NOTHING MAKES YOU WANT TO VOTE IN 2008 LIKE MUSIC FROM 1993: A long, long time ago, this blog received its first name and web address from a Superchunk song, and though the Chapel Hill power pop quartet has largely remained dormant in recent years, I was delighted to learn that prior to the North Carolina primary they played a pair of free concerts with The Arcade Fire to encourage early voting on behalf of a candidate our no-politics rule suggests I dare not name. The two setlists, both heavy with On the Mouth and earlier works, are here, and I can point you to a wealth of YouTubage from the shows available including "Detroit Has A Skyline", "Driveway to Driveway", "Untied", and, yes, "Throwing Things".
Pitchfork reports, however: "The audience was respectfully enthusiastic, but when Superchunk broke out 'Precision Auto' and nobody went especially apeshit, I wondered if most of them were too young to care much about Superchunk." It is very much a song worthy of that reaction. Kids these days ...
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