You’d be hard pressed to catch me on a dance floor of any kind. Years of ridicule has pushed the late twenties white man to the side, constantly forced to create his own private dance party in the dark corners of the floor where most don’t dare tread. You know that guy who always stands [...]
Ole Tinder opened strong and started the set with “Ride Out Of Here” which immediately set the tone for a blue ribbon night of country music at The Tractor Tavern. Their look is old-timey, down to their hats, scarves, vests and thick beards. Ole Tinder’s classic sound is achieved with the mournful whine [...]
Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys delivered that rockabilly beat to a joyous crowd at Seattle’s Tractor Tavern. They are a major part of a growing rockabilly/roots/western swing revival which also includes Los Straitjackets founder Eddie Angel and his other band The Planet Rockers, The Hi-Risers, Seattle’s The Black Crabs, Marshall Scott Warner and others [...]
Reviews and photos of everyone from old vets like Jack White down to new blood like Reignwolf. Sasquatch! 2012. It happened. Friday reviews including Allen Stone, Explosions in the Sky and a surprise set from Mackelmore. Saturday was made up of such artists as Jack White, Alabama Shakes and Charles Bradley. Sunday highlighted an epic [...]
To use a word that the twins themselves fancy, the Shook Twins are delightful women who play delightful music. Katelyn and Laurie Shook of the Northwest duo the Shook Twins are, quite literally, identical twins. They are joined on stage at Seattle’s The Triple Door by their bassist, Kyle Volkman. With alike voices, Katelyn is [...]
Mr. Snider is a man of the people; he’s a folk musician/genius with a very humorous and witty take on serious social, religious and political topics.
Quite frankly, I’m surprised with how Damon Albarn’s career has turned out. When Blur was put on indefinite hiatus back in 2004, I thought that the Britpop superstar was destined for an unremarkable solo career. After all, how did most of our favorite frontmen of the 90s cope after their massively successful bands broke [...]
Viens Twister ce Soir, loosely translated as The Twister Comes Tonight, is a traditional surf album by The Sunmakers with a modern French twist. The songs include a mix of French and English lyrics with a few instrumental tunes. The young band is fronted by Billy Dorados on guitar, longtime bandmate Jimmy Sunmakers on drums and Dolly Sunmakers (a.k.a., [...]
Over a decade has passed since The Magnetic Fields released 69 Love Songs, an expansive, three-disc project that featured an exhaustive amount of songwriting styles and lyrics that all centered around a simple yet complex subject: obviously, Love. It has and will likely forever remain the group’s most well-known work, and rather than try to [...]
Before bands like New Order and Pet Shop Boys conquered nightclub dance floors and the album charts with their detailed, layered compositions, there were bands in the late-70s and early-80s that were still testing the boundaries of electronica. Seeing that it was a new genre, many of these musicians treated keyboards, drum machines and vocal [...]