The punk rock life and unsolved death of the mastermind behind "New Wave Theatre" is extraordinary reading
Have you ever seen Eraserhead? In David Lynch's first B&W Surrealist mind-hump of a movie, there is scene with a little song the "Lady in…
Tearing Down Paisley Garden
The Purrs are a veteran Seattle rock band who have recently put out their sixth release, Tearing Down Paisley Garden, a seven song DIY statement…
I Shouldn't Look As Good As I Do
{Join us at the Math & Physics Club album release show on Saturday, June 12 at the Crocodile with Aqueduct and Skeletons with Flesh on…
Of Light / Shabazz Palaces
Long time vet Ishmael Butler (Digable Planets, Cherrywine), now laying low locally, starts the self-titled twin of his new joint's dual releases with two of…
Bigger And Blackerer
Do you know a David Cross? Sometimes I think we all must. He's a really smart guy in your social circle (usually tied to the…
Saint Bartlett
"I wish I that I could float up from the ground / I will never know what that's like," are the first lines on Damien…
Jim Woodring's mind-blowing WEATHERCRAFT unveiled at Fantagraphics this Saturday, May 22
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp95qKF4cDg&feature=related] [video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP0oSaUQn5E] We have a genius artist in our midst in Seattle, beloved internationally, who started in graphic novels but whose paintings have been avidly…
Hey Marseilles celebrate vinyl release of debut with all ages show at Vera (5/21) and club show at Tractor (5/22)
{Photo: Hot Avocados} I am a latecomer to the mesmerizing travelogues and swirling epiphanies of Hey Marseilles' musical majesties. Wayfarers to the bone, lead singer…
See Me River play album release tonight, with Grand Archives and S. at the Tractor
Tonight is a three band deep jubilee of American self-expression as smart and intimate as a poem by Walt Whitman, and as big and overflowing…
Are you a Drooling Fanatic? Meet the author of the funniest rock book ever written
Rock And Roll Will Save Your Life is easily the best humor book on music I've ever read. Author Steve Almond received a lot of…