Mac McCaughan's pre-Superchunk band Wwax gets digitally released

Merge Records has digitally released a compilation of Mac McCaughan's pre-Superchunk band Wwax titled Like It or Not. The band featured Mac as well as Wayne Taylor (of No Labels) and Brian Walsby (of Patty Hearst Shifter, Polvo). The studio tracks were recorded at Duke Kee Studios in Raleigh in 1987 and 1988.

The release combines songs from the band's various 7" releases as well as two tracks from a cassette that was Merge's second ever release. Check out the track list below.

Download Like It or Not in either 320 kbps mp3s or Flacs here. You can also stream the album for free here.

Like It or Not track list:
1. Pumpkin
2. Inn Town
3. Seven
4. Like It or Not
5. Straw Man
6. Corduroy
7. Grows on Trees
8. Price of Gas
9. Counting Thoughts
10. Beachworld
11. All Begins Again
12. Just Like
13. Misinvite
14. I Am Write (Live)
15. Seven (Demo)

Capitol Records to release The dB's I.R.S. albums digitally

From February 10 to March 17, Capitol Records will release much of the I.R.S. Records catalog digitally for the first time reports Rolling Stone. Records by Stewart Copeland, Dread Zeppelin, Gary Neuman, Over the Rhine and many others will be released, but the big news for the Triangle is that The dB's albums Stands For Decibels, Repurcussion and The Sound of Music is will be available. Currently, the only dB's albums available to download Ride the Wild TomTom and the band's Christmas compilation Christmas Time Again as well as the single "What Became of the Brokenhearted."

The albums will go up on iTunes, Amazon MP3 and other download services but it's not clear when during the month plus timespan that the records will be released, but at least they'll be online soon.

[UPDATE: The dB's first two albums Stands For Decibels and Repurcussion were first released by UK label Albion before being re-released by IRS in the late 80's.]

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