Back in 2019, Beat Happening released the We Are Beat Happening vinyl box set, featuring all five of their albums and a b-sides compilation. Now Domino Records will be releasing all of those — 1985’s ...

If you pick up Beat Happening’s seven-disc Crashing Through (K Records) box set, expect more than the conventional career-spanning dog-and-pony show. The collection includes the group’s full-length ...

This article originally appeared in the January 1993 issue of SPIN. A lot of what’s been written about Olympia, Washington’s finest-ever rock trio, Beat Happening, refers to its purported immaturity.

“The legend of Beat Happening, and of K, the label that Calvin Johnson founded, is full of big names they worked with before they were stars (Beck! Modest Mouse! The Gossip!), and big names they ...

Beat Happening—the indie pop trio of Calvin Johnson, Heather Lewis, and Bret Lunsford—are releasing a massive box set collecting their entire recorded catalog. It’s called We Are Beat Happening and it ...

DIY indie rock / low-fi / punk / cuddlecore icons Beat Happening are getting a new box set, titled We Are Beat Happening, which will be out November 30 via Domino. They are calling it the “definitive ...

Independent record labels are often guided by a singular vision, but few instantly evoke a particular artist’s voice. It’s hard not to associate K Records, though, with the sly, sensual baritone of ...

Beat Happening have remastered their entire back catalogue for a new boxset, We Are Beat Happening. We Are Beat Happening will compile Beat Happening's entire library of releases into seven LPs.

Though the influence of Beat Happening and K Records is unquestionable, both the band and the label's refusal to bow to the restrictions of the mainstream music industry has seen them become bastions ...

Whether you know it or not, Pacific Northwest indie-rock legends Beat Happening have been a major influence on what you listen to today, influencing the likes of Beck, the White Stripes, Deerhunter, ...

We've Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, ...