Big bad Sasquatch 2009 preview
Sasquatch 2009 is a mere two days away. Go see bands all three days, cheer your head off, drink some beer and/or smoke a joint.…
Erik Gonzalez's best o' 2008
It has now been 2.5 years since I moved out of Seattle for the Golden State. I've slowly drifted out of the NW music culture,…
Grand Archives, Shearwater and The Dutchess & The Duke rock the Yule Benefit
As it has been for the last several years running, KEXP's 6th annual Yule Benefit was a roaring success. With a close to capacity crowd,…
Win tickets to this weekend's KEXP's Yule Benefit
KEXP know how to do it right. This year they are marking the holidays with not one, but two nights of yule goodness... and they…
Win tickets to see Shearwater at Nectar on Thursday
Shearwater are coming back to town to promote the whistfully breathtaking album, Rook. As zlint explained in the imaginary album review, their songs are complex…
Rook
I'm never quite sure if I've had enough of Shearwater. The band delivers truth like a dentist delivers novacaine: despite the absence of pain, the…
New releases from Easy Street Records
There's GREAT new music out today and plenty of it!Fleet Foxes debut self-titled release is finally here and there is a great TIG review of…
New Shearwater releases today and you can have a listen for free
Shearwater has a tasty treat for us to listen to: a full-length preview of the band's latest album, Rook, which releases today, June 3rd, is…
Flickr photo of the day: Shearwater
From the TIG Sparkly Indie-Pop Photos pool... Photo by Laura Musselman.
Bye bye Okkervil River, hello Shearwater
I am trying to come up with a witty water sign blip or "jumping from the river to the water" thing but my mind is…