As the end of 2025 rapidly approaches, we’ve been asking artists about their favorite albums of the year, and Mac McCaughan from Superchunk and Merge Records made us a list that also includes books ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Superchunk’s 2025 album “Songs in the Key of Yikes” is cleverly titled, but according to frontman Mac McCaughan, its anxious tone ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Superchunk. (Credit: Alex Cox) “When we’re writing a song or recording a song, I think we have a pretty good internal quality ...

After a few slow weeks, today is a whopper, release-wise, and I review 10 albums — technically 11 as there are two by the same artist. Those include the latest from Water From Your Eyes, Superchunk, ...

Welcome to our weekly music post, where we spotlight our favorite new songs and albums. Hop in the comments and tell us: What new music are you listening to? “5 Mile Gyre” spends about 30 seconds ...

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 ...

It’s been 24 years since indie rockers Superchunk played a show in Pittsburgh, but vocalist/guitarist Mac McCaughan made a much more recent stop here. “I was on a family trip recently, and we came ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Chapel Hill indie rock stalwarts Superchunk will make a rare appearance in Cleveland at the Grog Shop on Wednesday, Sept. 17, with Tee Vee Repairmann opening. Tickets for the show ...

Superchunk’s 2025 album “Songs in the Key of Yikes” is cleverly titled, but according to frontman Mac McCaughan, its anxious tone wasn’t a deliberate choice. It was inevitable. The album features ...

“When we’re writing a song or recording a song, I think we have a pretty good internal quality control of, ‘Is this good?’ or ‘Is this exciting?’ versus ‘This feels forced’ or ‘This doesn’t feel ...