The March entry in the 25th anniversary reissue series of MERGE Records is "Bloomed", the 1994 debut album from RICHARD BUCKNER. The album will be remastered and released on CD and 180-gram vinyl. ...

The March entry in the 25th anniversary reissue series of MERGE Records is "Bloomed", the 1994 debut album from RICHARD BUCKNER. The album will be remastered and released on CD and 180-gram vinyl. ...

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 ...

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 everything away, though. During ...

Incident: I packed up most of the familiar and brought in a few new sound dispensers and bearding effects with certain re-enactors in mind. Restraints suggested surrender, though, so I sent the ...

Incident: I packed up most of the familiar and brought in a few new sound dispensers and bearding effects with certain re-enactors in mind. Restraints suggested surrender, though, so I sent the ...

On the 100th anniversary of Edgar Lee Masters Spoon River Anthology, Merge is reissuing the epic it inspired: Richard Buckner's The Hill. The Hill started in 1996 in an old garage that had been ...