Remember last month when we made a hand-wringing post about the death of the MP3 and thereby the end of the downloadable Monthly Mix? Well, fuck it -- ZIP FILE BACK. Thank you for your comments and…   Read Story »

Last night, Tampa post-punk band Merchandise played a show at Portland's Backspace. To a small crowd, they played tracks from their album Children Of Desire and new tracks, kicking off their set with…   Read Story »

Merchandise are a band of Florida hardcore kids who have taken a turn toward dreamy postpunk, and they're getting ready to release the follow-up to Children Of Desire, the album that put them on the…   Read Story »

Last week Stereogum brought Tampa post-punks Merchandise to Los Angeles' Sonos Studio for a free show as part of SPIN Music Group's Unmuted series. In addition to revisiting songs from last year's…   Read Story »

From a New Yorker-in-January's point of view, the Sonos Studio's single biggest attribute is that it is in La Brea, which is a place where it is not 2º at the moment. GOOD JOB, SPIN MUSIC GROUP &…   Read Story »

Next Thursday 1/24, SPIN Music Group, Stereogum, and Sonos Studio present Unmuted, featuring a performance by Stereogum40 alums Merchandise in an intimate Los Angeles gallery space . The Tampa…   Read Story »

The melodically-inclined Tampa punk trio Merchandise had a big year last year, largely on the strength of their murky, glowering Children Of Desire album. We won't have to wait long for the…   Read Story »

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to select the rising bands which have connected them, someone wrote a long time ago. Or, something close to that. Here's what…   Read Story »

In the video for "In Nightmare Room," Carson Cox, frontman for Floridian postpunkers Merchandise, stomps around, snarling and preening and eventually suffering some sort of bloody hemorrhage. The…   Read Story »

Florida post-punk trio Merchandise sweep a lot of influences into their tight, thoughtful rock, evidenced by ringing tracks like "Time." Now, we've got another cut from their recent release Desire, a…   Read Story »