Seattle tie tightens
“The unlikely New Zealand-Sup Pop connection just keeps getting stronger,” writes Anand Balasubrahmanyan for Seattle news site Publicola. “First, the label that once brought you Mudhoney’s Superfuzz/Bigmuff and doom/drone masterpiece, Earth 2, went and signed Wellington funny men Flight of the Conchords, and now they’ve added Ryan McPhun, aka Ruby Suns, to their New Zealand contingent.” The Ruby Suns are on a worldwide tour currently playing the United States before heading to Scandinavia in early May.