December 29th, 2011
Seattle Shakeup: How Sub Pop Changed Again in 2011

nprmusic:

Here’s a scenario: You come home for Christmas, call up your old punk rock buddies, and find out they’re really into hip-hop and dance music now. Catching up, you pretend to understand words like “chillwave” and “dubstep,” taking their word for it that those are, in fact, real things.

That’s what’s going on right now with Seattle’s Sub Pop Records, known for bringing fringe rock music to the masses for over 20 years.

by Andrew Matson

Reblogged from NPR Music
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sub pop grunge chillwave nirvana soundgarden fleet foxes hip-hop shabazz palaces washed out
  1. serendippity reblogged this from nprmusic and added:
    dubstep are my favorite. GET OUT! I noticed the movie trailers aimed at young adults/teens are all full of dubstep. This...
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    An excellent read.
  7. whatsonmy reblogged this from nprmusic and added:
    first record labels I became “aware of”, and has always been one of my top go-to places to check when looking
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  13. browais reblogged this from nprmusic and added:
    Vagrant records has sort of done the same thing...They went from a big...
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  17. 8melodies reblogged this from nprmusic and added:
    Seriously. Someone mentioned chillwave the other day...I just stared at them
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