Photo Blog OUR NOISE: The Story of Merge Records

Below are some select pictures and a couple of pages from a digital version  from "OUR NOISE: The Story of Merge Records" written by Mac McCaughan, Laura Ballance, and John Cook. Mac & Laura are founding members of Merge Records as well as local influential band Superchunk . The book is set to be released Tuesday, September 15 via Algonquin Books. Mac and Laura will be traveling across the state to promote the new book and play some tunes of their own at the following bookstores:

September 15th - The Regulator Bookshop, 7:00 pm (Durham, NC)

September 17th - Bull’s Head Bookshop, 3:30 pm (Chapel Hill, NC)

September 17th - Quail Ridge, 7:30 pm (Raleigh, NC)

October 2nd - Malaprop’s, 7:00 pm (Asheville, NC)

Local blog Triangle Music did an excellent short review on the book which you can read here.

Enjoy the pictures and be sure to tune into my interview with Mac and Laura tonight on the Local Beat at 5pm.

Laura Ballance Photo by Pat Graham

Superchunk Photo By Pat Graham

Laura Ballance & Mac McCaughan Photo by Cesar Viramontes

Superchunk promo photo Photo by Christian Lantry

Superchunk Photo by David Doernberg

Superchunk Photo by Jenny Toomey

Butterglory playing in Santa Rosa, CA in 1994 Photo by Matt Suggs

Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records

Laura Ballance <i>Photo by Pat Graham</i>