Cosmonautical
Cosmonautical, the fifth full-length release from Seattle band the Transmissionary Six, was recorded by another Seattle musician, Graig Markel, and together they've created a sound…
Spoon, the Magnetic Fields get vinyl re-issues. Thanks, Merge!
Since my fella procured a turntable for our place last year, we've developed a bit of a, erm, vinyl problem. Or as I like to…
Menomena side project Lackthereof signs to Barsuk
Menomena singer and drummer Danny Seim has a longstanding side project called Lackthereof. Menomena's label Barsuk Records announced yesterday that they'd be releasing the Lackthereof…
What's new with Panda and Angel {hint: new songs!}
Carissa's Wierd weren't just one of my favorite local bands ever... they also spawned an entire generation of Seattle bands. It seems like any muscian…
Eno gets Byrne'd
It's been 27 years since David Byrne and legendary producer/ambient forefather Brian Eno collaborated on My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. Byrne recently announced…
From The Valley To The Stars
Sarah Assbring's second full-length for The Control Group as El Perro del Mar is a perfect definition of the word 'album.' It is a 16-track…
How Conor Oberst spent his winter vacation in Mexico
First there's news that my BFFs Hutch and Kathy will be playing shows around the Pac NW debuting new demos and playing some of my…
New releases from Easy Street Records
Not a ton of new releases this week, but we've got a couple of goodies!Flight of The Conchords' self-titled full-length release is out and it's…
Mr. Love & Justice
It is hard for me to say much about Billy Bragg that I haven't already said. He is one of my idols, one of my…
"Astley in the Noose" by The Wonderstuff
It's not very often that a topically themed pop song sounds as relevant 20 years down the line as the day when it was cut,…