MERGE RECORDS

Where Archers of Loaf had attitude and guitar-driven intensity,ßEric Bachmannßhas vulnerability, led by piano, rich vocal harmonies, and Bachmann's hard-won liberty to lay himself bare. "There is...

There was something sinister about Crooked Fingers, both the name of the project and the music that Eric Bachmann wrote at the helm of it's ever-shifting lineups over 15 years. He retired the moniker...

This former Archers of Loaf front man and Crooked Fingers member expands his musical repertoire into film scores with this release. A complex yet riveting menagerie of atmospheric melodies. Diverse...

In the four years since his career-redefining, mostly acoustic record EMOH, Lou Barlow has reunited with Dinosaur Jr.. and reissued three of Sebadoh's classic albums. But as the brilliant new...

The pioneers of indie salsa celebrate 30+ years with this reissue of their 1996 Merge single.1. Piragüero 2. Asia Minor

Spinámagazine describedáBuckneráas "equal parts Bay Area bohemian and dust bowl traditionalist" and namedáBloomedáone of it's best albums of 1994, while Pitchfork wrote, "It's a traditional...

Dents and Shells is the first LP that Richard Buckner made for Merge Records, in 2004. By the time the album was recorded in Austin, TX and Tucson, AZ, with the help of Butthole Surfers' drummer King...

Impasse - Richard Buckner - Deluxe/Limited/Special Edition: The words are entrancingly cryptic, as if their simplicity conceals unfathomable depths. The music is sparse, almost whispered at times,...

Spinßmagazine describedßBucknerßas "equal parts Bay Area bohemian and dust bowl traditionalist" and namedßBloomedßone of it's best albums of 1994, while Pitchfork wrote, "It's a traditional...

Buckner is one of the most heartfelt and honest songwriters you'll ever hear, and his first release on Merge (and sixth full-length) is a departure of sorts for this modern day troubadour. DENTS AND...

Impasse - Richard Buckner - The words are entrancingly cryptic, as if their simplicity conceals unfathomable depths. The music is sparse, almost whispered at times, like a secret. The title gives...

Buckner's eighth full-length soars and swells around his signature trifecta of enigmatic poetics, swirling melodies and that voice - a soothing drawl that's somehow road weary and buoyant all at once...