THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS RELEASE “BALLAD OF THE LAST PAYPHONE” MERGE RECORDS Last month, The New Pornographers went analog, surprising fans with the vinyl-first release of their first full band tracks since 2023, “Ballad of the Last [...]
DESTROYER DAN’S BOOGIE MERGE RECORDS After some 27 years and 20 or so albums, with at least half of those can easily now be classified as classics, and none as a flop, any new Destroyer album is bound to create suspicions of a possible [...]
DESTROYER SHARES “BOLOGNA (FEAT. FIVER)” FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM DAN’S BOOGIE ALBUM OUT MARCH 28 VIA MERGE Destroyer announces Dan’s Boogie, out March 28, 2025, on Merge Records. Accompanying the announcement is a David [...]
CARIBOU HONEY MERGE RECORDS There’s no need to make an album review a statement about the threat of AI, but at risk of being hypocritical there’s no way to discuss Caribou’s latest release unless a statement is made. Here’s the thing—what’s the [...]
CAMERA OBSCURA LOOK TO THE EAST, LOOK TO THE WEST MERGE RECORDS Camera Obscura is back after a hiatus of quite a few years and you might not say that they are back with a vengeance, but you may with the usual melodic detail and sophistication, [...]
TORRES PRESENTS NEW SINGLE/VIDEO “WAKE TO FLOWERS” OFF NEW ALBUM WHAT AN ENORMOUS ROOM OUT JANUARY 26 ON MERGE RECORDS TOUR RUNS JANUARY 17-APRIL 6 Torres, the recording alias of Brooklyn-based musician Mackenzie Scott — presents her [...]
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS @ DANFORTH MUSIC HALL, TORONTO MAY 12, 2023 Along with the feeling of excitement that naturally presents itself upon seeing The New Pornographers live, it’s hard not to go in with any expectations. During their 2021 [...]
TANLINES RELEASE “THE BIG MESS” SINGLE + VIDEO TITLE TRACK FROM NEW ALBUM OUT MAY 19 VIA MERGE RECORDS Tanlines, aka Eric Emm and Jesse Cohen, release “The Big Mess,” the title track from their anticipated upcoming album, and first in eight [...]
Fruit Bats A River Running To Your Heart Merge Records Fruit Bats and their songwriter Eric D. Johnson have been around for a while, and they have been constantly coming up with some of the more sophisticated, elegant, and often subdued folk [...]
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS SHARE NEW SONG “PONTIUS PILATE’S HOME MOVIES” NEW LP CONTINUE AS A GUEST OUT ON MARCH 31 VIA MERGE RECORDS The New Pornographers are debuting their new track “Pontius Pilate’s Home Movies” in anticipation of their [...]
Neutral Milk Hotel The Collected Works Of Neutral Milk Hotel Merge Records There is always an exception to the rule. Whether that exception proves the rule is besides the point here, because that exception here is a cherished one, not the one to [...]
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS SHARE NEW SINGLE “ANGELCOVER” FROM UPCOMING LP CONTINUE AS A GUEST MERGE RECORDS The New Pornographers are debuting their new track “Angelcover” in anticipation of their forthcoming album Continue as a Guest, their first [...]
H.C. McEntire Every Acre Merge Records Durham, North Carolina might not exactly be a renowned music center, but that there is quite a good chance that singer-songwriter H.C. McEntire and her latest release, Every Acre, might give that city a [...]
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM ON MARCH 31 ON MERGE RECORDS OUT NOW, NEW SINGLE “REALLY REALLY LIGHT” Continue as a Guest, the new album from The New Pornographers, is set for release on March 31 via Merge Records—their [...]
Mac McCaughan The Sound Of Yourself Merge Records Knowing that Mac McCaughan has been the front man for both Superchunk and Portastatic, what kind of sound would you expect to her from his latest solo effort, The Sound of Yourself? Well, if you [...]
TEENAGE FANCLUB SHARES NEW SONG “I’M MORE INCLINED” AND RESCHEDULE TOUR DATES MERGE RECORDS Teenage Fanclub’s Endless Arcade, already a hotly anticipated release this year arrives on its new release date of April 30, 2021. This [...]
TEENAGE FANCLUB RETURN IN MARCH WITH NEW ALBUM ENDLESS ARCADE & SHARE NEW SINGLE “HOME” MERGE RECORDS Welcome back, Teenage Fanclub! Endless Arcade, the legendary Scottish group’s first album since 2016’s Here, is out March 5. [...]
Will Butler Generations Merge Records Will Butler is a busy man. It’s been five years since the release of his solo debut album Policy (2015), but in between he also released Friday Night (2016), an energetic live album, and as a member of [...]
BOB MOULD RELEASES “FORECAST OF RAIN” | NEW SONG FROM UPCOMING ALBUM BLUE HEARTS MERGE RECORDS Bob Mould has released “Forecast of Rain” off of his explosive upcoming album Blue Hearts, which arrives via Merge Records on Friday, [...]
Caribou Suddenly Merge Records Suddenly is his fifth studio album by Caribou. Although Dan Snaith plays all of the instruments on his recordings, he uses a band when he tours, which allows him to not only experiment in the studio, but to create [...]
Destroyer Have We Met Merge Records Since the release of Streethawk: Seduction in 2001, Dan Bejar has been coming up with one great album after another. Destroyer’s Rubies from 2006 Poison Season from 2015 can certainly end up on many, ‘best of [...]
HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU’RE SLEEPING, HE KNOWS WHEN YOU ROCK! A SPILL MAGAZINE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE TOP 2019 CHRISTMAS RELEASES Christmas music is very subjective as there is usually a great deal of emotion tied to the songs. I remember my [...]
CARIBOU SHARES “HOME” – FIRST NEW TRACK IN FIVE YEARS + TOUR DATES MERGE RECORDS Dan Snaith aka Caribou has today shared a new track “Home.” The track is his first new music in five years since the release of Our [...]
TEENAGE FANCLUB @ THE PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE, TORONTO MARCH 8, 2019 Like the welcome warmth of a spring wind, Teenage Fanclub blew through Toronto on this early March night–and fans were eager for their return. This current North American tour [...]
