Breaking up is hard to do. Everyone is doing it. Russell Brand and Katy Perry. A famous professional athlete and a woman millions of other men would like to get to know intimately. Will and Jada. Ike and Tina Turner. Unfortunately for my tender heart, many Seattle bands are breaking up as well. Spurm is not the only one who [...]
One more country tune to end the week with a slow drawl of heartbreak and misery. Skeets McDonald "I'd Hate To Be Him" is lounge-country. You pull up to the local saloon after a long day at work, or maybe you've had knock-down drag-out with your partner, or maybe the wearies of the world are [...]
Let's just keep it coming country this week. I just recently discovered, thanks to the amazing website Uncle Gil, The Best of Country Western which is a treasure chest of gleaming country gold and four of the five Daily Choices will be culled from that amazing album or at least from an artist discovered on [...]
I can honestly say that featuring a Dutch lutist on The Daily Choices is a first for us. I'm not usually drawn to songs that feature descriptions like "Baroque spirituals" or "experimental" but the fact that it was a collaboration between filmmaker Jim Jarmusch (a favorite of mine) and the aforementioned lutist Jozef Van Wissem [...]
December of 2010 was my first proper introduction to both Pickwick and Fly Moon Royalty, playing the same night at Columbia City Theater. Just a year on now, both bands are resizing their aspirations for bigger stages and with good reason. Both were announced for this year's Sasquatch!, so with blackout dates surrounding that and [...]
Remember when we said we'd share our list of 25 other unmissable records the first week of January? Whoops. Thing is, the first month of this new year, we were still listening to and falling in (and out) of love with records from 2011. Discovering albums we should've shared months ago and finding out what [...]
In 1995, Madison, Wisconson band Garbage catapulted Shirley Manson into the universes of teenage girls across America. Delivering the gospel of bad attitude and copious eyeshadow made palatable by a fresh and irresistible mix of industrial, electronic, and pop music, Manson led a generation of girls in a catchy, apocalyptic chorus of "I came to [...]
Billy Walker is my kind of country crooner. "Matamoros", a 1964 hit that played perfectly to Walker's silky, smooth tenor, is the tale of love lost on the high plains. It's a big Western soap opera with gunslingers and casinos and broken hearts. Walker was known for these sort of lilting tales of The West [...]
Deep Sea Diver has a new record on the docket this month, and their just released single "You Go Running" was one of the songs that bowled me over during an opening set at the Neptune last December. Lead singer Jessica Dobson's attitude escapes from her fingers on guitar as much as through her voice, [...]
Stonewall Jackson is one of the reasons why honky-tonk country music exists to this day. Alongside Ray Price, Lefty Frizzell and Hank Williams, Mr. Jackson helped define the hard-driving sound that became so popular in the 50s and 60s. I stumbled across Mr. Jackson on some patched together best of country tape, and was blown [...]
I already told you I was giddy for the grainy grotesque new video and punchy pop of the title track from The Pharmacy's Dig Your Grave EP. So imagine my excitement that we get to share the full EP exclusively with you today. In four short songs The Pharmacy cover a lot of ground [...]
Sasquatch 2012 ::: Photo by Josh Lovseth Who's ready for Sasquatch? We've just got our first glimpse of the line-up and at first blush, we like what we see. We'll start with who we're most excited for. Headliners we can't wait to see: Crossing Jack White off our bucket list, giving Beck another shot after getting [...]
Is it local? No. Is it worthy of your time? Yes. Should you have tissue ready? Absolutely. Soul of America is making its debut at SXSW this March, but we hope the documentary and Mr. Bradley himself make their way to Seattle soon.
I lauded praise on Monster Treasure's first single "I Don't Give A Shit" a ramshackle song actually recorded in someone's bedroom. "Hy In The Skigh", the talented group's second song, is more of a studio affair, but still maintains the foot-in-teeth energy of the first track. It doesn't particular hurtle along, but the song sets [...]
Tomten ::: photo by Josh Lovseth Telling you Tomten is one of the best young bands in Seattle is old news. They were triumphant at SoundOff! last year and other local music writers have been singing their praises for quite some time. Still, it is news that bears repeating. Just in case you, like me, have [...]
Bromance. Texting while driving. Late night sing-alongs. Closed sets. Just another trip through LA on tour.
Raven Sings The Blues introduced me to Gross Relations last year, and though they've faded from my memory bank a bit, this reintroduction is as catchy a track as I've heard in months. I keep putting the RTSB site on play and then stopping in my tracks when "Cut The Final Scene" starts two-stepping out [...]
We loved J. Tillman as the introspective singer-songwriter who tore our hearts to bits with arguably the prettiest voice in the Pacific Northwest. We loved J. Tillman as the wise-cracking drummer for the Fleet Foxes elevating the band's already gorgeous harmonies. And we love J. Tillman as Father John Misty, his new solo project, Tumblr [...]
I'm trying to get my head re-wrapped around the hustle and bustle of the city after a week in the frigid climes of Park City and Young Prism's "Floating In Blue" is just the sort of ethereal cloud I need seeping out of my speakers right now. And though the song, with flighty vocals and [...]
I'm trying to get my head re-wrapped around the hustle and bustle of the city after a week in the frigid climes of Park City and Young Prism's "Floating In Blue" is just the sort of ethereal cloud I need seeping out of my speakers right now. And though the song, with flighty vocals and [...]
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The Shins: “September” (b-side of “Simple Song” 7”)
St. Vincent - 'Cheerleader'
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In Paris (Explicit)
OK Go - Needing/Getting - Official Video
M.I.A. - Bad Girls (Official Video)
Miike Snow – Paddling Out (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)
Lana Del Rey covers Lovecat magazine!
