Sub Pop

But "GIVE" is also an snapshot of the current moment in local pop. That is, if you narrow your focus to three places: downtown labels Sub Pop and scion Hardly Art (nine acts represented), Seattle film/TV director Lynn Shelton's taste (four...

In this article: Seattle, Fleet Foxes, Wild Honey, Seattle Times, MTV, and Hardly Art

...like Pavement name checking the Clean, even Kurt Cobain was a fan of Flying Nun. Lately it's been the likes of No Age and Jay Reatard. Sub Pop keep signing New Zealand bands. Do you ever wonder why Flying Nun vinyl goes for such ridiculous...

In this article: The Verlaines, Flying Nun, Dunedin, Otago University, Wellington, Pyromaniac, and Death and the Maiden

...this decade. And because it features Lil Wayne, like every song from this decade. Carly Starr, International Marketing and Promotions, Sub Pop Records: "New Slang" in Garden State. I think that really opened my eyes up to what music in...

In this article: Zeitgeist, Gorilla Zoe, Mecca Normal, The Thermals, Kanye West, Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Moments, and Respondent

...Wilderness", is pure amplifier crunchiness, throwing together the opening dirge of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man", the atmospheric heaviness of Sub Pop-era Earth, and the soundtrack to an old video game for the Commodore 64 to create something...

In this article: Milky Way, House music, Chicago, New Wave, Suicide, Commodore 64, Iron Man, Radiohead, and Pavement

...Neumos (retail), RFI/CD (mastering), SEATTLE CITY OF MUSIC (promotion), Sonic Boom Records (retail), The Stranger (media and promotion), Sub Pop (music and website support), Superfad (animation), Tap Plastics (point of sale), Steve Viehmann...

In this article: Crocodile, Seattle, Arthur & Yu, Throw Me the Statue, and David Bazan

...Recording Studios in Seattle in a total of 30 hours at a cost of US$606. It was released to little fanfare by low budget label Sub Pop in June, 1989, and didn't sell well. That was until Smells Like Teen Spirit. Now, 20 years on, having...

In this article: Nirvana, Bleach, Kurt Cobain, Nevermind, About a Girl, Negative Creep, Floyd the Barber, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Sappy, and MTV Unplugged

Before I can explain, you should know that this is, unofficially, Nirvana Nostalgia Week for music retailers. Both of Cobain's labels, Sub Pop and the David Geffen Co. (now part of the Universal Music group), are putting out new(-ish)...

In this article: Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, Guitar Hero, DVD, Dave Grohl, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Pitchfork, and Jack Endino

Originally published Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 12:02 AM Sub Pop's reissue of 'Bleach' is pure, brilliant Nirvana A review of the reissue of Nirvana's 1989 debut album, 'Bleach." Reviewer Jonathan Zwickel says it's "as seething and...

In this article: Nirvana, Bleach, Kurt Cobain, Love Buzz, Shocking Blue, Covers, Pixies, Meat Puppets, and Portland

News Sub Pop to Launch Next Ambiance Imprint With KEXP's Jon Kertzer Posted by Dave Segal on Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:45 AM Sub Pop Records and KEXP's Jon Kertzer (host of The Best Ambiance, which airs music from Africa and the Caribbean...

In this article: Hardly Art, Bela Fleck, North America, New Orleans, The Dead Weather, BBC 3, and Minneapolis

Musical parody is a tough thing to carry off well, but Flight Of The Conchords have succeeded like none before, with a top 3 album in America now followed by this collection of songs from their second HBO series. In some cases, the source...

In this article: Flight of the Conchords, R&B, 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, R. Kelly, HBO, and Black Eyed Peas