Here it is folks, the end all and be all...our Top 25 Northwest Albums of 2008. While numbers 6 through 25 were highly contentious, there was unanimity as to the Top 5 Northwest Albums of 2008 and their order. There's no doubt in our minds, that no band deserves the accolades more than The Moondoggies. Their album Don't Be A Stranger is an instant classic in the vein of Music from Big Pink. We expect 2009 to be even bigger than 2008 for The Moondoggies, and we can't wait to see [...]
Since there were so many incredible local releases this year, it would've been negligent to not have a solely local Best Songs of 2008 list. I expanded the idea of 'local' to go beyond Seattle and include our musical neighbors to the south, Portland. Hope you enjoy my first Best of list of 2008, more lists coming soon! 1. The Moondoggies - Changin' 2. Wild Orchid Children - Birth of a Cabin 3. The Dutchess and The Duke - Resevoir Park 4. Kay Kay and His [...]
Tomorrow night (Saturday, December 27th) is the night of the BIG Three Imaginary Girls Winter Holiday Spectacular at Chop Suey and we'd love to have you there to celebrate all those December holidays and raise funds for a great local charity (Soild Ground). read more
Join us for the TIG Winter Holiday Spectacular at Chop Suey on Saturday, December 27th. read more
We have a pair of tickets to give away to this show. All you have to do is e-mail tig@threeimaginarygirls.com before noon on Friday with something like "MSHVB/HM show" and your name somewhere in the body of the message. read more
Before they'd ever even played a show the Mount St. Helens Vietnam Band was getting props from all over. Just six months on and this five piece has opened for Man Man, is opening for Blitzen Trapper tonight, and has a headlining spot a Neumos this Sunday. I guess people have really liked that felt-wrapped "Sleepy EP" a whole lot. Also on Sunday night's bill are up-and-coming Seattlites Hey Marseilles , who released their first album in August of this year. (I blame my completely missing that on pre-Bumbershoot activities). These guys [...]
Their music smokes with fire, banjos & brimstone: visualize a dark version of the "O Brother Where Art Thou" soundtrack, and you've pinned down a lot of the shouted vocals/tinny sound of old time radio that The Builders and the Butchers utilizes. read more
To enter the drawing to win to tickets to tonight's show, email us at tig @ threeimaginarygirls.com before 5p tonight with your full name and the subject line "Alice and Laverne". We'll let you know by 5.30p if you won. read more
Hey Marseilles - From A Terrace Despite all the "boycott French wine" and "Freedom Fries" crap which obnoxiously plagued the US landscape over the past few years, francophilia in America is alive and well. But despite their name, Seattle's Hey Marseilles perform in la langue de Shakespeare , preferring instead invoke the spirit of old-world Marseilles as an influence to their poetic, folkish, and stunningly orchestral music. The collection of pianos, cello, violins, and accordion might force some people to label it as "eclectic." I call it "magnifique." [...]
Hey Marseilles - From A Terrace Despite all the "boycott French wine" and "Freedom Fries" crap which obnoxiously plagued the US landscape over the past few years, francophilia in America is alive and well. But despite their name, Seattle's Hey Marseilles perform in la langue de Shakespeare , preferring instead invoke the spirit of old-world Marseilles as an influence to their poetic, folkish, and stunningly orchestral music. The collection of pianos, cello, violins, and accordion might force some people to label it as "eclectic." I call it "magnifique." [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Fantastic Magic : "Sea of Gold" [mp3] Fantastic Magic : "Jam and Yima" [mp3] other Fantastic Magic posts at Largehearted Boy Hey Marseilles : "From a Terrace" [mp3] from To Travels and Trunks (out August 21st) other Hey Marseilles posts at Largehearted Boy [...]
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