The Busiest Man on the Earth

It's a given fact that Mac McCaughan is the single busiest man in indie rock. This is the same guy that some how finds the time to run Merge Records, play in Superchunk, be a dad, and then play in Portastatic. How this guy finds time to sleep is beyond me.

Portastatic originally started as an outlet for all the material that Mac was writing that did not fit the Superchunk mold. That was ages ago and now Portastatic has developed into its own full-fledged artistic endeavor, releasing six full length albums, a heap of singles, and god knows how many compilation tracks. Portastatic has also allowed Mac to pursue an interest in film. Through Portastatic Mac has been able to score two independent films; Looking for Leonard, and the yet to be released Who Loves the Sun.

Until the actual Who Loves the Sun score is released this summer, you can enjoy a couple of instrumental tracks from the album as well as some classic Portastatic tunes. So without further adieu...get clicking...

from Who Loves the Sun released summer 2006
Track 14
Track 17

from I Hope You Heart Is Not Brittle
Polaroid

from Slow Note From A Sinking Ship
Skinny Glasses Girl

from De Mel, De Melao
Baby

Until next time...
From Chapel Hill

Paul the Tarheeled Anglophile