We’ve reached a point in time where bands don’t really go away anymore, and when they do you can be certain they’ll return at some point. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Take Superchunk: The indie ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the last week of 2016, Superchunk frontman Mac McCaughan released a solo track, "Happy New Year (Prince Can’t Die Again)," that ...

Almost everybody likes Superchunk, and they have their share of ardent superfans, but with regard to their estimable catalog, it feels in some ways that they have been underappreciated. Over the ...

When I was fifteen, in 1994, I fell hard for the band Superchunk—or I was falling anyway and they caught me. That was the year their fourth album, “Foolish,” came out, and the year my mom died.

Superchunk‘s 2001 album Here’s to Shutting Up turns 20 on Saturday, September 18, and to celebrate, the band have shared a documentary, Quest for Sleep, about the subsequent tour for the record. (It ...

If you couldn’t tell, the world is falling apart. California is currently being devoured by wildfires and Europe is flooding every other week. Fortunately for everyone, Superchunk wants to do ...

It's hard to oversell Superchunk's legacy. As founders of Merge Records, band leaders Mac McCaughan and bassist Laura Ballance have accomplished enough to warrant a book, but the label's success often ...

You can’t talk about the history of American indie rock without mentioning the name Mac McCaughan. As the leader of Superchunk, McCaughan has helped to shepherd one of the most respected and ...

"I hate music, what is it worth? / Can't bring anyone back to this earth," the band Superchunk sings. It's the kind of sentiment you'd imagine someone blurting out with bitter spontaneity, but it's ...

Indie-rock mainstays Superchunk are back with new music. Songs in the Key of Yikes, their 13th studio LP and follow-up to 2022’s Wild Loneliness, arrives August 22 via Merge. Superchunk have shared ...

It's become a bit of a Halloween tradition for Superchunk to release a spooky, holiday-appropriate cover. This year it's via a split 7" with Australian Merge Records band and recent tourmates Quivers.

Superchunk 2010 doesn't sound entirely different from Superchunk 1992. The melodies are still wound so tight they sound ready to break, with Mac McCaughan's voice still sounding like a bullied twerp ...