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Occupational Hazard: “Voting is cool” edition

An unusually nippy day for late April in NC had Nick & Jay reaching for their long-sleeved Merge tees! Also, voting early in NC is cool!

New, more spring-appropriate Merge tees are available in Green & Heather Indigo now in the Merge store!

Occupational Hazard: “Nature’s bandit” edition!

Mac & Lindsey both busted out the short sleeves and the awesome Telekinesis shirts in a nod to the beautiful spring weather today!

Watcha Reading?: Merge Records edition!

Paul, Thomas & Christina from Merge took part in the Durham Public Library’s “Watcha Reading?” series. Check out the whole series on the Durham Public Library website.

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Occupational Hazard XX Merge Edition: Team Brown!

Paul & Adam from Merge

Paul & Adam from Merge

Merge's Paul, Adam & Spoon's Hot Pocket

Paul, Adam & Spoon's Hot Pocket

XX Merge roundups!

photo by Bradley Searles

photo of Guv'ner featuring Bridget Cornog & Spott Merge by Bradley Searles

We’ll have more “official” photos soon, but in the meantime, check out the great coverage on the web of our festival. Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated with us! We wouldn’t be here without you! If we missed any good links, please post them in the comments!

Paste Magazine
Spin.com
Pitchfork
Bradley’s Almanac
Washington Post
Triangle Music
In the Black & White
Aquarium Drunkard
And definitely watch Philly Boy Roy on YouTube!

Happy Birthday to Merge!

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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!

Merge’s Brian Burns exhibits collages during XX Merge

beebo_collageOur very own Merge retail assistant, Brian Burns, will open his first art show on Saturday, July 18 at Acme Restaurant in Carrboro, NC. Brian worked with mixed media mainly from the early to mid 1900′s to create this series of fifteen collages. For a glimpse of what you can expect, visit Brian’s website.

Visitors to Carrboro during XX Merge should stop in for a delicious Acme bloody mary and check out the show!

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beebo_bigcubanHi, 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!

2007 Top 10 Lists (staff): Christina & Lindsey

Christina Rentz (Publicity)

1. Spoon @ Roseland Ballroom – October 20, 2007: 3200 fist-pumpers, a Merge shout out, a Destroyer cover (!!!), and the euphoria that comes with seeing a fantastic band at the top of their game!
2. The National – The Boxer: Took me awhile, but now I’m obsessed!
3. Oakley Hall @ Antone’s – March 2007: The first time I saw Oakley Hall, I thought how great they would sound in a real old time “music hall.” Boy, was I right!
4. Peter, Bjorn & John @ The Blender after-party SXSW: Free Sparks and crazed front row dancing at 3am to the catchiest songs I have heard this year.
5. Shout Out Louds “after-party” in the Cat’s Cradle parking lot October 2007: Shots out of cowbells, Swedish caviar in a tube, and sing-a-longs with The Rosebuds to strange Swedish televangelists.
6. The Ladybug Transistor, The Lucksmith’s & Still Flyin’ @ Duke Coffeehouse – October 2007: Made me wish I did more drugs! Also, too uncool to be at what turned into a very crazy party!
7. Arcade Fire & Spoon on SNL!
8. M.I.A. – Paper Planes: Will always make me think of my best friend’s bachelorette party. Cruising through the Tennessee Mountains in an SUV imitating the gunshot noises in the chorus with our mouths.
9. M. Ward w/ Norah Jones @ War Memorial Auditorium – April 2007: Watching Matt Ward woo more than a thousand Norah Jones fans, and then spending an hour and a half wondering if Norah and I could really share clothes (I totally think we could!)
10. Onion AV Club & Idolator: my internet soulmates.

Lindsey Kronmiller (radio/video/online promotions)

Top 10 non-Merge albums of ’07 (1 – 10):

The NationalBoxer
Jens LekmanNight Falls Over Kortedala
MenomenaFriend and Foe
WilcoSky Blue Sky
Panda BearPerson Pitch
ElectrelaneNo Shouts, No Calls
Akron/FamilyLove Is Simple
The Sea & CakeEverybody
Bishop AllenThe Broken String
VARIOUS/SOUL JAZZBrazil 70 : After Tropicalia – New Directions In
Brazilian Music In the 1970′s

Top 10 (including Merge albums)

SpoonGa Ga Ga Ga Ga
The NationalBoxer
CaribouAndorra
Jens LekmanNight Falls Over Kortedala
The ClienteleGod Save The Clientele
The Broken WestI Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On
MenomenaFriend and Foe
WilcoSky Blue Sky
Panda BearPerson Pitch
ElectrelaneNo Shouts, No Calls

2007 Top 10 Lists (staff): WIlson Fuller

Wilson Fuller (mailorder/digital assets manager)

The Ladybug Transistor/Lucksmiths/Still Flyin’- LIVE @ Duke Coffeehouse (10/1/07)
Au Revoir Simone
BMFD
Bowerbirds
Feist
The National
New Magnetic Wonder
Panda Bear
SLGTM
Springsteen
St. Vincent

2007 Top 10 Lists (staff): Charlotte Walton

Charlotte Walton (Chief Financial Officer)

1 Richard HawleyLady’s Bridge
2 Club 8The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Dreaming
3 Iron and WineShepherd’s Dog
4 Bishop AllenThe Broken String
5 Great Lake SwimmersOngiara
6 WilcoSky Blue Sky
7 Little NameHow To Live and Swim
8 Loney, DearLoney, Noir
9 The ClienteleGod Save The Clientele
10 Elliott SmithNew Moon

2007 Top 10 Lists (staff): Jack Ball

Jack Ball (Production Manager/Soccer Hooligan)

My top 10 music (I do have a top 10 of best soccer games of the year, but that might bore everyone.):

1. ClutchFrom Beale Street To Oblivion
2. Bad BrainsBuild a Nation
3. SpoonGa Ga Ga Ga Ga
4. PalomarAll Things, Forests
5. SuperchunkMisfits and Mistakes
6. Darkest HourDeliver Us
7. Avril LavigneBest Damn Thing
8. Arcade FireNeon Bible
9. Dillinger Escape PlanIre Works
10. MIAKala