Pitchfork: Sub Pop Loser Scholarship Winner Revealed!

Sub Pop Loser Scholarship Winner Revealed!

When, some months ago, we alerted our readership of the existence of Sub Pop's Loser Scholarship, the Washingtonian teen in all of us collectively wished we'd spent less time playing Super Smash Brothers and more time doing cool shit.

But only one teenaged cool-shit-doer could emerge victorious, and that one, is seems, is Kennewick, WA's favorite son Kyle Raquipiso, who'll pack the nearly six grand Sub Pop ponied up for the scholarship and make a name for himself at Portland's Pacific Northwest College of the Arts.

Among presumably stiff competition, Raquipiso's formidable entry gained the edge; he managed to stuff tunes from three of his bands, a 7" of his own Leper Print project, and a mess of his own ink drawings in the envelope, along with an essay detailing his efforts at putting on shows around Kennewick and making real art in the midst of a burnt-out peer group. Congrats, Kyle! Six grand ought to pay for ~~beer~~sketchbooks at least through the spring.

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