Kinski / Semaphore - SP606

Kinski’s 2002 debut Sub Pop release (not counting their 2001 contribution to the v.2 of the Sub Pop Singles Club), the Semaphore EP includes the song “Semaphore,” which later appeared on the band’s Jan. 2003 full-length Airs Above Your Station, a cover of “Point That Thing Somewhere Else” by The Clean, and two otherwise unreleased tracks.

Released: October 8, 2002

Dum Dum Girls / Dum Dum Girls Yours Alone 12" - 4084099

A
Catholicked
Hey Sis

B
Sock In It
Yours Alone

Released: September 9, 2009

Niki & The Dove / The Drummer - SP986

Niki & The Dove, the Swedish duo of Malin Dahlström and Gustaf Karlöf who NME recently referred to as “…one of Europe’s most exciting bands,” return with this new, digital-only EP called The Drummer. Four of the seven tracks here (“The Drummer,” “Last Night,” “Mother Protect,” and “Manon”) will appear on the band’s forthcoming and as-yet-unscheduled 2012 full-length debut. Along with their June 2011 single for The Fox, this new EP provides plenty of reasons to look forward to in 2012.

NME (these guys again…) had the following to say about “The Drummer”:
“Niki & The Dove continue distilling the elemental into cautionary, unpredictable electronic shapes on this, perhaps their most gleaming pop moment to date.”

Niki & The Dove will be on tour throughout the UK for much of October and will support Hurts in the UK in early November.

Released: October 18, 2011

Spoek Mathambo / Put Some Red on It - SP982

Put Some Red on It is Sub Pop’s first release from South Africa’s Spoek Mathambo. Here’s SPIN magazine on Spoek’s cover of Joy Division’s “Control” in a recent “Songs You Must Hear Now” section: “Slo-mo vocals plunge into the sepulcher as drum machines ricochet and synths snake on this ‘darkwave township house’ cover of Joy Division.”

Produced by Spoek in collaboration with Copenhagen-based future-bass artist Chllngr, Put Some Red on It is a 6-song digital-only EP featuring two tracks (“Put Some Red on It” and “Dog to Bone”) that will also appear in some form on Spoek’s as-yet-unscheduled 2012 debut full-length, plus remixes of those tracks and a brief intro piece. We’re just ridiculously excited about the music Spoek’s making and this EP provides a glimpse at a album we hope you’ll soon look forward to as much as we do.

Released: September 27, 2011

Mogwai / Earth Division - SP966

Scottish experimental-rock institution Mogwai follow up their Feb. 2011 Sub Pop debut Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will with the Earth Division EP. Earth Division highlights a more subdued side of Mogwai, with three quietly plaintive piano- and string-infused tracks, plus the fuzz-drenched haze of “Drunk and Crazy.”

Like Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will was, the Earth Division EP will be released outside of N America by the fine folks at Rock Action Records.

Released: September 13, 2011

Memoryhouse / The Years - SP959

Hot on the heels of acclaim from Pitchfork, Stereogum and various other dot-com entities, Toronto two-piece Memoryhouse make their Sub Pop debut with The Years, an EP containing their 2010 digital-only, self-released EP fully re-recorded, remixed and re-mastered, plus the new tracks “Modern, Normal” and “Quiet America.” The five tracks form a cohesive set of gorgeous, ethereal synth-pop songs, all of which are seeing their first release on CD or vinyl. The Years was re-recorded and mixed by Evan Abeele with the help of Daniel Gray in Toronto. Memoryhouse will also be releasing a new full-length on Sub Pop in 2012.

Released: September 13, 2011

Shabazz Palaces / Of Light - 4090098

7-song EP from Seattle’s Shabazz Palaces. This CD-EP cover art is actually a pretty awesome removable and sewn-on-able patch.

Released: November 16, 2010

Shabazz Palaces / Shabazz Palaces - 4090099

7-song EP from Seattle’s Shabazz Palaces. This CD-EP cover art is actually a pretty awesome removable and sewn-on-able patch.

