For twenty years, North Carolina's Merge Records has embodied the spirit of independent music. Started in 1989 by Laura Balance and Mac McCaughan, Merge has followed a simple mission: to put out music from bands they like. From the early singles by the founders' own Superchunk and fellow North Carolina bands, through Arcade Fire's bestselling Funeral and beyond, this book chronicles twenty years of indie rock through the label's visual incarnation: the album cover. Photographed in the hands of band members...   [ read more ]

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A low-priced compilation to keep you up to date on what's been going on with Merge recently (if by 'recently' we mean 2002).

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Volume Three continues on the evolutionary path laid out a little over one year ago. There are gems on this compilation that will delight and dazzle your brain. Plenty of unreleased tracks that are destined to be instant collector's items.

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