As rumored back in October, the legendary Seattle band Green River, which featured future members of Mudhoney, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, and Love Battery during its too-short career, will reunite for the Sub Pop 20th anniversary party, scheduled for July 12 and 13 at Seattle’s Marymoor Park. Not only will the show also feature hiatus-breaking performances by Red Red Meat, Seaweed, and the Fluid as well, it’ll have sets by current acts like Low and No Age. And Mudhoney, obviously. Tickets go on sale April 26! I hope I can meet the guy who runs the grunge-history blog lamestain while I’m there, because I really owe that dude a drink. Full announced lineup after the jump.
Green River
Red Red Meat
The Fluid
Beachwood Sparks
Seaweed
Fleet Foxes
Flight of the Conchords
Foals
Grand Archives
The Helio Sequence
Iron & Wine
Kinski
Low
Mudhoney
No Age
Wolf Parade
Pissed Jeans
The Ruby Suns
Sub Pop Celebrates 20th With Seattle Bash [Billboard]
If they can get Velocity Girl on that bill, I am there.
Please tell me that flannel shirts, combat boots, and koolaid dye jobs are coming back into fashion.
@ShearGenius: God, I hope so.
Smelly people in Seattle are STOKED.
@Maura Johnston: I think I still have all my stuff in a box somewhere… for a rainy day. Or the return of grunge.
I would also like to see these acts on the bill please, reunion or otherwise:
Big Chief
Love Battery
Supersuckers
Thee Headcoats
Les Thugs
Tad
Reverend Horton Heat
Gutter Twins
Six Finger Satellite
Dwarves (come home, all is forgiven)
The Thrown Ups
Icky Joey (duh)
or anything else featuring Ed Fotheringham
If they book at least 5 of the above acts I will book a trip. As it currently stands, despite the cool news about The Fluid, it looks like too much boring current Sub Pop roster and not enough cool old Sub Pop roster.
@ShearGenius: I went from owning no flannel/plaid to 4 shirts of the stuff in the past year. The only person rejoicing is my inner 15 -year old.
The world is most definitely ready for a Spinanes reunion.
The world is definitely ready for a Spinanes reunion about now.
@righteousmaelstrom: @baconfat: 10000% agreement with both of you!!!!
I keep saying — no Blood Circus no credibility. (Just because I think it would be great to hear “Six Feet Under” live.)
Me, I want the Walkabouts. Though Fastbacks strikes me as the biggest must.
Did I miss the 20th Anniversary Lookout! festival? I’m having a major 1994 CRC flashback hearing Maura talk about the Spinanes and Velocity Girl. Next thing you know, Lubetkin and Coffee are going to walk in and ask if anyone wants to go to Clarke’s with them.
@essdog: I know! And come in so many super-cute designs now. I’m lusting after the neon-pink patent ones, even if that will make me look like a 17-year-old British celebutante.
let’s not forget seaweed people!
@Maura Johnston: ditto. recently found out that rebecca gates is actually headlining a show here in chicago next week. not sure if it’s a one-off or what that’s about.
re: velocity girl, archie moore has recently resurfaced with a project called bye! (the punctuation is part of the name…) i’m digging it. the songs myspace seem to be a nice melding of both the noisier and sixties pop tendencies of his previous ensembles, but not cloying or overly retro on either count. [www.myspace.com]
(i am not a ringer for slumberland records, this just excited me greatly.)
@clevername: did you all go to northwestern? that gave me flashbacks of my own…
All this Doc talk makes me want to take a trip to Journeys and buy some.
@MC:
You forgot CATBUTT!
Hey guys, at least the Shins aren’t playing…
THEY WERE: creators of some of the lowest-fi sludge in the whole Sub Pop catalog. THEY HAVE: already been reunion touring the past couple years. THEY’RE FROM: a place called Moncton . . .
Ladies and gentlemen, will you please welcome _ _ _ _ ‘ _ _ _ _ _ !!!
LNA
P.S. Were still getting it done last October at Pop Montreal.
Wait, what, no Blitzen Trapper????? Where the hell is Blitzen Trapper????
I am packing up my best kinderwhore frock and dirty long johns as we speak!
Also, I would like to receive a handwritten, irreverant press release from the lovely Jennie Boddy and I also want a Cat Butt hand pressed sticker in the giftbag.
@MC: OMG I think I have a crush on you….
Also, does anyone ever secretly pine for a TwinTone festival (maybe even pre Restless buyout TwinTone) festival? We could all go hangout in Minneapolis and blog with Ross Raihala…..
@MC: If Gutter Twins and Dwarves make the bill, I’m so there. This probably won’t happen :-(
Am I the only person totes underwhelmed by this? *yawn*
I’m with various people above. Velocity Girl, the Spinanes? That would be rad. This lineup? Not so much.
On a related note, I recently bought a pair of purple metallic 10-hole docs for rainy days. I LOVE LOVE LOVE them; I get lots of comments, too — generally from women my age who are like, “Oh, I need to start wearing those again!!!”
@the rich girls are weeping: I miss wearing docs…they were so comfy. Maybe I’ll break out my plaid ones soon.
Hazel anyone? I was specifically logging on to say “FUCK!! GET THE SPINANES!!!” but I am clearly behind the times. Velocity Girl only if they don’t play “I Can’t Stop Smiling” and of flipping course the Fastbacks. What about The Grifters doing all of Ain’t My Lookout right before Red Red Meat hits the stage….c’mon Sub Pop - where’s the true effort?