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
https://www.instagram.com/p/CofAEmQOoDv/?igshid=NTdlMDg3MTY%3D
wurster out!
― na (NA), Friday, 10 February 2023 15:09 (one year ago) link
He doesn’t mention Laura in that note - did she leave the band too at some point?
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 10 February 2023 15:45 (one year ago) link
I think she retired from performing live (outside of one-offs here and there) due to hearing damage, but still plays on the records
― JRN, Friday, 10 February 2023 15:48 (one year ago) link
But Wurster is still in Mountain Goats and (with Narducy) Mould? He's probably pretty busy for three bands.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 10 February 2023 16:21 (one year ago) link
every time i saw superchunk my eyes were on wurster, it was so fun watching him play those songs
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2023 16:54 (one year ago) link
― JRN, Friday, February 10, 2023 bookmarkflaglink
Ah, that’s right.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 10 February 2023 17:24 (one year ago) link
he's gonna be replaced by philly boy roy
― sault bae (voodoo chili), Friday, 10 February 2023 17:24 (one year ago) link
that IG post struck me more like he was going laura's route, no? just not performing live with the band anymore.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 10 February 2023 18:02 (one year ago) link
I dunno, when you say your heart is not in it, it's hard to read that as any sort of hedge.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 10 February 2023 20:12 (one year ago) link
oh damn. spent 30 years basically staring at him drum every time I've seen 'em. gonna be weird without him.
― charlie brown from outta town (GM), Friday, 10 February 2023 21:31 (one year ago) link
I can believe it. I saw them at Webster last year and it was one of the loudest shows I've been to, maybe the loudest.
― birdistheword, Friday, 10 February 2023 23:42 (one year ago) link
My friend played guitar at a benefit in a band with Wurster on drums, and he said he hit harder and louder than anyone he'd played with before.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 10 February 2023 23:57 (one year ago) link
Mac (on drums/vox!), Soo-Young & Lexi covering TVPS on a rare(?) b-side:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dHdpDW3IOE
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 17 August 2023 03:52 (nine months ago) link
On the Mouth is a perfect album. There's not one dud on it. I'd be hard-pressed to choose between it and Foolish , however. Favorites are those two, along with Come Pick Me Up and the Incidental Music (singles, miscellany) album.
Surely this band has been disussed extensively on here, my apologies. My opinion is definitely skewed; a result of having found their music (beginning with OTM) early on, while i was still in high school. I managed to catch them live once (Lollapalooza 1995), and they didn't leave a strong impression. I recall being overly enthusiastic for a disinterested friend to see them perform, locally. Sonic Youth's performance (ofc, they had the main stage) thrilled me. Washing Machine's introduction coincided with my first year of college, and i became enamoured of them.
I've been returning to On the Mouth lately, and it never fails to get stuck in my head (several of the songs, esp. from side 1) ... the noisy feedback of the guitars works so well (compared to say, that of sonic youth) because of the quality of the songwriting / hooks.
I listened to Here's Where the Strings Come in around Christmas time (visiting home, 'Eastern Terminal' was a favorite) and I still have the tape cassette, but it wasn't so thoroughly encoded in my head. Indoor Living has 2-3 songs that i liked, but i didn't find it all that remarkable. CPMU was the first Superchunk album which stoked enthusiasm in my friends as well, which was nice.
― Lowell N. Behold'n, Saturday, 30 December 2023 18:21 (four months ago) link
On the Mouth is by far my favorite too. I think the first half of Foolish might be their single best run of songs but the second half is not as strong.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 30 December 2023 19:15 (four months ago) link