Feb 22, 2022 By Joey Arnone

TORRES (aka MacKenzie Scott) has announced rescheduled U.K. and Europe dates for her upcoming tour with Superchunk, which is set to begin this Friday. Scott has also shared her covers of Nirvana’s “All Apologies” and Rodney Crowell’s “Making Memories of Us.” The reel-to-reel tape recorded covers were previously available as a 7-inch single release from Merge. More

Feb 07, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Superchunk have shared a new song, “On the Floor.” The song features backup vocals from Mike Mills of R.E.M. and piano from Franklin Bruno. It is the latest release from the band’s forthcoming album, Wild Loneliness, which will be out on February 25 via Merge. More

Jan 19, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Superchunk have shared a new single, “This Night.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album Wild Loneliness, which will be out on February 25 via Merge. More

Dec 07, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Superchunk have announced the release of a new album, Wild Loneliness, due out on February 25 via Merge. The band has also shared the album’s lead single, “Endless Summer,” which features musical contributions from Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley. More

Sep 09, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Mac McCaughan of Superchunk (and also co-founder of Merge Records) is releasing a new solo album, The Sound of Yourself, on September 24 via Merge (of course). Now he has shared its third single, the atmospheric and dreamy “Burn a Fax,” via a video that features a snail. The song features guest vocals from TORRES (aka MacKenzie Scott) and saxophone from Matt Douglas of The Mountain Goats. More

Aug 17, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Mac McCaughan of Superchunk (and also co-founder of Merge Records) is releasing a new solo album, The Sound of Yourself, on September 24 via Merge (of course). Now he has shared its second single, “Circling Around,” via a video that intercuts images of him singing the song with those of nature. The song features Michael Benjamin Lerner of Telekinesis on drums. More

Jul 20, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Mac McCaughan of Superchunk (and also co-founder of Merge Records) has announced a new solo album, The Sound of Yourself, and shared its first single, “Dawn Bends,” which features Yo La Tengo, as well as his Superchunk bandmate Jon Wurster (on drums). In a press release McCaughan says the single is “a cautionary tale about getting a little too into the isolation.” More

Feb 06, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Merge Records are celebrating their 30th anniversary with a hometown festival July 24-27, 2019, in Carrboro and Durham, NC. The four-day festival is set to feature more than 30 artists and the initial lineup has been announced. More

Aug 29, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Flip These Houses is a benefit concert on September 28th at the Knockdown Center in Queens, NY. Its purpose is to encourage people to vote Democratic in this November’s midterm elections. More

Apr 27, 2018 By Stephen Mayne

Our Gallic friends came to visit this week, plus cabinet positions remain unfulfilled, lawyers refuse to speak, Kanye West continues to court controversy, and Janelle Monáe remains impeccably cool. More

Apr 23, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Superchunk released a new album, What a Time to Be Alive, back in February via Merge. Now they have shared a video for previous single “Erasure,” which features the guest vocals of Stephin Merritt (The Magnetic Fields) and Katie Crutchfield (Waxahatchee), Whitey McConnaughy directed the video, which humorously shows the negative effect President Trump’s tweets can have on people on a day-to-day basis. More

Mar 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Superchunk released a new album, What a Time to Be Alive, last month via Merge. Now they have shared a video for “Cloud of Hate.” The song is only 73-seconds only and the video is understandably fast-paced and energetic. More

Jan 09, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Superchunk are releasing a new album, What a Time to Be Alive, on February 16 via Merge. Previously they shared a lyric video for its title track. Now they have shared another song from the album, “Erasure,” which features the guest vocals of Stephin Merritt (The Magnetic Fields) and Katie Crutchfield (Waxahatchee). More

Nov 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

We haven’t done a Songs of the Week post for a few weeks, due to various factors, but now we’re back. This week we’ve got the first singles from the upcoming new albums by Marlon Williams, Chromeo, and Superchunk, as well as two covers (Widowspeak covering Neil Young and Elbow taking on The Beatles). More

