Mixtape 138 :: Political Song
Supremely independent for going on three decades, Superchunk’s incisive nervous energy is still one of the purest indie highs you can find.
Tag: Superchunk
Late Bloomer
Tonight’s No Good for Me (6131 Records). Review by Scott Adams.
FEST 16
Kids dream of Christmas morning, but for many - including Jen Cray - THE FEST is the most treasured of annual holidays.
Braid
No coast (Top Shelf Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Superchunk
Foolish (Merge Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.
Superchunk
With a riotous sonic assault that nearly brought down the balcony at the Bowery Ballroom, Superchunk showed they still have the fire and intensity of their youth, kicking out the jams, shredding the wallpaper, and bringing the noise to a very enthusiastic crowd that included Jeff Schweers.
Schooner
Duck Kee Sessions EP (CyTunes.org). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Mission Of Burma
The Sound The Speed The Light (Matador Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Our Noise
Scott Adams finds this compelling history of Merge Records, the underdog label that beat the odds and succeeded, to be insanely readable.
Brand New
Brand New and Thrice play the first of a pair of sold-out Orlando dates.
Yo La Tengo
Popular Songs (Matador Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.
Superchunk
Leaves in the Gutter (Merge). Review by Laura Pontillo.
History
Ghosts in the City (24 Hour Service Station). Review by Jen Cray.
Tobin Sprout
Live at the Horseshoe Tavern (Wigwam). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Mock Orange
Mind Is Not Brain (Silverthree Sound). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Old Enough 2 Know Better
Old Enough 2 Know Better: 15 Years of Merge Records (Merge). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Portastatic
Autumn Was A Lark (Merge). Review by Stein Haukland.
Hurricane Lamps
Sing Me a Song (Sonic Boomerang). Review by Terry Eagan.
The Rosebuds / Utah!
Split 7” (Pidgeon English). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Yo La Tengo
Nuclear War (Matador). Review by Rob Walsh.
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