Yo La Tengo at Town Hall
Let me start by stating that Town Hall is a really cool venue and I'd like to see some more shows there. I didn't know…
Songs of an Imaginary Being: IAMX on Halloween
According to Wikipedia, Chris Corner’s dark, sado-masochism-heavy persona of IAMX is “very different to his actual, real-life personality and is a kind of quasi ‘act.’”…
Amanda Palmer with Estradasphere
Sometimes I envy my fellow music writers who are not actually musicians themselves. For someone who is not a practicing (or recovering, as it were)…
Meet the Flower Children of Generation X: Architecture in Helsinki
On a Monday night, wasn't much happening in this town - most people were still recovering from the weekend, especially the pre-Halloween showganza that had…
Mewithoutyou @ The Showbox Sodo
Although Brand New was the headliner for two sold-out nights at the freshly opened Showbox Sodo, it was the opening act that brought me. Mewithoutyou…
Múm, Brosseau bring magic to Seattle
Standing alone, strumming an acoustic guitar, Tom Brosseau's appearance and sound set him off as if he missed his decade. Flaxen hair combed neatly to…
Broken Social Scene Presents
“Broken Social Scene Presents”? Sketchy if anything, right? It turns out this moniker will be the format by which various members of the former super…
New Young Pony Club's Fantastic Playroom
Prior to heading down to Nectar, nearly every person I talked to about this show told me the same thing: I’ve never heard of New…
Mono, High on Fire, Panther, and Coliseum
It was an interesting night at the Crocodile, featuring four bands that didn't quite go together, four bands that just weren't quite the same. It…
Ted Leo, Quasi, & the Intelligence
Opening for an eager crowd of Ted Leo fans, the pulsing, “chop-those-vegetables!” edge to the Intelligence's sound was of high caliber, though the occasional monotony…