Nov 08, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Superchunk have announced a new album, What a Time to Be Alive, and shared a lyric video for its title track. As its title suggests, the album is partly inspired by America’s current political situation (as we hit the one-year anniversary of the election of President Donald Trump). What a Time to Be Alive is due out February 16, 2018 via Merge. More

Jan 20, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Battle Hymns is a new protest compilation released today timed to President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss of Quasi put it together. More

Oct 10, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

This week’s episode of Documentary Now,! Fred Armisen and Bill Hader‘s excellent faux documentary show on IFC, spoofs Talking Heads and their 1984 concert documentary Stop Making Sense. More

Sep 09, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our 2016 Protest Issue (out September, October, and into November), which is out now both digitally and on newsstands. We’ve done a Protest Issue every U.S. Presidential election year since 2004 and as before this issue features articles examining the intersection of music and politics and photo shoots with musicians holding protest signs of their own making. Then in mid-October we will be launching our charity Protest Auction, in which we auction off all the protest signs in the issue, with all profits going to the American Cancer Society. More

Sep 01, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

SXSW 2015 may have been many months ago, but a video was just posted online of the full “I Wrote That Song” panel. The panel featured from Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Arcade Fire’s Will Butler, Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan, Nada Surf’s Matthew Caws, and Marshall Crenshaw as they all discussed their songwriting process. More

Apr 11, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Continuing to celebrating its 25th anniversary as a record label Merge has announced the official line-up of its upcoming four-day music festival, taking place July 23-26. More

Jan 10, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

This year Merge will celebrates its 25th anniversary. Honoring the milestone the longtime label will be releasing a number of special reissues throughout the next 12 months, kicking off with Superchunk‘s out-of-print debut album Indoor Living. More

Nov 26, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Decades into their career, Superchunk know that some of their longtime fans are starting to get a little up there in the age bracket. More

Aug 19, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

This week Superchunk will release their tenth studio album, the ironically titled I Hate Music. More

Aug 12, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

This August sees the release of several notable albums. Ahead of their impending due dates, three of them have become available to stream in full online. More

May 13, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Superchunk have announced the release of their tenth studio album, I Hate Music. More

Apr 20, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Last September the North Carolina Legislature proposed an amendment to its Constitution that woudl ban legal recognition for all unmarried couples and strip protections and benefits from families across the state. More

Oct 31, 2011 By John Everhart

Superchunk have covered “Where Eagles Dare” by iconic horror punks The Misfits in honor of Halloween. We have the track. More

Aug 03, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Superchunk have announced that on September 13 Merge will be reissuing their 1994 release Foolish, which was their fourth full-length and first full-length for Merge. More

Dec 14, 2010 By Lauren Barbato

Bright Eyes make their first full run of U.S. shows in over three years. We have the details. More

Sep 13, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

Superchunk‘s first full-length in nine years, Majesty Shredding, streets tomorrow via Merge, so the video for opener “Digging For Something” debuts today. We have the clip. More

Jul 26, 2010 By John Everhart

Versus, in addition to some already announced tour dates with Polvo, Superchunk, and Jenny and Johnny, have announced a record release show at the new Brooklyn venue Rock Shop and are streaming the record in its entirety. We have the details. More

Jun 08, 2010 By John Everhart

The Love Language are streaming their new album Libraries and have announced more tour dates surrounding its release. We have the details. More

Jun 04, 2010 By John Everhart

Superchunk announce their first full-length album since 2001’s Here’s to Shutting Up along with new tour dates and a television appearance. We have the details. More

May 18, 2010 By Hong Le

Superchunk will be playing at festivals this summer and on the east coast in September. They will perform at Primavera Sound Festival in late May along with Pavement and The Fall. Check out the rest of the tour dates here. The band’s much-anticipated new album now as a title: Majesty Shedding. More

