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Max Creeps are a punk band with a completely fake backstory who ”broke up” this week, and had their demise mourned by Henry Rollins, Billie Joe Armstrong, Laura Jane Grace, and more. Now they've ”reunited” and announced an album...

Seattle legends Young Fresh Fellows just released 'Toxic Youth,' their first album in eight years.

From shoegaze to Madchester, pop and hip hop, Sonic Youth to Cocteau Twins, it's Indie Basement's Top albums of 1990.

This week: reviews of new albums from Sonny & The Sunsets, Unlikely Friends and Holiday Ghosts, plus new Slumberland band Jeanines, more Wannadies reissues, and a British synthpop comp.

The Sub Pop Employee Memories section is especially great + a Fastbacks reunion.

The label will also be putting out a series of limited-edition commemorative split 7" singles, exclusively sold at SPF30.

Seattle indie rock label Sub Pop is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year by throwing a festival called SPF30 which happens August 10-11 that includes a big all-day free show on 8/11 along Alki Beach in West Seattle, featuring Mudhoney, Beach House, Wolf Parade, Shabazz Palaces, Fastbacks, Loma, LVL UP, METZ, Moaning, and more. Plus: the cast of Bob's Burgers, and more.

Alejandro Escovedo's tour with The Minus 5 hit NYC last week for a run of shows at City Winery. Following those, they hit Bay Shore, NY's Boulton Center on Sunday night...

The song will also appear on Filthy Friends' debut album, which comes out in 2017.