WHY? and Themselves team up for exclusive MP3 just before dropping new LPs
WHY? is releasing their fourth album Eskimo Snow on September 20th -- with a batch of creatively-overloaded tracks, just as they "roll up" a joint…
Keep In Mind Frankenstein
Keep In Mind Frankenstein was recorded at a studio called Paradise Sound in a spiritually and economically crippled town called Index, WA. This berg was…
Bumbershoot preview: 1 Reel Film Festival, Sunday
12-1pm: Films4Families: This Youngershoot package includes the must-see cleverly animated short, Western Spaghetti. 1-2pm: Fly Films SIFF 2009: With 4 days to shoot and 5…
Bumbershoot preview: Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears
When I first saw Black Joe Lewis perform, I was underwhelmed. They were opening a sold out show at the Showbox for Spoon in 2007…
Bumbershoot preview: Champagne Champagne
Equal parts Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Slum Village, and Tribe Called Quest with a little Outkast on the side for dipping, Champagne Champagne will be…
Imaginary Interview: USE
The seven-piece dance party band USE, nee United State of Electronica, is just about ready to release their long-awaited sophomore album L O V E…
Bumbershoot preview: 1 Reel Film Festival, Saturday
I’ve said before that I feel like short films don’t get the love they deserve – and that’s especially true in a big music-filled festival…
imaginaries and airwaves: TIG on TBTL
Imaginary Dana and I are beside ourselves with nervous, yet very giddy, excitment about getting to hang out with none other than Luke Burbank, Jen…
Bands sleep free at Motel 6
Touring indie bands generally don't have a lot of extra cash to spend on swank hotels while on tour. (They are trying to MAKE it…
Dead Science's Jherek Bischoff's 30th Birthday Concert to feature 40 piece orchestra
Seattle's avant-pop/punk-jazz innovator Jherek Bischoff knows how to throw a 30th birthday paty for himself -- and put on a great big show for us! …