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The Dum Dum Girls have released the first track off of their upcoming LP Too True. The song is called "Lost Boys And Girls Club" and it is a perfect primer of what DDG does well, turned up to eleven. Read More »
This. This is a daymaker. Soundgarden are going to re-release their first two Sub Pop EPs - Screaming Life and Fopp - on vinyl and as a digital download. Read More »
Sup Pop's tumblr continues to be a wealth of Internet news. First, there was that awesome Virginia Tech letter requesting a personal message from Nirvana (and the label's hilarious dress-up response). Then, there was the news of the In Utero re-release. Now, someone at Sub Pop has dug up some old but rather significant paperwork. The label posted Nirvana's original $600 contract yesterday. Read More »
Right off the bat, Washed Out's latest release sounds and feels like a progression from 2011's "Within and Without." Though the debut album was a huge step for the esoteric music genre of chillwave, Washed Out's "Paracosm" is somewhat revolutionary. Ernest Greene, the musician behind Washed Out, expanded the spectrum of his project by incorporating more than 50 instruments into the textures of his sophomore album. Read More »
The Virginia Tech mascot is a candidate for homecoming queen/king and is apparently putting together a video of famous musicians shouting out VT. He/she is also apparently the last person on Earth to realize that Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain is dead. The hilarious form letter was sent to the band's former label Sub Pop (it should be noted that Nirvana were signed to Geffen/DGC at the time of Kurt's suicide) and asked the band to send some homecoming wishes to the students. Read More »
A little behind on the news, a representative from the student body at Virginia Tech University sent a request to Sub Pop records requesting a video shout-out from grunge icons Nirvana...nearly 20 years after lead singer Kurt Cobain killed himself and the group disbanded. Read More »
It's been almost 20 years since grunge rock band Mudhoney made an appearance on national TV. Last night to promote their new album Vanishing Point as well as label Sub Pop's Silver Jubilee, the Seattle rockers took to Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to perform "I Like It Small." Read More »
Mudhoney To Perform Atop Space Needle In Seattle Read More »
