Keeping the Superchunk momentum going after yesterday’s release of Majesty Shredding, here’s another vintage interview previously unavailable online. This one was conducted about nine years ago and primarily revolves around their penultimate record, Here’s to Shutting Up. Continue reading
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Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan And Laura Ballance Open Up About Shutting Up, Running Merge And More
Posted in Interviews with tags Japancakes, Rock*a*Teens, Superchunk, White Lights on 09/15/2010 by korzeckSuperchunk’s Laura Ballance In 1998: ‘The Music Industry Is Nuts Right Now’
Posted in Interviews with tags Laura Ballance, Mac McCaughan, Rock*a*Teens, Sebadoh, Shellac, Superchunk, the Arcade Fire, Verbena on 09/14/2010 by korzeckWith the music-business climate perhaps more rotten than ever, there’s a growing tendency to romanticize the past. But it’s easy to forget the challenges faced by indie-rock bands and labels prior to the dawn of the Internet. Or, in the case of Merge Records, prior to the dawn of the Arcade Fire. Continue reading