Our Favorite Stories of 2016: Is K Records a “Broken, Sinking Ship”?

by Dave Segal
Is K Records a “Broken, Sinking Ship”? That's the question our music critic Dave Segal posed in his feature on a public falling out between a legendary local music label and the artists it represents, including Kimya Dawson. It's one of our staffers' favorite stories of 2016 and is republished below.Olympia-based K Records—a bastion of DIY indie music since 1982—lately has been weathering some harsh criticism from its former artists, particularly singer-song