Superchunk

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. 
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 their tenth studio album, I Hate Music. Their eleventh studio album, What a Time to Be Alive, was released on February 16, 2018.
==Links to Peel==
Peel seemed to have discovered the group in 1991, especially their EP, The Freed Seed, and the band's second LP, No Pocky For Kitty. He would continue support the group with airplay and two sessions, but by the time, they released their 1995 album, Here's Where The Strings Come In, he had lost interest in them. Steve Lamacq sat in for Peel on his 19 August 1999 show and played their track, So Convinced, from their latest album, Come Pick Me Up.
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded: 1992-04-14. First Broadcast: 30 May 1992. Repeated: 12 December 1992
*Let It Go / Tie The Rope / Fishing / United
2. Recorded: 1993-02-02. First Broadcast: 27 February 1993. Repeated: 03 July 1993
*Lying In State / Flawless / I Guess I Remembered It Wrong / Kicked In
==Other Shows Played==
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*12 October 1991: 'Seed Toss (7"-The Freed Seed EP)' (Merge)
*Peel 002 (Radio Bremen): Seed Toss (7" - The Freed Seed) Merge
*02 November 1991: 'Seed Toss (7"-The Freed Seed)' Merge
*17 November 1991: Skip Steps One And Three (album - No Pockie For Kitty) Matador
*17 November 1991: Seed Toss (album - No Pocky For Kitty) Matador
*28 November 1991 (Radio Mafia): 'Seed Toss (7"-The Freed Seed)' Merge
*29 November 1991 (BFBS) / Peel 200 (BFBS): Cast Iron (LP - No Pocky For Kitty) Matador
*01 December 1991: 'Tie A Rope To The Back Of The Bus' (LP 'No Pocky For Kitty') Matador
*02 December 1991 (Ö3): 'Tie A Rope To The Back Of The Bus (LP-No Pocky For Kitty)' (Matador)
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*12 January 1992: Throwing Things (LP - No Pocky For Kitty) City Slang
*08 February 1992: Skip Steps 1 & 3 (album -No Pocky For Kitty) City Slang
*11 April 1992: The Breadman (7 inch) Matador
*19 April 1992 (BFBS): The Bread Man (7") (Matador Records)
*15 May 1992: Sister (v/a 7" EP - Teriyaki Asthma VII) C/Z 
*16 May 1992: 'Nancy Sin (Compilation CD-Fortune Cookie Prize)' (Simple Machines)
*24 May 1992 (BFBS): Sister (v/a 7" EP - Teriyaki Asthma VII) C/Z 
*29 May 1992: Fishing (album - Tossing Seeds - Singles 1989 to 1991) City Slang
*07 June 1992 (BFBS): Seed Toss (CD - Tossing Seeds - (Singles 89-91)) (City Slang)
*12 July 1992 (BFBS): Nancy Sin (LP - Fortune Cookie Prize) Simple Machines
*25 September 1992: Mower (7") City Slang
*07 November 1992: Girl U Want (v/a album - Freedom Of Choice) City Slang
;1993
*09 January 1993: The Question Is How Fast (single) City Slang
*23 January 1993 (BFBS): The Question Is How Fast (12") City Slang
*30 January 1993: The Question Is How Fast (album - On The Mouth) Matador
*14 February 1993 (BFBS): The Question Is How Fast (12") City Slang
*20 February 1993: For Tension (album On The Mouth) Matador
*19 March 1993: From The Curve (album - On The Mouth) City Slang
*21 March 1993 (BFBS): Package Thief (album - On the Mouth) City Slang
*18 September 1993: Seed Toss (v/a 2xCD In A Field Of Their Own Volume 2 - Glastonbury 93) New Musical Express
*22 October 1993 (BFBS): Seed Toss (v/a album - In A Field Of Their Own Volume 2 - Glastonbury 93) New Musical Express
;1994
*11 February 1994: ‘Night Of Chill Blue (7 inch – Working Holiday (December))’ (Simple Machines Records) 
*19 February 1994 (BFBS): Night Of The Chill Blue (split 7" with Caterpillar - Working Holiday (December)) Simple Machines
*12 March 1994: The First Part (CD Single) Merge
*27 August 1994: (Peel interview with Mac McCaughan, & Jon Wurster of Superchunk)
;1999
*19 August 1999: So Convinced (LP - Come Pick Me Up) Matador
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
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