Merge Records Merge Records Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records reaching the top of the "Billboard" music charts. After releasing a number of 7" records and cassettes, the first Merge Records full-length CD release came on April 1, 1992 with MRG020 Superchunk - "", the band's first collection of singles. The label's first album to reach
Cassettes Won't Listen You Tonight" by INXS for Engine Room Recordings' compilation album "Guilt by Association Vol. 2", which was released in November of that year. Cassettes Won't Listen released a covers EP entitled "One Alternative" on December 11, 2007 as well as a seven-song EP entitled "Small-Time Machine" on March 11, 2008. Drake released Small-Time Machine himself through distributor, The Orchard, along with his 2009 instrumental record, "Into The Hillside". The track "Freeze & Explode" was used in the February 16, 2009 broadcast of the NBC show "Chuck". On December 3, 2009 Cassettes Won't Listen hosted MTV2's "Subterranean", a video show centered