More than two years have passed since Goner released its last record, Faking the Wisdom. But do not expect an album-release party in the near future from the keyboard-led Raleigh trio, which has ...
When Scott Phillips and Chris Dalton lived together for a year on Carson Street in Raleigh, they called their place “The House of Bruce and Bruce.” Six years before, Phillips, the singer and ...
To understand how Goner Records made an international name for southern-tinged garage rock, you have to understand a couple things about Memphis. Memphis is a river town. We are implicated in the ...
Gonerfest, the annual Memphis concert extravaganza staged by Goner Records, is returning in 2021 as both a live and streaming event. The 18th edition of the concert festival will take place Sept.
Back in 1993, when Eric Friedl decided to start the Goner Records label — putting out a limited vinyl release from Japanese noise-rockers Guitar Wolf — he did it for one very good reason. "Their music ...
Though not the first record label to dedicatedly document the music coming out of Memphis, Goner Records has served as a bastion for the city’s noise-injected garage-rock. One of the bands it’s ...