Photo Essay: The Helio Sequence w/ The Pale Pacific & Tu Fawning at Neumos
The Pale Pacific are a quiet band that I've followed for the past few years but haven't been able to see perform live until now.…
KEXP BBQ 2008
As I stepped outside my apartment on my way to the 2008 KEXP BBQ, I felt a few drops of rain falling. I wisely doubled…
Sub Pop 20: The Helio Sequence
I am kind of obsessed with the Helio Sequence. If you even knew how many times I’ve been caught by complete strangers at red lights…
Sub Pop 20: The Seaweed / Helio Sequence mutual admiration society
Just a little notable occurrence: During the totally awesome Seaweed set, Aaron Stauffer let us know that he was "psyched to see Helio Sequence" as…
Free Music Friday Lite
No time for FMF today, gotta run down to Kiss 108! Just kidding! Truth is I'm up against a deadline, so I'm devoting this week's…
The Helio Sequence
I'd made somewhat of a habit of catching The Helio Sequence when they played the haunts and dives of Portland supporting their first two albums:…
Keep Your Eyes Ahead
Where did they all go wrong? Back in 2004, Portland’s Helio Sequence released one of my favorite albums of the year, the pure modern rock…
Photo of the moment: Minus the Bear
Awesome imaginary photographer Chona Kasinger strikes again, this time at this weekend's Minus the Bear show at the Showbox...Full review coming soon, natch, but wanted…
Top 50 Northwest Releases of 2004: the Imaginary Readers' Poll Results
{50-41} * {40-31} * {30-21} * {20-11} * {10-1}#10 IQU — Sun Q (Sonic Boom Recordings) {official website} * {buy it} #9 The Turn Ons…
Blonde Redhead
Thursday was a big day for shows. It felt like everyone was in Belltown; scarce parking, busy crosswalks, and sidewalks teeming with people happily en…