I assumed it was the trucks outside that suddenly woke me, but as I listened to their grunting engines the familiar pain set in and I knew I was widely awake because I'd dreamt about him again. The nice part about having a friend on the opposite coast is that you can text them at 4am and get a response, he called back and we talked. We haven't been together in years but have been good at talking weekly for half a decade now, despite living multiple continents apart at times. But things have suddenly changed, as they are wont [...]
There was no music during labor. I had made plans and playlists, of course, but in the end everything happened too fast for me to even pause to consider whether I was in a Constantines or a Yeah Yeah Yeahs mood. (Mostly I was in the mood to have this baby, and now please.) And [...]
In Seattle mid-summer can be a dead zone for rad shows due the many festival's onerous blackout periods but this Friday is a rare exception with a grip of shows choose from. The weather is nice, so you've got no excuse to stay in. Abbey's already talked about the David Bazan Cathedrals show happening [...]
Eric Anderson, the man behind Cataldo, shares details of latest album, and plans for his next.
Cumulus ::: Photo by Josh Lovseth The real truth about it is no one gets it right The real truth about it is we're all supposed to try - "Farewell Transmission" For those who gathered on stage and off Tuesday night at The Barboza to honor the contributions that Jason Molina has made to all of our lives, the [...]
Under what I wish were better circumstances a group of Seattle musicians is doing what they can to help a fellow songwriter by singing his songs. Known as Songs:Ohia, Magnolia Electric Company, Pyramid Electric Company or simply as Jason Molina, since 1997 with the support of Secretly Canadian Molina's been pursuing his own vision of [...]
Ghostland Observatory will lazerize WaMu this weekend / photo by Christopher Nelson We've got another great week of shows in Seattle, with a ton of variety. This is a city where you can see a good show just about every night of the week, and this one is no exception. Starting on Monday night, we've got some great Northwest connections back in town with former Fleet Fox Josh Tillman's new project, Father John Misty , performing at Neumos. On Tuesday, there's a psych fest at Neumos with Black Moth Super Rainbow, Lumerians, and Pictorials . [...]
Pond at Buffalo Billiards during SXSW / photo by Jim Bennett Another busy schedule of shows this week. On Monday, Hot Snakes are at Neumos with The Bangs and Spider Fever , and Kelly Hogan is at the Triple Door with Puddles Pity Party . On Tuesday, there's a free performance by The Lumineers at Sonic Boom Records in Ballard, Rodrigo y Gabriela are at Paramount, Kathleen Edwards is at Neumos, and Bowerbirds are at Crocodile with Dry The River [...]
Photo by Andrew Mark SnyderCombining incisive lyricism with instant campfire-classic melodies, it was hard to believe Cataldo's Signal Flare's rich arrangements and assured delivery sprang from the m
This happened at my house last night. What an ebullient evening of purity and candor. Thanks, Cataldo . [ and thanks Kevin for taping it ]
I've sat down to write this post about fifteen times and never quite get the words out right, because this song by Cataldo (Seattle's Eric Anderson) is much more of an impressionistic short story than a song. Trying to write about my feelings for it is kind of like trying to tell someone about a dream, scratchy-voiced as the sun rises: it never comes out right. It starts with only Eric's words alone in a room for the first several lines, echoing as he tells us a fleshed out, highly personal dream. [...]
The wild, celestial scale of musical largesse has tipped off its fulcrum in my favor, and we are currently splashing around in a sparkly, melodic deluge of fantastic upcoming Fuel/Friends concerts that I am hosting in the coming weeks. I feel truly awed and thrilled; all four of these special headliners have been listed in my year-end tops lists before. You're invited to all four warm wonderful nights, or if you have friends in Colorado, please let them know. Whoever comes from the farthest will get a song dedication and a hug. [...]
Sleigh Bells at Sasquatch! 2011 / photo by Alex Crick A nice extended weekend (President's Day), usually leads to a good week of shows. This week starts with Grimes at the Sunset Tavern on Monday night (sold out, sorry!). On Tuesday, Veronica Falls, Bleached , and Seapony are at the Tractor, and Damien Jurado plays a free in-store set at Sonic Boom Records in Ballard. Wednesday night, the extremely talented Cate Le Bon and Charles Leo Gebhardt are at the Crocodile, and Chuck Prophet and the [...]
Seattle’s Cataldo creates beautiful indie-folk perfect for those of us who have ever/will ever get dumped. So... all of us.
Now that we've reached the top of our favorite local records countdown, we wanted to have links to all the reviews in one convenient place. While yes, all these albums were released by either Portland or Seattle bands, we hope you don't get stuck on "local" as the important part of the descriptor. Because no [...]
We're counting down our 10 favorite records released in the Pacific Northwest in 2011, follow along! - #4 Cataldo - Prison Boxing (Red Pepper Records) “Let’s begin, at the end, of bad year, with bad things at my back. The tragic truth I’ve been slow in learning, is there are certain breaths you simply can’t retract.” - [...]
Kelli Schaefer ::: photo by Dylan Priest Having fallen deep down a used-vinyl sized hole this year, I managed to completely miss most of the national blog buzz bands and mp3s making the press release copy&paste rounds of 2011, those things that so often fill end of the year lists. But considering the immense output from [...]
When starting something new, the Field of Dreams question always lingers. If you build it, will they come? As far as baseball fields in Costner movies and the Fremont Abbey's new Cathedrals concert series, that answer is a resounding yes. Over 500 people attended Cathedrals 1 featuring some seriously goose-bump making sets by Mychal and [...]
Nothing has enchanted me more in October than this video of Noah Gundersen and his siblings covering CSNY's "Helplessly Hoping," one of my favorite songs of all time. This frills free cover takes full advantage of the reverb of the room and the Gundersen's familial honeyed harmonies accentuates everything I loved most about the original, [...]
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