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Portastatic
Formed in 1992
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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.
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Discography
Albums
- 1994 I Hope Your Heart Is Not Brittle
- 1995 Slow Note From a Sinking Ship
- 1997 The Nature of Sap
- 2003 The Summer of the Shark
- 2005 Ideas for Bright Ideas
- 2005 Bright Ideas
- 2006 Some Small Things You Can't Defend
- 2006 Be Still Please
EPs
- 1994 Hello Recording Club 1994-02
- 1995 Scrapbook EP
- 2000 De Mel De Melao
- 2001 The Perfect Little Door
- 2003 Autumn Was a Lark
- 2005 Looking for a Power Supply
- 2006 Sour Shores
- 2009 Make It Sound In Tune