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In 1978, The Clean were the seeds of New Zealand punk. They carved out a big sandbox for everyone to play in, and their influence resonated not... 

Originally released in 1996, The Clean’s Unknown Country makes its debut appearance on vinyl in the US on March... 

In the five years since Will Butler released his debut album, Policy, he’s toured the world... 

In the five years since Will Butler released his debut album, Policy, he’s toured the world both solo and as a... 

The second album from Melbourne, Australia’s Cable Ties brings a towering wall of ’70s hard rock and proto-punk to songs that explore hope, despair, and... 

The second album from Melbourne, Australia’s Cable Ties brings a towering wall of ’70s hard rock and proto-punk to... 

Dents and Shells is the first LP that Richard Buckner made for Merge Records, in 2004. By the time the album was recorded in Austin, TX... 

Seeker is Mikal Cronin’s fourth and finest full-length to date. Recorded live with a crew of close friends and engineer Jason Quever at Palmetto... 

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Fans will recognize The Essex Green’s signature sound in this work, their first since 2006’s Cannibal Sea: stacks of... 

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The debut full-length by Allison Crutchfield titled Tourist in This Town sonically pulls back the curtain on her life and... 

Will Butler has been a member of the band Arcade Fire for over 10 years. This is his first release under his own name. Policy is American music—in... 

- Debyyttialbumillaan päättymistä käsitellyt Mikael Cronin tekee paluun uudella "MCII"-albumillaan, jonka tematiikka pyörii... 

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The Pet Parade marks a milestone for Eric D. Johnson, who celebrates 20 years of Fruit Bats in 2021. In some ways still a cult band, in... 

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Joyeron uusi albumi ''Release The Dogs'' on luonut oman liminaalisen tilan luonnollisen ja ihmisen tekemän välille, niiden rakenteiden välille, joita... 

Washington, DC’s Gauche present A People’s History of Gauche, a collective catharsis of anger, frustration, and trauma through... 

Washington, DC’s Gauche present A People’s History of Gauche, a collective catharsis of anger, frustration, and trauma through... 

Imperial Teen’s releases over the past 20+ years have been pointed and specific diaries of musical celebration, windows into the... 

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Maybe you are just like John Darnielle: In the depths of the pandemic winter at the end of 2020, the Mountain Goats frontman passed... 

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Throughout his musical career fronting Superchunk and Portastatic, Mac McCaughan has channeled more than his share of angst and... 

At last it can be told: the story of how, when the Mountain Goats got together in early March, 2020, it was to make not one... 

Songs for Pierre Chuvin is the Mountain Goats’ first all-boombox album since 2002’s All Hail West Texas. +++ I dedicate... 

Songs for Pierre Chuvin is the Mountain Goats’ first all-boombox album since 2002’s All... 

On the first of March, 2020, John Darnielle, Peter Hughes, Matt Douglas, and Jon Wurster, aka the Mountain Goats band, visited... 

On the first of March, 2020, John Darnielle, Peter Hughes, Matt Douglas, and Jon Wurster, aka the Mountain Goats... 

In the winter of 2019, Bob Mould bucked the era’s despair with his most melodic, upbeat album in ages, Sunshine Rock. Cut to spring of... 

Uusintajulkaisu Stephen Merrittin The Magnetich Fields -yhtyeen "Love at the Bottom of the Sea" -albumista vuodelta... 

Uusintajulkaisu Stephen Merrittin The Magnetich Fields -yhtyeen "69 Love Songs" -albumista vuodelta 1999. 

Uusintajulkaisu Stephen Merrittin The Magnetich Fields -yhtyeen "The Charm of the Highway Strip" -albumista vuodelta... 

Uusintajulkaisu Stephen Merrittin The Magnetich Fields -yhtyeen "Holiday" -albumista vuodelta 1994. 

Uusintajulkaisu Stephen Merrittin The Magnetich Fields -yhtyeen "The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees" -albumeista... 

On her third album, Little Scream offers us a reflection on class and poverty in America. Speed Queen began... 

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The last of the "all-home-recordings albums" by the Mountain Goats and the only one about which that claim is true, All Hail... 

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Ever-evolving artist Bob Mould—whose face belongs on the Mount Rushmore of alternative music—decided to “write to the sunshine,” as... 

Named Best Album of the 1990s by Magnet Magazine, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea gives us Jeff Mangum's powerful solo... 

The Love Language’s Baby Grand has its share of breakup songs—nobody writes those better than Stuart McLamb—but this time, even as... 

The Love Language’s Baby Grand has its share of breakup songs—nobody writes those better than Stuart McLamb—but this time, even... 

