Sat Feb 7, Seaview, WA: Bruce Pavitt and Calvin Johnson Throw a SUB POP USA Party at Sou’wester Cabins

Bruce Pavitt and Calvin Johnson at the SUB POP USA release fest at Seattle’s Fantagraphics in November (pic by Gillian Gaar)

Bruce Pavitt (Sub Pop Records) and Calvin Johnson (K Records, Beat Happening) have been doing handsprings up and down the Pacific Northwest this winter, celebrating the release of Pavitt’s monumental SUB POP U.S.A.: The Subterraneanan Pop Music Anthology, 1980–1988. The tome chronicles the rise of independent rock, metal, hip hop and other music during the 1980s via the...