Recommended all ages show: The Thermals @Neumos {Friday, 1/21}
[Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EgeecG1Eh0] Another discovery via my boyfriend - I love, love, LOVE the way this Portland band rocks my socks off! I can’t really put a…
Keenan's Top 10 Songs of 2010 (with Videos)
It's hard to believe 2010 is already over (which is probably why this list is so late), as it was one of the biggest and…
Imaginary Liz's favorite songs of 2010
It usually isn't in my nature to go against the John Roderick grain, but when it comes to end of year lists of favorites, I…
Let's talk about our favorite Pacific Northwest releases of 2010 {now and on KUOW}
{Head and the Heart photo by Victoria VanBruinnisse from the Imaginary Flickr Photo Pool} I love this time of year. Besides the {sometimes forced} joyous…
20 words each on 11 of the Best Releases of 2010
{Shabazz Palaces photo from the Three Imaginary Girls Flickr Pool by Jason Tang} Through sheer quirk of fate and possibly my own fatally quirky tastes,…
Photo essay: more MFNW! The Thermals, The Tallest Man on Earth, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
The goodness just keeps on coming! Check out these Musicfest Northwest photos from our most excellent imaginary photographers: The Tallest Man on Earth The Thermals…
Bumbershoot 2010: Bumber-highlights
{Her Majesty herself, Rachel Flotard, by Steve Louie} We may be almost a week out from the crazy weekend known as Bumbershoot, but that doesn't…
Countdown to Musicfest Northwest in 3… 2…
Technically, you can get your Musicfest Northwest (MFNW) on starting tonight -- there will be a few gigs going on around town down in Portland…
It's time to prefunk! Music Fest Northwest is coming, September 8-12
[video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d7d23xDgq0] While everyone is prefunking Bumbershoot, we'd like to take a moment to officially get the prefunk to the prefunk for Music Fest Northwest…
Imaginary Crafty Listening Party with brand new albums by The Thermals and Superchunk
{Thermals photo: Westin Glass / Superchunk photo: Jason Arthurs} Last month's Imaginary Crafty Listening Party was bumpin with Lo & Behold Shrie teaching us all…