Released: November 16, 2010

Dum Dum Girls / He Gets Me High - SP917

Los Angeles-based Dum Dum Girls follow up their fuzzy,girl group-inspired 2010 Sub Pop debut I Will Be with He Gets Me High, an EP composed of three originals and a cover of the swooning Smiths’ classic “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out.” Lead singer/songwriter Dee Dee, Richard Gottehrer (who also worked on I Will Be and is best known for penning “My Boyfriend’s Back” and “I Want Candy”), and Sune Rose Wagner of the Raveonettes produced the EP.

Released: March 1, 2011

Dntel / After Parties 1 - SP912

Dntel is the operational alias for Los Angeles resident Jimmy Tamborello. Jimmy also sometimes records and releases music under the name James Figurine. He is also the host of the Dublab radio show Dying Songs. And, he is also, it’s true, one half of The Postal Service (whose 2003 album Give Up is Sub Pop’s send best-selling album of all time).

In 2007, we at Sub Pop released the most recent Dntel album, entitled Dumb Luck, which included contributions from a whole raft of talented people too numerous to list here (a short version of that list would include members of Grizzly Bear, Rilo Kiley, Bright Eyes, and Arthur & Yu).

On Dec. 7th, 2010 we are releasing new music from Dntel in the form of a pair of companion EPs, entitled After Parties 1 and (very sensibly, given their complementary relationship) After Parties 2. These two EPs collect 8 new Dntel tracks (3 on After Parties 1 and 5 on After Parties 2) which are a bit more minimalist and experimental in nature, all of them instrumental, and feature (to the best of our “knowledge”) a list of guest contributors numbering exactly zero. These 8 new tracks are also, we are able to discern through the mist of biases both personal and professional, really something special.

It is worth mentioning here that at some as-yet-undefined point in 2011 we will be releasing an expanded reissue of Dntel’s 2001 full-length Life Is Full of Possibilities, which is not only a great record, but notable for, among a great many other things, including the collaboration between Ben Gibbard and Jimmy (on “(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan”) which led to the formation of The Postal Service.

This is After Parties 1.

And, here is where you’ll find After Parties 2

Released: December 7, 2010

Dntel / After Parties 2 - SP913

Dntel is the operational alias for Los Angeles resident Jimmy Tamborello. Jimmy also sometimes records and releases music under the name James Figurine. He is also the host of the Dublab radio show Dying Songs. And, he is also, it’s true, one half of The Postal Service (whose 2003 album Give Up is Sub Pop’s send best-selling album of all time).

In 2007, we at Sub Pop released the most recent Dntel album, entitled Dumb Luck, which included contributions from a whole raft of talented people too numerous to list here (a short version of that list would include members of Grizzly Bear, Rilo Kiley, Bright Eyes, and Arthur & Yu).

On Dec. 7th, 2010 we are releasing new music from Dntel in the form of a pair of companion EPs, entitled After Parties 1 and (very sensibly, given their complementary relationship) After Parties 2. These two EPs collect 8 new Dntel tracks (3 on After Parties 1 and 5 on After Parties 2) which are a bit more minimalist and experimental in nature, all of them instrumental, and feature (to the best of our “knowledge”) a list of guest contributors numbering exactly zero. These 8 new tracks are also, we are able to discern even through the mist of biases both personal and professional, really something special.

Both After Parties 1 and After Parties 2 will be available on 12" vinyl and as weightless, odorless digital audio files; neither will be available on CD.

It is worth mentioning here that at some as-yet-undefined point in 2011 we will be releasing an expanded reissue of Dntel’s 2001 full-length Life Is Full of Possibilities, which is not only a great record, but notable for, among a great many other things, including the collaboration between Ben Gibbard and Jimmy (on “(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan”) which led to the formation of The Postal Service.

This is After Parties 2.

