In the last week of 2016, Superchunk frontman Mac McCaughan released a solo track, "Happy New Year (Prince Can’t Die Again)," that perfectly summed up the post-election malaise of the moment with a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Death is everywhere on I Hate Music, Superchunk’s 10th studio album. Sidling right beside us, doing air-guitar windmills on his scythe, from album opener “Overflows” (where “dead” is the third word ...

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 ...

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 ...

Given, oh, the last 18 years of Superchunk’s career, it’s a mammoth stretch to say that the Merge flagship is back in the saddleor even looking for one. Between 1990 and 1996, Superchunk released six ...

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 ...

Superchunk already delivered one of rock 'n' roll's most moving treatises on death with "Me & You & Jackie Mittoo," in which Mac MacCaughan declares, "I hate music/ What is it worth/ Can't bring ...