Climber EP
Portland band Climber have created a very melodic bit of electro-pop with their self-titled EP, one that swims around in your heart like a very…
Withstand the Whatnot
Imaginary girl Liz sent along five tracks available on the C. Spaniels website and asked if I would be willing to consider including the band…
Division
By July, I usually have a good idea of which albums will top my Best Of the Year list. Bloc Party’s Silent Alarm is definitely…
Saturn Missile Battery
I'll admit, I had to make myself listen to Saturn Missile Battery by The Public a few times before I could really start to hear…
Banner Barbados
On their debut self-titled EP, unsigned Seattle locals Banner Barbados triumphantly strum their bar-chords on a disc so full of everything underground rock and roll…
Fiction
My first thought upon listening to Fiction, the debut full-length by local Seattle darlings Key Note Speaker: "I bet these guys throw a rockin' fun…
Blood Diamonds
If you are new to Brent Amaker and his former musical incarnation Dorkweed, it might be wise to ignore the first track, "Technology," on the…
The Skin of Light
Sonic Youth. Right away that's my first thought, and as the first track "Scratching the Sunlight" builds through its first five minutes, that thought becomes…
Colin Meloy Sings Morrissey
Being located on the East Coast is difficult, especially when one's heart lies somewhere between Pike and Pine, in an alley off 12th, inside an…
This Is The New You
This Is The New You, by Oregoners (or is it Oreganos?) Derby, sounds a bit more like the old me, really. Influences are worn on…