Arcade Fire Signed to Merge Records For the Food
Fuck yeah, Spin Magazine.
Have you listened to the latest episode of our podcast, featuring Mac McCaughan? Most people know Mac as the guitarist of Superchunk and co-founder of Merge Records. But did you know he’s also married to Andrea Reusing, James Beard award winning chef of Lantern in Chapel Hill, NC. Have you been there? Because Arcade Fire has been, and according to Mac the band credits the restaurant as one of the reasons they signed with Merge. He also talks about getting restaurant recs from Yo La Tengo and Fugazi.
Don’t have time to listen to it now? Download it from iTunes for later.
Food is the New Rock Episode 3: Mac McCaughan
Most people know Mac McCaughan as the guitarist from Superchunk, or as one of the co-founders of Merge Records, home to Arcade Fire, Spoon, She & Him, Neutral Milk Hotel, M Ward and more. But did you also know that he is married to a James Beard award winning chef, and one of the guys from Arcade Fire says her restaurant is the reason the band signed to Merge?
He tells us all about it (and more) in Episode 3 of the podcast, now available for download on iTunes or Soundcloud.
The Indie Labels that Matter to Me: Matador, Merge, Drag City, Frenchkiss, and Sub Pop. I keep trying to listen to new music but am always stuck with these guys. Pavement, the Silver Jews, Superchunk…
Best Southeast Chef Winner Thanks Superchunk Singer From the James Beard Award Stage
Photo courtesy of Daniel Krieger for Eater
Chef Andrea Reusing of Chapel Hill’s Lantern Restaurant was named the Best Chef of the Southeast Monday night at the James Beard Foundation’s annual awards gala.
Reusing, 42, is only the third chef in North Carolina to win a James Beard award. From the stage Monday, she thanked her husband, Mac McCaughan, a singer and guitarist in the rock band Superchunk and co-founder of Merge Records, based in Chapel Hill.
