Fleet Foxes played to a sold-out show at the Moore last night After a lack-lustered performance by the Seneca Wallace-led Seahawks on Sunday Night Football, I decided to hop a bus and catch the Fleet Foxes show at the Moore Theater. Little did I know, the show sold out literally two minutes before I got there. Rather than walking home with my tail between my legs, I hung out around the entrance looking for an extra ticket to buy. Fortunately for me, my persistence paid off - the [...]
Just a Reminder: Fleet Foxes to play the Moore (10-18-2008) Seattle's Fleet Foxes will be playing a couple shows in Washington state tonight and tomorrow before heading off for their fall European tour. Tomorrow night, they'll be at the Moore Theater - should be the perfect venue for these dudes. Show starts at 8pm. MP3: Fleet Foxes - "Blue Ridge Mountains"
Scotland's We Were Promised Jetpacks Perform In Amusement Park The latest gimmicky website posting sweet 3-4 song sets of our favorite up-and-coming artists is Bandstand Busking . It's actually a fairly cool idea. Unlike Black Cab Sessions , where we can't actually ride along with the performers, Bandstand Busking offers all Londoners the invitation to attend these performances live. As the site promises if one joins their mailing list: Fancy coming along? Subscribe and we'll let you know when and where our [...]
Who knew all these stars were closet White Denim fans??? While rumors of White Denim's debut US full-length Exposion have slated the release date for November, White Denim's very own website is now stating that we should expect it this month! If you head over to White Denim's official website , you'll discover that their old site is currently receiving major cosmetic surgery. What you'll also find is a mailing list subscription box with the potential to "inundate you with music, video, drawrings, and more... Signing up [...]
Big thanks to James at Snakes Got A Blog for finding this video. A month ago I got a hold of two new tracks that are bound to end up on Handsome Furs highly anticipated sophomore effort, Face Control . These new tunes, which were showcased on CBC Radio's Studio Q with Jian Ghomeshi, include "Legal Tender" and "Thy Will Be Done". On Monday, Qtv posted the performance of "Legal Tender", along with a nice interview with the happily married rockers, Dan Boeckner and Alexei Perry. The interview touches on the issues of [...]
Another Solid Release from Daniel Rossen and Fred Nicolaus With a slight departure from Department of Eagles ' first full length, The Whitey on the Moon UK (aka The Cold Nose ), the boys released their second album last Tuesday on 4AD . The result, In Ear Park , is a beautifully textured landscape of sounds reminiscent of Yellow House . It's not hard to believe that DOE could somehow be influenced and/or sound a little like Grizzly Bear - in fact, the remaining three [...]
The Dow is the only thing that's dropping this month... Premiering this week, the video for Eagles of Death Metal 's first Heart On single, "Wannabe In LA". The highly anticipated album has the first sounds of yet another quality release from Boots Electric and Baby Duck. If you'd like a copy of the single for your own listening pleasure, head on over to the band's MySpace page and download a free copy of the "Wannabe In LA" single for yourself. [...]
I came across this Spoon relic on YouTube today - a video of "Operation in Progress". Sadly, this song never made it onto a Spoon studio release, apparently because lead singer Britt Daniel always felt like it was too weak of a track. Instead, the song wound up the '97 compilation Rock and Roll Free-for-All: Vol. 2 . The video is quite comical - it looks like it was made with a handycam for a public access television show, and the band (which is only comprised of Britt, drummer Jim Eno, and bassist [...]
Dandy Warhols host supergroup collaboration to raise money for Breathe Easy conservation initiative Resident Oregonians the Dandy Warhols have been working on a collaborative record for over a year, hoping to eventually sell the album to raise money for The Three Rivers Land Conservancy . Recorded at the Warhols' own studio the Odditorium, the 12-song LP will be available starting October 21, 2008 under the moniker Breathe Easy , and it is reported that 100% of the profits will be contributed [...]
Steve Mason announces new King Biscuit Material Posted in mid-September at King Biscuit Time's MySpace page , Steve Mason had this to say about a new KBT song: So, i will be releasing a new track, called " I LET HER IN " on a new label called TENTRACKS in October/November. TENTRACKS is a music subscription site run by the people who bring you the brilliant free music and arts paper, [ The Skinny ]. I think my track will be on the first batch of 10 tracks that [...]
Seattle fans showed their Loyalty to The Kids last night at the Showbox Last night marked the third time I'd seen the Cold War Kids put on a show in Seattle - this was by far the biggest crowd, yet. The first time I caught this SoCal foursome was way back in September '06 at the Croc when they opened for Tapes 'N Tapes . At the time, I had only listened to Mulberry St , but from the sounds of that EP, I knew I [...]
ex-Beta Band trio, The Aliens, release sophomore effort Luna today
Soon everyone will be covering MGMT First it was The Kooks with their great rendition of "Kids" performed live on Australian radio station Triple J . Now wannabe hipster Katy Perry takes her shot at it - this time covering "Electric Feel". Now I know acoustic covers take about as much effort as a " set it & forget it " oven, but why can't Perry perform more songs like this? Honestly, it's actually (and it hurts me to admit this) really good. [...]
Handsome Furs perform two new tracks (again) A week ago, I posted two new Furs tunes that the band performed live on CBC Radio. Apparently they've done it again, this time for Minnesota's Radio K ; however, they also video taped it. Stream or download the movies for yourself at Radio K's website .
Eagle of Death Metal announce North American Tour First Stop: Seattle Boots Electric and Baby Duck are back, this time with a major Heart On . Just announced to my listening pleasure, EoDM 's first stop on their North American headlining tour will be at Neumos here in Seattle. Having seen EoDM four times on their Death By Sexy tour, I've come to realize that Seattle loves Jesse Hughes - and I think that feeling is genuinely mutual. Never have I seen a rocker with such [...]
photo cred: Ben Haley After catching local Seattle act The Blakes open for the Toadies last Friday at the Showbox, I decided that I should waste some time today at work and give these dudes a Wikipedia page (I was surprised they didn't have one already). While the band probably doesn't need my help to get them more exposure (they landed a Gap commercial featuring their song "Magic" back in February), hopefully it steers a few more fans their way. View the page [...]
Toadies (w/ The Blakes, Lions) at the Showbox: 9-19-2008 For someone who has waited nearly 15 years to see a Toadies live performance, last night made up for lost time, and then some. Starting the night off early at local Seattle record store, Silver Platter , the Toadies played an acoustic four-song set, which included two songs from their new album, No Deliverance . It was nice to see the band play in this format - I'm not sure that they do this very often. Lead [...]
photo cred: Jari Kaariainen On a tip from James over at the lovely Snakes Got A Blog , I did some internet surfing and came across these two studio-quality performances of "Legal Tender" and "Thy Will Be Done". Apparently, The Handsome Furs performed these two new Face Control tracks on CBC Radio . This new album is going to be sick! - " Legal Tender " - " Thy Will Be Done "
New US tour kicks off with some new tunes! Big thanks to Earl of Slander for posting a recording of Sunset Rubdown's latest show at the The Middle East Club (9-15-2008) in Cambridge, MA. Set list for the night looks like this new tour is a must-see show. Highlights of the night include 5 new Sunset Rubdown songs and 1 new Swan Lake song. Check out the new ones below: Setlist Black Swan [New] Taming Of The Hands [...]
First impressions of CWK's sophomore effort, Loyalty to Loyalty ...
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THE MASTERSONS — BIRDS FLY SOUTH
