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Top 20 Merge Albums of All-Time
poptartssucktoasted.blogspot.com - 7/22/2009
Top 20 Merge Albums of All-Time
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Tomorrow marks the start of the huge celebration Merge has planned for its 20th Anniversary! It seems fitting that we take a look at the great albums the label has released over the years, the ones that brought us to this insane world of independent music and endeared us to it forever. Merge ...
Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records
ournoisethebook.com - 7/16/2009
Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records
— ournoisethebook.com — OUR NOISE The Story of Merge Records By John Cook, Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance Buy It:... AMAZON.COM BARNES AND NOBLE POWELL'S BOOKS INDIEBOUND Read an Excerpt ABOUT THE BOOK Merge Records defies everything you've heard about the music business. ... (more) Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records

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Articles: XX Merge
pitchfork.com - 7/20/2009
Articles: XX Merge
— pitchfork.com — The Merge Records story might be the quintessential indie rock romance: A Raleigh, N.C. kid named Mac... McCaughan loved rock music. He'd sneak into local rock clubs (and get kicked out). He gradually started playing with some bands around town, along ... (more) Articles: XX Merge
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Best Of 2009 1/2: Most Anticipated Albums
rawkblog.net - 7/28/2009
Best Of 2009 1/2: Most Anticipated Albums
— rawkblog.net — The Clientele / Photo by Mick O Says So Having run down the best albums of 2009... thus far, I’d be a poor critic if I didn’t leave you with anything to look forward to. Below, my most anticipated albums scheduled for the second half ... (more) Best Of 2009 1/2: Most Anticipated Albums

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Ear Farm — ... about Soundgarden’s unreleased material Yeah Yeah Yeahs to replace the Beastie Boys at Lollapalooza Weezer talk about a new album, Pinkerton reissue, and Sugar Ray… The Boston Phoenix interviews Michael Lang , mastermind of the original Woodstock Festival Anthrax’s Scott Ian hosts an online poker tourney? Sufjan Stevens to release The BQE as a full multimedia project this October on Asthmatic Kitty Pop Tarts Suck Toasted counts down the Top 20 Merge Albums of All Time

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