Two days ago, I received my commemorative reissue of Mudhoney’s Superfuzz Bigmuff (it was named after effects pedals — stop that adolescent chortling), which is just part of a deluge of commemoration for the 20th anniversary of Sub Pop Records. The label throws itself a three-day party July 11-13 in Redmond, Wash. The first night is an all-comedy lineup featuring Patton Oswalt, Todd Barry and Eugene Mirman (and “special guests,” which probably means David Cross and/or second-day penultimate act Flight of the Conchords). And while Mudhoney won’t be playing the festival, Green River will be, which is considerably more superfuzzy and bigmuffy.
Of course, as a companion piece to the Mudhoney re-release, Sub Pop needs to reissue the first seven-inch from their old singles club, Nirvana’s “Love Buzz/Big Cheese” (stop laughing, I said), which was not a rejected Justin Timberlake album title.
Here’s the full fest lineup:
SP20 Comedy Show – Friday, July 11th at The Moore Theatre
Eugene Mirman
Patton Oswalt
Todd Barry
and, of course, “special guests.”
SP20 Festival – Saturday, July 12th at Marymoor Park, Redmond, WA
Fleet Foxes
Flight of the Conchords
The Fluid
The Helio Sequence
Iron and Wine
Low
Mudhoney
Pissed Jeans
Seaweed
SP20 Festival – Sunday, July 13th at Marymoor Park, Redmond, WA
Beachwood Sparks
Comets on Fire
Foals
Grand Archives
Green River
Kinski
No Age
Red Red Meat
The Ruby Suns
Wolf Parade
What, no Shins? And are the guys from Soundgarden just too busy?
May 8th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Red Red Meat? There’s a band I haven’t thought about in years.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Smokey Mtn. DoubleDip - Red Red Meat’s most enduring song — in my humble estimation, anyway.
It’s a shame the Shins and Soundgarden aren’t participating, but Mudhoney, to me, IS SubPop. At least Mark Arm and company will be wailing in person.