Mar 31, 2010 By Hong Le

In celebration of Record Store Day, a yearly celebration in which independently owned record stores collaborate with artists to commemorate the art of music, Merge will release three exclusive 7-inches. There will be one each from Telekinesis and Superchunk, along with a split 7” with The Love Language and Let’s Wrestle. All will be released on April 17. We have the details. More

Mar 30, 2010 By Chris Tinkham

The Most Anticipated Albums of 2010 section in Under the Radar‘s Winter 2010 Issue includes a short article on Superchunk’s new album. We’ve now posted the full Q&A of that interview with Mac McCaughan. North Carolina’s Superchunk, an indie rock trailblazer throughout the 1990s, hasn’t released an album since 2001’s Here’s to Shutting Up, but the band has remained active over the last decade, playing sporadic local shows and touring infrequently. In 2009, frontman Mac McCaughan and bassist Laura Ballance celebrated the 20th anniversary of both the band and Merge Records, the record label they co-founded in Chapel Hill. With the recording of the Leaves in the Gutter EP in the spring of 2009, the seeds were planted for Superchunk’s ninth album, which McCaughan expects to be released in 2010. More

Jun 26, 2009 By Mark Redfern

Various musicians have either provided Under the Radar with quotes or issued general statements about the passing of Michael Jackson that we thought we’d share with you. Included are quotes or statements from Architecture in Helsinki, Chuck D, Jamie Lidell, Of Montreal, Pop Levi, TV on the Radio, Herbie Hancock, Superchunk, Snow Patrol, and others. More

Apr 08, 2009 By Mark Redfern

In honor of their 20th anniversary, the seminal indie label Merge Records will be presenting a five-day festival in North Carolina entitled XX Merge. More

May 20, 2011 By Matt Fink

As one of the few artists who can legitimately claim dual citizenship in both the music and comedy worlds, Jon Wurster has witnessed firsthand the evolution of the relationship between the two scenes. Having kicked around the indie rock scene for nearly three decades now, ending up with fulltime gigs drumming with both Superchunk and Mountain Goats, he is also one-half of the team behind The Best Show on WFMU, the long-running radio program hosted by writer and comedian Tom Scharpling. More

Jul 30, 2010 By Hays Davis

Musicians reflect on their first concerts. Includes stories from Tegan & Sara, Camera Obscura, Girl Talk, Owen Pallett, Art Brut, The Hold Steady, MGMT, Broken Social Scene, Ariel Pink, !!!, Mew, Real Estate, The Dears, Vivian Girls, Mayer Hawthorne, The Drums, Telekinesis, Fuck Buttons, El Guincho, and more. More

Mar 29, 2010 By Chris Tinkham

The Most Anticipated Albums of 2010 section in Under the Radar‘s Winter 2010 Issue includes a short article on Superchunk’s new album. Here is the full Q&A of that interview with Mac McCaughan. North Carolina’s Superchunk, an indie rock trailblazer throughout the 1990s, hasn’t released an album since 2001’s Here’s to Shutting Up, but with the recording of the Leaves in the Gutter EP in the spring of 2009, the seeds were planted for the band’s ninth album, which frontman Mac McCaughan expects to be released in 2010. More

Nov 10, 2009 By Matt Fink

Though it’s reputed to be the most widely spoken musical language in the world today, rock and roll was born on the margins. More

Mar 01, 2022 By Matthew Berlyant

When we last heard from Superchunk back in 2018, they put out What a Time to Be Alive, perhaps the toughest, angriest, most ferocious record they’d ever made. More

Feb 16, 2018 By Aug Stone

What a Time to Be Alive combines the energetic catchiness of classic Superchunk with a raw punk rock that both harkens back to the band’s early days and rallies against the current political climate like the spirit of punk is meant to do. More

Aug 22, 2013 By JR Moores

A key component of the ‘90s alt-rock scene was that many of its musicians had an ambivalence bordering on downright contempt for the very art form they practiced. More