Superchunk plays the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University Thursday, Sept. 16, at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $12–$16. The show is presented in conjunction with the Nasher’s new exhibit, The Record: ...

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 ...

There's a song on What A Time To Be Alive, the new album from North Carolina indie originators Superchunk, that's called "Reagan Youth," named after the old New York hardcore band. Forming in 1980, ...

The post Superchunk Announce New Album and Tour, Share “Endless Summer”: Stream appeared first on Consequence. Superchunk are gearing up for a big 2022. Today, the indie rock stalwarts have announced ...

Superchunk celebrated the release of the terrific new album, What A Time to Be Alive, with an 7 PM in-store performance at Brooklyn’s Rough Trade on Friday (2/16). Frontman Mac MaCaughan joked that ...

Laura Ballance flops down on a couch in the lobby of Merge Records, the Durham-based record label she helped found in Chapel Hill nearly a quarter-century ago. Nearby, an employee combs through postal ...

Misfits & Mistakes: Singles, B-sides & Strays - 2007-2023 is Superchunk's fourth singles collection and the most massive yet, clocking in at 50 tracks spread across two CDs or four LPs. Superchunk is ...

In recent press photos, Superchunk singer-guitarist Mac McCaughan’s signature hairdo is still thick and pointing skyward, but the sides have developed a silver patina. The first thing I notice when he ...

Rick Froberg of Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Pitchfork and Obits died over the weekend at age 55. His girlfriend, Britt, posted on Rick’s Instagram on Sunday, writing that his sudden death was due to ...

Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music playlist at the bottom of the page. Superchunk sat both terms of ...

In the waning days of 2016, during a news conference at a music festival in Australia, the singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer made a prediction: “Donald Trump is going to make punk rock great again,” she ...

Sometimes a guy can only take so much. Mac McCaughan arrived at that moment in November 2016, around the time of the presidential election, and poured his unfiltered anger into a batch of songs that ...