Articles tagged "superchunk"

Books Review

Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small by John Cook

by Evan Sawdey

[11.Sep.09] :. Despite some generous editorializing, Our Noise is as engaging (and human) a music industry tale as you're ever going to read.

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Music Review

Superchunk: Leaves in the Gutter

by Matthew Fiander

[21.May.09] :. For over 20 years, Superchunk has built their own ground to stand on, and it is on that firm land that they've created Leaves in the Gutter, taking all their well-established talents and weaving it through a mature and infectious tunefulness.

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Music Feature

“It’s a Gut Feeling About the Music”: An Interview with Mac McCaughan

by Drew Fortune

[3.Mar.09] :. After founding the influential Merge Records, the inimitable Superchunk, and the prolific solo project known as Portastatic, Mac McCaughan is finally ready to look back at his career, his bands, and those wonderful four-track recordings that he thought he lost 'lo those many years ago.

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Just Making Records: An Interview with Portastatic

by Jon Langmead

[13.Oct.06] :. Mac McCaughan creates string charts and listens to tropicalia while running Merge Records, and he doesn't mind if you haven't listened to Superchunk.

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Music DVD Review

Superchunk: Crowding up Your Visual Field [DVD]

by Dave Heaton

[19.Apr.04] :. The central focus of Superchunk‘s Crowding up Your Visual Field is documenting the band’s career thus far through the 12 music videos that they’ve made. These show...

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Music Review

Superchunk: Cup of Sand

by Dave Heaton

[12.Sep.03] :. Superchunk‘s imprint is all over modern-day rock music. It’s no exaggeration to say that few of the bands lumped together with the dreaded “emo” tag would sound like they do...

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Superchunk

by Christine Di Bella

[24.Jul.02] :. “We’re a bunch of old farts from North Carolina.” That’s how veteran indie rockers Superchunk described themselves to an audience comprised mainly of people who were...

 

    Superchunk: Here’s to Shutting Up

by Jeremy Hart

[17.Sep.01] :. I missed out on punk rock. Sure, I listened to Social Distortion on my friend Pat’s tape deck, got into old Clash tapes in college, bought copies of Sex Pistols albums, and obsessed over Stiff...