2009 is here and we’re starting off the year real slow like, so there are no new records on which to report this month. There’s nothing like looking backward to see how you’re moving forward (?!), so let’s take a walk down Sub Pop employee memory lane via facebook. Thanks for uploading these unwanted embarrassing photos, friends of my coworkers! Keep ‘em coming and I’ll keep sharing! The first person to correctly identify all of these awkward teenagers will receive…

Hey there e-shopper! We’ve had a busy year here at the Sub Pop International Headquarters of America and are taking a holiday-style break starting Monday the 22nd of December.

Please, do not fear. We will still be taking online orders at this time for your various Sub Pop needs and desires, but we won’t be shipping them until after the New Year. We are going to take this time to get some much needed R&R before regrouping and totally doing…

To Whom it May Concern,
I’m writing to say how much I appreciate including a digital download with your packaged vinyl. LP records have long been my preferred format for a multitude of reasons. On the other hand, I lack the components to transcribe my analog collection to a compressed digital format. So, for all recently purchased music, this meant making sacrifices when buying on my preferred medium. Sub Pop vinyl means no compromises Now, I always check the vinyl section…

Oh, God, it pains me to do this but it must be done and I’m the one that has to do it. Here we go, y’all—it’s time for the Big Big Year End Wrap-Up Spectacular for 2008! In the interest of time and/or not boring you to death I’m just going to list the full lengths and I’m not even going to do it in order, just for fun.

If my math is good, we put out 18 long players…

Almost two years ago, my sister and her boyfriend started an online radio station called Hollow Earth, featuring “found sound, field recordings, story-telling (sometimes paranormal), dream-collecting, radio plays, live house shows and local in-home performances.” In addition to creating an eccentric online station for people to listen to from the comfort of their homes, they have held some pretty cool events in Seattle to foster a sense of community (Magma Fest) and to promote local musicians, whilst raising money to…

We’re now offering instant gratification to our web customers by means of streaming-album-access-emails!

When you purchase selected titles directly from subpop.com in any format (LP, CD, even MP3) we’ll send you a link with your receipt that allows you to stream the album immediately.

Currently, the following album purchases entitle you to a Sub Pop Instant Gratification Stream™:

The Helio Sequence, Keep Your Eyes Ahead
Kelley Stoltz, Circular Sounds
Grand Archives, The Grand Archives
The Ruby Suns, Sea Lion
Oxford Collapse, Bits
Death Vessel, ??Nothing Is Precious…

With Vetiver’s Sub Pop Records debut slated for early next year, you don’t have much time to purchase and digest all of their previous releases. So please do not hesitate, the time is nigh.

Please input your credit card numbers here.

We’d hate to see you get lost trying to vote on this, the mostest important of election days. Fortunately for us, so would Google! Take a look at this fanciful tool they put together to help you find your polling place:

http://maps.google.com/vote

Just type your address into the form field on the left (that is, the address at which you’re registered to vote), click “search” and voila! You’ll be well on your way to becoming a high-information voter. Or at least a…

Check out these awesome li’l promo videos that CSS, Foals, and Fleet Foxes shot at the Treasure Island Festival for mtvU.

Daniel Martin Moore will perform tracks from his new record Stray Age at Lexington’s fine music emporium CD Central. We hope you can make it.

Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 3 p.m.
CD Central, Lexington KY

In addition to the showcase we are hosting with our friends at Hardly Art and Suicide Squeeze at Piano’s on Friday, Oct. 24th (full details on the showcase here), there are a number of other events that bands on the label are playing during the festival. Specifically, these events!

• Death Vessel
  • Wed. Oct. 22—8:00pm—The Studio @ Webster Hall—free party
  • Thurs. Oct. 23—7:35pm—169 Bowery at Delancey—Fader party

• The Helio Sequence
  • Fri. Oct. 24th—The Knitting Factory—PDX@CMJ show (doors at 11:00am)

• Oxford Collapse...