Are you a white person of a certain age who likes to read? Good news! Awl pal John Cook's Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, written with label founders Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance, is out this September, and they've got a fancy website and everything. An oral history of Merge and some of its best-known bands (Magnetic Fields, Lambchop, Arcade Fire, Superchunk, Spoon-it's like your iPod in 2005!), the book is sure to appeal to every single person you've ever met, so why not pre-order a couple of copies today? Appreciate it!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
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Let's not forget the best and most important band on their roster: Neutral Milk Hotel.
Who else is going to the Merge XX?
Is it hard for anyone else to read books about bands that are younger than you? (God, I'm officially old. Take me now.)