AltWeeklies Wire
Nirvana: Back in 'Bleach'new
The first Nirvana album was probably the last one you heard, but it marks a critical chapter in Seattle music history. It's worth going back to for a fresh -- or first -- listen, even two decades after the fact and long after grunge was laid to rest.
Seattle Weekly |
Chris Kornelis |
11-02-2009 |
Music
Sub Pop Offshoot Hardly Art is Hardly Starvingnew
Like the now-defunct Sub Pop offshoot label Die Young Stay Pretty, Hardly Art receives financial backing from Sub Pop. But unlike DYSP, Hardly Art is determined to live to see middle age on its own dime.
Seattle Weekly |
Sara Brickner |
09-21-2009 |
Music
The Modern Folk Sounds of Fleet Foxes Are Simply Divine
This reverb-drenched beauty seems to be gunning for the title of coolest record ever to be sold across a Starbucks counter.
Blitzen Trapper Finds Sub Pop Success with its Fourth Albumnew
After self-releasing three albums -- including Wild Mountain Nation, the 2007 album that put them on the radar of Sub Pop and the music press -- Blitzen Trapper have just managed to corral the kind of attention Fleet Foxes are already swimming in.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
11-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
After 20 Years, Mudhoney Gets Back to Basicsnew
This year, Mudhoney hit their 20th-anniversary and re-released a deluxe edition of their debut EP, Superfuzz Bigmuff. They also offered up a new release, The Lucky Ones, and it's no coincidence that their latest album sounds so much like their first.
San Diego CityBeat |
Scott McDonald |
11-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Beachwood Sparks Reunite and Reignite Indie Rocknew
Call it bad timing. Beachwood Sparks signed to Sub Pop long after groups like Nirvana and Mudhoney had established the Seattle record label as an industry standard-bearer, but they were still a couple years ahead of the next wave of Sub Pop stars, like The Shins and The Postal Service.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dryw Keltz |
08-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sub Pop, Beachwood Sparks
All Water Under the Bridge for Denver's The Fluid.new
The evolution of The Fluid is an involved tale--one that emerged from the burgeoning Denver-Boulder punk movement of the mid-'80s.
Seattle Weekly |
Michael Roberts |
07-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Seminal Seattle Grunge Group Green River Reunites for a One Nightnew
Eight months ago Mark Arm, current Mudhoney front man and Sub Pop warehouse manager, e-mailed his old friends Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Alex Vincent, Steve Turner, and Bruce Fairweather to see if they'd be interested in bringing their now-legendary band Green River together for Sub Pop's anniversary.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J. Barr |
07-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Wolf Parade Shows a Mature, Polished Side on 'At Mount Zoomer'new
Part of it is the recording: It sounds more professional. The drums are mixed down and don't have that ragged, recorded-in-a-concrete-closet feeling. The record has more interest in melody--guitars are used as paint instead of gasoline.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Byrne |
07-08-2008 |
Reviews
Seattle's Fleet Foxes Make Languid, Woodsy Rocknew
The group like their timpani, and their echo, love the sound of waves bouncing off walls, dig the high, lonesome wail of falsetto in harmony. Can a flutist be far behind?
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
06-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Lasting Impact of the Fluid on Sub Pop's Rosternew
In fact, it was the Fluid who turned Nirvana on to Nevermind producer Butch Vig.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
06-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sub Pop's Twentieth Anniversary Spurs Denver's Unlikeliest Band Reunionnew
The Fluid was the first group based outside the Pacific Northwest to ink with Sub Pop, the indie that served as the launching pad for what became known as the grunge sound; as such, it became a key component of a musical revolution that helped define the late-'80s/early-'90s rock era.
The Beginning of a No Agenew
Simply put, the best punk album of the 21st century.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
05-09-2008 |
Reviews
Flight of the Conchords' Special Deliverynew
Walking the line between tribute and mockery is easy; just use a Kiwi accent.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J. Barr |
04-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Blitzen Trapper Keeps It Shortnew
Brevity is a strong suit for the frontman of this Portland band.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
04-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
