Merge Records will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a five-day music festival this summer in its homebase of Chapel Hill, N.C. Dubbed XX Merge, the July 22-26 event is expected to feature past and present bands from throughout the label’s history, including some that haven’t performed in years.
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Meanwhile, the Shins have been added to the lineup for the covers album included with “SCORE! Merge Records: The First 20 Years,” a subscription-only boxed set with a host of components.
They bolster a covers album roster that already includes Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Death Cab For Cutie, Ted Leo, the National and the New Pornographers.
Proceeds will benefit a variety of charitable causes chosen by curators of the box’s 14 Merge compilations, including R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, David Byrne and Zach Galifianakis.
For more information, visit Merge’s Score microsite.