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 […]
Back when I lived in L.A. during the summer of 2009, I dragged my friend to drive out with me to Amoeba Music in Hollywood, to see a performance of one of my favorite musicians, Jay Reatard (born Jimmy Lee Lindsey, Jr.). It was quite a show; Jay and his band played a blitzkrieg-paced set, […]
Fox and The Law held my attention from the first chord to the last beat. The youthful four-piece band played a rocking show to a full house at Seattle’s Sunset Tavern, a kickoff to their eventual destination, SXSW in Austin. Onstage, they caught fire with energy, which was quite a feat considering the two guitarists […]
My husband and I made the long haul to Snoqualmie, WA to experience Day Two of Finapalooza IV, a music festival organized by Finaghty’s Irish Pub. The pub is located in a very sterile block of strip malls atop the relatively new development of Snoqualmie Ridge, about a half hour east of Seattle. Suburgatory. We […]
Each month, Randomville profiles an artist that Barsuk Records provides us. For February, we’re profiling Nada Surf. Nada Surf has just recently released the album The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy, so they are hitting the road to show off this new material. This month we let the pictures do the talking as we sent photographer Arielle Lee out to […]
