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Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
There can be no discussion of I Love You, Honeybear — Josh Tillman’s sophomore album under the Father John Misty moniker–without first acknowledging just how problematic the persona appears to be. His...
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Doldrums – The Air Conditioned Nightmare (2015)
Doldrums, the band led by Montreal’s Airick Woodhead, are back following their 2013 debut album Lesser Evil. The Air Conditioned Nightmare is out April 6 via their new label home, Sub Pop. The album...
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Metz – Metz II (2015)
The Toronto based three-piece have they type of genesis that sits well in the annuals of rock ‘n’ roll – three dudes got together through a shared appreciation of punk rock, bought a couple of cheap...
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The Helio Sequence – The Helio Sequence (2015)
Long-running Portland indie outfit the Helio Sequence are going the self-titled route for their sixth full-length LP, which longtime label Sub Pop will put into retailers May 19. The record, which...
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Rose Windows – Rose Windows (2015)
On the 30th March 2015, Seattle psychedelic rockers Rose Windows announced via Facebook that they had split. Turns out it wasn’t an ever so slightly early April Fool gag either; they really have called...
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Daughn Gibson – Carnation (2015)
Lynchian retro-futuristic trucker-crooner Daughn Gibson will return this June with Carnation, his latest LP for Sub Pop and the follow-up to 2013’s great Me Moan. Gibson produced the album with...
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Pissed Jeans – Shallow (2005, Remastered 2014)
Noisy Pennsylvanians Pissed Jeans are the kind of band who could only really be signed to Sub Pop. Their unhinged, uncensored brand of punk fits perfectly into the Seattle label’s lineage, and as a...
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Strange Wilds – Subjective Concepts (2015)
Strange Wild‘s debut full-length is rife with the fury Sub Pop’s beginnings are associated with. Their Northwest hardcore sound may be derivative, but it represents the tendencies of its origins with...
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Deaf Wish – Pain (2015)
When Deaf Wish found themselves in a room together for the very first time, they agreed on a guiding philosophy: “Let’s not make anything that’s going to last. If we’re together for just two shows,...
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Low – Ones and Sixes (2015)
Duluth, Minnesota indie rockers Low will return with a new album, Ones and Sixes, on September 11th. Due out through Sub Pop, the 12-track LP marks the band’s 11th to date. While Jeff Tweedy helped...
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Mark Lanegan – One Way Street: The Sub Pop Albums (2015)
Mark Lanegan first gained the attention of discerning rock fans as the lead singer of the Screaming Trees, one of the finest bands on the Pacific Northwest scene, but in 1990 he began expanding his...
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Jon Benjamin Jazz Daredevil – Well I Should Have…* (2015)
Comedian and voice actor H. Jon Benjamin has released a comedy jazz record on Sub Pop. Billed as “Jazz Daredevil” Jon Benjamin, the album is entitled Well, I Should Have…* with the footnote *learned...
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Shearwater – Jet Plane and Oxbow (2016)
Formed in 1999 by two members of Okkervil River — singer/songwriters Jonathan Meiburg (who still leads) and Will Sheff (who left in 2005) — Austin, Texas outfit Shearwater has earned plenty of critical...
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Mass Gothic – Mass Gothic (2016)
After nearly a decade with his synth-canoodling indie pop band Hooray for Earth, lead singer and songwriter, Noel Heroux, feeling the pressure of certain expectations, called it quits and set out for a...
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So Pitted – neo (2016)
Melodies are all well and good, but they’ll only get you so far. Sometimes all you wanna hear is something that’ll crush you into the ground. Step forward Seattle’s So Pitted: a trio for whom no riff...
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Heron Oblivion – Heron Oblivion (2016)
Listening to Heron Oblivion‘s album feels like sitting in a lovely meadow in the shadow of a dam that’s gonna heave-ho’ any minute. Members of this new San Francisco combo have put in time in both...
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Koes Barat – Koes Barat (2015)
When Alan Bishop becomes obsessed with something, he often goes to great lengths (and travels great distances) to turn that obsession into an essential artifact. Such is the case with his latest...
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Cullen Omori – New Misery (2016)
Former Smith Westerns frontman Cullen Omori release his debut solo album, New Misery, via Sub Pop. Though Omori was at first tentative about going solo following Smith Westerns’ dissolution, worried...
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Mike & The Melvins – Three Men and a Baby (2016)
17 years ago, the Melvins brought their friend bassist/vocalist Mike Kunka out on the road with them. Kunka’s band, godheadSilo, had just begun a hiatus, and he was looking for something to occupy his...
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Jesca Hoop & Sam Beam – Love Letter for Fire (2016)
Love Letter for Fire is the name of the collaborative record from songwriters Sam Beam (Iron & Wine) and Jesca Hoop. Produced by Tucker Martine (My Morning Jacket, Modest Mouse), the Sub Pop...
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