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The Love Language is a fortunate by-product of frontman North Carolina native Stuart McLamb's rudderless mid-20s, where a tempest of... 

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From poet Maggie Smith: Like every record Superchunk has made over the last thirty-some years, Wild Loneliness is unskippably excellent and... 

From poet Maggie Smith: Like every record Superchunk has made over the last thirty-some years, Wild Loneliness is unskippably... 

A Very She & Him Christmas is a wonderful collection of holiday tunes from two of music’s most beloved artists: Zooey Deschanel... 

With fourteen songs—11 Deschanel originals and three covers—Volume 3 is an effortlessly effervescent, bleached-out-in-the-sun pop record. The... 

She & Him released their sophomore album, Volume Two, on March 23, 2011. Written by Zooey Deschanel (She) and produced by M. Ward (Him), Volume... 

This is the musical debut from M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel, paired together by director Martin Hynes to perform the Richard and Linda Thompson tune... 

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TORRES’ fifth album Thirstier pumps the miraculous into the mundane. It is in open revolt against the gray drag of time, a searing and life-affirming eruption... 

Ten years after its release, Wye Oak’s Civilian remains a raw, sinewy... 

The old saying “you can’t go home again” is most often true. Life moves on and nothing stays the same, but that’s certainly... 

Uusintajulkaisu Wye Oak -albumista "The Knot" (2009). 

Uusintajulkaisu Wye Oak -albumista "Civilian" (2011). 

Waxhatchee’s Saint Cloud is an unflinching self-examination whose raw, exposed narrative terrain is aided by a shift in sonic arrangements. While... 

A person whose words are so potent that they cause the people and beings around them to vibrate is said to have a “silver tongue.” It’s apt, then, that... 

A person whose words are so potent that they cause the people and beings around them to vibrate is said to have a “silver tongue.” It’s... 

The band that started it all, Superchunk, is back with a surprise new studio album! Acoustic Foolish is a complete re-recording of their... 

Redd kross kutsuu sinut tutkimaan uutta albumiaan ''Beyond the Door''. Albumia, joka sai inspiraationsa yhtyeen totaalisesta omistautumisesta pitämään... 

Redd kross kutsuu sinut tutkimaan uutta albumiaan ''Beyond the Door''. Albumia, joka sai inspiraationsa yhtyeen totaalisesta omistautumisesta... 

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The seminal full-length debut from legendary Pacific Northwest duo The Spinanes was released 25 years ago this month, and we are celebrating that milestone... 

The seminal full-length debut from legendary Pacific Northwest duo The Spinanes was released 25 years ago this month, and we are celebrating that... 

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Following the Rock*A*Teens’ 2014 reunion at the Merge 25 festival and the reissue of their last LP Sweet Bird of Youth, the group returned... 

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For The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs, Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack flew to one another’s cities—she in... 

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Conceptualized and written during the chaotic fall months of 2020, O Come All Ye Faithful is a meditation on grace, loss, hope, and... 

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William Tyler composed the music for First Cow, the new A24 film directed by Kelly Reichardt, almost entirely on several of... 

“Early rise, start the fire, till the rows, pass the tithes.” So starts H.C. McEntire’s sophomore release, Eno Axis. It’s a set of... 

“Early rise, start the fire, till the rows, pass the tithes.” So starts H.C. McEntire’s sophomore release, Eno Axis. It’s... 

From Hiss Golden Messenger songwriter and bandleader M.C. Taylor: I composed the songs that became Terms of Surrender with... 

From Hiss Golden Messenger songwriter and bandleader M.C. Taylor: I composed the songs that became Terms... 

Some words from M.C. Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger: William Tyler’s new record, Goes West, is the best music that he’s ever made. I’m... 

This limited-edition deluxe 4-CD/4-LP box set includes remastered reissues of three classic... 

H.C. McEntire, frontwoman of Mount Moriah, strikes out on her own with her debut solo album LIONHEART. Stereogum describes her voice as... 

Kuukauden levy - Lokakuu 2017... 

Mount Moriahin kolmas pitkäsoitto vie kolmihenkisen bändin musiikkia edelleen kohti uusia ulottuvuuksia. North Carolinasta, Yhdysvalloista, kotoisin... 

On October 2, 2012, Merge Records released the self-titled debut album from North Carolina’s Mount Moriah on LP. Available for the first... 

M.C Taylorin luotsaama Hiss Golden Messenger julkaisee kuudennen studioalbuminsa 7. lokakuuta. Viimeksi vuonna 2014 “Lateness... 

Hiss Golden Messengerin viides albumi, “Lateness of Dancers", on tunnelmaltaan päinvastainen
aiemman levyn... 

