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NEWS : MON, MAR 20, 2023 at 7:00 AM

Shannon Lay Shares Beguiling Cover Of Nick Drake’s “From The Morning”

On April 14th, 2023, Shannon Lay will release the nine-song Covers Vol. 1 worldwide on all DSPs through Sub Pop. Following the release of Lay’s version of “Angeles,” by Elliott Smith, comes her beguiling cover of the famed Nick Drake song, “From The Morning.”

Lay shares this about the song: “When I decided to do a covers record, I knew I had to pay tribute to Nick Drake. Pink Moon is one of those records I never get tired of listening to.  I chose two songs from it, “From the Morning” and “Horn.” The combo felt really nice, and doing a little John Fahey treatment on “Horn” ended up bringing it into this lovely realm of goodness.  Nick Drake left this earth far too soon, but he lives on in his amazing songs.  I hope somewhere, somehow, he knows how influential he is.  Anytime, any mood, Nick Drake always hits just right. “
 
 You can listen to “From The Morning” HERE.
 
Starting today, Lay will embark on an 8-date run opening for Whitney in Denver, CO, with additional shows in Salt Lake City, Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco, ending on March 30th in her home city of Los Angeles. She will head overseas in April, playing headline shows in France, Manchester, Bristol, and London with performances at Sound & Vision Festival in Cambridge, UK, and Roots of Heaven Festival in Haarlem, NL. See below for a full list of dates.

Mon. Mar. 20 - Denver, CO - - Bluebird Theatre ^
Tue. Mar. 21 - Fort Collins, CO - Aggie Theatre ^
Wed. Mar. 22 - Salt Lake City, UT - Soundwell ^
Sat. Mar. 25 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile ^
Sun. Mar. 26 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater ^
Mon. Mar. 28 -San Francisco, CA -  The Chapel ^
Tue. Mar. 29 - Menlo Park, CA - Guild Theater ^
Wed. Mar. 30 - Los Angeles, CA - The Regent ^
Sat. Apr. 15 - Toulon, FR - Faveurs de Printemps
Tue. Apr. 18 - Manchester, UK - Gullivers
Wed. Apr. 19 - Bristol, UK - The Cube
Thu. Apr. 20 - London, UK - Kings Place
Fri. Apr. 21 - Cambridge, UK - Sound & Vision Festival
 Sun. Apr. 23 - Haarlem, NL - Roots of Heaven Festival
Wed. Apr. 26 - Dublin, IE - Cobblestone
 
^ w/ Whitney


Shannon Lay
Covers Vol. 1

Tracklisting:
1. Angeles (Elliott Smith)
2. From the Morning (Nick Drake)
3. Blues Run the Game (Jackson C. Frank)
4. Close My Eyes (Arthur Russell)
5. The Keepers (Ty Segall)
6. I Lost Something in the Hills (Sibylle Baier)
7. Glow Worms (Vashti Bunyan)
8. I’m Set Free (The Velvet Underground)
9. I Am Slow (OCS)

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NEWS : TUE, MAR 14, 2023 at 6:38 AM

WE’RE HIRING…AGAIN: THE SUB POP STORE AT SEA-TAC AIRPORT IS CURRENTLY SEEKING A FULL-TIME SALES CLERK (MAR 2023)

Sub Pop is currently accepting resumes from energetic, responsible, detail-oriented, and dependable candidates for a Full Time Retail Sales Associate (Nights and Weekends) at our terribly impressive store at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. This guy. 

Responsibilities include:

 • Greeting and assisting customers in a friendly manner. 
 • Full compliance with Sea-Tac operation rules and strict TSA regulations and restrictions. 
 • Efficient handling of cash and credit card transactions. 
 • Ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively. 
 • Availability to work nights, weekends, and holidays. 
 • Assisting in organizing and restocking the store. 
 • Maintaining the general appearance of the store. 
 • Contributing to the team retail effort by accomplishing related tasks as needed. 

Qualified candidates will have: 

 • Previous experience in the retail environment. 
 • Knowledge of the Sub Pop catalog, Pacific Northwest music, the Seattle music community, and the City of Seattle.
 • A friendly and enthusiastic disposition with customers and staff. 
 • Strong and clear communication skills. 
 • A general understanding of retail Point of Sale systems. 
 • Flexibility in schedule and willingness to work early or late hours. 

The Sub Pop Airport Store at Sea-Tac is open from 7am-7pm, 365 days a year. 

New store hours 7am-9pm Everyday (new store hours starting April 1st) 

Salary Range - $19.06-$20.00 an hour

Benefits: Competitive pay, flexible scheduling, paid time off, holiday pay, store discount, growth opportunities, and more!

