Tuesday, January 26, 2021

“I Wanna Know Girls”, Portastatic

 This way:  I Wanna Know Girls

Portastatic is an American indie rock band founded in the early 1990s as a solo project of Mac McCaughan, singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Superchunk. The project has since expanded into a full band, sometimes including Superchunk guitarist Jim Wilbur and McCaughan's brother Matthew.

Tom Scharpling of the 18 Wheeler fanzine released McCaughan's solo material under the fanzine's own imprint in 1993, the "Starter" 7". Since then, McCaughan has recorded several records as Portastatic, covering genres including indie rock, lo-fi, soundtrack and Brazilian music.  

The name "Portastatic" is derived from the TASCAM Portastudio home recording device. McCaughan added "static" to "porta", a reference to the poor quality of the recordings. 

From 2005.

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