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PORTASTATIC Song for a Clock (02:43)

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Portastatic - San Andreas (02:41)

Video from the 1995 cd Slow Note from a Sinking Ship on Merge Records. Directors: Phil Morrison/Joe Klotz, DP: Colin Dodd. Visit www.armadamusic.net for a searchable database of videos.

Portastatic - San Andreas (02:52)

Portastatic - San Andreas

Portastatic - You Blanks (03:56)

Portastatic performing "You Blanks" under some shittastic lighting at the Flying Anvil, in Greensboro, North Carolina

Portastatic Biography

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.

The name "Portastatic" is rumored to have been derived from a portable recording device. Due to the quality of the recordings, Mac McCaughan added "static" to "porta" to form "Portastatic." (See nweis22.googlepages.com)

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