hi. merge records is a label i respect so much, if only i could explain that without stuttering like a damned fool. i tried to put this show together by playing their releases in chronological order, which kind of worked. if i had 4 hours, i could have gotten something from all 240 of their releases.

yeah, i spent a good amount of time on the early singles, but i feel it was important to explain how they evolved from a certain type of label to what they are now. and yes, i skipped over a lot of great bands [spent, pipe, ganger, pram, etc], but what could one do with 2 hours?

ill probably encode this to mp3 and post it online, since i taped this one.

mrg001: bricks “winterspring”
mrg004: chunk “what do i” “my noise” “the train from kansas city” 7″
mrg008: wwax “like it or not” 7″
mrg010: breadwinner “kisses men on the mouth of the mountain” 7″
mrg012: finger “everywhere” 7″
mrg021: erectus polvotone “anythings fine” 7″
mrg023: drive like jehu “bullet train to vegas” 7″
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mrg029: butterglory “alexander bands” 7″
mrg031: angels of epistemology “fruit” fruit
mrg036: renderers “million lights” 7″
mrg039: 6ths “heaven in a black leather jacket” 7″
mrg041 honor role “jank” (also mrg026)
mrg043: 3Ds “beautiful things” 7″
mrg051: portastatic “naked pilsners” i hope your heart is not brittle
mrg056: polvo “tragic carpet ride” celebrate the new dark age
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mrg063: odes “meltaway” 7″
mrg068: cornershop “born disco; died heavy metal” 7″
mrg069: superchunk “driveway to driveway” 7″ (also mrg060)
mrg088: verbena “if i say so” 7″
mrg103: neutral milk hotel “song against sex” on avery island
mrg109: guv’ner “shes evil” the hunt
mrg125: beatnik filmstars “now im a millionaire” inhospitable
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mrg140: rock*a*teens “teen muscle teen hustle” baby a little rain must fall
mrg175: lambchop “grumpus” nixon
mrg176: versus “shangri-la” shangri-la
mrg195: spoon “fitted shirt” girls can tell
mrg206: imperial teen “city song” on
mrg227: buzzcocks “jerk” s/t
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mrg231: the rosebuds “id feel better” v/a survive & advance v.3

now visit the merge records website

This entry was posted on Sunday, September 7th, 2003 at 7:30 pm and is filed under wprb 2003.