Kristin Hersh is performing live at The Tractor Tavern on Wednesday, 25th September. Concert details here. Last year, the inimitable Kristin Hersh released Possible Dust Clouds, her 10th studio solo album. Hersh is the genius and leader behind veteran band Throwing Muses, who have been mostly inactive since 2013’s fabulous Purgatory/Paradise. Whereas the last Muses album […]
The second day of Bumbershoot 2011 for me is going to be spent listening to musicians talk about music, writers talking about musicians, and all of them dialoguing down the long dark hallway first created Nebraska-hours ago on the walls of caves in France. It was either Diamond Dave or Elvis Zappa who joked, "Dancing […]
{This is part two of a three-part preview of this year’s not-to-be-missed acts at Bumbershoot by Imaginary Victoria — bounce back to see part one here!} Flatstock {all weekend, Fisher Pavillion} We told you all about it in our Saturday preview: Flatstock is not to be missed. Check it. As you peruse around the middle […]
Hello again! Are you ready to get your ctrl-click fix? Big thanks to ChrisB for helping out this week! * A few days ago I reported that Martha Wainwright is due to release a new album next month. Here's "Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole" from her previous release. * Found loads of worthy MP3s […]
Socially conscious amongst us unite! The kind folks at The Stranger have teamed up with Real Change to Rock for Real Change. Through Saturday (May 20th), select Seattle music venues will be hosting shows that will benefit the homeless and poverty advocacy and organizing non-profit Real Change. As you can imagine, The Stranger has coordinated […]
Show Date: September 2, 2003
So, Imaginary Girl Dana asks me, "Mike, how would you like to go see Kristin Hersh?" What a dumb question; that's like asking George W. Bush if he'd like to do some lines of coke, or asking Mike Tyson if he'd like to punch someone in the head. There are some questions where the answer […]