Please send your resume to airportstore@subpop.com.


Posted by Abbie Gobeli

NEWS : THU, MAR 9, 2023 at 10:00 AM

WE’RE HIRING: THE SUB POP STORE AT SEA-TAC AIRPORT IS CURRENTLY SEEKING A PART-TIME SALES CLERK (MAR 2023)

Sub Pop is currently accepting resumes from energetic, responsible, detail-oriented, and dependable candidates for a part-time/seasonal summer help/nights and weekends Sales Clerk position at our terribly impressive store at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. This guy. 

Responsibilities include:

 • Greeting and assisting customers in a friendly manner. 
 • Full compliance with Sea-Tac operation rules and strict TSA regulations and restrictions. 
 • Efficient handling of cash and credit card transactions. 
 • Ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively. 
 • Availability to work nights, weekends, and holidays. 
 • Assisting in organizing and restocking the store. 
 • Maintaining the general appearance of the store. 
 • Contributing to the team retail effort by accomplishing related tasks as needed. 

Qualified candidates will have: 

 • Previous experience in the retail environment. 
 • Knowledge of the Sub Pop catalog, Pacific Northwest music, the Seattle music community, and the City of Seattle.
 • A friendly and enthusiastic disposition with customers and staff. 
 • Strong and clear communication skills. 
 • A general understanding of retail Point of Sale systems. 
 • Flexibility in schedule and willingness to work early or late hours. 

The Sub Pop Airport Store at Sea-Tac is open from 7am-7pm, 365 days a year. 

New store hours 7am-9pm Everyday (new store hours starting April 1st) 

Salary range: $19.06-$20.00 an hour

Benefits: Competitive pay, flexible scheduling, paid time off, holiday pay, store discount, growth opportunities, and more!

Please send your resume to airportstore@subpop.com.


Posted by Abbie Gobeli

NEWS : THU, MAR 9, 2023 at 9:00 AM

Sub Pop, Hardly Art, Saddle Creek, and Bamm Bamm Engage In “A Clear Conflict of Interest,” A SXSW Showcase at the Mohawk in Austin, Texas on Thursday, March 16th, 2023

Sub Pop and Hardly Art artists DEBBY FRIDAY, Hannah Jadagu, ill peach, Kiwi Jr., and Shana Cleveland will perform at this year’s SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas. 
 
Sub Pop and Hardly Art, along with the executives at Saddle Creek and BAMM BAMM, are activating their collective business acumen by pooling resources to throw the adequately-titled “Clear Conflict of Interest” showcase at this year’s festival, to be held on March 16th at the Mohawk.
 
See below for a full schedule of SXSW shows. For your sonic pleasure, you can also listen to a playlist of tunes from our attending roster HERE. 
 
Tuesday, March 14th
 
Band: Shana Cleveland
Show: Distance SXSW Showcase
Location: Central Presbyterian Church (200 E 8th St)
Time: 10 pm 
 
Thursday, March 16th 
 
Band: DEBBY FRIDAY
Show: Brooklyn Vegan
Location: Empire ATX 606 E 7th Street
Time: 1:05 pm
 
Band: Kiwi Jr. 
Show: Brooklyn Vegan
Location: Empire ATX 606 E 7th Street
Time: 1:15 pm
 
Band: Hannah Jadagu
Show: Third Man Showcase
Location: 13th Floor- 711 Red River
Time: 4:15 pm 
 
Band: DEBBY FRIDAY
Show: Stereogum
Location: Cheer Up Charlies (Inside)
Time: 5:00 pm
 
A Clear Conflict of Interest Showcase. Sub Pop, Saddle Creek and BAM BAM
Location: Mohawk 912 Red River
 
INSIDE
7:30-8:00 pm Strange Ranger
8:20-9:00 pm Le Ren
9:20-10:00 pm Young Jesus 
10:20-11:00 pm Shana Cleveland
11:20 pm-12:00 am  PENDANT
12:20-1:00 am Model/Actriz
1:20-2:00 am Hotline TNT
 
 
OUTSIDE
8:00-8:40 pm ill peach
9:00-9:40 pm Debby Friday
10:00-10:40 pm Kiwi Jr.
11:00-11:40 pm Hannah Jadagu
12:00-12:40 am  Tomberlin
1:00-1:50 am: Indigo De Souza
 
Friday, March 17th
 
Band: Shana Cleveland 
Show: Qobuz SXSW Sessions
Location:  KMFA Event Space 
Time: 12 pm
 
Band: Kiwi Jr.
Show: Qobuz SXSW Sessions
Location:  KMFA Event Space 
Time: 1:00 pm
 
