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Tour Dates: Sub Pop’s Silver Jubilee

Jeffrey Greenblatt June 11, 2013 No Comments

Sub Pop will celebrate its 25th anniversary in Seattle next month + more tour date announcements

Heavy Blanket: Heavy Blanket

Shawn Donohue June 22, 2012 No Comments

If you slogged teenage nights away riffing next to a water heater down in someone’s basement or slamming a drum kit amidst power tools and your kid sister’s bike in a packed garage this album is for you. Heavy Blanket was that same type of band, a trio from Massachusetts who got deep into stoner rock grooves, the difference being they had a guitar god in the making firing off leads, and now have the opportunity to release their jams to the world.

Tour Dates: Bonnaroo Buzz Tour

Jeffrey Greenblatt April 12, 2011 1 Comment

As the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival gets set to celebrate its 10th anniversary this June, the influential festie is taking a hybrid of what they do each year in

Tour Dates: QOTSA To Play QOTSA

Jeffrey Greenblatt February 22, 2011 No Comments

While the merits of playing full album shows have their pros and cons, it seems as if the trend is still one that music fans are enthusiastic about. The latest

J Mascis: Several Shades Of Why

Shawn Donohue February 16, 2011 No Comments

J Mascis has traveled down multiple musical paths on drums and guitar but this is his first proper solo acoustic venture, and Sub Pop is the lucky label that gets to release Several Shades of Why. Upon first listen you may mistake this for a demo which points to the delicate nature of its recording but upon multiple listens the tracks unfold with grace. A piano sprinkled here, a tambourine tapping there and strings from all over allow Mascis to do what he does best; first person songs of nervousness that ache in front of guitar majesty.