My Old Kentucky Bookclub : Our Noise : The Story of Merge Records

Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance must be forgiven for failing to participate in the ongoing mass eulogizing of indie record labels. Truth be told, they've been too concerned with other matters, specifically, guiding both a band and a label into their third decade of existence. John Cook's Our Noise (available from Algonquin on September 22nd) chronicles the "rags-to-highly-respected-and-influential-rags" story of Merge Records, a label that traces its humble beginnings to hand-labeled cassettes...

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