In Case We Die
As overheard on the bus one day, on the way to pick flowers. I was reading a book and an extremely tall, Sammy Davis looking…
The Alternative to Love
The first few listens to the latest release from Brendan Benson will send you to the bathroom to scrub the toilet, whirl you around the…
What I Mean To Say Is Goodbye
He's not quite thirty. He's lived in this town forever, it seems. He walked in on his best friend making love to his sweetheart. His…
Wolf Parade EP
They call them teasers for a reason. Extended plays — something like sides with out-takes attached? When they were twelve inches and on vinyl and…
The Return of the Clerkenwell Kid
A young Englishman named Stephen Coates was on drugs in Clerkenwell when he met himself. Maybe it was the Stephen of the past, one who…
Raised By Wolves
Voxtrot's Raised by Wolves EP harks back to a gentler time in music: those days of yore when smart pop with popsicle-syrupy melodies ruled the…
Who's Your New Professor?
Picture yourself in a lonely studio apartment on the top floor of a five-story apartment building. Four floors down is a wine store. Next to…
Out of the Rain Compilation: Seattle's Musicians for Seattle's Youth
A local non-profit organization called YouthCare is releasing Out of the Rain, a compilation album by local musicians to help finance and raise awareness for…
Ammunition
As an album, Charming Snakes' newest offering Ammunition is more of a grower than a shower, but once it gets up and running, damn but…
Georgia Hard
Robbie Fulks' first album of new material in four years can't help but be something of a disappointment, if not in its songwriting (which is…