Robyn
I know it sounds crazy, but Robyn just may be the Sam Cooke of our generation. They call her the "Anti-Britney" but that just seems…
Solid
This CD sounds like the kind of LP that you found in your big sister's room when she was out scoring with her boyfriend, an…
A Killer Of Snakes
The Heavy Hearts attempt paradise by economic means -- that is, through the economy of time. Anxiety over time tendrils through all nine of the…
Garden of Deceit
Palodine returns for their second full-length with the current line-up: Katrina Whitney, who plays keyboards, toys, and tools, writes the words (and sings them), and…
Super group rumor Sunday night?
So now a little bird told me that TWO mystery Sub Pop guests will be appearing at the Sunset show on Sunday night. The whole…
Mystery guests at Sunday Bloody Sunday
I almost hate to blog this, as I want to be able to go to this thing without it being stuffed way beyond capacity, but…
In defense of Robin Williams
Look, he annoys the hell out of me, too.But if we were to be completely honest, those of us who grew up watching Williams on…
Leonard Cohen: under review
The other night I decided to get out some of my favorite records, one of them being American Music Club's Mercury -- which is probably…
Common Market are insanely uncommon
I cannot wait to hear Common Market's new EP, Black Patch War, which I know is going to be one of my major summer-lovin' listening…
Bland and Blue Skies
What if Bjork grew up in Ballard? That is a really reductive and deceptive way of describing her sound, but Lucy Bland has an incandescent…