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It's a shame Superchunk don't come around more often. But the North Carolinian indie mainstays made the trek up to Chicago on Wednesday night to play the Metro with their fellow Tar Heel John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats (and locals the Ponys). The occasion was a benefit show for cancer research in memory of recently-passed Superchunk fan Sean Silver.

Sticking close to tunes from their last three albums, the Mountain Goats played to a rapt floor and a disinterested balcony, with a jovial John Darnielle doing his best to keep the tunes at the forefront of attendees' minds. People might've been talking during Superchunk, but one wonders how; Mac McCaughan's stuttering guitar and the band's crushing cadences filled any space the hordes of 35-year-old Dockers-donning moshers didn't.

Superchunk:

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Superchunk:

06-24 New York City - McCarren Park*

* with Oakley Hall

The Ponys:

07-06 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Winnipeg Folk Festival
07-15 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) @
07-16 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop #$
07-17 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick #$
07-18 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace #$
07-19 Montreal, Quebec - Club Lambi #$
07-20 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs $
07-21 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom $
07-22 Asbury Park, NJ - Asbury Lanes $
07-23 Washington, DC - Black Cat $
07-24 Columbus, OH - Skully's $
07-25 Newport, KY - The Southgate House $

@ with the New Pornographers, Stephen Malkmus, De La Soul, Of Montreal, Jamie Lidell, the Sea and Cake, Junior Boys, the Field, Cadence Weapon, the Cool Kids, Klaxons, Nomo, Deerhunter, Menomena, Craig Taiborn's Junk Magic, Brightblack Morning Light, Fred Lonberg-Holm's Lightbox Orchestra
# with Deerhunter
$ with Jay Reatard