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Portastatic

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Though Mac McCaughan has plenty to keep him busy -- playing in Superchunk, managing the successful Merge Records -- he also spends time recording under the moniker of Portastatic. In 1993, Tom Scharpling of 18 Wheeler Records asked to release some of McCaughan's lo-fi, four-track Portastudio recordings; his request was met by the singles "Sandals with White Socks" and "Starter". Since then the side-project has recorded (using a variety of lineups) six full length albums, several singles, and two movie soundtracks.

Top songs

  1. Sour Shores
  2. I Wanna Know Girls
  3. Through With People
  4. I'm in Love (with Arthur Dove)
  5. You Blanks
  6. Black Buttons
  7. White Wave
  8. Little Fern
  9. Song for a Clock
  10. Like a Pearl
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  1. Bright Ideas
  2. San Andreas
  3. Sweetness and Light
  4. Cheers and Applause
  5. Getting Saved
  6. Some Small History
  7. Truckstop Cassettes
  8. Noisy Night
  9. Center of the World
  10. The Soft Rewind
  11. Full of Stars
  12. Registered Ghost
  13. Polaroid
  14. Oh Come Down
  15. And I Was a Boy From School
  16. Mute2
  17. Naked Pilseners
  18. Gutter
  19. Skinny Glasses Girl
  20. Autumn Got Dark
  21. Had
  22. Creeping Around
  23. Tree Killer
  24. Easily Aroused
  25. Silver Screw
  26. Beer and Chocolate Bars
  27. A Cunning Latch
  28. Weird Time
  29. Memphis
  30. Receiver
  31. In the Lines
  32. Why Have You Come Back
  33. The Main Thing
  34. Chesapeake
  35. Drill Me
  36. Nostalgia's No Excuse
  37. When You Crashed
  38. Through a Rainy Lens
  39. Untitled
  40. Oh My Sweet Carolina
  41. The Great Escape
  42. You Know Where to Find Me
  43. Hey Salty
  44. Clay Cakes
  45. Tugboat
  46. The Angels of Sleep
  47. Spying on the Spys
  48. Foam Hands
  49. Taking You With Me
  50. Windy Village
  51. Running Water
  52. In the Manner of Anne Frank
  53. Seems Like A Long Time Ago
  54. Josephine
  55. Don't Disappear
  56. Portraits From Before the War
  57. Spooky
  58. starter
  59. Swimming Through Tires
  60. Growin' Up
  61. Paratrooper
  62. On Our Hands
  63. Trajectory
  64. You Can't Win
  65. Hurricane Warning (Ignored)
  66. Power Supply
  67. Teenage Kicks
  68. Pastime
  69. Lousy Penpal
  70. St. Elmo's Fire
  71. Will's Return
  72. Lively Chase
  73. Baby Blue
  74. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
  75. Gray Robins
  76. Isn't that the Way
  77. Stealing Romance
  78. The Chase
  79. One for the Road
  80. Too Trashed to Smoke
  81. The Sunset Rock
  82. Sandals with White Socks
  83. When Love Breaks Down
  84. Flare
  85. All I Need Is You
  86. Your Own Cloud
  87. Last Kiss Music
  88. San Andreas Crouch
  89. Impolite Cheers
  90. Just Like A Real Book

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