Dear Kathy
Experimental, but structured electronic psychedelica with world music tendencies. If I were head stock boy at Generic Music Pavilion #12 that's the section I would…
TIG on KEXP for July 2005
On our latest visit as guests on KEXP's Audioasis show fell on a beautiful sunny Seattle Saturday {July 9th}. Abe Beeson was our host for…
You Can Make Beautiful Things
Deborah Bartley has long been one of Seattle's revered singer/songwriters… at least to a small demographic of its population. Despite three critically-lauded records released on…
Often Lie
"So instead of wish fufillment, we get an acknowledgment of our wish." -J. Niimi, Murmur ( 33 1/3 book series) Denver Dalley plays guitar for…
Warmer Corners
The Lucksmiths' Warmer Corners is chock-a-block full of sweet pop songs about longing and loathing, loving and licking, learning and leaving. A band of Australian…
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
It makes a lot of sense that Tim Burton would want to make a movie based on Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In…
Tales from a Brave Ulysses
XV. "Wine Country Song" California wine country. Walking through plant corridors through fields. Rows and rows of vines snaking up and around fence posts like…
Division
By July, I usually have a good idea of which albums will top my Best Of the Year list. Bloc Party’s Silent Alarm is definitely…
North Pole
The Scots know pop! Delectable, delightfully smart pop! Aztec Camera! Camera Obscura! Even bands without camera in their names! What is it about that place?…
In Your Honor
Well, let's just start with the obvious... Two CDs. The Foo Fighters went and did a double-disc record. Thankfully it's not one of those Dual-disc…