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Jim Wilbur
Superchunk is an American indie rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, consisting of singer-guitarist Mac McCaughan, guitarist Jim Wilbur, bassist Laura Ballance, and drummer Jon Wurster. Formed in 1989, they were one of the bands that helped define the Chapel Hill music scene of the 1990s. Their energetic, high-velocity style and do-it-yourself ethic is influenced by punk rock. Members McCaughan and Ballance founded the successful independent record label Merge Records in 1989 as a way to release music from Superchunk and music created by friends, which has expanded to include artists from around the world and records reaching the top of the ''Billboard'' music charts. Superchunk released a string of full-length albums and compilations throughout the 1990s. After releasing their eighth studio album in 2001, the band went into a period of reduced activity. In 2010, the band released a new studio album, ''Majesty Shredding'', and followed it up in 2013 with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Chapel Hill is a town in Orange, Durham and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Its population was 61,960 in the 2020 census, making Chapel Hill the 17th-largest municipality in the state. Chapel Hill, Durham, and the state capital, Raleigh, make up the corners of the Research Triangle (officially the Raleigh–Durham–Cary combined statistical area), with a total population of 1,998,808. The town was founded in 1793 and is centered on Franklin Street, covering . It contains several districts and buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care are a major part of the economy and town influence. Local artists have created many murals. History The area was the home place of early settler William Barbee of Middlesex County, Virginia, whose 1753 grant of 585 acres from John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville was the first of two land grants in what is now the Chapel Hill-Durham area. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Wilbur
Superchunk is an American indie rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, consisting of singer-guitarist Mac McCaughan, guitarist Jim Wilbur, bassist Laura Ballance, and drummer Jon Wurster. Formed in 1989, they were one of the bands that helped define the Chapel Hill music scene of the 1990s. Their energetic, high-velocity style and do-it-yourself ethic is influenced by punk rock. Members McCaughan and Ballance founded the successful independent record label Merge Records in 1989 as a way to release music from Superchunk and music created by friends, which has expanded to include artists from around the world and records reaching the top of the ''Billboard'' music charts. Superchunk released a string of full-length albums and compilations throughout the 1990s. After releasing their eighth studio album in 2001, the band went into a period of reduced activity. In 2010, the band released a new studio album, ''Majesty Shredding'', and followed it up in 2013 with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tossing Seeds
Toss, Tossed or Tossing may refer to: Places in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland * Töss, a district of the city of Winterthur * Töss (river) * Töss Valley Film * ''Toss'' (2007 film), an Indian Telugu film * ''Toss'' (2009 film), an Indian Hindi film * ''Toss'' (2017 film), and Indian Kannada film Other * Toss Woollaston (1910-1998), New Zealand painter * Type one secretion system, in biochemistry * Toss (cricket), a coin flip to determine which team bats first * Toss, a method of determining the order of play in the table game of Carrom * Sheaf toss, a traditional Scottish agricultural sport * Tossed (retail), a London-based healthy food chain * TOSS (operating system), the Tri-Lab Operating System Stack, a Linux distribution * "Tossed", a song by Frank Black on his ''Frank Black'' (album) * Toss pillow, another name for a throw pillow * Vulgar UK slang for masturbation See also * Full toss, cricket delivery * TOS (other) * Toss juggling * Toss bombing, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foolish (album)
''Foolish'' is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Superchunk. It was recorded November 30 through December 2, 1993, at Pachyderm Studios, by Brian Paulson and mixed by the band and Paulson at Steve Albini's home studio. The album was released by Merge Records in 1994. The cover art is credited to the band's bassist, Laura Ballance. Ballance has stated that although the painting has generated much speculation into its deeper meaning, it was simply an "unpracticed" attempt to hark back to an American Music Club album cover. She was the only model available to her, and the dead rabbit was added after she had watched the Michael Moore film ''Pets or Meat''. ''Foolish'' was completed shortly after Ballance and the band's guitarist and lead singer, Mac McCaughan Ralph Lee "Mac" McCaughan (; born July 12, 1967) is an American musician and record label owner, based in North Carolina. His main musical projects have been Superchunk since 1989 and Portastatic since the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most important American labels, specializing in jazz, R&B, and soul by Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, Ruth Brown and Otis Redding. Its position was greatly improved by its distribution deal with Stax. In 1967, Atlantic became a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, now the Warner Music Group, and expanded into rock and pop music with releases by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Led Zeppelin, and Yes. In 2004, Atlantic and its sister label Elektra were merged into the Atlantic Records Group. Craig Kallman is the chairman of Atlantic. Ahmet Ertegun served as founding chairman until his death on December 14, 2006, at age 83. History Founding and early history In 1944, brothers Nesuhi and Ahmet Erte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Mouth
