Avant-Garde Superchunk
Reported by erun
Superchunk are writing music to accompany "A Page of Madness", a 1926 avant-garde Japanese silent film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. The band will play along to the film at San Francisco's Castro Theater on April 23rd, as part of the San Francisco International Film Festival. Lead singer Mac McCaughan stated that the movie "...all takes place in an insane asylum. We're trying to make music that sounds slightly insane." With drummer Jon Wurster honoring a previous commitment to tour with Caitlin Cary, Chuck Johnson will join the band onstage with a laptop full of pre-recorded drum tracks and string parts. For more on Superchunk's thoughts on movie scoring and performing for a live audience, head to this link.