Band: Hannah Jadagu
Show: Coca Cola 
Location: Lustre Pearl-94 Rainey Street (RSVP at collideonrainey.com)
Time: 2:00 pm 
 
Band: DEBBY FRIDAY
Show: NPR Day Stage
Location: Convention Center Ballroom A
Time: 5:00 pm
 
Saturday, March 18th
 
Band: Hannah Jadagu
Show: KUTX session  Live at Sholtz Garten 
Location: 1607 San Jacinto Blvd
Time: 8:00 am
 
Band: Kiwi Jr.
Show: Music For Listeners KTRU Party
Location:  Lazarus Brewing - 1902 E. 6th Street
Time: 4:00 pm

Band: Pissed Jeans
Show: Fiesta Destructo
Location:  Hotel Vegas
Time: 6:00 pm


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NEWS : FRI, MAR 3, 2023 at 7:00 AM

SUKI WATERHOUSE SHARES NEW SONG “TO LOVE”

Multitalented British vocalist and songwriter Suki Waterhouse unveils a new track, “To Love,” today—listen and watch the visualizer here. The new song was produced by Jules Apollinaire and Natalie Findlay of the duo TTRRUUCES, who produced Suki’s hit single “Good Looking,” and mixed by Alan Moulder (Beach House, Interpol, Wet Leg).

Suki recently wrapped her Coolest Place in the World Tour, a run of North American headline dates with sold-out stops in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and more. The tour celebrated the release of her Milk Teeth EP—which features songs from Suki’s early career—and her Brad Cook-produced (The War On Drugs, Bon Iver) debut album, I Can’t Let Go, both released in 2022 via Sub Pop.

Additionally, Suki went on a North American tour with Father John Misty in 2022 following the release of I Can’t Let Go, which included stops at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater, Los Angeles’ Hollywood Forever Cemetery, New York’s Radio City Music Hall and more.

Suki also stars as Karen Sirko in “Daisy Jones & The Six,” the new Amazon television miniseries based on the popular book by Taylor Jenkins Reid premiering today.

Growing up in London, multitalented actress, model and musician Suki Waterhouse gravitated toward music at an early age, finding inspiration in the likes of Alanis Morisette, Missy Elliott, Oasis and more. She initially teased her pivot to music with a series of singles, generating nearly 20 million total streams independently, with critical acclaim from NYLON, DuJour, Lemonade Magazine and more. In 2022, her song “Good Looking” went viral on TikTok and peaked at #1 on Spotify’s Viral USA Chart, accumulating more than 700 thousand streams daily across Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music at its peak. That same year, Suki unveiled her debut album, I Can’t Let Go, and a follow up EP, Milk Teeth, via Sub Pop to critical acclaim, toured the world over and shared new music, such as, “Nostalgia,” which arrived alongside a video directed by Émilie Richard-Froozan.



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NEWS : THU, MAR 2, 2023 at 7:00 AM

DEBBY FRIDAY Shares New Track “HOT LOVE”

Today, DEBBY FRIDAY shares the propulsive, bass-heavy electro single “HOT LOVE,” a new offering from GOOD LUCK, her full-length debut, out Friday, March 24th, worldwide from Sub Pop.

FRIDAY offers this of the single, “The song itself is about the karma of relationships. You meet someone, and you idealize them, you project onto them, and they do the same to you, and it’s all fun and games until it isn’t. This way of loving is so intoxicating and combustible and so hot it burns you right up.”
 
DEBBY FRIDAY’s previously announced international headlining tour dates and festival appearances supporting GOOD LUCK will begin later this month, with multiple performances at SXSW in Austin, TX March 16th-17th. Her tour schedule now runs through Friday, May 12th in Manchester, UK at The White Hotel. Additional live dates will be announced soon.
 
Thu. Mar. 16 - Austin, TX - SXSW
Fri. Mar. 17 - Austin, TX - SXSW
Fri, Mar. 24 - Montreal, QC - Phi Centre
Sat. Mar 25 - Toronto, ON - Garrison
Wed. Apr. 12 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
Thu. Apr. 13 - Seattle, WA - Barboza
Fri. Apr. 14 -  Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon
Sat. Apr. 15 - Vancouver, BC - Cobalt
Wed. Apr. 19 - Brooklyn, NY - Babys Alright
Thu. Apr. 20 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
Tue. May  02 - Bristol, UK - Crofters Rights  
Wed. May 03 - London, UK - Corsica Studios w/ Grove
Fri. May 05 - Krems, AT - Donau Festival  
Fri. May 12th- Manchester, UK - The White Hotel  


 
Her upcoming short film GOOD LUCK is a pseudo-autobiographical tale, largely drawn from FRIDAY’s own life and experiences growing up as a zillenial anti-heroine. A surrealist reflection on the tumultuous whirlwind that is the end of adolescence and the emotionality of youth, GOOD LUCK is co-directed by FRIDAY and Nathan De Paz Habib (Chino Amobi’s Eroica, and The Bicycle).

