foolish is very hit and miss for me, large chunks of it just don't connect at all. "why do you have to put a date on everything" is an all-time favorite though.
― yelling "free dom passy" til you know i'm aspie (some dude), Monday, 25 July 2011 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
rocket fuel is the key
― mookieproof, Monday, 25 July 2011 23:33 (twelve years ago) link
the new album is rather good
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 4 August 2013 18:36 (ten years ago) link
precision auto good?
― IIIrd Datekeeper (contenderizer), Sunday, 4 August 2013 19:48 (ten years ago) link
don't blaspheme
― mookieproof, Sunday, 4 August 2013 19:48 (ten years ago) link
how does this compare to majesty shredding?
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 5 August 2013 03:16 (ten years ago) link
i'm so bummed that Laura has hearing problems and isn't gonna be touring with the band this year :(
― some dude, Monday, 5 August 2013 03:46 (ten years ago) link
Not terribly into the two new songs on Spotify.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 5 August 2013 08:48 (ten years ago) link
Never listened to this band until today- the only thing I knew about was a funny anecdote that was related to me- but this new album sounds pretty good. Wonder if it is in fact atypical and I wouldn't like anything else.
― I Am the Cosimo Code (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 8 September 2013 04:40 (ten years ago) link
nothing they've done is atypical, really
iirc their publishing arm is 'all the songs sound the same (bmi)'
(shut up ned)
― mookieproof, Sunday, 8 September 2013 05:32 (ten years ago) link
yeah if you dig this record you'd probably dig most of them (which was not necessarily the case with some of the later pre-hiatus records).
― suggest ban & threadban method man & redman (some dude), Sunday, 8 September 2013 11:30 (ten years ago) link
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BUprgYRCUAAoiyI.jpg
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 September 2013 02:15 (ten years ago) link
exactly what I thought
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 21 September 2013 02:17 (ten years ago) link
how is babby made? punk-pop euphoria + my face
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 September 2013 02:26 (ten years ago) link
woooow. what publication is that?
― Jean-Claude Brand Ambassador (some dude), Saturday, 21 September 2013 03:36 (ten years ago) link
FIRST NEW ORLEANS SHOW SINCE HALLOWEEN 2001. jon came out dressed like stallone in cobra. there was a dude dressed like one of the twin towers with each of his arms half of a plane. strange days.
when i was a teenager in DC i saw superchunk play like every couple of months. all the time. now it's been 12 years. /peers into silent terrifying chasm of age and death
― adam, Friday, 27 September 2013 19:57 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/09/27/superchunks-mac-mccaughan-on-d-c-s-old-days-yo-la-tengo-and-aging-out-of-sisters-of-mercy/
Mac talks about all those DC gigs plus times he used to come up to DC to see other groups play here
― curmudgeon, Friday, 27 September 2013 20:04 (ten years ago) link
that's very cool. thanks!
― adam, Friday, 27 September 2013 20:11 (ten years ago) link
No probs, that just got posted today.
I like the song "Me and You and Jackie Mittoo" . I also just like saying that
― curmudgeon, Friday, 27 September 2013 20:13 (ten years ago) link
This new record is surprisingly excellent, I listened to/reviewed it for my radio station the other day.
― money, chicken and other DNA (sleeve), Friday, 27 September 2013 21:39 (ten years ago) link
My pal Josh played "Me & You & Jackie Mittoo" the other night at Fenway:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl165mXyy9M
― hopping and bopping to the krokodil rot (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 28 September 2013 16:53 (ten years ago) link
After not hearing it for a long long while, I think I love I hate music more than ever.
― we have no facts and we're voting no (Hunt3r), Monday, 29 May 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
man, i think Black Thread from their new album might be my favorite song they've ever done.
― nba jungboy (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
they are on a roll in my opinion
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 00:05 (five years ago) link
wurster kicks all types of ass on the latest record
― nba jungboy (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 00:12 (five years ago) link
Yes it's a fantastic record
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 00:40 (five years ago) link
love the record. "Reagan Youth" doesn't fail to bring me up short.
