We Love This Shrine to Grunge Rock at the Seattle Airport

Yahoo Travel

Everyone loves a nice dose of nostalgia, particularly when you have some time to kill before a flight.

It makes sense, then, that the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is tapping into a longing for the flannel-infused nineties with their newly opened Sub Pop shop in the main terminal, near Concourse C.

For those too young to remember, Sub Pop was the fanzine/music label/club that spawned the ‘90s grunge music craze, famously launching the careers of Mudhoney, Soundgarden, and, of course, Nirvana.

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(Photo: Susan Kittenplan)

The most amazing thing about the Sub Pop store is that they sell actual music on both CDs and vinyl. You can imagine a millennial accidentally wandering in to wonder what exactly they should do with these giant round discs.

There is 21st Century inventory too, including the label’s Grammy-winning EP for the TV series Flight of the Conchords and 2014 releases from Lyla Foy and Soundgarden (their reissue of “Screaming Life/Fopp.”)

Here we are now. Entertain us.