Posts Tagged ‘Sub Pop’

Bunch of hippies! Yup, Fleet Foxes burst onto the scene earlier this year with their fantastic debut EP, Sun Giant. Quickly to follow is the band’s debut self-titled full-length which is almost as impressive. It really is hard to believe how wet behind the ears Fleet Foxes still are. You would never know it as […]

Where does one even start with such a complex band like Women? The band recorded their debut with Sub Pop artist Chad VanGaalen “over 4 months on ghettoblasters and old tape machines in his basement, an outdoor culvert and a crawlspace.” Perhaps those environments inspire the radically varied style of the album. The band moves […]

Jonathan Poneman (Sub Pop) on NPR…

Lesson #1 when trying to gather hype for a band. Release as much stuff as you can before you release a debut full-length. Cause when you release that debut full-length you simply can not hide behind only 1 or 2 songs anymore. Lesson #2 sign to a big indie label like Merge, Matador or maybe […]

The dub of the appropriately titled album opener “Holy Dub” opens up Blake/e/e/e’s Border Radio. While it is not necessarily a harbinger of things to come, it does speak to the wide open frontiers that lay ahead of the listener. Border Radio reminds me of a band like Califone and their unique brand of songwriting. […]

Fleet Foxes needs no more critical acclaim. The band have not even released a full-length yet (their debut, Ragged Wood, is out in May on Sub Pop) but thanks to the power of the world wide web, they are well on their way to a great musical career. Really though, it’s not about just hype […]

OK, this one is a foreign affair.
Foals - These guys are signed to Sub Pop so you will probably see them everywhere shortly. For good reason though. Similar to Bloc Party at times but a lot more experimental in nature.
Boyandroid - German band that reminds me of good, sensitive (emo?) rock like Death Cab For […]

Grand Archives “The Grand Archives” (Sub Pop)

I think Sub Pop must have a trademark on this sound. Grand Archives, like another newer Sub Pop band, Fleet Foxes share a great deal of similarities to older Sub Pop bands like Band Of Horses and The Shins. Once you find something that works, you might as well […]