SeaTac has an awesome new addition. The record label Sub Pop has opened up a shop in
the airport, so swing on by Concourse C to check out some good tunes!
It is a really interesting installment to highlight Seattle’s music scene, demonstrating a local label that showcases incredible talent from all over, but quite a bit from this region. They have a wide variety of artists signed to Sub Pop as well as other artists representative of Seattle: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Macklemore, etc, from agreements with other record labels to showcase staple Seattle artists.
It is a really interesting installment to highlight Seattle’s music scene, demonstrating a local label that showcases incredible talent from all over, but quite a bit from this region. They have a wide variety of artists signed to Sub Pop as well as other artists representative of Seattle: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Macklemore, etc, from agreements with other record labels to showcase staple Seattle artists.
As far a music labels go, for an indie music junkie, good-god… you don’t get much better than Sub Pop. Just look at Sub Pop's current line-up, and their historical line-up. Unfortunately, not all of these are available at the shop. It mostly focuses on current Sub Pop artists and Seattle staples.
The shop has mostly Sub Pop merch: t-shirts and crap. But in the back of the store there is this beautiful little oasis of album art; shelves of records. It is my new favorite place in any airport. Its a nice place to drool over beautiful artwork and all the potential eargasms waiting on those nicely-lit shelves. I could spend a lot of time here.
It is also really cool because most of the artists on the
Sub Pop label are far from ‘mainstream’, and this shop gives them broad
exposure that they may not otherwise see. Random people passing through the
airport, can check out some fantastic local indie bands.
The partnership between Sea-Tac Airport, the Seattle
Music Commission, and PlayNetwork also will include “overhead music in common
areas, a program of live artist performances in the terminal, artist- recorded
overhead announcements, and curated videos on terminal and baggage claim
monitors.”
I think I most definitely miss my flight if one of my
favorite indie bands is playing a free live set in the airport. I almost missed
my recent flight just browsing the records!
However, the last thing I would want to do is
tote a record on a plane...
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