THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS THE FORMER SITE OF NEW PORNOGRAPHERS MERGE RECORDS Despite the initial controversy with its name when the band first appeared, The New Pornographers made it big instantly, and it was the quality of the music, lyrics and [...]
CHARLOTTE CORNFIELD HURTS LIKE HELL NEXT DOOR RECORDS/MERGE RECORDS Big life changes impact everybody, but such changes are more visible, or to be precise, more audible with musicians. Motherhood is one such big change in life, and it had its [...]
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS SHARE “PURE STICKER SHOCK” FROM UPCOMING LP THE FORMER SITE OF MERGE RECORDS The New Pornographers share “Pure Sticker Shock”, the latest single from their highly anticipated new album, The Former Site Of, due March 27, [...]
CHARLOTTE CORNFIELD RELEASES NEW SINGLE/VIDEO “LIVING WITH IT” FEATURING FEIST | NEW LP HURTS LIKE HELL OUT MARCH 27 NEXT DOOR RECORDS/MERGE RECORDS Charlotte Cornfield releases “Living With It”, the second single/video from her new album, Hurts [...]
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS ANNOUNCE THE FORMER SITE OF & SHARE NEW SINGLE/VIDEO “VOTIVE” MERGE RECORDS The New Pornographers’ highly anticipated new album, The Former Site Of, is due March 27, 2026, on Merge Records; in celebration of [...]
CHARLOTTE CORNFIELD’S NEW LP HURTS LIKE HELL OUT MARCH 27 | TITLE TRACK OUT NOW NEXT DOOR RECORDS/MERGE RECORDS Charlotte Cornfield announces her new album, Hurts Like Hell, out March 27, 2026 via Next Door Records (Canada) and Merge Records [...]
CARSON McHONE PENTIMENTO MERGE RECORDS Some intriguing music brewing over in Ontario when it comes to the very broad category of singer-songwriters these days. Carson McHone’s latest album Pentimento is here to show us why. The reason is [...]
FRIENDSHIP CAVEMAN WAKES UP MERGE RECORDS There’s this leftfield take on Americana music that has been going on for a while that encompasses quite a number of artists, from Will Oldham and Bill Callahan to the likes of Idaho Pernice [...]
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 over a dozen 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 [...]
