Sub Pop are steadily snatching up all the biggest names in indie music. The legendary Seattle label already counts Father John Misty and Downtown Boys among artists on their roster, but now they’ve snagged indie-poppers and fount of all the feelings you’ve ever felt Frankie Cosmos.
In celebration of the news — and much the same way that Boys did before them –the Best Thing band announced their characteristically on-the-nose “Boom, We’re On Sub Pop Now” world tour.
05/05 — Boston, MA @ Royale
05/06 — Winooski, VT @ Waking Windows Festival
05/07 — Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall
05/08 — Kingston, NY @ BSP Kingston
05/09 — Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
05/10 — Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
05/11 — Grinnell, IA @ Grinnell College
05/12 — Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theater
05/13 — Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
05/14 — Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight
05/15 — Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theater
05/16 — Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
05/17 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
05/18 — Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
05/19 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
05/21 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
07/14 — Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
07/23 — Hyères, FR @ MIDI Festival
07/28 — Brighton, UK @ The Haunt
07/29 — Derbyshire, UK @ Indietracks Festival
07/31 — Cardiff, UK @ The Full Moon
08/01 — Liverpool, UK @ Magnet
08/02 — Dublin, IE @ Whelan’s
08/03 — Edinburgh, UK @ The Mash House
08/04 — Manchester, UK @ Band On The Wall
08/05 — London,UK @ Visions Festival
08/08 — Primosten, HR @ SuperUho Festival
08/24 – Vancouver, BC @ The Cobalt Cabaret
08/25 — Anacortes, WA @ The Business
08/26 — Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
08/27 — Portland, OR @ MusicFestNW presents Project Pabst
08/29 — Arcata, CA @ Outer Space
08/30 — San Francisco, CA @ Gray Area Theater
09/01 –Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole
09/03 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex
For more of Sub Pop being on the ball, take a listen to folk singer Marika Hackman and revisit our feature on art-rappers Clipping.