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The incomparable Fucked Up have outdone themselves with this double-album epic, their debut full-length for Merge. Read an excerpt from... 

The incomparable Fucked Up have outdone themselves with this double-album epic, their debut full-length for Merge. Read... 

Much like the New Orleans–born artist who created it, Dawn Richard's Second Line is an unapologetic genre bender that pushes boundaries, expands... 

Hollie Cook combines her unique vocal talent with charming charisma to craft her own dynamic strand of lovers rock with enduring tropical... 

Produced by the Grammy Award– and Mercury Prize–nominated British synthpop group Hot Chip, Electricity is the fourth and most... 

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In the five years since Will Butler released his debut album, Policy, he’s toured the world both solo and as a member of Arcade Fire, released... 

The second album from Melbourne, Australia’s Cable Ties brings a towering wall of ’70s hard rock and proto-punk to songs that explore hope, despair, and... 

Remasteroitu uudelleenjulkaisu yhdysvaltalaisen indie rock-yhtye Archers of Loafin albumista "Icky Mettle" vuodelta 1993. 

Remasteroitu uudelleenjulkaisu yhdysvaltalaisen indie rock-yhtye Archers of Loafin albumista "Vee Vee" vuodelta 1995. 

Remasteroitu uudelleenjulkaisu yhdysvaltalaisen indie rock-yhtye Archers of Loafin albumista "All the Nation's Airports" vuodelta... 

Remasteroitu uudelleenjulkaisu yhdysvaltalaisen indie rock-yhtye Archers of Loafin albumista "White Trash Heroes" vuodelta 1998. 

Seeker is Mikal Cronin’s fourth and finest full-length to date. Recorded live with a crew of close friends and engineer... 

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The debut full-length by Allison Crutchfield titled Tourist in This Town sonically pulls back the curtain on her life and places... 

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Crooked Fingersin uudelleenjulkaisut jatkuvat. Nyt vuorossa on yhtyeen neljäs levy "Dignity and Shame", joka seurasi vuonna... 

Crooked Fingersin uudelleenjulkaisut jatkuvat. Yhtyeen kolmas levy "Red Devil Dawn" ilmestyi vuonna 2003 ja siitä tuli... 

- Debyyttialbumillaan päättymistä käsitellyt Mikael Cronin tekee paluun uudella "MCII"-albumillaan, jonka tematiikka pyörii... 

"Pile" on Austinista, Texasista, tulevan A Giant Dogin kolmas pitkäsoitto ja ensimmäinen, joka on levytetty Merge Recordsille. Forging their friendships... 

Will Butler has been a member of the band Arcade Fire for over 10 years. This is his first release under his own name. Policy is American music—in... 

On June 17, Will Butler returns with Friday Night, an album of live performances from Butler’s tour supporting his debut album, Policy. Recorded... 

Maaliskuun 25:ntenä ilmestyvä Eric Bachmannin nimeä kantava debyyttilevy on pitkän linjan muusikon ensimmäinen soololevy. Aiemmin Archers... 

The Pet Parade marks a milestone for Eric D. Johnson, who celebrates 20 years of Fruit Bats in 2021. In some ways still a cult band, in... 

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Fans will recognize The Essex Green’s signature sound in this work, their first since 2006’s Cannibal Sea: stacks of harmonies, upbeat... 

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"Thief" oli Destroyerin kolmas albumi ja ensimmäinen, jolla esiintyi koko yhtye jokaisella raidalla. 

"City of Daughters" julkaistiin alun perin vuonna 1998. Pitchfork Media arvosti albumin 86:nneksi
listallaan parhaista... 

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Joyeron uusi albumi ''Release The Dogs'' on luonut oman liminaalisen tilan luonnollisen ja ihmisen tekemän välille, niiden rakenteiden välille, joita... 

Washington, DC’s Gauche present A People’s History of Gauche, a collective catharsis of anger, frustration, and... 

Imperial Teen’s releases over the past 20+ years have been pointed and specific diaries of musical celebration, windows into the... 

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Maybe you are just like John Darnielle: In the depths of the pandemic winter at the end of 2020, the Mountain Goats frontman passed the... 

At last it can be told: the story of how, when the Mountain Goats got together in early March, 2020, it was to make not one album, but... 

Songs for Pierre Chuvin is the Mountain Goats’ first all-boombox album since 2002’s All Hail West Texas. +++ I dedicate... 

On the first of March, 2020, John Darnielle, Peter Hughes, Matt Douglas, and Jon Wurster, aka the Mountain Goats band, visited... 

In the winter of 2019, Bob Mould bucked the era’s despair with his most melodic, upbeat album in ages, Sunshine Rock. Cut to spring of... 

