Tag: Sub Pop Records

Originally formed in 2012, the Olympia, WA-based band Strange Wilds features members from several Pacific Northwest punk bands such as (the seemingly difficult to Google) Negative Press, Outlook, Wreck and others. Last year, the lineup […]

Comprised of the Seattle, WA-based emcee Stasia “Stas” Irons and vocalist Catherine “Cat” Harris-White the duo of THEESatisfaction first met in 2008 while they were both students at the University of Washington. As the story goes, Irons used to […]

Founded in Cincinnati, OH back in 1988, the Afghan Whigs have long been a sort of cult favorite band — music journalists and musicians in the know have loved them for a sound that employed elements of savage, blistering […]

Comprised of the Seattle, WA-based emcee Stasia “Stas” Irons and vocalist Catherine “Cat” Harris-White the duo of THEESatisfaction first met in 2008 while they were both students at the University of Washington. As the story goes, […]

The Melbourne, Australia-based quartet of Husky have had the kind of success that many journalists and fans would refer to as “overnight success.” As a result of winning Australian radio station, Triple J’s Unearthed Contest, […]

  Before the 2013 release of their debut effort, Midcity, the Los Angeles, CA-based hip-hop trio of clipping, which consists of Daveed Diggs, Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson never expected to find much of an audience for their […]

Founded in Cincinnati, OH over 25 years ago, the Afghan Whigs have long been a sort of cult favorite band — music journalists and musicians really in the know have loved them for a sound that employed elements of […]

Last August, the folks at Sub Pop Records released Washed Out’s much-anticipated sophomore effort Paracosm, an album that Ernest Greene, the primary creative force behind the project, has said explores the peculiar phenomenon of creating extremely detailed, imaginary worlds. […]

Before the 2013 release of their debut effort, Midcity, the Los Angeles, CA-based hip-hop trio of clipping, which consists of Daveed Diggs, Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson never expected to find much of an audience for their sound. […]

Going back to his days as a member of the Grammy-winning Digable Planets. Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler has had reputation for being exceedingly different; after all, Digable Planets were one of the more unique and forward-thinking acts of […]

Legend has it that a traveling witch doctor and her disciples were led to an extremely tiny and remote Northern Swedish village by an unknown Sami traveller. The reason the traveller lead the witch doctor […]

Released at the end of January, Too True, the third and latest effort from the Dum Dum Girls reveals a decided change in sonic direction for the band – the lo-fi, 60s girl pop aesthetic has […]

Before the 2013 release of their debut effort, Midcity, the Los Angeles, CA-based hip-hop trio of clipping, which consists of Daveed Diggs, Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson never expected to find much of an audience […]