Sub Pop’s Megan Jasper: ‘It felt like the ground beneath us could give at any moment’
In an extract from a new collection of essays on women’s experiences in music, the chief executive of the record label famous for launching Nirvana looks back
June 2015
Mudhoney review – a rampage of nihilistic primal menace
The Seattle grunge-rockers pack less raw visual energy but have no lack of edge as they pound through psychedlia, blues and even funk in this 26-song set
July 2013
Sub Pop: 25 years of underground rock
From the era-defining grunge of Nirvana to the dreamy modern Americana of the Shins, the Seattle label has become a cornerstone of US alternative music. And that's a minor miracle, writes Michael Hann
May 2012
I'll Be Your Mirror – review
The ATP support acts shook Alexandra Palace to its foundations, but headliners Slayer reigned supreme, writes Jamie Thomson
November 2011
Music blog
Open thread: What's your favourite music documentary?
As several high-profile music docs hit our screens, tell us which is best and win a copy of 1991: The Year Punk Broke
August 2011
Ten myths about grunge, Nirvana and Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain loved Abba, wasn't from Seattle and didn't invent grunge. Everett True, the man who pushed the singer's wheelchair on stage for his last UK show, sets the record straight
June 2010
Has the internet killed local music scenes?
From Merseybeat to grunge, it is doubtful any major local music scene would have had the same impact in the age of the internet and the 'bedroom musician'. Hazel Sheffield wonders if there will ever be another Madchester
