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Mikal Cronin
- Music Reviews
- May 28, 2015
MCIII (Merge Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.
Tracey Thorn
- Music Reviews
- December 21, 2012
Tinsel and Lights (Merge Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
M. Ward
- Music Reviews
- June 5, 2012
A Wasteland Companion (Merge Records). Review by Will Bernstein.
Imperial Teen
- Music Reviews
- February 24, 2012
Feel the Sound (Merge). Review by Laura Pontillo.
Superchunk
- Music Reviews
- November 21, 2011
Foolish (Merge Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.
Archers of Loaf
- Music Reviews
- August 4, 2011
Reissues! (Merge). Review by Scott Adams.

East River Pipe
- Music Reviews
- March 22, 2011
We Live in Rented Rooms (Merge Records). Review by James Mann.
Caribou
- Event Reviews
- November 4, 2010
Canadian electronica whiz Daniel Snaith (Caribou) brings down the spirit of Brian Eno at a very crowded, smoky Backbooth in Orlando. Jeff Schweers wallowed in the trance-heavy psychedelia.
Wye Oak
- Music Reviews
- May 6, 2010
My Neighbor/My Creator (Merge Records). Review by Jeff Schweers.
Destroyer
- Music Reviews
- May 5, 2010
City of Daughters, Thief, Streethawk: A Seduction (Merge Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.
Our Noise
- Print Reviews
- January 5, 2010
Scott Adams finds this compelling history of Merge Records, the underdog label that beat the odds and succeeded, to be insanely readable.
Volcano Suns
- Music Reviews
- April 29, 2009
The Bright Orange Years (Merge Records). Review by Scott Adams.

Richard Buckner
- Music Reviews
- January 8, 2008
Meadow (Merge). Review by Tim Wardyn.
Matt Suggs
- Music Reviews
- December 22, 2003
Amigo Row (Merge). Review by Sean Slone.
Pram
- Music Reviews
- April 25, 2003
Dark Island (Merge Records). Review by Dylan Garret.
Spoon
- Music Reviews
- August 22, 2002
Kill The Moonlight (Merge). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Radar Brothers
- Music Reviews
- July 4, 2002
And the Surrounding Mountains (Merge). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Lambchop
- Music Reviews
- March 26, 2002
Is A Woman (Merge). Review by James Mann.

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