CHBP 2011 preview: The crackling, illuminating Campfire OK Sunday 7/24 at Neumos
Campfire OK photo by Jason TangCampfire OK seemed to come out of nowhere with an incredibly well played and passionate debut earlier this winter, Strange…
A summer "Romance" that has nothing to do with Grease: preview Wild Flag's new single
Sleater-Kinney are kind of like capers: you either really like them, or you really don't. Perhaps the most polarizing quality about them was the sound of Corin…
Capitol Hill Block Party 2011 preview: Virgin Islands To Play Vera Stage on Sunday, July 24
{photo: April Brimer} Virgin Islands is one of Seattle’s best live rawk and roil bands, souped up on speed-ball breakneck paces and reeling through the…
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
{Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 opened in Seattle on Friday, July 14 and is playing at the Majestic Bay, the Pacific Science…
White Orange
It's no surprise that Portland, OR band's White Orange is fronted/fully finessed by a hands-on studio owner and full-time acid-axe victim. Adam Pike sits in…
Two new must-own books from Fantagraphics: Frisky freak folk gal comix; and the mighty, massive Comics Journal 301
TIG readers won't be surprised there are two adorable new books out from Seattle-snared, world-shaking Fantagraphics. As the world's foremost glossy-n-generous "boutique label" of classic…
Larry Crowne
When I first saw the trailer for Larry Crowne, I was overjoyed. I'll admit taken on its own, it looked like the sort of over-the-top annoying…
After Nights Without Sleep
They've played sold out gigs with The Head and the Heart and The Posies, where this five-piece "retro-pop" band snagged frequent raves from bloggers among…
Black Up
Once you do something extraordinary, the universe gets in the way. People almost seem to be willing you to fail by praising your breakthrough effort,…
I Don't Remember Yesterday. Today It Rained.
Newly relocated bohemian bard-of-rhythm now-Seattleite (by way of San Fran, natch), Mushroom bandleader & drummer Pat Thomas records every show his delightfully slinky, glistening jazz-rock…