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Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina . It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan . It began as an outlet for music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world, with records reaching the top of the Billboard
History [ edit ]
After releasing a number of 7" records and cassettes , the first Merge Records full-length CD release came on April 1, 1992, with MRG020 Superchunk—Tossing Seeds
Merge's early successes included Neutral Milk Hotel 's In the Aeroplane over the Sea The Magnetic Fields ' 69 Love Songs Spoon 's Kill the Moonlight [2]
The label's first album to reach the Billboard 200Arcade Fire 's Funeral [3] Neon Bible [4] The Suburbs [5] Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Transference She & Him's (actress/musician Zooey Deschanel along with M. Ward , a popular Merge folk musician) Volume Two Caribou's Polaris Prize -winning Andorra Hold Time Camera Obscura's Let's Get Out of This Country Volume One
In February 2009, due to adverse market conditions it was announced that Touch and Go Records would no longer manufacture and distribute records for Merge and many other independent record labels ;[6] Tossing Seeds [7] Alternative Distribution Alliance to continue distribution of its releases.[8]
In September 2009, Algonquin Paperbacks released Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records , a book chronicling the label's history.[9] Chapel Hill and Carrboro , NC, featuring over 40 Merge acts from around the world[10] SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records [11] David Byrne , Amy Poehler , Zach Galifianakis , Jonathan Lethem , Peter Buck , David Chang , Mindy Kaling and more, with all proceeds going to charities.
In August 2010, Merge Records released Arcade Fire's The Suburbs Lollapalooza . The album went straight to number one on the U.S. and U.K. charts. Famed director and Monty Python member Terry Gilliam also directed a live online broadcast of the band's concert from the historic Madison Square Garden in New York following the album's release, which was streamed live by an estimated 1.8 million unique viewers. The Suburbs
Artists [ edit ]
List of artists adapted from Merge Records website.[12]
The 6ths
A Giant Dog
American Music Club
Amor De Días
Angels of Epistemology
Apex Manor
Arcade Fire
Archers of Loaf
Ashley Stove
Eric Bachmann
Lou Barlow
Barren Girls
Beatnik Filmstars
Dan Bejar
Big Dipper
Breadwinner
Bricks
The Broken West
Richard Buckner
Will Butler
Butterglory
Buzzcocks
Cable Ties
The Cakekitchen
Camera Obscura
Caribou
The Clean
The Clientele
Hollie Cook
Mikal Cronin
Crooked Fingers
Allison Crutchfield
Daphni
Destroyer
Dinosaur Jr
Divine Fits
Drive Like Jehu
East River Pipe
Mark Eitzel
Matt Elliott
Erectus Monotone
The Essex Green
Ex Hex
The Extra Lens
Flesh Wounds
Flock of Dimes
Martin Frawley
Eleanor Friedberger
Friendship
Fruit Bats
Fucked Up
Future Bible Heroes
Ganger
Gauche
The Gothic Archies
Guv'ner
Coco Hames
Annie Hayden
HeCTA
Hiss Golden Messenger
Honor Role
Hospitality
Benji Hughes
Ibibio Sound Machine
Imperial Teen
Jade Hairpins
The Karl Hendricks Trio
David Kilgour
King Khan and the Shrines
Julian Koster
Mike Krol
The Ladybug Transistor
Lambchop
Let's Wrestle
Little Scream
The Love Language
The Mad Scene
The Magnetic Fields
Mac McCaughan
H.C. McEntire
Stephin Merritt
Bob Mould
Mount Moriah
The Mountain Goats
Mt. Wilson Repeater
The Music Tapes
Neutral Milk Hotel
The New Pornographers
Oakley Hall
Conor Oberst
Ought
Pipe
Robert Pollard
Polvo
Portastatic
Pram
Previous Industries
Radar Bros.
Redd Kross
Reigning Sound
Dawn Richard
Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn
The Rock*A*Teens
The Rosebuds
Sacred Paws
Saint Rich
Seaweed
Shark Quest
She & Him
Shout Out Louds
Sneaks
Spaceheads
Spent
Spider Bags
The Spinanes
Spoon
Sugar
Matt Suggs
Superchunk
Swearin'
Sweet Spirit
Tall Dwarfs
Teenage Fanclub
Telekinesis
Tenement Halls
The Third Eye Foundation
Tracey Thorn
Times New Viking
Mary Timony
Titus Andronicus
TORRES
Tracyanne & Danny
Twerps
William Tyler
Versus
Vertical Scratchers
Volcano Suns
M. Ward
Waxahatchee
White Whale
Wild Flag
Wwax
Wye Oak
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "Pitchfork e-zine tells indie fans what's hot and not | The Honolulu Advertiser | Hawaii's Newspaper" . The Honolulu Advertiser. May 8, 2005. Retrieved January 2, 2011 .
^ "Arcade Fire's 'Neon Bible' Opens At No. 2" . prod1.cmj.com . Archived from the original on July 7, 2007.
^ "Arcade Fire And Taylor Swift Sweep In With New No. 1s" . Billboard.biz. Archived from the original on August 16, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2011 .
^ "Pitchfork says: Touch and Go Records will stop releasing new music. | WKNC 88.1 FM Raleigh" . Wknc.org . Archived from the original on June 9, 2009. Retrieved January 2, 2011 .
^ "On the Beat: David Menconi on music - The record business implosion is touch and go | newsobserver.com blogs" . Blogs.newsobserver.com. February 19, 2009. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2011 .
^ "Touch and Go to cut staff, distribution services | Pop & Hiss | Los Angeles Times" . Latimesblogs.latimes.com. February 18, 2009. Retrieved January 2, 2011 .
^ Code18 Interactive. "Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records" . Ournoisethebook.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2009. Retrieved January 2, 2011 . {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link )
^ Malitz, David. "XX Merge: The Definitive List of 20 Things to Know - Post Rock" . Voices.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved January 2, 2011 .
^ "Merge Records SCORE! Merge is 20!" . Mergerecords.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2011 .
^ "Artists" . Merge Records . Retrieved September 5, 2020 .
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