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In addition to reading from Our Noise last night, Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan made some music. The two played “Throwing Things” from No Pocky for Kitty, and McCaughan played two solo covers: the first from Butterglory’s Matt Sugg’s debut album, “Where’s Your Patience Dear?” The second was from Lambchop’s How I Quit Smoking, “Theone,” [...]
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In celebration of yesterday’s release of Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, Merge’s/Superchunk’s Laura Ballance stopped by the Regulator Bookshop to read from the book and play a few songs (those videos are forthcoming). McCaughan read from the Lambchop chapter and Ballance from Spoon’s. Check out the video below. The label owners will be [...]
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In a recent episode of NPR’s “All Songs Considered,” the show honors Chapel Hill-based record label Merge Records as it celebrates 20 years of groundbreaking business.
The co-founders, Mac McCaughn and Laura Ballance, discuss topics such as why they decided to dive into this musical arena and how Kinko’s was a good employer while they started [...]
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