Sub Pop

Experimental 

The Roots of Sunn O)))

April 15, 2026April 15, 2026 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2026, Glenn Branca Ensemble, Greg Anderson, Mark Rothko, Philip Glass, Richard Wagner, Rothko Chapel, Stephen O'Malley, Sub Pop, Sunn O)))

Is their Sub Pop debut music for Benadryl Eaters or the future of music?

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Be Sweet: The Afghan Whigs’ Gentlemen at 30

October 5, 2023October 5, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1993, 30th Anniversary, Elektra Records, Francis Ford-Coppola, Gentlemen, Greg Dulli, John Curley, Nirvana, One From The Heart, Rick McCollum, Sub Pop, The Afghan Whigs

Reflecting on the album that asks, “How dark is dark?”

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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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Records 

ALBUMS: November 2022 In Review

November 30, 2022November 30, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2022, And In Darkness Hearts Aglow, Columbia Records, Crazy Horse, First Aid Kit, Neil Young, Neil Young With Crazy Horse, Palomino, Reprise Records, Sub Pop, Weyes Blood, World Record

New titles from Weyes Blood, Neil Young With Crazy Horse and First Aid Kit highlight this month’s release schedule

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Records 

ALBUMS: September 2022 In Review

October 1, 2022October 1, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments album, Built To Spill, Carpark Records, Denim & Diamonds, Expert in a Dying Field, New West Records, Nikki Lane, Rina Sawayama, Sub Pop, Sudan Archives, The Beths, The Mars Volta, When The Wind Forgets Your Name

Looking at the latest from Built to Spill, The Beths and Nikki Lane

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Country and/or Western 

ALBUMS: Orville Peck Goes to The Movies With ‘Bronco’

May 4, 2022 Jason Scott 0 Comments Bronco, Columbia Records, Hollywood, Orville Peck, Pony, Sub Pop

The fringe-masked cowboy shoots for the silver screen

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Indie Rock Rock 

Ground Control To Aeon Station

March 4, 2022March 4, 2022 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Aeon Station, Greg Whelan, Jerry MacDonald, Kevin Whelan, New Jersey, Secaucus, Sub Pop, The Meadowlands, The Wrens

With The Wrens still in flux, the NJ band prepares for their first show under a new name and a new direction

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Alternative Rock Blues Hard Rock Remembrance 

Mark Lanegan Dead at 57

February 22, 2022February 23, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Field Songs, MARK LANEGAN, RIP, Sub Pop

Passing of versatile singer of Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age shakes the music world

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Indie Rock 

ALBUMS: Krazy About Kiwi Jr.

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2021, Cooler Returns, Football Money, Indie rock, Kiwi Jr., Pavement, Sub Pop

Cooler Returns is a monolith of craft and command, the most pleasurable and consistent power-pop to emanate from indie-rock in years

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Punk 

ALBUMS: Another Gloomy ‘Morning in America’ for Mudhoney

October 15, 2019October 17, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Mark Arm, Morning In America, MUDHONEY, Steve Turner, Sub Pop

Sub Pop’s evergreen hometown band releases its first EP in 25 years

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Folk Indie Rock 

Shannon Lay: August And Everything After

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments August, Laena Geronimo, Nick Drake, Shannon Lay, Sub Pop, Sunday Sundown, Ty Segall

The Rendondo Beach native connects with old pal Ty Segall to record her most personal collection of songs yet

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Country and/or Western Indie Rock North Americana Pop 

Who Was That Masked Man?

April 8, 2019April 12, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Nick Cave, Orville Peck, Roy Orbison, Scott Walker, Sub Pop, Toronto

Catching up with Orville Peck, Sub Pop’s latest underground pop outlaw

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Experimental Pop Rock 

Psychedelic Sophisticates

February 26, 2019April 11, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Poland, Sub Pop, Trupa Trupa

Sub Pop signs celebrated Polish rock group Trupa Trupa

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Experimental Folk Hard Rock Heavy Metal Punk 

Five More Seattle Acts to (Re)Discover

January 23, 2019July 4, 2023 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Green River, Love Battery, Mother Love Bone, Sub Pop, U-Men

These Jet City staples also played key roles in laying the groundwork for the Great Grunge Explosion

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Alternative Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Grunge at Ground Zero

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019 Ryan Bray 0 Comments Green River, MUDHONEY, Pearl Jam, Sub Pop

Sub Pop’s Green River reissues pay proper tribute to the band that helped jumpstart a musical movement

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