Where Past and Future Collide in Music, Art, and Film
Founded in Seattle in 1988, Sub Pop Records became central to the grunge movement with releases by Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Mudhoney. Through initiatives like the Singles Club, the label broadened its influence and has since expanded its roster to include diverse acts such as Fleet Foxes and Father John Misty, fostering a wider range of alternative music.
Victoria Marie and Joey La Neve DeFrancesco on recording at Machines With Magnets and the making of Public Luxury Transmission 395: Interview with Downtown Boys … Read more
The Toulouse trio discuss their fourth album, recorded live at Daft Studio in Belgium with no overdubs, out June 5 on Sub Pop Transmission 380: … Read more
The Providence punk quintet releases the first single and video from their forthcoming Sub Pop LP, out June 26, 2026 Downtown Boys will release Public … Read more
Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson Return to Core Duo Format on Sub Pop Sub Pop has signed sunn O))) to a contract described as covering … Read more
J. Ryan on Thrift Shop Synths, Philip K. Dick, and Post-Punk Transmission 271: Interview with Six Finger Satellite Six Finger Satellite are a post-punk group … Read more
Ava Trilling and Ben Guterl explain how it started again Transmission 249: Interview with Forth Wanderers Forth Wanderers, from Montclair, New Jersey, released The Longer … Read more
Severe Exposure Expanded Release Features Machine Cuisine EP On 12 September 2025, Sub Pop issues the expanded edition of Six Finger Satellite’s Severe Exposure, packaged … Read more
Guerilla Toss Announce You’re Weird Now on Sub Pop for September 2025 Guerilla Toss present the new official video for “Life’s a Zoo”, the lead … Read more
Third Sub Pop album from Forth Wanderers lands this July The Longer This Goes On, scheduled for release on 18 July 2025, is the third … Read more
First new Iron & Wine material since Light Verse hits June 10 Iron & Wine has released Robin’s Egg, the first new material since the … Read more
Lael Neale discusses Altogether Stranger and songwriting Transmission 200: Interview with Lael Neale Lael Neale is an American musician and songwriter originally from rural Virginia, … Read more
Sub Pop to release Altogether Stranger on 2 May 2025 Lael Neale has released the official video for Wild Waters, taken from her new album … Read more
Jessica Dobson talks about the new album and Deep Sea Diver’s evolution Transmission 187: Interview with Deep Sea Diver Deep Sea Diver began as a … Read more
Rags is the third single from the upcoming debut LP Big Dog Bria Salmena has released a new single and video titled “Rags”, directed by … Read more
The Gits’ Matt Dresdner and Andy Kessler revisit their music from their earliest recordings to the new remasters Transmission 168: Interview with The Gits The … Read more
Deep Sea Diver shares Billboard Heart and launches North American tour On February 28, 2025, Deep Sea Diver released Billboard Heart, their latest album, through … Read more
Suki Waterhouse expands 2025 schedule with major festival performances Suki Waterhouse has released the single “Dream Woman” along with its official music video. The track, … Read more