Yesterday the temperature rose to a sweltering 102 degrees in Seattle. Just last summer, we were calling June “Junuary” and cursing the gods/goddesses for our cold, rainy existence. Although most have been complaining of the excessive heat (me included), it’s not incredibly bad. We actually get to indulge in a few rare opportunities because of this weather. We can go night swimming! We can eat at the few restaurants here that have outdoor patios! We can leave our sweaters/jackets at…

The title says it all. If you happen to to be a Seattle resident, or if you’re just visiting, you have a multitude of Sub Pop & Family partying options this weekend. Thank goodness Lacey made a complete weekend guide or else we’d all be totally lost, wandering and partyless.

FRIDAY

-KEXP’s Mural Concert Series w/ Moondoggies and Fruit Bats 6 PM

-Newly signed Dum Dum Girls at Kia Soul Collective 6 PM, RSVP here

-Hardly Art’s own Nick Heliotis…

For the Record #9 comes to you courtesy of Fruit Bats’ front man, Eric Johnson.

Eric Johnson is a good dude and a great musician (currently splitting his time fronting his band Fruit Bats and playing in The Shinsshins). He drinks fine wine and plays in fine wineries and has a great appreciation for film and, of course, music. He’s an easy one to talk to but if you ever wanna talk about The Baptist Generals in particular then he’s…

The lovely and talented Eric D. Johnson of Fruit Bats (and sometime Shins) fame is now also soon to be famous for scoring your favorite movies as well. His second film project,My Idiot Brother (starring Paul Rudd) is debuting at the Sundance Film Festival as we speak. Eric is also participating in a Film Composers Roundtable at the prestigious festival on January 26th. They grow up so fast, don’t they?

I’ll close with this fun fact! My Idiot Brother was…

The Fruit Bats love a good charity and they love hanging out in Hawaii. Those lucky bastards will be indulging both of those passions next weekend when they perform at a benefit concert at the Hard Rock Cafe in Waikiki, HI. The event is Saturday, April 30th and will raise money for Hui o Ko’olaupoko who’s mission is: To protect ocean health by restoring the `aina: mauka to makai. I’m not clear exactly how one accomplishes these magical goals but…

We at Sub Pop love the bands we work with. This is almost certainly unsurprising. It is perhaps less obvious that sometimes these bands like, love, or maybe just agree to tour with one another. In September of this year Vetiver and the Fruit Bats are declaring to the world (or many parts of North America) what may very well be a profound affection for one another by touring together! Both bands have fantastic new records: Vetiver’s The Errant Charm…

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Fruit Bats new record Tripper is officially available in stores today! To celebrate this release, Fruit Bats have a few Pacific Northwest performances. The band, will perform live on KEXP today at 12:00 pm PST, with a Free In-Store performance at Easy Street Records (Queen Anne) in Seattle, WA at 7:00 pm. They will then return to their home of Portland, OR on Wednesday Aug 3rd…