'Tis the season to be achy: new music from Pablo Trucker and Goldfinch
Looks like it's the season for some hard-workin', beard-sportin' local bands to be showing us what they've been squirreling away at recently. In the past…
Dear Posies, I love you…always.
{The Posies with Star Anna at the Showbox. Photo by Jason Tang.} We’ve been through a lot together, The Posies and I. Graduating high school…
Recommended Free Cupcake Event: Bake It in a Cake at Porchlight Coffee this Saturday {12/11}
There is no better way to spend 12/11/10 than with the first ever Bake It In A Cake party! This Saturday, the cupcake-eating public is…
The Atlas
I first heard Kristin Allen-Zito, Bellingham’s indie queen about five years ago. A profound serendipity, I stumbled into an acoustic set at the now-defunct Bay…
Favorite new band of the day: Gospel Music
Owen Holmes (bass player of Black Kids) has recently started his own project titled Gospel Music that takes the lo-fi bedroom pop that I adore…
Jose Bold presents MOUNTAIN for two nights at ACT {December 2nd and 3rd}
Every December, it's pretty much a given that "Awesome" member John Osebold has been up to something good. Typically that good comes in the form…
The Bright Eyes news I've been waiting for: new album and shows in 2011
{Photo by Etching A. Sketch from the Imaginary Flickr Photo Pool} It's been a while since the last Conor Oberst release ("a while" by Conor…
Imaginary Watch This: Leftover Cuties "Game Called Life"
I've been obsessed with this song since the first episode of The Big C (which is FANTASTIC, and if you haven't seen it, you should)…
Bring on the sad bastard: Pablo Trucker at Conor Byrne tonight {11/19}
I've pretty much been nerding out about Pablo Trucker since the minute I hit the ground in Seattle. Show after show after show, they just…
My New Crush: Not in Love by Crystal Castles featuring Robert Smith
The instant I found out about this Crystal Castles song "Not in Love" with my beloved Robert Smith (!!!) on vocals, I ran to my…