Sub Pop: Classic or Dud?

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Bruce Pavitt's SUB POP USA: The Subterranean Pop Music Anthology 1980–1988 Features Essays by Calvin Johnson, Ann Powers, Larry Reid, Gerard Cosloy, and Charles R. Cross; "The Insight Into This Period of Rock History Could Only Have Been Delivered by Bruce"—Kim Thayil, Soundgarden."

Bazillion Points Books is proud to announce the Nov. 15 release of SUB POP USA: The Subterranean Pop Music Anthology 1980–1988, (ISBN 978-1-935950-11-0) by Bruce Pavitt, an unprecedented, 400-page cross-genre survey of American independent music during the 1980s. Combining all nine issues of Pavitt's Subterranean Pop zine and six years of monthly Seattle Rocket newspaper columns, the book chronicles the rise of regional American indie pop, punk, hardcore, art/noise, metal, spoken word, hip hop, and rock’n roll—over 1,000 bands all told—alongside Pavitt's own path as DJ, zine editor, record store owner, music booster, and ultimately founder of Sub Pop Records.

In addition to unseen photographs by Charles Peterson and Michael Lavine, and early artwork by Charles Burns, Jad Fair, and Lynda Barry, the book includes indie perspective and regional background via original essays by Calvin Johnson (Beat Happening/K Records/Dub Narcotic Sound System); Ann Powers (NPR Music; Los Angeles Times); Larry Reid (Fantagraphics); Gerard Cosloy (Conflict, Matador Records); and Charles R. Cross (the Rocket, Heavier Than Heaven).

http://www.bazillionpoints.com/shop/sub-pop-u-s-a-the-subterraneanan-pop-music-anthology-1980-1988-by-bruce-pavitt

Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 21:45 (nine years ago) link

that looks neat!

tylerw, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 22:39 (nine years ago) link

two months pass...

https://bandcamp.com/labels

20$ a month they pay

Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 19:19 (nine years ago) link

Disappointing. Thought it'd be like a one-stop Love Battery/Velocity Girl shopping experience.

how's life, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 19:57 (nine years ago) link

three years pass...

This is oddly appropriate, as the Sub Pop brand has the charm/personality of an airline: https://variety.com/2018/music/news/sub-pop-records-branded-airplane-1202894579/

empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Friday, 3 August 2018 21:14 (five years ago) link

Can someone explain to me why Sub Pop is celebrating its 30th anniversary this week?

Colonel Poo, Monday, 13 August 2018 22:28 (five years ago) link

n/m it's the anniversary of them being a limited company or something

Colonel Poo, Monday, 13 August 2018 22:31 (five years ago) link

Mark Arm is 68 years old and still shaped like a 12-year-old (Mudhoney at #SPF30 ) pic.twitter.com/6KfgqhoSid

— President Bran Warms (@awardtour) August 12, 2018

16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Monday, 13 August 2018 23:52 (five years ago) link


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