The Promise
If you're an indie pop fan but the concert marathon-long face of the Bruce canon and cult has put you off, you're in luck: The…
Recommended show: Five For Fighting and Angel Taylor – Thursday at The Crocodile
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter John Ondrasik (who performs under the stage name Five For Fighting) will be playing an intimate acoustic set at The Crocodile this Thursday…
Imaginary Interview: Gossip
Immediately after their triumphant set at the Capitol Hill Block Party last month, I checked Twitter to see if my friends had the same reaction…
Bumbershoot preview: Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq's last show in Seattle was a sold out affair at the Showbox, but he had mostly traveled under my radar. I was curious…
Imaginary Interview: Black Kids
When I met Black Kids’ frontman and guitarist Reggie Youngblood for an interview at Neumo’s before the band’s recent show with Mates of State, he…
Pitchfork offers pugs in lieu of Black Kids review
Today, the much hyped debut album from The Black Kids, Partie Traumatic, hits stores. As is not unusual, Pitchfork leads with a review of one…
We Started Nothing
It was 30 years ago when Nick Lowe had to rename and re-sequence his debut, solo album Pure Pop for Now People. If the original…
The Ting Tings: My new new favorite band
Last night I finally got around to listening to the Ting Tings, and I'm hooked. I literally spent every moment of my commute today to…
Video: Nicole Atkins on Letterman. Holy shite, she's amazing.
Since I don't have TV in my house, I'm dazzlingly slow on this one... but I just finally went to YouTube and watched Nicole Atkins'…
Nicole Atkins and the Sea tour release debut record, tour with the Pipettes, appear on Letterman tonight
Ever since Betsy Boston turned me onto Nicole Atkins when she reviewed her debut EP Blood Diamonds earlier this year {review}, and I caught her…