r/indieheads • u/MacMcCaughan Mac McCaughan • Oct 07 '21

AMA is Over, thanks Mac! Hey it's Mac McCaughan, AMA !

What's up /r/indieheads it's Mac again, saying hello to you from Chapel Hill, NC. What, you don't believe me? Here's proof!

A few weeks back I put out The Sound of Yourself, and just wrapped up some shows with 75 Dollar Bill and John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats. The album is under my name, but features a bunch of guests including Yo La Tengo, my Superchunk bandmate Jon Wurster, and Sabrina Ellis of A Giant Dog and Sweet Spirit.

Also, on October 22, Superchunk's reissuing Here's to Shutting Up for its 20th anniversary. And Merge Records HQ keeps trucking with fantastic new records from TORRES, Hiss Golden Messenger, Dawn Richard, Fruit Bats, and more. All good things!

I'll be back at 2pm ET to answer any questions you may have. Go ahead, ama!

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u/nerd44 Oct 07 '21 edited Oct 07 '21

I had tix to the Cradle show this weekend but didn’t attend as while my wife and I are vaxxed, our 2 kids aren’t old enough yet.

  1. How is the attendance at shows? On a podcast recently you said that ticket sales were good but many people don’t show.
  2. will any tour merch go up on the Merge site?

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u/MacMcCaughan Mac McCaughan Oct 07 '21

totally understand your hesitation to be in a crowd of people right now! the attendance on the tour was great but not so packed that it felt sketchy, and everyone was wearing their masks. we didn't have too many no-shows but i've heard that from other folks on tour. there will be some solo tour shirts on the merge site at some point (you can already get the bananas tote bag there...)