Outdated reference point or not, the anti-apathy sentiment on Superchunk‘s sophomore single “Slack Motherfucker” still seems characteristic of Mac McCaughan 20 years after he wrote it. The recently dormant Superchunk is moving again, and McCaughan also fills his time with Portastatic and co-ownership of Merge Records. As if that wasn’t enough to keep him busy, McCaughan is guest editing magnetmagazine.com this week.
McCaughan: Some of the records that get the most play on my Music Hall turntable are my Doug Sahm records, in particular his 1969 Sir Douglas Quintet album Mendocino, but also solo albums like 1973’s Texas Tornado and Doug Sahm And Band, which were recently reissued on CD in a great package by Rhino. Soulful and loose and real.
Read our definitive 2002 Doug Sahm feature.
