Sub Pop Records

Alternative Rock Garage Rock Rock 

ALBUMS: Mudhoney’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable

April 5, 2023April 5, 2023 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 2023, Dan Peters, Guy Maddison, Mark Arm, MUDHONEY, Plastic Eternity, Steve Turner, Sub Pop, Sub Pop Records

After 35 years, Seattle’s alt-rock legends still stand tall

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Indie Rock Post-Punk Punk 

ALBUMS: Sleater-Kinney’s Path of Least Resistance

June 14, 2021June 14, 2021 Jason Thurston 0 Comments Kill Rock Stars, Mom + Pop Records, Path of Wellness, Portlandia, SLEATER-KINNEY, Sub Pop Records, The Center Won't Hold

On their first album without Janet Weiss, Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein rebuild their center on an impressive new album

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Pop Punk Rock 

Lessons In How to Enhance the Pop Punk Recipe

November 24, 2018November 25, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Dinosaur Jr., J Mascis, Jazzmaster, Sub Pop Records

A look at Elastic Days, the winsome new album by Dinosaur Jr. chief J Mascis

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Rock 

Waking From a Dream

November 1, 2018November 1, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Jagjaguwar, Moonface, Spencer Krug, Sub Pop Records, Sunset Rubdown, Wolf Parade

A conversation with Spencer Krug about his epic final bow as Moonface, a labyrinthine headtrip made of dream and myth

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Hip Hop Pop Punk Rock Soul 

Cronenberging Up the Whole Place

October 8, 2018October 8, 2018 Caroleen Stewart 1 Comment Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, Rick and Morty, Sub Pop 30, Sub Pop Records

Savoring the therapeutic sounds of the Rick and Morty soundtrack

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Progressive Rock Rock 

Who Turned the Light Out?

September 13, 2018September 13, 2018 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, Jeremy Enigk, Sub Pop Records, SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE

Sunny Day Real Estate’s How It Feels to Be Something On at 20

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Rock 

Manifesting A Sound

September 6, 2018 Ron Hart 0 Comments Cullen Omori, Indie rock, Smith Westerns, Sub Pop 30, Sub Pop Records

A conversation with former Smith Westerns frontman Cullen Omori about rock & roll, and his great new album’s place in it.

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Rock 

Jeremy Enigk Revives His “Return”

July 5, 2018July 6, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Emo, Jeremy Enigk, Reissues, Sub Pop Records, SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE

Seminal Solo Album from Sunny Day Real Estate Frontman Doesn’t Dissuade the Emo Assertion

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Rock 

Misconstruing God’s Favorite Customer

June 11, 2018April 12, 2019 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Father John Misty, Indie rock, John Phillips, Pitchfork, Sub Pop Records

Josh Tillman’s new Father John Misty record challenges his listeners—and critics

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Hip Hop Punk Rock 

30 Great Sub Pop Records Over 30 Years

May 7, 2018April 12, 2019 Ron Hart 4 Comments AFGHAN WHIGS, Band of Horses, BILLY CHILDISH, Bruce Pavitt, Chad VanGaalen, CHAPPAQUIDDICK SKYLINE, CHEAP TRICK, Clipping. Splendor & Misery, COMBUSTIBLE EDISON, DUM DUM GIRLS, Endless Now, Fleet Foxes, FRANKIE COSMOS, Green River, Iron and Wine, JESUS AND MARY CHAIN, Jonathan Poneman, Kurt Cobain, MARK LANEGAN, Mother Love Bone, MUDHONEY, Mudhoney Pearl Jam, Nirvana, POSTAL SERVICE, RED RED MEAT, REVEREND HORTON HEAT, Seattle, SEBADOH, SIX FINGER SATELLITE, SLEATER-KINNEY, Soundgarden, STRANGE WILDS, Sub Pop Records, SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE, SUPERSUCKERS, The Shins, The Thermals, THE VASELINES, Washed Out, Wolf Parade

Pioneering Seattle label celebrates three decades atop a brutal game

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