And, here is where you’ll find After Parties 1

Released: December 7, 2010

The Rapture / Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks - SP505

Having previously released an LP on seminal San Diego art punk label, Gravity Records, and a single on Gold Standard Laboratories (complete with a cover of the Psychedelic Furs’ “Dumb Waiters”), The Rapture returns with their newest EP. Blending influence from visionaries such as PiL, Television, and Chrome with an ear for dance and pop music, The Rapture continue to perfect their particular brand of “sonic deathfuck groove.”

Released: May 22, 2001

Jaill / 5 Song CD - 4089195

2006 Demo CD Jaill recorded in their attic, dead of summer, in between spurts of rebuilding the back porch. They tied belts and towels around their heads to make the headphones fit tighter, and overall a tight 5 song Ep is what you got here.
1. Dodo 2. Rocker (Now In Stores) 3. Light Like Dice 4. Hurts and Burns 5. Everyones Hip

Released: July 26, 2010

Dum Dum Girls / Blissed Out Cassette - 4084095

This is the Dum Dum Girls’ Blissed Out cassette, featuring 11 tracks and released by Art Fag. Already limited in quantity, this cassette tape is encased in the highly collectible blue plastic colorway, making it a must have for any collector fine musical wares.
A thing to note: This is actually a cassette tape, not a compact disc, so plan accordingly.

Tiny Vipers / 7 Song CDR - 4073999

This 7 song CDR is of some of Tiny Viper’s earlier recordings, most of which do not appear anywhere else. The packaging includes some artwork by Jesy Fortino herself, enjoy.

Released: November 20, 2007

The Baptist Generals / Void Touching Faster Victuals - SP609

Released: November 5, 2002

Rosie Thomas / Pretty Dress - SP699

This is a European single for Rosie’s song “Pretty” that comes with 2 non-album tracks.

Released: September 26, 2005

The Shins / Fighting in a Sack - SP653

Track Listing:
1. Fighting in a Sack
2. Baby Boomerang
3. New Slang (Live with Sam Beam)
4. So Says I (video)

Released: July 13, 2004

No Age / Losing Feeling - SP835

Listen to a full stream of Losing Feeling for free here!

Losing Feeling is a new 4-song EP from our Southern Californian friends No Age. All four songs were written in the band’s practice space. “Genie” was even recorded there; the other three were recorded at Infrasonic Sound. All of it took place in Los Angeles. Losing Feeling will be available as a 12" vinyl EP and as magical, invisible, digital files, but not as a compact disc.

Released: October 6, 2009

Blitzen Trapper / Black River Killer - SP820

As its title would lead one to believe, the Black River Killer EP contains the disturbing and great song “Black River Killer” from Blitzen Trapper’s excellent Sept. ’08 full-length album Furr. What is perhaps less evident from the title is that it also contains 6 more songs that have been, up to now, only available as a CDR that Blitzen Trapper has been selling at their live performances for the past year or so.

Released: 2009-08-25 (CD-EP), 2009-08-25 (MP3 EP), 2009-10-06 (12 inch EP)

Gluecifer / Get The Horn - SP506

Track Listing:

1. Get the Horn
2. The Year of Manly Living
3. Go Away Man
4. Leather Chair
5. Bounced Checks
6. Titanium Sunset

Released: February 8, 2000

Vetiver / Between - 4079595

5-song EP released Jun 14, 2005

Released: November 6, 2008

Vetiver / More of the Past - 4079596

Originally intended as a precursor to their acclaimed recent album, Thing of the Past, Vetiver’s companion EP is released by Gnomonsong as the five-song More of the Past CD.

Released: November 6, 2008

The Gutter Twins / Adorata - SP794

Following their full-length, debut record, Saturnalia, The Gutter Twins have a new 8-song EP available called Adorata. The EP is available exclusively through the iTunes Music Store here and here at subpop.com. Adorata features two previously unreleased originals and also contains cover songs by José González, Primal Scream, Scott Walker, Vetiver, and Eleven

A portion of Adorata’s proceeds will go to the Natasha Shneider Memorial Fund. Natasha Shneider was a friend of the band and the late lead singer of Eleven.

