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Biography
Inappropriate tone|date=December 2007Infobox musical artist| name = Portastatic| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Chapel Hill, North Carolina , United States|US | genre = Rock and roll , indie rock , Music of Brazil|Brazilian , film score s| years_active = 1992–present| label = 18 Wheeler, Matador Records|Matador , Hello, Esther, Merge Records|Merge | associated_acts = Superchunk | website = http://www.portastatic.com/ www.portastatic.com http://www.myspace.com/portastaticnc Portastatic myspace| current_members = Mac McCaughan | past_members = 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 derived from the TASCAM Portastudio home recording device.Parker, Chris (2008-09-10). http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/mac-mccaughan-through-with-portastatic/Content? oid=1210887 "Mac McCaughan: Through with Portastatic? " Indyweek.com. Due to the quality of the recordings, Mac McCaughan added "static" to "porta" to form "Portastatic."
Discography
Official Albums
1994 - I Hope Your Heart Is Not Brittle (CD/LP) Merge
1995 - Slow Note From a Sinking Ship (CD/LP) Merge
1997 - The Nature of Sap (CD/LP) Merge
2003 - Summer of the Shark (album)|Summer of the Shark (CD) Merge
2005 - Bright Ideas (CD) Merge
2006 - Be Still Please (CD) Merge
Compliation Albums
2008 - Some Small History (CD) Merge
Demo Albums
2005 - Ideas for Bright Ideas (CD) The Portastatic Label
2006 - Some Small Things You Can't Defend (CD) The Portastatic Label
Soundtracks
2001 - Looking For Leonard (CD) Merge
2006 - Who Loves the Sun (CD) Merge
Singles and EP'S
1993 - Starter (single)|Starter (7") 18 Wheeler
1994 - Naked Pilseners (7"/CD EP) Matador
1994 - Portastatic Hello EP|Hello CD of the Month (CD EP) Hello
1994 - San Andreas Couch (7") Ester
1995 - Scrapbook X's (7") 18 Wheeler
1995 - Scrapbook EP (Double 7"/CD EP) Merge
1996 - Spying On The Spys|Spying on the Spys (7") Merge
1997 - Trash Heap Portastatic Ida Split 7"|Trash Heap - Split 7" w/ Ida (Split 7") Trash Heap
1997 - Portastatic/The Landing Split 7" (Split 7") Sarang Bang
1997 - Portastatic/The Ladybug Transistor/Land of the Loops Split 7" (Split 7") After Hours
2000 - De Mel, De Melão (CD EP) Merge
2001 - The Perfect Little Door (Featuring Ken Vandermark )(CD EP) Merge
2003 - Autumn Was a Lark (CD EP) Merge
2005 - Looking For A Power Supply (CD EP) Houston Party
2005 - I Wanna Know Girls (Digital EP) iTunes/Merge
