The Daily Tar Heel's Margaret Hungate spoke with Merge Record's label manager, Christina Rentz, on the label’s history and influence on the music scene in the Triangle and beyond, as Merge approaches ...

“It was kinda like my dream label,” says Katie Crutchfield of the indie-rock band Waxahatchee. “Merge is so respected. I’m from the South, and it’s this beacon of Southern indie culture that really ...

Mac McCaughan (yellow shirt) and Laura Ballance (far right) co-founded Merge Records in 1989. They are also members of the band, Superchunk. This week, Durham’s Merge Records is celebrating its 35th ...

No Pipe. No Radar Brothers. No The Ladybug Transistor. No M. Ward. No The Clean. No American Music Club. No Third Eye Foundation. No Butterglory. No Richard Buckner. No Ashley Stove: Yes, we know ...

Several prominent indies pulled their titles in 2010 when the e-tailer inked deals with the major labels. Now, the music of Arctic Monkeys, Animal Collective and Real Estate is back on the service and ...

Sisters Allison and Katie Crutchfield have seen musical success together in P.S. Eliot, as well as separately in Waxahatchee and Swearin’, respectively. Today, Merge, Waxahatchee’s current label, ...