A rollicking good time with the Old 97's
The Old 97's slayed the Showbox -- I mean absolutely rocked the place. I have seen them heaps of times over the last decade, and…
Noise for the Needy 2008: the Black Angels and the Warlocks
Having been my third Black Angels show, I'm tempted to use cliches like "third time's a charm" or "perfection in threes,"blah blah blah. I'll spare…
Dead Confederate at TT the Bear's Place
First, let me start with the basics: Without even the slightest slice of hyperbole, Dead Confederate is now my current favorite band. They had already…
Coconut Coolouts/Head/Thee Sgt. Major III at the Funhouse
I don't feel like I'm a true Seattle indie rocker. In the near two years that I've lived here I had never been to the…
Slim Cessna's Auto Club in Cambridge
There was a moment at T.T. The Bear's on this Friday night, at some point during the second band, when I wandered back toward the…
Crystal Castles: Seattle can dance
"Thank God we don't have to write about this!" Fellow imaginaries Jeanine Anderson and ChrisB and I exclaimed about our relief of duties while sipping…
Foals shake the speakers at Neumo's
I had been looking forward to seeing Foals and getting caught up in what I knew would be a great show for a while; however,…
Los Campesinos! at Neumo's
Last Saturday Neumo’s played host to a groundbreaking lineup of stellar performances. It was a night of firsts, of resounding youth and energy, and of…
Bishop Allen at the Middle East
Steele: So can we talk about how much the first band was not good? They were WAY too busy. Jer: Well, they had all that…
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone photo essay
Saturday night at the Vera project saw the return of Owen Ashworth - solo musician aka 'Casiotone for the Painfully Alone' who played recently in…