Painkiller
From the opening notes of "Outbound" to the closing ambient ripples of "Not What You Say," this is an album in the truest sense of…
The Mammoth
Ghost of the Russian Empire hails from Austin, Texas and released their first full-length record, The Mammoth, earlier this year. If you are one of…
Oh, My Treasured Things
With one of the worst album covers of all time comes Oh, My Treasured Things, the debut recording by Pale Man Made, a Newcastle band…
Listen to The Cure's new album in Seattle a week early
Nectar Lounge in Fremont is hosting a free happy hour listening party for The Cure's new album entitled 4:13 Dream on Thursday evening. The record…
Plutonium Blonde
Although The Legendary Pink Dots have been around since the early 1980s, they have remained relatively obscure over the course of their varied career. Frankly,…
The Wedding Present at Neumos
Following their standard protocol, there would be no encore, but one lengthy set featuring dynamic songs of heartbreak and jealously. It made for a wonderful…
Waking The Sound
Gracing the cover of The Brokenmusicbox’s debut album is a photograph of three wooden figures that resemble a band of drunken street performers, with some…
Sing The Burning Alphabet
A lot of bands try desperately to rekindle the sound of some genre that existed twenty to thirty years ago without actually listening to many…
If You Want It
Incorporating their influences of pop rock groups from the sixties to the present, Seattle’s powerpop darlings Young Sportsmen have universally culled together the characteristics of…
Sleep More Take More Drugs Do Whatever We Want
Earlier this summer, I haphazardly found myself observing Half Light during their CD release party that took place at The Comet Tavern in Seattle. At…