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Merge Records

Official Website: http://www.mergerecords.com/

Artists with releases on this label:

The Arcade Fire, Teenage Fanclub, The Rosebuds, And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Superchunk, Polvo, Spoon, Shout Out Louds, The Extra Lens, The Mountain Goats, Wild Flag, Wye Oak

About:

Merge Records was started in the summer of 1989, by Laura Ballance & Mac McCaughan, the same summer they formed the band Superchunk in Chapel Hill, NC. Merge also forged a relationship with Touch and Go Records of Chicago, who are responsible for manufacturing and distributing the bulk of Merge's full-length releases since then.

Recent Reviews

Wye Oak

Strangers/Mother [7-inch] (2011)

Superchunk

Foolish (2011)

Wild Flag

Wild Flag (2011)

Wild Flag

Future Crimes b/w Glass Tambourine [7-inch] (2011)

The Mountain Goats

All Eternals Deck (2011)

The Extra Lens

Undercard (2010)

The Arcade Fire

The Suburbs (2010)

Superchunk

Majesty Shredding (2010)

Shout Out Louds

Work (2010)

Spoon

Transference (2010)

Recent News

The Magnetic Fields announce new album, tour
The Magnetic Fields will be returning to Merge Records and releasing a new album, the band announced today.The record is titled Love at the Bottom of the Sea and is due out March 6th, 2012. The band says the album marks a return to the band's more synthesizer-oriented…
2011-12-14 11:00:02

Archers of Loaf detail 'Vee Vee' reissue
Merge Records has unveiled details about the second reissue from Archers of Loaf. Coming on the heels of the well-recieved reissue of Icky Mettle, the album will also be a double disc with 16 previously unreleased/rare demo and 7-inch tracks. Due out February 14th, 2012, the reissue will…
2011-12-08 14:00:01

Wild Flag (US, Australia)
Wild Flag, the new group featuring Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney, has announced a string of dates in March and April next year that will see them visiting Australia and the US east coast. The band is still supporting their self-titled debut, which was released in September.You can…
2011-11-15 15:00:01

Wild Flag: "Electric Band"
Wild Flag, the new band featuring Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss, formerly of Sleater-Kinney, has released their video for the track "Electric Band." The song comes from the group's self-titled debut, which was released in September on Merge Records.You can click Read More…
2011-10-26 10:00:01

Arcade Fire win 2011 Polaris Prize
On the heels of a year which included a Best Album Grammy, a Juno award, and a Brit Award, Arcade Fire has also won the 2011 Polaris Prize for their album, The Suburbs released in 2010. For those unfamiliar with the prize - which was won by…
2011-09-20 17:30:01

Wild Flag: "Romance"
Wild Flag, the new band from Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney, has launched a new video for "Romance," a track from their upcoming eponymous full-length due out September 13, 2011 via Merge Records. The clip was directed by Tom Scharpling, host of…
2011-09-08 15:00:02

Wild Flag (ex-Sleater-Kinney): 'Wild Flag'
NPR's First Listen is streaming Wild Flag's forthcoming self-titled album on Merge Records. The band hits the road this fall. NPR reports: The album is a no-frills affair, recorded live (except for the vocals) in The Hangar, a…
2011-08-30 17:30:01

Superchunk 'Foolish' reissue on the way
Merge Records will be remastering and reissuing Superchunk's 1994 full-length Foolish on September 13, 2011 with new artwork, bonus material and liner notes from drummer Jon Wurster. Foolish was Superchunk's fourth album overall and their first for Merge, their own label. For a refresher,…
2011-08-04 17:00:02

The Mountain Goats: "Estate Sale Sign"
Pitchfork has premiered a new animated video from The Mountain Goats for "Estate Sale Sign." The clip was created by Awesome and Modest and the song is culled from the band's latest effort…
2011-07-27 12:30:02

Superchunk: "Learned to Surf"
Pitchfork has unveiled a new video from Superchunk for "Learned to Surf." The track appears on the band's 2010 full-length Majesty Shredding. Check it out…
2011-07-13 15:00:04