Among long time locals few bands are afforded as much reverence as the Murder City Devils . And the fact that despite calling Seattle home all of my nearly 28 years I've never been to a show reflects poorly on my as a so-called "music blogger" competency in relation to the local music scene. With the announcement of their February 2009 tour today, I will finally have an opportunity to remedy this glaring omission in my historical perspective. Featuring members that have moved on to other current local bands of note, the Cave Singers and Triumph of Lethargy Skinned [...]
Gabe sent an e-mail out today announcing a couple of quick web related updates from The Murder City Devils . First that a load of photos have been posted on their Flickr profile and then also that they've joined the world of Twitter . The band also has a new web site at www.themurdercitydevils.com and in bigger and actual non-virtual news is that the band has a set of of February tours dates scheduled. They still definitely rank in the top live performances I've seen so if you have a chance, check it [...]
Got some of the best news of the year this morning, in FEB, one of my favorite bands of all time, THE MURDER CITY DEVILS , will be reuniting (again) for a west coast tour! Not only are the Devils one of the best bands I've ever seen live, but they are one of the best live bands to ever exist! Everything about them just screams coool and dirty and I love it. I've always loved it. Hot on the heels of this announcement comes the launch of the new MURDER CITY DEVILS website and [...]
Ahhhhhhhhh! Big scary kitchen sink! Time once again for one of my internationally, supernaturally lauded Halloween mixes. The past couple years I've scoured the world-wide far-and for the best - well, the readily available and modestly acceptable - surf and psychobilly horror-themed tracks. This time around I've stitched autumn-appropriate chunks of this and that into one monstrous mush. Along with a bit of 'billy there's garage, funk, indie rock (yikes!), and a splattering of novelty tunes.* There're only two rules governing Halloween mixes: Any track with a "Bouahahahaha!" on it is [...]
That's my word, DAWG. Oasis - The Importance of Being Idle (from Don't Believe The Truth) [ BUY ] Noel discovered that the secret to inner peace lies in Bolshevik-influenced inactivity. Shannon Wright - Idle Hands (from Let In The Light) [ BUY] What do you get? A trip to the neighbourhood [...]
Because... It's Hari Raya Idlefitri today. And really, I couldn't think of a more appropriate way to commemorate a season that gives people the perfect excuse to be lazy than by coining it after the synonym for "lazy". It's just so apt. I ... What? Why did you interrupt me for? Huh, what do you mean it's not "Idle"? It's spelt "A-I-D-I-L"? What the ...? Oooh, so Mrs Sanghera was lying when she said I had spelt the synonym for "lazy" wrongly! That skanky ho! How dere she gife me a D- in speling! Good thing [...]
It's time for some rock! Way too much pop and indie on the blog lately! Show description via Lazyeye . This is old-school punk, loud and aggressive by way of The Stooges, with geek vocalist Spencer Moody doing his best Iggy impersonation, microphone in mouth, jumping around a stage that was lit ominously by candles lined up along the top of the amps. Energy was high, resulting in the first time I've seen an attempt at moshing at the Underground in a long, long time. [...]
So I'm toolin' around the interwebs as normal looking at all the pron I want to download when I receive a message from one of my old friends... he has a package waiting for me to download. So I begin the download. I wait for 2 days as the download seem to take forever. So while we wait let me take you back, a little over a year ago I found a band that I fell in absolute love with, Murder City Devils. To me it was the kind of music that [...]
After a week off the mixes are back. I am trying to get a few ready to go so hopefully there won't be another break again for a bit. This week's mix is a bunch of songs I got while listening to KEXP during their Sub Pop 20 year anniversary special so a lot of them are Sub Pop bands or from the Northwest. Enjoy! Soulsavers - Paper Money Black Ghosts - Full Moon Pigeonhed - Glory Bound (Remix by Dave Ruffy) Folk Implosion - [...]
Two weeks ago The Murder City Devils announced a reunion show in Portland as part of Musicfest Northwest. Today they regretfully announced it would not happen, but hope to play a show in Portland later this year. Details come from The Murder City Devils' myspace page... "We regret to announce that due to uncontrollable circumstances we [...]
Here, in tribute to the Seattle label's 20 years of not going out of business, are my favorite 20 releases from Sub Pop from the past two decades. I encourage you to check out their catalog and provide yours, too. read more
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I'm gonna be honest with you guys. I was prepared to just abandon the Rock of Love recaps altogether, but then I got an email from a reader this week who said he really enjoys them. That filled my tank up a little, but I'm just not sure how far it'll get me. Why, you ask. Why would I abandon the only 9b regular piece that I've kept up with? Basically because this season has been a freaking bore. Where's the drama? Daisy and KJ banging of Brett and a disfigured Frenchy's insistence on nudity. That's [...]
After months of speculation it has happened: The Ultramod Compound was demolished. Apparently it happened sometime over the past weekend. I got a call from my former roommate Tony Evans ( Garbage Island ) Tuesday afternoon telling me about it. I ran shows there from 1996-2003 and then the other guys in the house continued the theme but with more local bands and fewer touring bands. Previous to my living there the guys in Ceiling Fan (R.I.P) had started the phenomenon by throwing [...]
Hello, FotF (Friends of the Fabulist), it's been a long time. Since we last saw each other, I moved from sunny Los Angeles to way, way sunnier Austin, Texas. Turns out that moving was a good choice, if only for the fact that my new home in The South is the location of the best music festival this year. For those of you not in the know, Fun Fun Fun Fest is being held November 3rd and 4th in Waterloo Park and boy, is it a doozy. The creme de la creme of the punk [...]
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Everyone has a band who they fell in love with only to find out they've broken up. The Murder City Devils fall into that category for myself. I was introduced to them by Travis Morgan when he offered up the song Rum and Whiskey for a mix CD I was making for a long road trip. He posted a few mp3's for me to check out and I ordered In Name and Blood . The first time I listened to the CD I wasn't too keen on it. It was a pretty foreign sound [...]
Play it: Capitol Hill Block Party 2006 Play it: Ballard Seafoodfest 2006 The last weekend of July has always been a busy one for Seattlites. This weekend sees two neighborhoods square off with dueling festivals that encompass much of the character of the neighborhood where they occur. The Capitol Hill Block Party starts things off later today, and it's sprawling lineup continues to grow from it's roots as a smaller gathering of bands (surrounding the [...]
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