Topic: Mac Mccaughan

Merge Records: 20 years of glorious noise

Reuters US Online Report Entertainment News - 784 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the summer of 1987, 19-year-old Mac McCaughan and his bandmates stumbled on an idea as old as rock 'n' roll itself.Rather than sending demo tapes to major record companies, they followed in the do-it-yourself footsteps of punk-rock ...

Indie Roundtable: The Role of the Record Label in 2009

Nashville Scene - 819 days ago
click to enlarge Check out the rosewood: Say what you will about NPR's music coverage--and yes, Jody Rosen's DORF Matrix should be part of what gets said--but former Sleater-Kinney guitarist/vocalist/badass Carrie Brownstein's Monitor Mix blog has been ...