I know this is a few days old, but, holy eff, Bob Mould just slays his new single here. I haven’t been into a Bob Mould solo record since maybe high school. Silver Age, out now on Merge, sounds more like Sugar than Hüsker Dü, but I’ll take it.

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Stephin Merritt likes synths again. Hallelujah. The band’s tenth studio album, Love at the Bottom of the Sea, is out next week via Merge.

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With just about any band, regardless of stature, reforming whether the public demands it or not, it’s kind of hard to be surprised when these bizarre announcements surface like Polvo re-signing to Merge after all these years. Polvo not only helped shape the early ’90’s independent scene with its oddly-tuned anthems of smart, shape-shifting rock […]

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I hadn’t given too much thought to why Conor Oberst has been releasing records under his own name, as opposed to using the Bright Eyes brand, because I didn’t think his 2008 solo debut for Merge differed all that greatly from the last Bright Eyes record, Cassadaga. It’s only natural to feel stifled by something […]

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