Portastatic

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Portastatic
Origin	Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US
Genre(s)	Rock and roll, indie rock, Brazilian, film scores
Years active	1992–present
Label(s)	18 Wheeler, Matador, Hello, Esther, Merge
Associated acts	Superchunk
Website	www.portastatic.com
Members
Mac McCaughan

Portastatic is an American indie rock band founded in the early 1990s by Mac McCaughan. Portastatic began as a solo project for McCaughan, lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Superchunk. Since then it has evolved into a full-fledged band, which sometimes includes Superchunk guitarist Jim Wilbur and McCaughan's brother Matthew.

Tom Scharpling of 18 Wheeler fanzine (and later a popular DJ on WFMU) was so impressed by McCaughan's solo material that he cajoled him into releasing it under the fanzine's own imprint; so came 1993's "Starter" 7". Since then, under the Portastatic moniker, McCaughan has recorded several records drawing on a number of genres, including traditional indie rock, lo-fi, soundtrack and Brazilian music.

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 Official Albums 1.2 Demo Albums 1.3 Soundtracks 1.4 Singles and EP'S 1.5 Compilation Appearances

[edit] Discography

[edit] Official Albums

1994 - I Hope Your Heart Is Not Brittle (CD/LP) [Merge]
1995 - Slow Note From a Sinking Ship (CD/LP) [Merge]
1997 - The Nature of Sap (CD/LP) [Merge]
2003 - Summer of the Shark (CD) [Merge]
2005 - Bright Ideas (CD) [Merge]
2006 - Be Still Please (CD) [Merge]

[edit] Demo Albums

2005 - Ideas for Bright Ideas (CD) [The Portastatic Label]
2006 - Some Small Things You Can't Defend (CD) [The Portastatic Label]

[edit] Soundtracks

2001 - Looking For Leonard (CD) [Merge]
2006 - Who Loves the Sun (CD) [Merge]

[edit] Singles and EP'S

1993 - Starter (7") [18 Wheeler]
1994 - Naked Pilseners (7"/CD EP) [Matador]
1994 - Hello CD of the Month (CD EP) [Hello]
1994 - San Andreas Crouch (7") [Ester]
1995 - Scrapbook X's (7") [18 Wheeler]
1995 - Scrapbook (Double 7"/CD EP) [Merge]
1996 - Spying on the Spys (7") [Merge]
1997 - Split 7" w/ Ida (Split 7") [Trash Heap]
1997 - Split 7" w/ The Landing (Split 7") [Sarang Bang]
1997 - Split 7" w/ The Ladybug Transistor (Split 7") [After Hours]
2000 - De Mel, De Melão (CD EP) [Merge]
2001 - The Perfect Little Door (CD EP) [Merge]
2003 - Autumn Was a Lark (CD EP) [Merge]
2005 - Looking For A Power Supply (CD EP) [Houston Party]
2005 - I Wanna Know Girls (Digital EP) [iTunes/Merge]
2006 - Sour Shores (Digital EP) [Merge]

[edit] Compilation Appearances

1994 - Ow!, Quit It! (7") [Volvolo]
1994 - A Day in the Park (CD/LP) [The Now Sound]
1994 - Rows of Teeth (CD) [Merge]
1995 - Speed Kills #7 (10") [Speed Kills]
1996 - Extra Walt! (Double 7") [Walt]
1998 - Blatent Doom Trip (CD) [Simple Solution]
1998 - Chunklet #14 (CD) [Chunklet]
1999 - Oh, Merge (CD) [Merge]
2000 - Come on Beautiful - The Songs of American Music Club (CD) [Big Night]
2001 - Snowstorm - A Tribute To Galaxie 500 (CD) [Elefant]
2002 - Survive and Advance Vol. 1 (CD) [Merge]
2002 - Survive and Advance Vol. 2 (CD) [Merge]
2003 - Survive and Advance Vol. 3 (CD) [Merge]
2003 - Compulation Vol. 1: Songs From North Carolina (CD) [Pox World Empire]
2004 - Old Enough 2 Know Better - 15 Years of Merge Records (CD) [Merge]
2006 - Songs for Sixty Five Roses (CD) [Songs for Sixty Five Roses]
2008 - Love Goes On - a Tribute to Grant McLennan (CD) [Rare Victory]