Doves, with My Morning Jacket
Doves, Doves, Doves! Doves! DOVES! DOVES! D_O_V_E_S!!!! A thousand times - Doves! I am in love my friends. The rocks may melt and the land…
Cinerama, with ballboy
"9.28.02, The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco""9.30.02, Blackbird Cafe, Portland""10.1.02, Crocodile Cafe, Seattle"In late September - early October there was a miraculous alignment of…
Mates of State: a sonnet
Last Friday night Graceland, those Mates of State Beamed gems of love, rang thru their eyes and song. Whilst melodies made us adore and long.…
Talkin' shit about an indie rock t-shirt
Everyone knows the Indie-Rock-Show-T-Shirt Rule™, right? You know the one, that unwritten rule: whatever band you are going to see, you must, if you insist…
Arty Boys
The Three Imaginary Girls are vain. So when an incredibly talented local artist paints a picture of us, we glow. And of course, then we…
Bumbershoot 2002: The Imaginary Highlights
You remember when we did 14 shows in 14 nights? Hold on to your bonnet kids, at this year's Bumbershoot music festival — we witnessed…
Drew Victor and his Passing Friends
We realize we are guilty again of live show review recidivism by reviewing Drew Victor and Passing Friends, since we did write about them just…
Playing Enemy
When I set out to see Playing Enemy, it was because I found out at 10:15 p.m. that the Sparta show over at Graceland was…
Nickel Creek
Young bluegrass upstarts? You bet! Thumbing their cute noses at the 'new traditionalism' inspired by the staggering success of the orthodox bluegrass soundtrack for O…
Kevn Kinney
At the last party at I.G. Dana's house, some folks on the porch were talking music and one guy started dissing Courtney Love. "OK, so…