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Portastatic
Portastatic formed in 1994 and put out their self-titled debut album in 1996. The band's core members included Mac McCaughan on guitars and vocals, Peter Buck...
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Portastatic formed in 1994 and put out their self-titled debut album in 1996. The band's core members included Mac McCaughan on guitars and vocals, Peter Buck on guitar, and John Wurster handling vocals and keyboards.
Their 1998 album 'Bright Ideas' gave the band its title track, which became a fan favorite. Other songs like 'I Wanna Know Girls' and 'Sweetness And Light' show up in their catalog.
They kept releasing records through the 2000s, including 'Slow Fires' in 2000, 'Be Still Please' in 2005, and 'Seventeen Neon Suns' in 2010. The band worked with other artists like Will Oldham, Sufjan Stevens, and David Byrne at different points.
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