Laura blowing out the candles on the XX Merge birthday cake at Piedmont
Finally after months of planning, XX Merge week is here! Merge with Motion was a huge success on Saturday night, and a great way to kick off the celebration. Lovely features ran in the News & Observer and Pitchfork with a big one planned in the Independent for Wednesday.
Oh, and Superchunk played at South Street Seaport on Friday! BrooklynVegan has great photos!
Congratulations to our winner, Omar Husain, for his entry “Hooked on Sonics likes to SCORE!”
Thanks to everyone who contributed their own SCORE! compilations. Visit the Merge message board to read all of the entries and feel free to add your selections even though the contest is over. We love seeing what you come up with!
You can purchase the songs from Omar’s compilation in the Merge store.
As you know, 2009 is Merge’s 20th Anniversary year! We are releasing a series of curated compilations as part of our SCORE! box set. These compilations got us wondering what you, our fans, would choose for your very own SCORE! compilation. To that end, we are announcing a contest!
Visit the “Make Your Own SCORE!” forum on our message board. Make a list of your 20 favorite Merge songs that are available in the Merge digital store. We will choose a winner at random from the participants and announce his or her name in the July newsletter. (note: If you are new to our forums remember to register yourself before commenting!)
The winner will have his or her compilation made available for sale in the Merge digital store and will have a choice of a Merge t-shirt or tote bag.
The deadline for entries is today! We are looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
Hi, I’m Brian aka Beebo aka Big Cuban. You may remember me from my classic Intern Corner blog posts. I am now the friendly retail/mailorder guy at Merge HQ, and will be manning the helm of the brand new Merge “twitter-verse!” My co-workers will pitch in from time to time as we update you with photos and news.
We also have a new official Facebook group. Please “follow” and “friend” us!
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