Friday, November 14th, 2008
My favorite local kick-ass, proto-punk outfit The Thermals, have changed teams moving from Seattle’s Sub Pop to Portland’s Kill Rock Stars. There’s a new album underway that should see the light of day around April 2009. After three albums on Sub Pop, ‘More Parts Per Million,’ Fuckin’ A’ and ‘The Body, The Blood, The Machine,’ [...]
Tags: Albums, Kill Rock Stars, Leave Sub Pop, Portland, Rock, Seattle, Thermals || 4 Comments »
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Langhorne Slim Live in the Galaxy Barn from Dave Allen on Vimeo.
Another night of new music on 94.7FM KNRK. Tonight I will be playing selections from some of the bands performing at this year’s MusicFestNW. The list includes Portland bands The Shaky Hands, and Talkdemonic, Seattle’s Fleet Foxes, former Portlander Alela Diane and Langhorne Slim [...]
Tags: 94.7FM, Bands, Dave Allen, festnw, Fleet Foxes, KNRK, Langhorne Slim, Live, New Music Hour, Pampelmoose, Portland, Seattle, Talkdemonic || 1 Comment »
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Sophomore LP “Lightbulbs” To Be Released September 16th On Deaf, Dumb + Blind Recordings
Oct 22 2008 MERCURY LOUNGE NEW YORK
Oct 23 2008 WEBSTER HALL NEW YORK
Oct 24 2008 PARADISE BOSTON
Oct 25 2008 BOTTOM LOUNGE CHICAGO
Oct 27 2008 CHOP SUEY SEATTLE
Oct 28 2008 THE INDEPENDENT SAN FRANCISCO
Oct 30 2008 THE TROUBADOUR LOS ANGELES
Half Cousin The Absentee [...]
Tags: album, Chicago, Fujiya and Miyagi, Seattle, Tour || No Comments »
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
natalie portman’s shaved head - sophisticated side ponytail from thatgo on Vimeo.
Today’s Digital Youth are already well-versed in Trust and Fame, they understand very clearly that their song, their video, is only as good as the one that went before it on YouTube unless it is awesome, catchy and fun. Seattle’s Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head [...]
Tags: Digital Youth, MP3, Natalie Portmans Shaved Head, Seattle, songs, That Go, Thunderheist, Video, YouTube || No Comments »
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Nilina Mason-Campbell posts:
Maybe it’s that I saw the second ever Jaguar Love gig, but that band of ex-Blood Brothers just didn’t wow me when I stumbled upon them opening for New Young Pony Club last October. However, it was quite the opposite when I caught another fraction of ex-Blood Brother this weekend at Situations in [...]
Tags: Blood Brothers, Dunes, Gossip, Live, New Young Pony Club, Past Lives, Photos, Portland, Rock of Love, Seattle, Situations, songs || 1 Comment »
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
I’m not one to promote the iTunes store but when a Northwest indie label not only succeeds and stays in business while getting to be 20 years old it feels good to be a supporter. And for those of you who haven’t got a CD shelf or computer full of Sub Pop artists’ tunes now [...]
Tags: Bruce Pavitt, Festivals, Indie Rock, Interview, iTunes, Jonathan Poneman, Seattle, SP20, Sub Pop || No Comments »