With all the ballyhoo about Sub Pop’s 20th Anniversary, it’s nice to see one of the bands that made Sub Pop SUB POP are still around and doing well. Today, Synthesis Editor Ryan “Daddy” Prado handed me a copy of Mudhoney’s forthcoming album The Lucky Ones, and it’s pretty damn good. In fact, it sounds like something that would’ve been put out by the label 20 years ago. It’s fuzzy and sloppy and probably hasn’t even caught whiff of Pro-Tools.

Mudhoney’s previous two albums for Sub Pop, Since We’ve Become Translucent and Under a Billion Suns were much more expansive in sound and scope with both albums featuring songs that incorporated a horn section. Both albums were nice pieces of psychedelic hard rock, even if they didn’t garner much attention, but you won’t find much of that here. The Lucky Ones is just filthy Seattle grunge done by the guys who’d done it best. The album’s due in stores May 20th.

On that note….

Los Angeles, CA · April 7th, 2008

Scott Weiland * Dean DeLeo * Robert DeLeo * Eric Kretz

WHEN: Monday, April 7th, 2008 7pm

WHERE: Houdini Estate, Hollywood Hills, CA

WHY: Because drug addiction is not a laughing matter. And it’s expensive. Oh, and you know, love of rock music and all…

WHAT: Velvet what now?