Sub Pop Records

Sub Pop Records can literally be called the most important independent record label of the nineties, introducing the world to the early '90s Seattle rock scene (we're not going to use the "g" word). Sub Pop helped launch the careers of Nirvana, Mudhoney, Afghan Whigs, Soundgarden, and countless others. But Sub Pop maintains its status as an underground icon by constantly releasing bands like Godheadsilo, Sebadoh, Red Red Meat, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and more.

Arlo
Arlo probably isn't going to change the world, but their satisfyingly gritty power rock will make that beer in your hand go down a little smoother.

Up High In The Night - 2001


Beachwood Sparks
Sharing members with fellow '70s country-rock fetishists The Tyde, Los Angeles's Beachwood Sparks have taken cosmic American music into the 21st century with timeless and searching records that fuse dusty country with psychedelic pop to stunning effect.

Once We Were Trees - 2001
Make the Cowboy Robots Cry EP - 2002


The Black Halos
Brash, skuzzy, scuffed-up punk rock from Vancouver that stirs memories of nasty '70s NYC punk acts like the Dolls and the Dead Boys.

The Violent Years - 2001


Steve Fisk
Extra, extra! Legendary Pacific Northwest indie rock musician/producer goes off the deep end! Solo, onetime Pell Mell member and grunge producer Steve Fisk sounds awfully different than what you might expect, making ambient experimental music full of scrambled breakbeats, distorted samples, and lots of weird instruments played backwards.

999 Levels Of Undo - 2001


Pleasure Forever
Three former members of The VSS wrap around your spine like an autoerotic electric eel. Take this blood capsule with caution as it may transport your soul into a Joy Divisionesque blur of reality and sorrow.

Pleasure Forever
The Devil's Pleasures - 1999
Alter - 2003


Trembling Blue Stars
A loose ensemble headed by Robert Wratten, formerly of the Field Mice and Northern Picture Library. Melancholy, airy post-Sarah Records dream pop.

Alive To Every Smile - 2001


Vue
In an era full of garage rock poseurs, San Francisco's Vue tap into the stomping sexual bravado and dynamic blues ethos that made the genre so potent in the first place.

Find Your Home - 2003


Michael Yonkers Band
Michael Yonkers is a forgotten garage rock auteur from the Twin Cities whose gloomy, groaning late '60s and early '70s fulminations should appeal to anyone with an interest in the origins of punk.

Microminiature Love - 2003