Your mid-teens are the hardest. Even though you’ve made it through the initial confusion, you’re still confronted with having to live with your inner whirlpool of emotions. Also, high school sucks and you’re not getting out for a few more years. Ugh, it’s the worst. With that in mind, let’s all show a lot of support for our good friend Barsuk Records, who is turning 15 this very year. You’re growing into a very nice boy/girl/genderless record label, Barsuk.
To celebrate this momentous occasion, Barsuk is throwing themselves a 15th anniversary party. From November 7-10, the label will take over four iconic Seattle venues: Showbox at the Market, Neptune Theatre, Neumos/Barboza, and The Tractor Tavern. The label intends to pack these nights with as many Barsuk acts as possible, even if they don’t totally know which acts will be playing yet. That information is still to come, but here’s some info of the more solid variety: all proceeds from the shows will benefit cancer support organization Gilda’s Club Seattle.
Before the label celebrates their big anniversary, the September 1 date of Bumbershoot will feature an event called 15 Years of Barsuk Records. This event consists of a conversation with label co-founder Josh Rosenfeld and others associated with the label throughout the years. Following that talk will be performances by Barsuk acts Death Cab For Cutie (playing 2003’s Transatlanticism), Ra Ra Riot, David Bazan, Ramona Falls, and Mates of State.
• Barsuk: http://www.barsuk.com
• Gilda’s Club Seattle: http://www.gildasclubseattle.org
