Mac tells the story behing Superchunk's new album I Hate Music, the video to "Me & You & Jackie Mittoo" and more. Joe Kendrick sits down with the legendary rocker and label owner ahead of their performance at The Grey Eagle in Asheville, NC on August 23rd, 2013.
Episode 238: Mac McCaughan in September 2005
We're gearing up to see Superchunk play in Asheville again and it felt like a perfect opportunity to go back to this interview I did with Mac when he came to the Grey Eagle with Portastatic in 2005.
We talk about how some things have changed over the years with touring and being in a band, how some of their audience has gotten stuck in the earlier sound of Superchunk, about cassette culture, payola involving bands like Franz Ferdinand (who also have a new record out after a long absence), Mac's half-joking advice not to start a band or record label and much more.
Superchunk's new record is called I Hate Music and is their 10th studio album.