Blessedly, the pogoing North Carolina indie veterans Superchunk will return to us later this summer with the deeply anticipated new album I Hate Music, and we’ve already posted first single “FOH.” As great as that song is, though, it’s a mere appetizer compared to “Me & You & Ja...

This summer, bedrock college rock livewires Superchunk return with I Hate Music, just their second album in the last decade. But it’s also their second album since 2010′s Majesty Shredding. So, not a bad pace lately, really! Today Mac and band share “FOH,” a typically adrenalized Superchunk singalong, and ...

Phil Morrison, who directed the movie Junebug, made the video for Yo La Tengo’s minimal-but-aching Fade ballad “I’ll Be Around,” and it’s a weirdly powerful piece of work. It starts out with Superchunk frontman Mac McCaughan lip-synching the song in some beautifully-shot verdant woods while text ...

Well, the fun is officially over — Fun Fun Fun Fest 2012 concluded yesterday with sets from Fucked Up, Turbonegro, A Place To Bury Strangers, and like 40 other bands. We’ve got pics in the gallery from Sunday’s sets — courtesy of Trent Maxwell — with Linda Flores‘s shots of Thursday&...

Next week, durable Jersey rock scrappers the Gaslight Anthem drop their fourth album Handwritten. First single “45” has already turned out to be a rare thing: A straight-up rock song that works perfectly as a summer driving anthem. (This year, as far as I can tell, only Japandroids and Superchunk have pulled off that same [...]