Released: September 2, 2008

Duster / 1975 EP - SBL-80075

Space is the place.

Mudhoney / Mudhoney/Jimmie Dale Gilmore - SP248

Wherein: Mudhoney performs the Jimmie Dale Gilmore selection “Tonight I Think I’m Gonna Go Downtown,” as well as their own composition “Blinding Sun” (which, later, appeared on the very excellent Mudhoney Best of and Rarities compilation March to Fuzz), and in turn Jimmie Dale Gilmore performs the Mudhoney selection “Blinding Sun” and his own “Tonight I Think I’m Gonna Go Downtown.” The central balancing point of this EP is the Townes Van Zandt composition “Buckskin Stallion Blues,” performed by Mudhoney and Jimmi Dale Gilmore TOGETHER!

Somewhat more directly, the track listing looks like this:

1. Tonight I Think I’m Gonna Go Downtown – written by Jimmie Dale Gilmore, performed by Mudhoney
2. Blinding Sun – written by Mudhoney, performed by Jimmie Dale Gilmore
3. Buckskin Stallion Blues – written by Townes Van Zandt, performed by Jimmie Dale Gilmore with Mudhoney
4. Tonight I Think I’m Gonna Go Downtown – written by Jimmie Dale Gilmore, performed by Jimmie Dale Gilmore
5. Blinding Sun – written by Mudhoney, performed by Mudhoney

There’s a review of this Mudhoney/Jimmie Dale Gilmore EP on Allmusic.com!

Released: March 1, 1994

Looper / Who\ - RS-JPR015

UK 10 inch import

Track Listing:

1. Who’s Afraid of Y2k?
2. Up a Tree Again
3. Up a Tree Again (Pulp Mix)

Six Finger Satellite / Machine Cuisine - SP261

MISSING DESCRIPTION

Released: August 9, 1994

Fleet Foxes / Sun Giant - SP781

The Sun Giant EP is our first release with the really very wonderful, baroque harmonic pop combo Fleet Foxes. Their names are Skye, Robin, Joshua, Casey, and Christian and they live here in Seattle, Wash. We will be releasing a longer-length (some might even say “full-length”) recording of theirs on June the 3rd, 2008. This forthcoming recording will, in all likelihood, bear the same name as the band, and by that we mean Fleet Foxes.

The following quote is here out of context (and perhaps misused or misconstrued as a result) and taken from the inside cover of Sun Giant. Whatever else it might be, it makes for about as good of a “statement of purpose” as anything we’ve read:

“I don’t really know what I’m trying to say with this. It’s not good to romanticize a time of great hardship, hardship I’ve never known and am not conditioned to understand. I’m also not interested in a ‘back to nature’ thing, as nature as it was is gone for the time being and it would take a very big leap of faith and common sense to ignore that. But, music to me is just as awe-bringing as the world maybe once was, and I just love it a lot.”

We love it a lot, too.

If you pre-order the new Fleet Foxes full-length recording on CD or LP by June 3rd, you’ll automagically receive $2 off! That makes the CD $10 and the LP $12!

The glorious gate-fold vinyl LP version of Fleet Foxes, by the way, comes with a digital download code, AND includes the Sun Giant EP on a second, enclosed, largely complimentary (and certainly complementary) piece of vinyl! This, it seems worth mentioning, is currently the only way to get Sun Giant on vinyl. Also worth mentioning: this version of the Fleet Foxes vinyl LP, the one with that comes packaged with the Sun Giant EP, is the same version of the LP that you will find wherever and whenever you might buy it — not just here through subpop.com, and not just if you pre-order it. So, now you know!

Pitchfork review of Sun Giant

Released: February 28, 2008

Grand Archives / Grand Archives Self Released CD-R - RS-GRANDCDR

This is Grand Archives self-released CD-R of their first four recordings.

Note! Re-pressed (no longer a CD-R!) by the band in late ’07, this 4-song EP now comes in a new package, in a jewel case with the cover seen here. These are the same recordings of the same four songs that were on the original CD-R.

Released: May 2, 2007