another set of releases we’ll be scouting in our jaunts to Vintage Vinyl, , Princeton Record Exchange, , and other venues in the Garden State on Record Store Day are these limited edition 7″s from our...
View ArticleLet’s Wrestle’s debut
In the Court of the Wrestling Let’s Let’s Wrestle Merge Digital Let's Wrestle Lest a band risk overplaying its hand, they should carefully consider their debut album’s title. Take Let’s Wrestle, who’ve...
View ArticleSuperchunk’s 9th album to land in the Fall (video)
Although hearing that the band is on the cusp of releasing their NINTH LP this Fall on the Merge imprint makes us feel a little chronologically advanced, we love Superchunk all the same. Check out this...
View ArticleStill Super
Superchunk Majesty Shredding Superchunk Merge Records It’s been nine years since Superchunk released an LP of new material. Of course, in the intervening time the band members have been active in other...
View ArticleWye Oak: Civilian (Review)
Wye Oak Civilian Merge Records Baltimorean duo Wye Oak, comprised of guitarist/vocalist Jenn Wasner and drummer/vocalist Andy Stack, craft their most nuanced music to date on Civilian, their third LP....
View ArticleLambchop: “Gone Tomorrow”
Leave it to Lambchop to eschew a glitzy promo video in favor of spotlighting Nashville’s underground wrestling community! The single “Gone Tomorrow,” taken from their new Merge CD Mr. M, is...
View ArticleMagnetic Fields: Live at ATP (Video)
A lot of chatterboxes in the audience, but here’s a video of Magnetic Fields performing “Andrew in Drag” this past week at All Tomorrow’s Parties. The song is the “single” on their new Merge recording...
View ArticleLampchop: “Buttons” (Video)
Gives new meaning to “barbershop quartet” Lambchop – Buttons (XX Merge Offstage) from Merge Records on Vimeo.
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