Hardly Art

Hardly Art Celebrating (almost) 10 years of excellence

Often referred to as Sub Pop’s “sister label,” Hardly Art is an offshoot of Sub Pop designed to spotlight emerging talent. While the label’s initial focus was local when it started up in 2007, it has since expanded its roster to welcome artists from all over the United States and abroad.

It's the most wonderful time of the year: The 2025 Hardly Art Non-Denominational Discount Activation is here again. From...
06/11/2025

It's the most wonderful time of the year: The 2025 Hardly Art Non-Denominational Discount Activation is here again. From November 6th until January 4th please enjoy 20% off ALL items in our Mini Mart, along with FREE domestic shipping on all orders over $75 with code WINTER at checkout. This generous and festive offer extends to the entire Hardly Art catalog, as well as our many stylish and sensible apparel items. Give the gift of Hardly Art to yourself or a loved one, and don't break the bank while doin' it ;)

⚠️ Attention Chris Cohen fans in Seattle and Tacoma! We've got your weekend plans: He's opening for Sub Pop Records own...
17/10/2025

⚠️ Attention Chris Cohen fans in Seattle and Tacoma! We've got your weekend plans: He's opening for Sub Pop Records own Frankie Cosmos TONIGHT at The Crocodile , then agin tomorrow night at Spanish Ballroom. See u there maybe?

12/10/2025

15 years of The Moondoggies' Tidelands!
There is something inherently calming about large bodies of water. In times of emotional duress, standing at the edge of an ocean watching the waves roll in and out, centers the spirit in a way that standing on terra firma cannot. Kevin Murphy (lead vocals, guitar) chose to title the Moondoggies’ album Tidelands in part because of a remote area outside his old stomping grounds of Ketchikan, Alaska where he used to go to escape from civilization. More importantly, as the sly recurring themes of water throughout the Seattle quartet’s second full-length underscore, these are songs crafted to provide solace, sense, and cause for celebration in a world fraught with turmoil. …
Stream here-> https://hardlyart.xyz/themoondoggies_tidelands

11/09/2025

Happy 10 years to Shannon and the Clams' Gone By the Dawn!
The music is complex, the lyrical content is emotionally raw and honest, and the production is the strangest it’s ever been. The album was written as one member was recovering from a serious breakup and another was deep in one. The lyrics reflect it, and the entire album is dripping with sadness, pain, and introspection. Gone by the Dawn was recorded at Tiny Telephone in San Francisco and produced by Sonny Smith. Snag yr copy here-> https://hardlyart.xyz/shannonandtheclams_gonebythedawn

07/08/2025

Happy 10 glorious years to La Luz's Weirdo Shrine!
In early 2015, La Luz adjourned to a surf shop in San Dimas, California where, with the help of producer-engineer Ty Segall, they realized the vision of capturing the band’s restless live energy and committing it to tape. Weirdo Shrine finds them at their most saturated and cinematic -- the sound of La Luz is (appropriately) vibrant, and alive with a kaleidoscopic passion. Catch them now on our big sibling label, Sub Pop. Listen + vinyl up here-> https://hardlyart.xyz/laluz_weirdoshrine

Celebrating 10 years of I Want To Grow Up by Colleen Green! Snag yr copy now on limited clear pink vinyl-> https://hardl...
05/08/2025

Celebrating 10 years of I Want To Grow Up by Colleen Green! Snag yr copy now on limited clear pink vinyl-> https://hardlyart.xyz/colleengreen_iwanttogrowup

Catch the last few shows of the tour in the Pacific Northwest with Rozwell Kid:
Tue Aug 05 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
Wed Aug 06 Seattle, WA - Black Lodge
Thu Aug 07 Vancouver, BC - Red Gates Arts Society

I Want to Grow Up was recorded at Sputnik Sound in Nashville, TN and was Green's first album professionally recorded in a studio. It features Jake Orrall of JEFF The Brotherhood on guitar and Diarrhea Planet's Casey Weissbuch on drums. The album received accolades from publications such as Pitchfork, Stereogum, Rolling Stone, LA Times and The New York Times, whose Ben Ratliff wrote: "Around her songs, there is a basic air of competence, toughness, self-reliance — she's organized her sound, has identified her neuroses and doesn't need your help."

21/07/2025

Holographic Violence by Grave Babies’ was released on this day in 2015! This is their second Hardly Art full-length, and further explores the themes of nihilism, the pending doom of mankind, and shaming humanity, which the band has been building their gloomy reputation on since the beginning. Recorded with Mark Gajadhar (Blood Brothers, Past Lives) on Orcas Island. Grab it on vinyl now-> https://hardlyart.xyz/gravebabies_holographicviolence

05/06/2025

5 years of Girl Friday's Androgynous Mary!
Burning deep in Girl Friday's music is an unquenchable will to survive. The LA-based band don't blunt the impact of the themes they work through in their ferocious, knotty rock songs, but they don't let the more harrowing aspects of being alive and young in the 21st century daunt them, either. Taking full advantage of the dystopian shades of post-punk and noise rock palettes on their arresting debut LP, Androgynous Mary, Girl Friday nevertheless suffuse their music with abundant optimism. The world is a hellscape, but the four of them are in it together. Listen now-> https://hardlyart.xyz/girlfriday_androgynousmary

Lovers of live music! Tune in to KXLU Los Angeles 88.9 FM tonight to hear Youbet LIVE at 5 PM PT-> kxlu.com
13/05/2025

Lovers of live music! Tune in to KXLU Los Angeles 88.9 FM tonight to hear Youbet LIVE at 5 PM PT-> kxlu.com

26/04/2025

15 years of the Unnatural Helpers' Cracked Love & Other Drugs!

The group have been banging around Seattle as the perennial hobbyhorse of Dean Whitmore, who has also spent time with the Intelligence, Welcome, and Dipers. Anyone who has witnessed the live show over the years will be well familiar with the band’s taut, muscular guitar-rock, driven by Whitmore’s whip-tight drumming and usually caustic, often self-deprecating vocals. Oh, and the songs are always short. Very short.

Stream-> https://hardlyart.xyz/unnaturalhelpers_crackedloveandotherdrugs

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