Imaginary Liz's Best of 2013 Countdown: Allo Darlin
Allo Darlin hasn't actually stated the words "we will release a new album in 2013," but they did write on their Facebook page (on January…
Imaginary Liz's Best of 2013 Countdown: Math & Physics Club
For the last few months the boys of MaPC have been teasing us with photos on their Facebook page of them recording at K Records'…
Imaginary Liz's Best of 2013 Countdown: Redwood Plan
Anything that Lesli Wood touches is gold, and with her band, The Redwood Plan, she cements that she's a Seattle rock force to be reckoned…
Lines We Trace
Lines We Trace opens up suddenly, with all kinds of ache laced through the echoes of a well-worn Andrew Bird album, cut beautifully with strains…
Single Spotlight: The Purrs' "Rotting On The Vine" b/w "You, The Medicine and Me"
Seattle's melodic and menacing The Purrs have a new 45 single out, their first for esteemed new local label Fin Records. It arrived on this…
Love's Not Impossible: My Top Ten Songs of 2012
We had to have some good tunes to get us through a year of watching a psychopathic plutocrat trying to pitch us back into the…
John Roderick + Jonathan Coulton are getting through the holidays, One Christmas at a Time
I know you haven’t even had the chance to gorge yourself on turkey yet -- don’t get all in a panic you guys, but really,…
Fall rotation: The Pharmacy, The Coup, Dum Dum Girls, Doug Stanhope, King Tuff
Autumn is a favorite, TIG-cherished time of year, but that isn't necessarily good for new music for me: I am a sentimental bastard and tend…
I love this shit: Husky
As we mentioned this summer, recent Sub Pop signees Husky have taken on the world with their "meticulous, soothing, gentle-assault, looking out the train window…
Imaginary Interview: Sophie Barker
Sophie Barker is a wonderful secret among the music community. Although she has managed to remain just below the radar of renown, she has been…