Grand Champeen: An Austin-American Band

Posted by Lance Davis - July 2, 2011 - Austin City Limits, Cheap Trick, Grand Champeen, Past Prayers, Replacements, Superchunk

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Did you know Grand Champeen released one of my favorite EPs in 2010? OK, technically it’s not an official release, but rather five songs extracted from their November 19, 2010, “ACL Presents Satellite Sets” taping. Considering they haven’t released an album since 2007’s Dial T For This and their tour schedule can roughly be […]

Superchunk Presents Bad Kitty Cinema

Posted by Lance Davis - April 20, 2011 - Superchunk

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Superchunk‘s videos are uniformly excellent, but this new “Crossed Wires” vid might be the funniest one of the bunch. Laura Ballance’s cat is having himself a full-on Sammy Hagar Weekend. In fact, you might say the kitty is a felonious monster. HOL-LA! CHECK IT Superchunk’s badass video page Crowding Up Your Visual Field – Superchunk’s […]

Superchunk: It Is My Life, It Is My Voice

Posted by Lance Davis - October 19, 2010 - Jim Wilbur, Jon Wurster, Laura Ballance, Mac McCaughan, Superchunk

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Once upon a time, Superchunk was the little band that could. Then, they were the slightly bigger band that did. From 1991-95, they were a melodic punk turbine of flawless, in the studio, as songwriters and arrangers, and especially as a live unit. They got slightly bigger, and while their live shows were still […]

13 Songs: 1989 Reconsidered

Posted by Lance Davis - February 27, 2009 - 1989, Beastie Boys, Chico, Elvis Costello, Flat Duo Jets, Fugazi, KCSC, Maria McKee, Mudhoney, Neil Young, Nirvana, Operation Ivy, Pixies, Public Enemy, Superchunk, Thelonious Monster

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1989 had a profound impact on me. That was the year I started DJing at KCSC, Chico State’s campus radio station (see flyer below), and discovered so much greatness in the vast American rock ‘n’ roll underground. It was like seeing in color for the first time. Music didn’t suck, popular music sucked, mostly. Worst. […]