Copyright 1995 The Atlanta Constitution
                      The Atlanta Journal and Constitution

                    November 17, 1995, Friday, ALL EDITIONS

SECTION: PREVIEW, Pg. 4P

LENGTH: 200 words

HEADLINE: CONCERT PREVIEW;
Your guide to who's onstage this weekend; SUPERCHUNK

BYLINE: Steve Dollar, staff writer

BODY:

10 tonight. With opening acts Seaweed, Corner Shop. $ 7.50 advance, $9 at
door. The Masquerade, 695 North Ave. N.E. 577-8178.

Six albums on,  Superchunk  is more than Chapel Hill, N.C.'s gift to the
teeming teen hordes of Lollapalooza. Though the manic foursome actually 
made it to Lolla's main stage for a few shows this summer, the band was 
happier on the second stage, where its propulsive mesh of squalling, 
overlapping guitars and the tandem slam of bass and drums was the stuff 
indie-rock dreams - and $4 beer buzzes - are made of.

And better yet, people cared. Still unsigned after all these years, 
the band releases albums on its own Merge Records label, a fairly defiant 
act in this age of the $500,000 advance for Potential Next Nirvanas.

"Here's Where the Strings Come In," the group's latest, conceals 
moments of uncommon beauty within a din that is by turns anthemic and 
reflective. Mostly though, Superchunk lives up to the promise vocalist 
Mac McCaughan makes in the first seconds of the record: "I think I'm 
hyper enough as it is!" The group turns that state of being into a 
guidepost to life.

To hear  Superchunk,  call 511, enter 8600, then access code 490.