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, Archers of Loaf, Sugar, Bob Mould

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

The Mountain Goats

Transcendental Youth (2012)

Bob Mould

Silver Age (2012)

Sugar

Copper Blue / Beaster / File Under: Easy Listening [reissues] (2012)

Superchunk

This Summer [7-inch] (2012)

Archers of Loaf

Vee Vee [Deluxe Edition] (2012)

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)

Recent News

Superchunk announce 'I Hate Music', plan tour
Superchunk will release their tenth studio album I Hate Music on August 20, 2013 via Merge Records, following up 2010's Majesty Shredding. Here's the description from Merge: After taking nearly a decade off following the…
2013-05-13 13:30:01

Bob Mould: "Star Machine"
Bob Mould has unveiled a music video for his song "Star Machine," from his latest album, last year's Silver Age . The video was filmed while Mould and his band were on Late Night with Jimmy…
2013-01-30 11:30:01

Yo La Tengo: 'Fade'
Yo La Tengo have launched a stream of their new album, Fade. The record is due out January 15, 2013 via Matador Records. Check out the album here.…
2013-01-07 18:00:01

The Mountain Goats: "Cry for Judas"
The Mountain Goats have premiered their video for "Cry for Judas." The track is from their highly-rated new album, Transcendental Youth .…
2012-10-10 17:00:01

The Mountain Goats: 'Transcendental Youth'
The Mountain Goats have launched a stream of their new album for Merge Records. The record is titled Transcendental Youth and is due out October 2, 2012. Find it…
2012-09-24 16:30:01

Redd Kross: "Stay Away From Downtown"
With their first new album in fifteen years due out today on Merge Records, Redd Kross have posted the music video for "Stay Away From Downtown." The band - at various times - included members of…
2012-08-07 14:30:01

Bob Mould: "The Descent"
Former Hüsker Dü and Sugar vocalist Bob Mould has released a new track titled "The Descent" from his upcoming solo album Silver Age, due out September 4, 2012 via Merge. He'll be supporting the album with an appearance at…
2012-08-07 11:00:01

The Mountain Goats / Matthew E. White
The Mountain Goats have announced a run of headlining dates, most of which will feature Matthew E. White. The announcement of dates is in anticipation of the band's forthcoming album, Transcendental Youth, which is due out October 2, 2012 via…
2012-07-31 14:15:01

Mountain Goats announce 'Transcendental Youth'
The Mountain Goats have announced that they will be releasing Transcendental Youth on October 2, 2012. To talk about the album, Merge Records enlisted self-described "deranged millionaire" and part-time hobo…
2012-07-09 11:00:01

Archers Of Loaf
Archers of Loaf have announced some shows over the coming months. The influential band has been reissuing their early material including Icky Mettle in 2011 and Vee Vee [Deluxe Edition] in…
2012-06-14 12:00:02