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Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records available for pre-order
Merge Records » News —
... . Visit the fantastic Our Noise website for more information about the book and a fun overview of 20 years of Merge Records! ...
Our Noise: The Story Of Merge Records
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... 20th anniversary, author John Cook (with the assistance of Merge founders Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance) will release the book Our Noise: The Story Of Merge Records on September 15th. our-noise The book chronicles the development of the label and shares the behind-the-scenes stories of the bands Superchunk, Spoon, Arcade Fire, the Magnetic Fields, and more. The stories are accompanied by album cover art, band photographs, concert posters, playlists, lyrics, and other memorabilia from the past two decades.“One of the most respected imprints in an often disreputable ...
Merge Records Releases History Book
XLR8R News and Features —
... independent record labels, and which has brought us classic albums from the likes of Superchunk, Neutral Milk Hotel, and The Magnetic Fields, has put a book together to tell you all about the journey. Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records , which arrives this September, chronicles the many tales of Merge from the label's inception in 1989 throughout their 20 years of releasing stone-cold indie-rock classics. If this sounds way too awesome to wait for, the Merge crew has built a website so you can have a sneak peak into what the book will offer. And when you're sold on it, ...
Review of Wheat’s White Ink Black Ink and giveaway
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... , and in advance of its September 15 publication date, it has received a swanky website. Tangentially, ...
XX Merge Happening Now at Cat’s Cradle, Night 1 Tweets, Commemorative Book Coming Soon
Bumpershine.com —
... Also, if you’d like to know a little more about the history of Merge Records you’ll soon be able to get your hands on Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records from Algonquin Books. The book, co-authored by Merge founders Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance (with John Cook) will be available at ...
Our Noise: The Story Of Merge Records (book review)
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... So, I guess the point of this whole rant is that I got a book in the mail called “Our Noise: The Story Of Merge Records (The Indie Label That Got Big And Stayed Small)”. I never get books in the mail. Just jewel cases. Send me more records and books people, they make me wanna write. Anyways, I don’t really know the protocol of how you’re supposed to review books so I’m winging this here. And no I didn’t read this whole book but my review will explain that. So, cut to yesterday when I was waiting for Joel to come over… I picked up the ...
Mac and Laura visit bookstores in support of “Our Noise”
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Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small will be available in stores on September 15.
Mac and Laura will be reading from Our Noise and signing books at a few local bookstores to celebrate its release.
Also, visit Gawker.com for a live interview with Mac, Laura, and fellow Our Noise author John Cook on September 11 at 1 p.m. EDT. Join the conversation by submitting your own questions in the comments section.
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Limited edition discography book to benefit charity
Merge Records » News —
On November 3, we will release The Merge Records Companion, a visual discography book featuring the first 20 years of Merge relesases.
This year, we at Merge Records are celebrating twenty years of putting out great music. There was the sold-out festival, the sold-out subscription box set, and the behind-the-scenes book. Now, there is a perfect little piece of Merge history for design and music lovers alike: The Merge Records Companion: A Visual Discography of the First Twenty Years. ...
Mac and Laura visit bookstores and host a live chat in support of “Our Noise”
Merge Records » News —
... Also, visit the Our Noise website on October 12 at 2 PM EST for a live chat with Mac, Laura & John Cook. Michael Azerrad, author of ...
Scribes Sounding Off: Our Noise, Our Love
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... The story behind this music — “a mythology and a dream, full of anachronisms and transmigrations and violations of the laws of nature,” as novelist Joshua Ferris describes it in a sidebar of the gorgeous fan-book Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records — makes essential the purchase of the tome alone. Yet editor John Cook (Chicago Tribune, Gawker Media) arrays in often shocking detail the creation of dozens of Merge albums from the viewpoints of bands, label owners, fans, reviewers, heroes, and villians, through oral ...
Arcade Fire, Lambchop, Neutral Milk Hotel, Spoon, Superchunk:
Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small (Book Review)
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... when it is made in more salient (and less gloating) ways earlier in the book (especially with the story of Spoon).
However, those concerns don't prevent Our Noise from being a highly enjoyable read that provides the inner workings of one of the most venerated labels in music today. Our Noise is an essential item for the library of anyone who cares about indie rock.
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Website: http://www.ournoisethebook.com
Mac reads “Our Noise” in Washington, DC Monday night!
Merge Records » News —
... Also, visit the Our Noise website on October 12 at 2 PM EST for a live chat with Mac, Laura & John Cook. Michael Azerrad, author of ...
“Our Noise” Live Chat Monday, October 12!
Merge Records » News —
... Visit the Our Noise website on October 12 at 2 PM EST for a live chat with Mac, Laura & John Cook. Michael Azerrad, author of ...
Mac, Laura and John Cook host “Our Noise” event in NYC
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... On Friday, October 23rd, Mac, Laura and John Cook will read from Our Noise and Mac will perform a few songs beginning at 7pm at ...
XX Merge video roundup
Merge Records » News —
... to further help commemorate the occasion. And, if you want to know the whole story of how Merge began pick up a copy of Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records in the ...
What'cha Readin'? C'mon, Get Appy - The Death of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave + Our Next Book!
CBC Radio 3 —
... First though, I'm pleased to let you know that our book of the month for November isssss: Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records by label founders/ ...
An Interview w/ “Our Noise” Author John Cook, Book Release Party Tonight at Housing Works w/ Laura Ballance, Mac McCaughan and John Cook
Bumpershine.com —
Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records
Tonight (Oct 23) at the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, Merge Records co-founders Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance will appear along with author John Cook to celebrate the release of “Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records”. In addition to a reading and signing, Mac and Laura will be performing songs written by Merge artists such as: Superchunk, Arcade Fire, Neutral Milk Hotel and Spoon.
I literally couldn’t put down my copy of ...
What’cha Readin’? The Death of The Death of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave + Our Noise!
CBC Radio 3 —
... As I announced last week, our book of the month for November is Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records by label founders/ ...
What’cha Readin’? Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records! With Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance!
CBC Radio 3 —
... book of the month for November and boy oh boy, am I excited! Why? Well, because it's Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records by ...
