Founded by Olympia-born music fanatic/fanzine editor Bruce Pavitt and Seattle-based promoter and radio host Jonathan Poneman after the pair decided to document the obscure underground punk scenes ...

Two Seattle-based companies, Sub Pop Records and Alaska Airlines, have teamed up to honor the 30th anniversary of the record label this year via a freshly wrapped jet featuring Sub-Pop’s iconic logo.

As mentioned, beloved Seattle label Sub Pop is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and part of their anniversary celebration includes — wait for it — an airplane! The label partnered with ...

Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Hole, L7, pre-Pearl Jam group Green River: All had records released on the legendary Seattle label Sub Pop in the late ’80s and early ’90s. And in the process, the ...

The Seattle grunge scene may have faded, Nirvana may be no more, but the Emerald City's famed record label, Sub Pop, still lives on. June 20, 2008, 8:41 PM EDT Venerable indie label Sub Pop has been ...

Sometimes the best plan is not having one. This bodes well for Sub Pop Records co-founder Jonathan Poneman, who for 30 years has helped steer the company through an increasingly unpredictable industry ...

Sub Pop, the Seattle-based independent record label that signed Nirvana, helped usher in the grunge music revolution and has remained one of the industry’s most respected tastemakers, officially ...

The pride of Boise, Idaho, Built To Spill are one of the most beloved and time-tested acts in indie rock. Now the band, led by venerable frontman Doug Martsch, have signed to Seattle’s storied Sub Pop ...

“In the past … ” publicist Bekah Zeitz says, trailing off for a second, “people have called Sub Pop a cult. That’s what they’ve called us, but yeah, that is the dynamic. When we sign new bands, we’re ...

SEATTLE, WA - MAY 18: A sign for Sub Pop Records, which signed the group Soundgarden, is seen at Light In The Attic Records inside the KEXP radio studio on May 18, 2017 in Seattle, Washington.

This article appears in print in the August 2018 issue. Read more from the Seattle magazine feature story here and from the Seattle Business magazine cover story here. Click here to subscribe. The ...

Jonathan Poneman, who gave Nirvana and Fleet Foxes their start at Sub Pop, revealed the philosophy that conquered the world of music from an unlikely place as he accepted the award. By Tim Appelo ...