[photo by Kevin Kaim from Duke Street Blog ] While the critically easy way to approach The Moondoggies is to describe them as another in the line of Northwest "beardo" bands (i.e. Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses), their high-energy show at The Rock Shop on Sunday demonstrated their versatility and unwillingness to be pigeonholed. As the band opened with one of their oldest songs "Keep Her On The Line", the folk rock strumming was forefront, but as the set progressed, the variety of styles and influences were diverse. "Its A Shame" [...]
Of the 14 gazillion acts that will end up playing South by Southwest 2011 , here are some more to consider: Widespread Panic, Emmylou Harris, Black Lips, and Okkervil River head the latest batch additions to this year's lineup. Other newly confirmed notables include Diplo, Kylesa, Wavves, Times New Viking, Cold War Kids, Tim and Sam's Tim and the Sam Band with Tim and Sam, Greenhornes, The Raveonettes, Friendly Fires, The Chain Gang of 1974, OFF!, Boys Noize, Richie Hawtin, Esben and the Witch, The Chapin Sisters, Cults, Tennis, and Tech N9ne. Still going: Raphael [...]
Of the 14 gazillion acts that will end up playing South by Southwest 2011 , here are some more to consider: Widespread Panic, Emmylou Harris, Black Lips, and Okkervil River head the latest batch additions to this year's lineup. Other newly confirmed notables include Diplo, Kylesa, Wavves, Times New Viking, Cold War Kids, Tim and Sam's Tim and the Sam Band with Tim and Sam, Greenhornes, The Raveonettes, Friendly Fires, The Chain Gang of 1974, OFF!, Boys Noize, Richie Hawtin, Esben and the Witch, The Chapin Sisters, Cults, and Tech N9ne. Still going: The Moondoggies, [...]
We’ll be the first to admit this list is arriving, oh, at least a month late. On the other hand, 2010 was an expansive year for Northwest music in many regards and worthy of chronicling one last time with thoughtful and focused intention. So we hope you will see that the extra time we've given [...]
Take a trip down memory lane with these videos from The Maldives at Columbia City Theater during last summer's grand opening festivities. Watching these from our first Sound on the Sound Presents show at the Theater, its hard to believe we'll be hosting our eighth this Friday with Ivan and Alyosha, Curtains for You [...]
Christopher Nelson Who: The Moondoggies What: More harmony-laden rootsiness from the Pacific northwest, but with more rock of the classic variety in their souls than their peers. And soul. Why: Their second album Tidelands was released in the later part of 2010 and they're now on the road to support it. When: Wednesday, February 2, 2011 Where: The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto Who else: Portland - [...]
Video Courtesy of YouTube user dschram1 If you caught either of The Moondoggies last two Seattle shows (the Showbox or our Blue Moon birthday bash), "Butte, Montana" should sound familiar. Its been the newest song in the band's recent hometown sets and it stands up to the band's best, while also signaling a change in Kevin [...]
On Sunday night, NYCTaper will stream live a concert for the first time. We are pleased to announce that The Moondoggies show at Rock Shop on January 30 will be available for your live audio listening pleasure through the NYCTaper channel on UStream . The show is scheduled to begin at 7:30pm, with openers Quiet Life likely to being at 8pm. We expect that the Moondoggies webcast will begin at approximately 9pm. For the exact time that the stream will begin, please follow nyctaper on Twitter , [...]
"If you're not doing what you love you're wasting your time." -Billy Joel If I ruled the world I would require all forming bands to have their selected nom de musique's to be approved my me personally. If that was the process no music reviewer would ever have to feel ashamed when typing the word [...]
THIS WEEK'S BEST BET: Tokyo Police Club w/ Two Door Cinema Club, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Tuesday, January 25 Masquerade - 695 North Avenue NE in Atlanta 30306 Admission $17 / Purchase Tickets I don't know about you, but I played the shit out of that first Tokyo Police Club EP. All those angular guitars and off-kilter rhythms wrapped around sing-along hooks really resonated with me for some reason (the bucket loads of scrappy, youthful energy certainly didn't hurt [...]
Seattle's Moondoggies have been around for a few years now, plying their craft in the Northwest roots scene with their timeless folk songs and calming harmonies. But, on the strength of their 2010... Continue reading "Giveaway: The Moondoggies Offer Up Free Tickets and a Prize Pack For Their Sunday Night Show at Club Dada. Also? A Free Song." >
Date 1/22/11 Location Lamberts Doors 10pm Tickets $5 @ Door Those Seattle kids known as Moondoggies are making their way into Austin at Lamberts on Saturday night. The guys are of course stopping in town to support their latest release on Hardly Art Tidelands . We can't seem to find [...]
It was a big 2010 for roots-rockers The Moondoggies , as they released their critically acclaimed sophomore album Tidelands , which occupied the top spot on my Top 6 Of The Last 6 . The Seattle-based act , who have taken a page out of the jamband playbook by allowing taping at their gigs, just kicked off a 16-date cross-country tour and recently turned in this live in-studio performance of Down The Well for WFUV's The Alternate Side... Click here to view the embedded video. [...]
The Moondoggies had hope for the Seahawks ::: Photo Abbey Simmons Looking at thirty years old when I was twenty was trying to anticipate what it meant to be old and responsible and devoid of fun. Four years ago I couldn't have fathomed recruiting some of Seattle's finest musical talent to play at what may be [...]
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What is happening this week in the D? Tuesday, January 18, 2011: - Joe Satriani at Granada Theater ( Tickets ) Thursday, January 20, 2011: - Ozzy Osbourne, Slash at American Airlines Center ( Tickets ) - NOFX at House of Blues ( Tickets ) Friday, January 21, 2011: - This Will Destroy You at Granada Theater ( Tickets ) Sunday, January 23, 2011: - The Cool Kids at Trees ( [...]
Seattle's Moondoggies had a busy and eventful 2010, the band released the You'll Find No Answers Here EP in June and later its sophomore album, Tidelands , in October. In between, the band toured with their pals Blitzen Trapper and Dawes. This month the band heads out on their first proper headlining tour in support of Tidelands. The band has shared a new song from the record entitled "What Took So Long." The band has also put out an open call to its fans (via JamBase) to record its shows and participate in tape trading. Listen [...]
Damien Jurado ::: photo by Abbey Simmons Our big, written properly, not just a list of The Top 25 Northwest Albums of 2010 is coming soon, really, WE PROMISE. But today I wanted to share my personal favorites of 2010. Also, my number one most listened to local album of 2010 was basically a "Best [...]
Donations Jar ::: photo by Abbey Simmons We are truly wowed and grateful for all of you who came out to The Blue Moon last night and all of you who tried to come out. It was a record setting night at The Blue Moon and your kindness extended beyond tipping your bartender. You all donated [...]
Donations Jar ::: photo by Abbey Simmons We are truly wowed and grateful for all of you who came out to The Blue Moon last night and all of you who tried to come out. It was a record setting night at The Blue Moon and your kindness extended beyond tipping your bartender. You all donated [...]
Here are The Moondoggies with a live in studio performance of songs from their new album Tidelands (which is only $5 this month at AmazonMP3 ) on WFUV New York's The Alternate Side series. Here they are performing "It's a Shame, It's a Pity" (above), "Down The Well", "Empress of the North" and "What Took So Long" (below). Check out the videos and a couple of album versions of the tracks below. "It's a [...]
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