As we all unfortunately know, not all good things can last forever. And, alas, The Cops have decided to go on an indefinite hiatus and play what may be the final show at the Sunset tonight. read more
The Cops and Kurt Bloch at the Sunset Tavern, 20.12.2008 And you thought that The Cops disappeared into the snowy night like so many chartered private planes .... Er, whoops, sorry. A Snowpocalypse-turned-Big Bopper reference gone sideways there. How about: The Cops didn't fade into memory like the snowdrifts that put Seattle on lockdown back in December. No, those fine young rockers are holding up their promise to bid fans a fair adieu next month with shows scheduled to make up for the one that got snowed out. First up, [...]
Due to an excess of work and absence of sleep over the last week I've literally been slogging through a sort of tired, zombie-like haze. Things are getting done far less than usual (and that's saying a lot) and my small pile of responsibilities are falling to the wayside. Without the likes of songs like "Adam" from San Francisco-based group The Fucking Ocean, I'm pretty sure I'd have been targeted, and rolled for my scant earnings. Luckily for me this song is a short burst of adrenaline fueled post-punk that runs the gamut from almost Foals-like angular riffs [...]
Sometimes I have dreams of people running in my house, to either kill me or arrest me. Maybe I have a guilty conscience or something. But from time to time i find myself, looking around my apartment, thinking where I might hide to incase the situation arose. Im always thinking about random situations like this just incase they do happen. Its a crazy world out there. Feel me? So I kind of had to applaud the man who Hide himself in an old carpet and nearly escaped being caught. A crook tried to dodge [...]
This show, I can't watch. Not because I don't find it amusing, but I feel like the American cops attitude is atrocious. Sometimes they say things that make make angry. Like, for example, when he asked "Steven" why his shorts were so short. It's not his place, Steven can wear whatever he wants to. And if he doesn't want to be referred to as "Steven" then they shouldn't refer to him/her as that. Really, they need courses on ending police malpractice and brutality. Meanwhile, "Steven" is hella funny. Excuse her beauty!
In light of the recent killing of Oscar Grant and police fuckery in general, I found a pretty interesting story of some cops that arrested each other while trying to stop bandits from robbing a shop in Berlin, Germany. Check it: Berlin police officers arrested each other as robbers made off with the cash after holding up an off licence. Two crooks threatened a female employee with a machete at the cash-and-carry selling booze in the city's Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district. When the woman opened the till and handed over [...]
The Cops sent out an e-mail that said, "Tonight's show with Spiral Stairs, The Sea Navy and Wallpaper has been cancelled due to the blizzard in Seattle. The last night of our Rock n' Roll Circus, and our last scheduled show before our hiatus has been postponed to Saturday March 14th." read more
This week we've got three stupendous nights of Sunset Tavern burn down, and here are other reasons to be there every night, each and every one of us. read more
Yesterday on Twitter, Sportaphile mentioned an amazing blog entry by Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch, where he is holding some "I'm ya daddi boi toy give a way" which includes "lots and lots of toyzzzzzzzz". Amazed by the content, I was browsing around the rest of the blog and noticed he had his own line of merchandise. Then I saw it, a Beast Mode t-shirt...but it was sold out everywhere on the internets. However, during my search for it I came across a tidbit that mentioned it was for sale at Tops Supermarkets in Western [...]
I speak in jest, but I am truly dismayed by this announcement from one of this city's most energetic and entertaining rock bands out there. Speaking from their home in Myspaceland, the gritty dance-punks in the Cops intimated: " After 4 1/2 years, 2 records, an EP, several tours and over 230 shows played, we're taking a break for an undetermined amount of time. It's bittersweet, but the time has come. 4 1/2 years of touring have been financially and personally taxing and some of [...]
Copped this a few days back while roaming the new Harris Teeter back in the ol' DMV. Immediately this has become my non-alchoholic beverage of choice. From what I gather, this has been only launched in a few select markets in the States, after selling like hot cakes tea? in France (where it is called Pamplemousse Rose, ML is sooo bilinugal). Alas, I'm already suffering from withdrawl, Buffalo is not one of the lucky select markets (contain your shock, please).
So, I dunno if $2 can buy happiness, but on Thursday, Oct 16th it can buy you frosty beverages at MOE bar. And you KNOW that frosty beverages can only lead to happiness. Am I right or am I right? . I'm right. . So, the Seattle Subsonic - Local Music - Happy Hour is happening again from 5-8 , this time in rare form. It's no coincidence that directly following Happy Hour there is a free concert right there at Neumos with The Cops, [...]
[ Guest post by misterlevitan's brother, Little Murph ] Last week I was in town visiting my older brother. He moved here 12 years ago with his Sub Pop Loser T-shirt , flannels, and ridiculous black boots just in time for his favorite band, Soundgarden , to break up. I remember him coming home for winter break that first year nearly in tears because that band had postponed their two-night-stand downtown for a week, and he had to give his tickets away. So as a Southern [...]
Lucky you. You read this blog, so you are getting the downlow on how to get invited to an "Invite-Only" show featuring some of Seattle's hottest emerging talent at Neumos on October 16. Here are the details: 10.16 Thursday An Invite Only Event with THE SATURDAY KNIGHTS The Cops Mono In VCF DJ Dyce For access RSVP to promo@neumos.com 21+ / 8 pm doors All you've got to do is RSVP and you get in FREE.
Aside from the cops breaking up the party at 1am (a lot of kids were just filtering in), the guys at Finger On The Pulse and Palms Out Sounds brought out the goods with live performances from Tijuana and Sgt. Sass and a wild DJ set that was cut too short by Red Foxxxx . Along with the live performances at Alphabeta was a full-on graffiti/art installation that was still going on throughout the night. It was massive amounts of fun, there were massive amounts of Sparks, Absinthe and [...]
A couple weeks back, I DJed for a Sugar City show to benefit the opening of a new art space in Buffalo. From beginning to end, the show was a lot of fun. Starting off with a lot of old funk and disco to capping the night off by getting busted up by the cops. You couldn't ask for anything more. However, the police disrupted the peak of the set I was playing. Therefore, I did a one-take of the set and now I'm posting it online. Hope you enjoy it. It runs a bit over an hour so find [...]
Long Winters, the Cops and Boat at Showbox, Seattle | 5 July 2008 The Cops singer Mike Jaworski was ribbing John Roderick throughout their set, and in between songs he says, "John Roderick, I've got three words: Off the Grid" He did kind of look a bit mountain man like with his fully fuzzy [...]
Never heard of The Cops? You will. The Seattle punk/garage band is a rising star in a small but burgeoning revival taking place across the country; mixing political ethos with deadly guitar thrashing, the band's goal seems to be to start a worldwide revolution. After signing up for his militia, Culture Bully's Jon Behm asked lead guitarist Michael Jaworski some questions for this week's segment of Five Questions. Jon Behm : Forgive the cliché, but many of your songs seem to be directed against "The Man." Who is the [...]
By JASON HARPER Princes of Pain KC is lucky to catch a couple of not-necessarily-hot but totally solid touring acts this weekend. First up, Little Rock, Ark., band American Princes brings its blend of lo-fi guitar pop, broken-throated harmonies, heavy lyrics and big choruses to Davey's. You won't find these dudes written up in the hype-osphere, but if you give 'em a chance, it might pay off. This first song here, "Open Letter," is a chilling and spot-on song about a dysfunctional father-son relationship [...]
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