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 01:20 (five years ago) link
Honestly never gave Superchunk much time, for no good reason, despite traveling in similar circles as listener and peer, I guess. But I told our little house robot to play Superchunk tonight and damned if every song so far hasn't been really good.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 25 September 2020 01:50 (three years ago) link
Well, it’s all the same song (lol)
― Scam Likely (morrisp), Friday, 25 September 2020 02:06 (three years ago) link
but it's a good song!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 25 September 2020 02:15 (three years ago) link
Not fair, they got a lot more dynamic over time.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 25 September 2020 02:17 (three years ago) link
I haven't paid all that much attention post-Foolish but on those occasions when I revisit the early records I find myself enjoying them almost as much as I did as a kidlet. Though, yeah, some nostalgia may be involved; amusing that that's a major theme upthread! I saw them once, paired with Buffalo Tom. Pretty good, IIRC!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 25 September 2020 02:18 (three years ago) link
All the Songs Sound the Same Music (BMI)
also fuck you all they are the best band ever
― mookieproof, Friday, 25 September 2020 02:46 (three years ago) link
is the title of "My Gap Feels Weird" borrowed from a comment that Mac & Laura's kid made about a tooth-loss vacancy? this is something that has bothered me for ten years now but I never had anyone to ask
― the burrito that defined a generation, Friday, 25 September 2020 02:51 (three years ago) link
mac & laura are married to different people and do not have a kid together
that sounds vaguely familiar tho. probably mac's child, as i think he writes all the lyrics
― mookieproof, Friday, 25 September 2020 03:10 (three years ago) link
well shoot, you learn something new every day. not always the thing you were wondering about, but still
― the burrito that defined a generation, Friday, 25 September 2020 03:18 (three years ago) link
I think I might actually prefer their more recent albums to the "classic" 90s stuff which I was a little bit too old/weird for at the time
― Scam Likely (morrisp), Thursday, September 24, 2020 7:06 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Josh in Chicago
this is true of many great bands!
― sleeve, Friday, 25 September 2020 03:20 (three years ago) link
one of the great not-really-an-emo-band-but-every-member-of-an-emo-band-loooved-superchunk bands
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 25 September 2020 03:34 (three years ago) link
What A Time to Be Alive is a masterpiece
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 23:43 (three years ago) link
otm
― mookieproof, Thursday, 7 January 2021 05:10 (three years ago) link
new album in february
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 14:43 (two years ago) link
!!
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 15:29 (two years ago) link
Love this adorable picture of Wurster with his parents and grandpa:
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1600/d6def11edb558fe8b0e917cc9b05792a.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 February 2022 16:46 (two years ago) link
I heard that Laura can’t play with them live anymore, due to extreme hearing damage? That’s really awful
― Not Dork Yet (alternate toke) (morrisp), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 17:25 (two years ago) link
lol I thought I had clicked on the Big Thief thread and was like "wow whatever this aging filter is, it's really realistic."
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 17:34 (two years ago) link
Not really feeling this new album. Only about halfway through so far but the only song sticking with me is “Endless Summer”
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 25 February 2022 21:54 (two years ago) link
I also didn't feel the new one. Not as loud, not as angry. Good for Mac for not needing to be, I guess.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 25 February 2022 21:56 (two years ago) link
the albums in their best stretch--here's where the strings come in through here's to shutting up--aren't very loud or angry. i think the comeback quality dip is just boring songwriting. i'd like to blame the arcade fire somehow.
― adam, Friday, 25 February 2022 22:07 (two years ago) link
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, January 6, 2021 6:43 PM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink
― mookieproof, Thursday, January 7, 2021 12:10 AM (
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 February 2022 22:20 (two years ago) link
i'd like to blame the arcade fire somehow.
I have not heard this new one yet but, uh, did I miss something?
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 25 February 2022 22:20 (two years ago) link