makeajoyfulnoisehere: K RECORDS TURN 25

And if the Sonic Youth revival was not enough to made me feel old, here we have K Records turning 25!!! Maybe not as talked about as Factory or Creation, but with a longer life and also a lot of influence in everybody who is interested in music. With a Do-it-yourself punk philosophy (originally the K is for punK), Beat Happening's Calvin Johnson, the founder and most important figure in the company, has presented us some of the most amazing bands during all these years, most of them in the 90s but still with many interesting things to offer. With the International Pop Underground series of events he presented unknown bands that later became so popular such as Nirvana, Bikini Kill or The Vaselines or influenced others like The Moldy Peaches.
And as they are not doing anything transcendental for the celebration, the people of Ashmatic Kitty thought they could do something about it and they recruited some of their bands to cover some of the label songs that influenced them during these 25 years. You can listen to them online here:
http://asthmatickitty.com/main.php
And visit the K Records website for further information:
http://www.krecs.com/
Let's remember some of the bands:
Beat happening is no doubt the most emblematic band of the label. With their naive punk pop and Calvin's low voice they took to the limit the simplicity of the three cord song
BEAT HAPPENING - HOT CHOCOLATE BOY