MERGE RECORDS

While touring in support of last year's debut Conor Oberst, Conor and the Mystic Valley Band began writing new songs. The result is the first album credited to this group. Oberst's songwriting and...

Conor assembled a special band in Mexico for this recording, known amongst themselves and to friends as as the Mystic Valley Band. Members include Nate Walcott, Jason Boesel, Macey Taylor, Nik...

Orbiting Human Circus is the continuing evolution of the imagination of Julian Koster (Neutral Milk Hotel, The Music Tapes, Elephant 6), whose music and storytelling under this moniker have...

Orbiting Human Circus is the continuing evolution of the imagination of Julian Koster (Neutral Milk Hotel, The Music Tapes, Elephant 6), whose music and storytelling under this moniker have...

On Room Inside the World-Ought's third album and first for Merge-growing up doesn't mean mellowing out so much as it means learning to pay attention, listening carefully and openly, staying somewhere...

Vinyl LP pressing. On Room Inside the World-Ought's third album and first for Merge-growing up doesn't mean mellowing out so much as it means learning to pay attention, listening carefully and...

In January 1992, fresh off the glory that was the band's 1991 double-7" debut, Polvo headed into Duck Kee Studios in Raleigh, NC-aka the place where a lot of early Merge stuff was recorded-to track...

Vinyl LP pressing. In Prism is the best Polvo record even before you get to the majestic "A Link in the Chain," serene and tempestuous like few other things you'll hear. The album was recorded with...

This compilation's nine tunes-the first seven from the Can I Ride double 7-inch EP (1990), the last two from the "Vibracobra" b/w "The Drill" 7-inch (1991)-are not quite the sound of a torch being...

During their initial run from 1990-1998,ßPolvoßcrafted a sound so fantastically obstinate and so perfectly cockeyed that it's DNA is essentially resistant to mediocrity or repetition. OnSiberia, that...

During their initial run from 1990-1998,áPolvoácrafted a sound so fantastically obstinate and so perfectly cockeyed that it's DNA is essentially resistant to mediocrity or repetition. OnSiberia, that...

Today's Active Lifestyles, the second full-length by North Carolina rockers Polvo, did exactly what a sophomore LP is supposed to do: It expanded the ideas put forth in the first album, gave them a...