'Daily Show' taps Superchunk

Get ready for indie rock and political comedy to shake the hipster zeitgeist: North Carolina's Superchunk tops the bill at the 10th anniversary concert for "The Daily Show."

The event, planned for Nov. 16 at New York's Irving Plaza, is being organized by Scott Jacobson, a writer for the Comedy Central show. Jacobson, 29, grew up in Cameron and graduated from the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham. He also earned an English degree from UNC-Chapel Hill.

"It started out being a concert-slash-office party, but since it's also our 10th anniversary, it's turned into a big show night, too," Jacobson says.

It's also a big deal for Superchunk, a band that rarely plays out these days as the demands of side projects, marriage, parenthood and running Merge Records in Durham take up more time.

Bass player Laura Ballance says the Irving Plaza gig probably came about because drummer and comedian Jon Wurster has "got the 'in' with the comedy people." Wurster's credits include making comedy albums and writing for the Cartoon Network series "Tom Goes to the Mayor" with partner Tom Scharpling; and appearing in comedy sketches on NBC's "Late Night With Conan O'Brien."

"The Daily Show" picked up two Emmys last month, one for best variety, music or comedy series, and one for writing.

Jacobson, a four-time Emmy winner who joined "The Daily Show" in 2003, missed this year's ceremony with Jon Stewart and the rest of the crew. He was vacationing in Thailand and didn't really expect to win.

"I think [Comedy Central's] 'The Colbert Report' had an incredible year," he says.