GOOD LUCK is available now to preorder from Sub Pop. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com, select independent stores in North Americathe U.K., and E.U., will receive the limited Loser edition on metallic silver vinyl (while supplies last).
 
GOOD LUCK features “SO HARD TO TELL,” “I GOT IT,” “WHAT A MAN,” and “HOT LOVE,”  was co-produced by DEBBY FRIDAY and Graham Walsh (METZ, Holy Fuck) at Candle Recording Studio in Toronto, and mastered by Heba Kadry in New York.
 
SO HARD TO TELL” and “I GOT IT” have earned DEBBY FRIDAY early praise from the likes of New York TimesPitchforkNPR MusicThe FADERBillboard, Nylon, FLOOD, Cool Hunting, Brooklyn Vegan, StereogumTrebleDorkDIYCLASHOur Culture and more.
 
What people are saying about DEBBY FRIDAY:
“An explosive, pounding, relentlessly calisthenic dance-floor banger with attitude to spare. A pulsating beat flickers like a strobe light as Friday and Chris Vargas of the duo Pelada, appearing here as Uñas, trade braggadocious bilingual verses. ‘Let mama give you what you need,’ Friday shrieks before calmly assuring, ‘I got it.’” [“I GOT IT”] - New York Times
 
“In contrast to the pulse-quickening tempos and noisy synths of her past music, her production is deft and graceful, with a skipping beat and cascading backing vocals. ‘Lady Friday/All you do is rеbel,’ Friday chastises herself—tough talk against a fragile, gorgeous sound.” [“SO HARD TO TELL”/ “Best New Track”] - Pitchfork
 
“One of the young year’s most audacious bangers” [“SO HARD TO TELL”] - Billboard
 
“Intoxicating…” [“SO HARD TO TELL”] - Stereogum
 
“Hyperpop can sometimes come off as abrasive but in the hands of Canadian singer DEBBY FRIDAY it’s soulful, even elegant.” [“SO HARD TO TELL”] -  NYLON
 
“A graceful entrance into yet another territory: lush R&B”[“SO HARD TO TELL”] - NPR Music
 
“If you’ve ever deep-dived into Debby Friday’s discography, you’ll know she slammed this single into left field, but man is it a hit! This edgy extraordinaire has taken a dip into the darkside via falsetto pop.”  ” [“SO HARD TO TELL”] - MTV
 
“Friday strikes a remarkable balance on her forthcoming debut LP, GOOD LUCK: between the boisterous and the tranquil, the erudite and the crass, a packed dancefloor and quiet isolation. Featuring unequivocal bangers like “I Got It,” “Pluto Baby,” and “Heartbreakerrr,” Debby Friday is destined for bigger stages in 2023 (“15 Artists to Watch in 2023”).” - SPIN
 
About DEBBY FRIDAY’S GOOD LUCK:
The usual boom-and-bust cycles of growing up – breaking down, gathering the strength to get up, fumbling hard, doing it all over again - can feel unmooring, to say the least, but, and according to DEBBY FRIDAY, its tragedies and glories need savoring. Losing illusions, gaining expectations; getting deep into the private, soupy kaleidoscope of what’s possible and what’s futile – GOOD LUCK, her debut, and supernovic, full-length album, is built on welcoming the journey’s complicated drops and mountain highs with something more like grace.

Nigerian-born, then an emigré to bits of Canada - from Montreal to Vancouver to Toronto - DEBBY FRIDAY’s roamings through space and time really began when the sun fell. Nightlife was her emancipation from the toughness of home life, and she fell into it, body and soul, totally seduced. Raves til sunrise; house music in unknown basements and warehouses – the lure of the party was the perfect escape. “I was like a little club rat,” she laughs. Her adoration of the world that it opened for her came in “almost in a sensual way (read more at Sub Pop).



DEBBY FRIDAY
GOOD LUCK
 
Tracklisting:
1. GOOD LUCK
2. SO HARD TO TELL
3. I GOT IT (feat. Uñas)
4. HOT LOVE
5. HEARTBREAKERRR
6. WHAT A MAN
7. SAFE
8. LET U DOWN
9. PLUTO BABY
10. WAKE UP


Posted by Abbie Gobeli