WXDU Record Fair at Nasher Museum this year

It's time for WXDU's annual record fair, but this year it's not going to be at Duke Coffeehouse. Since the  timing this year is perfect, the fair is being held at the Nasher Museum at Duke which is currently displaying the excellent exhibit The Record.

The fair his happening on Saturday, Oct. 16 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and admission is free for both the fair and the exhibit. In addition to vinyl, there will be CDs and other things for sale.

Last year, the Only Burger truck was scheduled to be there, but there's no word yet on whether it'll make an appearance this year. You'll just have to go or follow Only Burger on Twitter to find out.

Superchunk rock the Nasher lawn to kick off 'Majesty Shredding' tour

All photos by Kevin Norris

Veteran rockers Superchunk launched their new tour in support of their new album Majesty Shredding Thursday night on the lawn of the Nasher Museum of Art in Durham.

With their amps cranked to eleven, the quartet offered up a set spanning their entire career. As always, the set was unpredictable, including such classic rarities as "Shallow End," "Let It Go" and "Song For Marion Brown."

The Majesty Shredding songs were easily highlights of the set which included the live premiere of "My Gap Feels Weird." The downtempo number "Fractures In Plaster" and the light pop of "Rosemarie" were nice breaks in the set allowing the ears to recover from the onslaught of roaring guitars.

Superchunk to celebrate 'Majesty Shredding' release at Nasher Museum

Photo by Jason Arthurs

In lieu of a traditional album release party at the Cat's Cradle or another dark club to celebrate the release of the band's first album nine years, Majesty Shredding, Superchunk will be rocking a museum. The band will play the Nasher Museum of Art of Duke's campus in Durham on Thursday, Sept. 16, two days after the album is released.

The performance will compliment Nasher Museum's exhibit The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl which will feature a talk by visual artist Xaviera Simmons at 6 p.m., then Superchunk will perform at 8:30 p.m. There will be no opening band.

Tickets for the show go on sale on Tuesday Aug. 3 at the Duke box office or here. They will be $12 for the public and $6 for Duke Students or Nasher members.