Uusintajulkaisu Stephen Merrittin The Magnetich Fields -yhtyeen "Love at the Bottom of the Sea" -albumista vuodelta... 

Uusintajulkaisu Stephen Merrittin The Magnetich Fields -yhtyeen "69 Love Songs" -albumista vuodelta 1999. 

Uusintajulkaisu Stephen Merrittin The Magnetich Fields -yhtyeen "Get Lost" -albumista vuodelta 1995. 

Uusintajulkaisu Stephen Merrittin The Magnetich Fields -yhtyeen "The Charm of the Highway Strip" -albumista vuodelta... 

Uusintajulkaisu Stephen Merrittin The Magnetich Fields -yhtyeen "Holiday" -albumista vuodelta 1994. 

Uusintajulkaisu Stephen Merrittin The Magnetich Fields -yhtyeen "The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees" -albumeista... 

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On her third album, Little Scream offers us a reflection on class and poverty in America. Speed Queen began as bits of prose written while... 

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Ever-evolving artist Bob Mould—whose face belongs on the Mount Rushmore of alternative music—decided to “write to the sunshine,” as... 

The Love Language’s Baby Grand has its share of breakup songs—nobody writes those better than Stuart McLamb—but this time, even as something... 

H.C. McEntire, frontwoman of Mount Moriah, strikes out on her own with her debut solo album LIONHEART. Stereogum describes her voice as... 

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Uusiseelantilainen rokkari David Kilgour on kotimaassaan iso nimi, ollut jo vuosia. Kilgour julkaisi ensimmäisen soololevynsä "Here Come... 

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- "Miracle Temple" on yhtyeen toinen albumi.
Vaikutteita äänimaailmaan yhtye on ottanut muun muassa... 

The Love Language is a fortunate by-product of frontman North Carolina native Stuart McLamb's rudderless mid-20s, where a tempest of... 

Little Screamin uuden levyn synty alkoi pääjehu Laurel Sprengelmeyerin visiteerattua ystäväänsä kaukaisessa brasilialaisessa... 

Mount Moriahin kolmas pitkäsoitto vie kolmihenkisen bändin musiikkia edelleen kohti uusia ulottuvuuksia. North Carolinasta, Yhdysvalloista, kotoisin... 

Monissa liemissä keitetty Bob Mould julkaisee uuden albuminsa 25. maaliskuuta. "Patch the sky" sisältää biisejä, joiden kautta Mould... 

Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, one of the most celebrated and influential Merge albums of... 

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"Outer South" -levyn kappaleet syntyivät, kun yhtye oli kiertueella promotoimassa vuoden 2008 "Conor Oberst" -albumia. Lopputuloksena... 

Conor Oberst on soittanut mm. Bright Eyesissa ja Monsters of Folk -ryhmässä yhdessä She&Himistä tutun M. Wardin kanssa. Vuonna... 

From poet Maggie Smith: Like every record Superchunk has made over the last thirty-some years, Wild Loneliness is unskippably excellent and... 

A Very She & Him Christmas is a wonderful collection of holiday tunes from two of music’s most beloved artists: Zooey Deschanel... 

With fourteen songs—11 Deschanel originals and three covers—Volume 3 is an effortlessly effervescent, bleached-out-in-the-sun pop record. The... 

She & Him released their sophomore album, Volume Two, on March 23, 2011. Written by Zooey Deschanel (She) and produced by M. Ward (Him), Volume... 

This is the musical debut from M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel, paired together by director Martin Hynes to perform the Richard and Linda Thompson tune... 

2021 reissue 4-panel wallet Bonus CD with 13 acoustic demos From Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan: We recorded Here’s to Shutting Up... 

The old saying “you can’t go home again” is most often true. Life moves on and nothing stays the same, but that’s certainly... 

Redd kross kutsuu sinut tutkimaan uutta albumiaan ''Beyond the Door''. Albumia, joka sai inspiraationsa yhtyeen totaalisesta omistautumisesta pitämään... 

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The seminal full-length debut from legendary Pacific Northwest duo The Spinanes was released 25 years ago this month, and we are celebrating that milestone... 

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Following the Rock*A*Teens’ 2014 reunion at the Merge 25 festival and the reissue of their last LP Sweet Bird of Youth, the group returned to... 

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Chapel Hillistä, Pohjois-Carolinasta, kotoisin oleva Superchunk julkaisi vuonna 2010 ensimmäisen
levynsä sitten... 

Waxhatchee’s Saint Cloud is an unflinching self-examination whose raw, exposed narrative terrain is aided by a shift in sonic arrangements. While... 

A person whose words are so potent that they cause the people and beings around them to vibrate is said to have a “silver tongue.” It’s apt, then, that... 

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