Transmissionary Six to play last show this Friday
This Friday night, Dec. 12, one of my very favorite bands (and possibly the most underrated group in Seattle) Transmissionary Six will be playing their…
Past Lives/Triumph of Lethargy tonight at Showbox Green Room
Sometimes we take things for granted because they happen so fast and then we suddenly realize really great stuff is going on and we have…
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band kicks off tour in SF tonight
While hometown fans of Seattle five-piece Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band wait for their favorite folky, jazzy, mathy collective to return and play Neumos this…
oh:io
"Foxy Boxer," about midway through this carnival wreck of a happy collage-rock album, is the single and key track. Sweet mod girl vocals promising sultry…
New hot spot Gainsbourg to feature music photos by Steven Dewall
Would I really need another reason to finally visit Gainsbourg, Seattle's latest delicious-cuisine and great damned drinks establishment co-owned by the incredible Rock Queen Hannah…
Caught In The Trees
I have been a fan of Damien Jurado's since his late 90s debut, Water Ave. S. It would have been impossible for me not to…
Lunglight
This Portland band pretty much had it in the bag by winning the Williamette Weekly "Best New Band" poll a couple years back. Their self-titled debut…
The sexy textures of School of Seven Bells tonight!
I love Happy Goth music, dark rhythms mixed with sensual female vocals, sinister beats and noise-candy textural guitar. Tonight at Neumos much-adored band M83 will…
proVISIONS
A Giant Sand album is like a backyard BBQ with an old friend of yours who can be a little crazy, but is always ready…
The Sad, Beautiful Story Behind LoveLand's "The Beautiful Truth"
On John in the Morning's Monday, Nov. 23 show on KEXP, John Richards will be playing music from the debut of LoveLand, "The Beautiful Truth,"…