Our Noise, John Cook
Our Noise, John Cook
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Our Noise
The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label that Got Big and Stayed Small

Author: John Cook

Narrator: Ray Porter

Unabridged: 9 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/19/2009


Synopsis

For twenty years, Merge Records has remained true to their belief that you can sign bands because you love their music and respect what theyre trying to do. As giant corporate labels struggle for survival, Merge has garnered a secure and growing fan base while releasing some of the best music of our time. Our Noise is the history of the much loved label as seen by those who were there. It features interviews with and profiles of some of indie rock's biggest names.

About John Cook

John Cook is a reporter for Gawker Media and has worked for Radar magazine and the Chicago Tribune.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Edwin on May 27, 2015

I'd been eyeing this one from afar for a few years and was motivated to check it out after the latest in a series of rewarding interviews with Merge artists – this one with co-founder Mac McCaughan in advance of his recent show at Asheville's The Mothlight. There are no doubt other ways to tell the s......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on July 04, 2011

If you're a fan of Merge Records like I am, you probably like almost everything they do. They're so consistently great and this oral history of their first twenty years is outstanding. Funny and revealing recollections from Mac and Laura share the pages with recollections from other musicians and re......more

Goodreads review by Duke on January 03, 2011

Does this book really rate five stars? Probably not, but I did wolf it down, being the indie-music freak, stuck in the nineties, that I am. I've been revisiting Superchunk, Butterglory, Polvo, Seaweed, etc., since I finished Our Noise, and I'm once again crushing on Laura, while feeling all "Gosh, w......more

Goodreads review by Rosie on August 29, 2013

Having worked at a record label, I could relate to a lot of parts of this book. I know a lot more about the behind the scenes of a small label than your average person so it was almost nerdy how into the business-like stuff the story got. Overall, the book does a good job of telling the story of Sup......more

Goodreads review by Robert on January 18, 2016

A very interesting read about Merge Records, one of the only successful indie record labels to survive the past two decades. Told in a roundtable narrative fashion. Highly entertaining.......more