Artist: whalebones

Sometimes the last place I want to be is in this urban metropolis. You feel me? With more than fifty percent of the world's population living in cities, it was only a matter of time before indie rock got the blues. The Seattle outfit Whalebones takes my thoughts and expresses them concretely in their video for "I Don't Wanna Live in the City No More". The blues-inspired guitar riff rolls along while the bass line adds subtle flourishes between psychedelic guitar solos. It's an ode to the simple life. The bygone era when you lived for yourself, and by [...]

The very first video from psych-blues trio Whalebones comes courtesy of director Jon Meyer who last year actually made newcomers My Goodness look as badass as they sound in their "I've Got a Notion" video. For "I Don't Wanna Live in The City No More" Meyer does a fair job interpreting "psych" and effectively creating [...]

Sleigh Bells at Sasquatch! 2011 / photo by Alex Crick A nice extended weekend (President's Day), usually leads to a good week of shows. This week starts with Grimes at the Sunset Tavern on Monday night (sold out, sorry!). On Tuesday, Veronica Falls, Bleached , and Seapony are at the Tractor, and Damien Jurado plays a free in-store set at Sonic Boom Records in Ballard. Wednesday night, the extremely talented  Cate Le Bon and Charles Leo Gebhardt are at the Crocodile, and  Chuck Prophet and the [...]

Whalebones at Slack Fest ::: photo by Josh Lovseth BRB: missing summer something fierce.

Sharon Van Etten ::: photo by Josh Lovseth It's hard to believe that Bumbershoot is just next week. Heralding the end of Seattle summer, Bumbershoot 2011 seems to be coming just when summer decided to say "hi" and I'm nowhere near ready to part ways. But if I'm going to have to say farewell, at least [...]

Way back in FADER #55, we wrote about Seattle's Whalebones. They are indebted to Neil Young and honey slides just as much as the weird city/country hybrid that Seattle has going for it. As you ... read more �

American Girls at Slack Fest 2011 ::: Photo by Abbey Simmons How do you get a eight of Seattle's best rock bands all on the same bill on the same day? You take them to Stanwood. Stanwood? Yes, Stanwood. Far enough from anywhere to trigger a proximity clause problems, but close enough to where it can [...]

The Maldives at Slack Fest ::: photo by Abbey Simmons [COI alert: Slack Fest has paid me to help with press, but as you can tell by the line-up I'd be excited for and writing about Slack Fest were that not the case.] Rock'n'Roll festivals and racetracks don't have the best, um, track record. But unlike [...]

Technology is a strange mistress. Today I use complicated technology, speaking in a new language unimaginable even a decade ago. My iPhone takes old-fashioned photos, casting this modern world in a '60s haze, fake film on the most powerful computer I've ever owned ... and it fits in the palm of my hand. I [...]

KEXP Concert at the Mural ::: photo by Josh Lovseth Since the weather's not cooperating, we're going to have to take cues from other places to remind us it is, in fact, summer. Things like a partial peek at KEXP's always excellent free summer concert series at the Mural Amphitheater during the month of August. There's [...]

Bumbershoot ::: photo by Josh Lovseth After a band a day in May, Bumbershoot has burst with its full day-by-day line-up. We're loving the local selection including: Shabazz Palaces, Grand Hallway, Lemolo, Pickwick, My Goodness, Ravenna Woods, Curtains for You, Whalebones, Allen Stone, Kaylee Cole, The Lonely Forest and lots more. Though it's soul singer Charles [...]

Fleet Foxes- Helplessness Blues The Quiet Life - Big Green Grand Hallway - Winter Creatures Stephen Nielsen - Four Songs Gold Leaves Curtains For You - "What Good Am I To You Now?" Mavis Staples with Jeff Tweedy - "You Are Not Alone" Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers - Starlight Hotel My Goodness - My Goodness Damien Jurado - Live From [...]

My life changed in December when I got my first functioning record player since I lived with my parents. And in the past month I've turned into the vinyl equivalent of Jon Stewart's character in Half Baked. "Yeah, but have you done it ON VINYL?" I know, its annoying and I'm sure the obsession will [...]

The headline says it all: this Saturday January 15th a special quadruple rock bill at the Columbia City Theater has the makings of 2011's most earth-shaking night yet. The ground trembled when Marshawn Lynch took it all the way last Saturday, and I think we might be in for a repeat event this Saturday. [...]

Seattle's vibrant music community is so much more than the bands who call Seattle home and who fill our stages. Its also about the local businesses that support the scene and few are more vital in that support than our local independent record stores. In the age of iTunes and Amazon, brick and mortar record [...]

End your Reverb with Wild Orchid Children ::: photo by Abbey Simmons Just when you though festival season was over ... it's time to gear up for the fall festival season! The newly extended festival season kick's off with this weekend's Reverb Fest hosted by the Seattle Weekly. Always one of our favorite days of the [...]

End your Reverb with Wild Orchid Children ::: photo by Abbey Simmons Just when you though festival season was over ... it's time to gear up for the fall festival season! The newly extended festival season kick's off with this weekend's Reverb Fest hosted by the Seattle Weekly. Always one of our favorite days of the [...]

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The Lonely H at Reverb Fest 2009 ::: Photo by Abbey Simmons October seems light-years away even in the waning Seattle "summer" of 2010, but it really is just right around the corner. Ushering in October will be Seattle Weekly's always excellent Reverb Fest held October 9th all over Ballard. Yet again, Reverb has brought together [...]

Sallie Ford at Noise for the Needy ::: photo by Josh Lovseth While we don't have the total amount earned for Teen Feed just yet, last week's Noise for the Needy was by all other measures, a huge success. Sound on the Sound was out for all five nights of the festival and every venue we [...]