LB's Top 20 of Twenty-Ten: Non-NW Edition
Hey dudes, here’s my list of favorite albums from the past year (2010, stoners). I picked twenty this year as a small tribute to this being the first year where debate on how to pronounce said year...
View ArticleLB’s Top 10 of Twenty-Ten: NW Edition
Congratulations to the PacNW for another stellar year in music. It really outdid itself. There were quite a few bands from our region who received obscene amounts of attention this annum and even...
View ArticleStream Gang Of Four's First New Album In 15 Years
NPR is currently streaming IDR (intelligent dance rock) godfathers Gang of Four’s new album, Content. I think it streams until January 25th, so act fast if you feel you MUST sample. And, in my doing...
View ArticleThe Eerie, Beach Blanket Garage Pop of Webelos
The title kind of says it all, but if you’ve come this far, maybe you’ll come a bit farther. Webelos is a Seattle band who recently released an LP that goes by the name Shadow Seasons. You can listen...
View ArticleMerry Fucking Christmas
What would you say if I told you Christmas was a band that sounded like Karen O fronting the Intelligence? Or perhaps Grace Slick wailing with the Gits? Would you say “fuck off”? Would you say “Holy...
View ArticleYuni In Taxco: GET WITH IT PEOPLE
Man, I meant to post this ages ago, but LIFE got in the way. I hate when it does that. Oh wait, no I don’t…I love having a life, cuz then all those jerks who say “GET A LIFE!” are thoroughly rebuked...
View ArticleSummer Babes – Open Swim
Open Swim by Summer Babes It’s been a while since my last post but my old friends in Summer Babes just released their first full length album “Open Swim” and I had to give them a plug. You’ll recognize...
View ArticleShabazz Sighting And Truncated Thoughts On Black Up
So, this little story will likely seem pretty weird to many of you. While I do relish a good local celebrity sighting, I realize an encounter with one may not make for the sexiest story. I’ll see...
View ArticleOrca Team And Kissing Cousins
So you’re out for a drink with your scenester pals in some hip locale with classically unfamiliar tunes playing overhead. And given the nasal male vox buoyed by a surf-y, smart-Alec (Firefox made me...
View Article42 Listens – REVERB has the new local sound.
REVERB, the Seattle Weekly’s music blog, has been one of the city’s biggest advocates of local artists for years. At the beginning of this month they gathered samples from 42 local artist and label...
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