Superchunk Live at South Street Seaport

Superchunk live at South Street Seaport last Friday.

I first saw 'em play outdoors at Swarthmore in 1993. They still rock.

"Learned to Surf," off of the Leaves in the Gutter EP released earlier this year:



"Driveway to Driveway," off of 1994's Foolish:



"The First Part," an ode to foreplay (I believe), also off of Foolish:



And they closed the set with "Slack Motherfucker":



Or you can watch the last three songs together in this superior video:

Superchunk | NYC @ South Street Seaport Pier 17 | 17 Jul 2009 from UN:ART:IG on Vimeo.

As you may be able to tell, there were lots of different people videorecording this show and they kindly posted the results on YouTube.

Superchunk

Superchunk recently released a new EP after 20 years of playing together. I certainly feel younger when I listen to the 'chunk. You can, too, at their Merge Records page.


ABC News Amplified has a fawning interview with Mac McCaughan. Embedding has been disabled, so right-click on the link if you want to watch it.

Here are a couple of videos of "The First Part." One is from the recent Coachella; the other the original video. This song's riff is one I end up playing if I have a guitar in my hands for more than ten minutes.

A Slack Monday with Superchunk

Superchunk - Slack Motherfucker

If you want to sing along, here are the lyrics:

You haven't moved from that spot all night since you asked for a light
you little smoke stack
You've wasted my time
I'd like to see you try and give it back

I'm working
But I'm not working for you!
Slack motherfucker!

Relax, sit down
I'll kick that stool right out from under you
Well, then, I see you sitting outside
Well, I can do the same thing too

I'm working
But I'm not working for you!
No!
Slack motherfucker!

I'm working
But I'm not working for you!
Slack motherfucker
You motherfucker!!