Sleater-Kinney 
Gift Package

Riot grrrls new and old are rejoicing at the news that ’90s punk band Sleater-Kinney has reunited. After a decade-long break, the Olympia-born band is touring next year in support of its soon-to-be released eighth full-length, No Cities to Love. Sub Pop is offering a preorder bundle that includes No Cities to Love in the format of your choice and a T-shirt. Create the ultimate Sleater-Kinney gift package for the fanatic in your life by including selections from their back catalogue, recently reissued by Sub Pop, and maybe even a pair of tickets to the not-yet-sold-out February 9 show in Boise. Diana M. Le

$27–$45 for the bundle. subpop.com.

You Know 
What to Do 
by the Shivas

This title is self-promotional, confident, and very suggestive (in keeping with all great K Records bands). Based on the Shivas’ past three records, the commanding tone is justified. You know exactly what to do: run, don’t walk to your local independent record store to pick up the new album, on which the beloved Portland band continues to charm audiences with its take on ’60s psychedelic surf-rock. The playful boy/girl vocal styling between Jared Wait-Molyneux and Kristin Leonard is beyond cute, and makes this a great gift for anyone you might be crushing on. DML

$10–$15. krecs.com.

All Your Friend’s Friends

by 
various artists

It’s no surprise that K Records is yet again doing something a little off-center and definitely way cool. More than 30 MCs from across the Northwest (including members of Oldominion and the Sandpeople) have come together to create a hip-hop compilation pulled entirely from samples of the K catalogue. It’s definitely weird, and could be completely mind-blowing for the music lover who is deep into K and will notice all the riffs from the Microphones, Mirah, and Built to Spill, as well as for the hip-hop head who wants to look deeper into Northwest hip-hop than Macklemore. It’s here, and it’s good. DML

$10. krecs.com.

Lese Majesty

by Shabazz Palaces

The local experimental hip-hop group blew the doors off Seattle hip-hop in 2009 after anonymously self-releasing two EPs—followed by revelations that the voice delivering the elliptical verse was that of Ishmael Butler, formerly Butterfly of Digable Planets—and a debut full-length album in 2011 on Sub Pop (then a rare hip-hop signing for the label). The duo’s sophomore album, Lese Majesty, is strange and refreshing, proving that the group’s creative well runs deep—and that it still maintains that “something else” factor that develops and magnifies its mythology, and the musicality to warrant gaping wonder. Perfect for the adventurous music lover in search of new terrain. DML

$10–$24. subpop.com.

B-Sides

by Nada Surf

Some would now deem Nada Surf one of the most underrated bands of the ’90s. But back at the turn of the century, only a handful of fans thought the East Coast band was more than a one-hit wonder. Fortunately, one of those was Josh Rosenfeld, the co-founder of Seattle’s own Barsuk Records, who saved the band from the 99-cent bin. Largely because of Barsuk, the band has continued to gain a cult following, and even soundtracked some very seminal moments on The O.C.

B-Sides is exactly what the title says—15 tracks of rarities, including songs that have been available only on limited-edition CDs, tracks that have never been released in the U.S., and a few covers. DML

$7.20–$8.80. barsuk.com.

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