Live from the Morning Alternative
Since the fall of the oppressive Teen Dance Ordinance, the underage music scene in Seattle has been thriving. The best example of this is the…
3D Feelings
I like rock shows. I go to as many as time, money and energy will allow. Generally I go to see bands I know and…
Stems
This album from Seattle's The Fading Collection is a curious and clever series of remixes from the songs originally found on the album Interactive Family…
Late Night Shutdown
The bio namechecks Joy Division. The first eight seconds intro the album with downstroked, reverbed "guit-arpeggios." Is it Interpol Mark II? Is it some other…
Square
Band press packages run the gamut, from absurdist to informative. If the band and/or their publicist is doing a good job, these musical bundles tend…
Lovers Leave
When Queen Bee Jackson's latest release, Lovers Leave, arrived at imaginary headquarters, it wasn't in the typical padded manila envelope stuffed with press releases. Obviously,…
Jessi Hamilton
Musical Defense Rule #78: never trust a record with a softly focused cover photo. For example, do you like Celine Dion? No, you don't, because…
The Mur Murs EP
If you ask Ebb and Flow how they would describe themselves, they would likely rattle off "a prog-ind-moog-soul-crazyhorse-kraut-fakejazz-slowpop mystery band," which is one too many…
Birth of a Lover
In the wake of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Sahara Hotnights, powerful female vocalists are at the forefront of the music du jour. Alicia Gbur…
Lost Patterns
I am not an electronic music expert. Let me just put that out there right away. I know what I like, but can never define…