Nada Surf‘s winter tour hit Boston’s The Sinclair on Saturday night and at it, the band paid tribute to hometown hero Ric Ocasek — who produced Nada Surf’s 1996 debut album and died in September — by ...

When Mia Berrin was a teenager in Florida, Nada Surf’s “Popular” was one of her favorite music videos. The 1996 alt-rock hit’s sarcastic perspective spoke to her, as did its subtly subversive gender ...

“Everyone else who gets the one-hit-wonder tag had real hits,” chuckles Nada Surf frontman Matthew Caws. Caws should know about real hits. His band scored one in 1996 with the song “Popular,” off the ...

Nada Surf is probably best known for its 1996 hit, “Popular” — a nice ode to a high schooler’s dating angst. It had the spirit of Weezer’s “Sweater Song,” yet less refined. Nonetheless, it’s a fun ...

In 1996, when Nada Surf toured alongside Superdrag, Matthew Caws met John Davis. Since then, Caws has ridden the Nada Surf wave of eight studio albums and a cult following. And after Superdrag ...