''On the Mouth'' is the third studio album by American indie rock band Superchunk. The album was recorded September 14–20, 1992, at West Beach Studios, engineered by Donnell Cameron, and produced by John Reis and Superchunk. It was released by Matador Records in 1993. ''On the Mouth'' marked the debut of drummer Jon Wurster, who replaced Chuck "Chunk" Garrison. The band also has a song called "On the Mouth," but it is not on this album. It first appeared as b-side for the single version of "Mower." American alternative rock band Jimmy Eat World covered "Precision Auto" for its 2010 album '' Invented''. Fucked Up and Tom Scharpling, of Scharpling and Wurster fame, covered "Precision Auto" at the Matador at 21 festival in Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Albini
Steve Albini (pronounced ; born July 22, 1962) is an American musician, record producer, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman and Flour, and is a member of Shellac. He is the founder, owner and principal engineer of Electrical Audio, a recording studio complex in Chicago. In 2018, Albini estimated that he had worked on several thousand albums over his career. He has worked with acts such as Nirvana, Pixies, the Breeders, PJ Harvey, and former Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. Albini is also known for his outspoken views on the music industry, having stated repeatedly that it financially exploits artists and homogenizes their sound. Nearly alone among well-known producers and musicians, Albini refuses to take ongoing royalties from other bands recording in his studio, feeling that a producer's job is to record the music to the band's desires, and that paying producers as if they had contributed artistically to an album is u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
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No Pocky For Kitty
''No Pocky for Kitty'' is the second studio album by American indie rock band Superchunk, released in 1991. Pocky is a popular Japanese snack food. Production The album was recorded April 21–23, 1991, at the Chicago Recording Company by Steve Albini. It was released on Matador Records in 1991, and reissued by Merge Records in 1999. Albini is not credited in the liner notes, which read "Produced with eyes closed by Laura, who sat in the right chair." The reference is to Laura Ballance, the group's bassist. Critical reception ''Trouser Press ''Trouser Press'' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow fan of the Who Dave Schulps and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" (a reference to ...'' praised the album's "indelible hooks" and Mac McCaughan’s "opaque yet curiously coercive lyric expression." '' Paste'' wrote that the album "captures Superchunk at the ideal cross-section ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superchunk (album)
''Superchunk'' is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Superchunk. It was recorded January 18–19, 1990, at Duck Kee Studios in Raleigh, North Carolina, and released on Matador Records in 1990. " Slack Motherfucker" was named the 19th best single of the 1990s by ''Spin'', and the 81st best song of the 1990s by ''Pitchfork A pitchfork (also a hay fork) is an agricultural tool with a long handle and two to five tines used to lift and pitch or throw loose material, such as hay, straw, manure, or leaves. The term is also applied colloquially, but inaccurately, to th ...''. On August 25, 2017, ''Superchunk'' was re-released on vinyl. Track listing # "Sick to Move" – 3:14 # "My Noise" – 2:25 # "Let It Go" – 2:53 # "Swinging" – 2:11 # "Slow" – 5:08 # " Slack Motherfucker" – 2:52 # "Binding" – 3:03 # "Down the Hall" – 2:41 # "Half a Life" – 3:42 # "Not Tomorrow" – 4:39 B-sides include "What Do I", "Train From Kansas City", "Night Creatures" and " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Loneliness
''Wild Loneliness'' is the twelfth studio album by the American indie rock band Superchunk. It was released on February 25, 2022, by Merge Records. Ahead of the album release, the band put out three singles: "Endless Summer," "This Night," and "On the Floor." The album was recorded under COVID lockdown in the band's home state of North Carolina. It was mixed by Wally Gagel, who also mixed the band's fifth album, ''Here's Where the Strings Come In'' (1995). Guest artists featuring on the record include Sharon Van Etten, Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley of Teenage Fanclub, Mike Mills of R.E.M., Andy Stack of Wye Oak, and Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura. Track listing Personnel * Mac McCaughan – vocals, guitar * Laura Ballance – bass * Jim Wilbur – guitar * Jon Wurster – drums Reception ''Wild Loneliness'' received positive reviews from critics. Writing in Pitchfork, Steve Kandell summarized the album as a “moodier” and “more subdued” work by the band tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What A Time To Be Alive (Superchunk Album)
''What a Time to Be Alive'' is the eleventh studio album by the American indie rock band Superchunk. It was released in February 2018 by Merge Records. Track listing Personnel * Mac McCaughan - vocals, guitar, cover art * Laura Ballance - bass, cover art * Jim Wilbur - guitar * Jon Wurster - drums * Sabrina Ellis - vocals on “Break the Glass” * Stephin Merritt - vocals on “Erasure” * Katie Crutchfield - vocals on “Erasure” * David Bazan - vocals on “Cloud of Hate” * Skylar Gudasz - vocals on “Black Thread” * Beau Sorenson Beau Sorenson (born 1980) is an American record producer and engineer. He has worked with Death Cab For Cutie, Bob Mould, Superchunk, Sparklehorse, Jars of Clay, Yellow Ostrich, The Lonely Forest, Field Report, Someone Still Loves You Boris Ye ... - recording * Matthew Barnhart - mastering * Lissa Gotwals - photography Charts References {{Authority control 2018 albums Superchunk albums Merge Records albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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