Password to snap up a $10 Dead Weather ticket {today only}
More than just a supergroup fantasy endeavor, Dead Weather has captured the soul of more than one imaginary. We recently overpowered all the haters at…
Thomas Pynchon loves my band!
Thomas Pynchon, the celebrated and notoriously reclusive 72-year old author of such books as Mason & Dixon and Inherent Vice (which was just published last…
Bumbershoot preview: Black Eyed Peas
The case against Black Eyed Peas is a rather compelling one: one of their biggest hits was "My Humps" (a monstrosity, even to my pop-loving standards);…
Exclusive: Hey Marseilles signs to Fuzed Music
Between the Block Party, the Doe Bay Music Festival, Bumbershoot, and some gigs here & there around town, you'd be hard-pressed to get away from…
Annie's 'Don't Stop' to be released in November – finally
Dear lord, this is exciting. Annie, the Norwegian princess of perfect pop, is FINALLY going to release her second album, Don't Stop, in November. I…
Bumbershoot preview: The Benson Interruption
I’m not really convinced that I need to rent Super High Me because I don’t think I’ll find it all that funny. I’m also not…
Elizabeth Goodman writes the book on Cat Power
Elizabeth Goodman, a former editor at the missed rock magazine Blender, has written a very compelling biography of Chan Marshall, the artist we collectively know…
Killingsworth
The Minus 5 are releasing Killingsworth at the same time leader Scott McCaughey is putting out Young Fresh Fellows' I Think This Is, both on…
Bumbershoot preview: Point Juncture, WA
On Point Juncture, WA's website, they helpfully point out that "it's a band, not a place." It's actually quite a relief that I don't have…
Three Imaginary DVDs to see: Deneuve drama, 5 characters in 24 hours and a French classroom
The express version: Apres Lui: Franck kills Mathieu in a car crash, then Matheiu’s mom Camille ( the ever gorgeous Catherine Deneuve) falls for him.…