Tag: Merge Records

M. Ward

Music Reviews

A Wasteland Companion (Merge Records). Review by Will Bernstein.

Caribou

Event Reviews

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

My Neighbor/My Creator (Merge Records). Review by Jeff Schweers.

Destroyer

Music Reviews

City of Daughters, Thief, Streethawk: A Seduction (Merge Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.

Our Noise

Print Reviews

Scott Adams finds this compelling history of Merge Records, the underdog label that beat the odds and succeeded, to be insanely readable.

Pram

Music Reviews

Dark Island (Merge Records). Review by Dylan Garret.

Spoon

Music Reviews

Kill The Moonlight (Merge). Review by Kiran Aditham.

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