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Tweet Blue Sky Black Death , the Seattle-based beat-production duo, are radically experimental when put into the same context as artists like Star Slinger or Clams Casino , which are other artists who have recently dabbled in the hip-hop realm. They have a thirteen-minute long track, "13" , that takes the listener through a smorgasbord of rapidly changing textures and long-winded progressions. Their beats combined with Nacho Picasso , also based in Seattle, provide a new [...]
The lineup for the Sasquatch! Music Festival has been announced. The music festival will be going into its 11th year Memorial Day Weekend (5/25-5/28) at The Gorge in George, WA featuring headliners Jack White, Beck, and Bon Iver along with the Shins, Girl Talk, Portlandia Live, Feist, St. Vincent, the Walkmen, Spiritualized, Shabazz Palaces, and dozens more. Tickets go on sale to the general public Saturday 2/11 at 10 AM PST. A two-day Live Nation pre-sale begins a few days earlier, Wednesday 2/8 at 10 AM PST. More ticket information, with VIP and camping options, is available [...]
The Sasquatch Music Festival has released their 2012 lineup, and as usual, it's a doozy....
Taking a cue from the Seattle World's Fair postcard records, local bands Spurm and Fresh Espresso have both released playable postcards in the last couple weeks. With the help of Caffe Vita, Fresh Espresso put out their new single "Show Me How You Do" as a limited edition postcard. You can pick up the single [...]
I would pay $8.99 for the album x 5 if these 1-minute 30-second songs were 3 minutes. This is one evolved growth spurt from seattle hiphop. Its glitchy and soulful. Back and forth through intricate thoughtful sounds and soothing funk samples. Track 18 for example! I'm waiting for kanye's voice to bust out. Face Scrunchers Vol. 2 by P Smoov
The block party on my pathetic block in Chicago is pretty much a glorified bake sale with a shitty bouncy castle which I'm not even allowed to bounce in. So the leap from my wholly depressing, completely sober, and awkward neighborhood reunion to the Capitol Hill Block Party is a paradigm shift to be sure. And to boot, it's less of a block party and more of a bona fide music festival that just happens to take place on Pike Street between 10 th and 12 th . But the focus on the Seattle/Capitol Hill district community [...]
FRIDAY : 4:00PM - 4:30PM Fresh Espresso MAIN - Girls and Fast Cars 5:00PM - 5:30PM Boat VERA STAGE 7:45PM - 8:30PM Cults NEUMOS - Oh My God - Go Outside 8:15PM - 9:00PM Sol VERA STAGE 9:15PM - 10:15PM The Head And The Heart MAIN 9:30PM - 10:15PM SHAD VERA STAGE - A Good Name 10:20PM - 10:40PM Kung Fu Grip / Brothers From Another VERA STAGE - O [...]
I have to say, The Stranger folks really pulled it off this year. Last year, when they extended Block Party to a three-day event (remember how it used to be free? and Built to Spill was always playing?) I almost shit my pants. I was rookie music blogger and looking forward to a stacked lineup [Read Full Post...]
Two of the coolest cats in Seattle hip hop, OCnotes and Rik Rude = Metal Chocolates . .
I've posted a few songs previously released by Seattle based electro-pop duo, Viper Creek Club . On april 1st at neumos you'll be able to get the mixtape, and watch the magic happen as everybody being remixed helps perform the remixes! wow... yes. excuse my poor grammar, if it doesn't make sense you can click back to your pRon anytime. Metal Chocolates will be performing a lot of material off their upcoming release ... I hear good things about this. Most importantly, Viper Creek Club will [...]
Baroness at Bumbershoot ::: photo by Abbey Simmons Ladies and Gentlemen, hold on to your hats, this is for all the marbles.... "You're Not From Around Here...Are You?" - Best Live Performance By A Touring Act Winner(s): Goodie Mob. Coalesce. Baroness. Almost Winner(s): Jay Electronica. Judging by the fact that I have multiple winners listed, this was a difficult [...]
Baroness at Bumbershoot ::: photo by Abbey Simmons Ladies and Gentlemen, hold on to your hats, this is for all the marbles.... "You're Not From Around Here...Are You?" - Best Live Performance By A Touring Act Winner(s): Goodie Mob. Coalesce. Baroness. Almost Winner(s): Jay Electronica. Judging by the fact that I have multiple winners listed, this was a difficult [...]
Fresh Espresso at Bumbershoot ::: photo by Abbey Simmons While we were hoping 2010 might include Fresh Espresso's eagerly anticipated sophomore release, the band still impressed every time they took a stage in Seattle. In a city full of talented performers, few capture an audience's attention or controls a crowd more than PSmoov, Rik Rude, Radjaw [...]
If you hadn't gathered, we go to a lot of shows here at Sound on the Sound. For the past four years, I've been at shows more nights than not and with the surge of amazing music happening in Seattle, I could truthfully go to two or three shows a night and still miss something [...]
If you hadn't gathered, we go to a lot of shows here at Sound on the Sound. For the past four years, I've been at shows more nights than not and with the surge of amazing music happening in Seattle, I could truthfully go to two or three solid shows a night and still miss [...]
Brent Amaker, of the Seattle-based country/western crew Brent Amaker and the Rodeo, counts down his favorite musical memories from 2010.
Fresh Espresso City Arts Magazine threw their first of what they plan on being an annual fest- this Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. There was a lot to see and do, and I managed to take a some pictures of a few different acts. You can check them out at my steller employer's website . "Belle & Sebastian - I Want the World to Stop" xoxo, alyssa
Of all the shows scheduled for the upcoming City Arts Fest (Oct. 20-23), the one depicted on this poster might be the most unforeseen of the bunch. And no, I ain't talkin' about the fake boxer bodies attached to Fresh Espresso 's heads. I'm simply referring to the fact that the Paramount will be hosting this mostly-local, all hip-hop show, with the Blue Scholars as the headliner. Word on the street is that this is the first of it's kind at the renowned theatre, so big "ups" to the [...]
Jay Electronica Crowd ::: Photo by Abbey Simmons Day two of Bumbershoot was all about dualities for us. We bounced back and forth between impassioned sets from folk troubadours such as Billy Bragg, Dave Bazan and Horse Feathers and hip hop sets from Fresh Espresso and Jay Electronica that brought some serious swagger to the [...]
Jay Electronica Crowd ::: Photo by Abbey Simmons Day two of Bumbershoot was all about dualities for us. We bounced back and forth between impassioned sets from folk troubadours such as Billy Bragg, Dave Bazan and Horse Feathers and hip hop sets from Fresh Espresso and Jay Electronica that brought some serious swagger to the [...]
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