The winners in the TIG Best Northwest Releases of 2006 Readers' Poll, including BOAT, the Decemberists, the Long Winters, Band of Horses, the Thermals, and um, 45 more.

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I'm so proud of the Pacific Northwest music scene, as she has given us some of the best records released anywhere (although Suburban Kids, Art Brut, Manhattan Love Suicides, and Graham Coxon — I love you like a sister).

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Podcast of our August 2006 appearance on KEXP's Audioasis, the local music show, featuring Boat, Shake Some Action, Tex, Patience Please, Trentalange, the Sun Ups, the Scheme, the Locals, & the Neons.

My attraction to BOAT stems from a love of eccentric, "sloppy pop." It's this sloppiness, the result of a DIY methodology, that makes them so endearing.

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Our debut podcast! Featuring music from You Say Party, We Say Die, The Suspicions, Kristin Allen Zito, Daylight Basement, Thee Emergency, Patience Please, Boat, Tullycraft, and The Salteens.

See all the winners in the TIG Best Northwest Releases of 2005 Readers' Poll (see winners #50-41 here).

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It was our last radio performance of 2005. There was laughter, there were tears, there were CD's that wouldn't play... and there were tracks from Marlo, Young Sportsmen, Friday Mile, and more.

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at The Crocodile

And as much as I love not having to worry about getting sunburned, it is a good thing we have KEXP to be our aural pick me up cup of coffee. On this month's appearance, we played tracks from Speaker Speaker, for Better or for Awesome, Airport Cathedral, and more.

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The Elephants: What does BOAT mean?
D. Crane: It means never having to say you're sorry.

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