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Podcast: If This Is True with Chris Hall
Episode: Jim Wilbur and Laura King from Superchunk--Driving Indie Legends from Chapel Hill!!
Description: SuperchunkĀ is an AmericanĀ indie rockĀ band fromĀ Chapel Hill, North Carolina, consisting of singer-guitaristĀ Mac McCaughan, guitaristĀ Jim Wilbur, bassistĀ Laura Ballance, and drummer Laura King. Formed in 1989, they were one of the bands that helped define the Chapel Hill music scene of the 1990s.[1]Ā The band is known for its energetic, high-velocity style and strongĀ do-it-yourself ethic.McCaughan and Ballance founded the successful independent record labelĀ Merge RecordsĀ in 1989 as a way to release music from Superchunk and music created by friends, which has expanded to include artists from around the world and records reaching th...