Show me a word that rhymes with epic: a Pavement review
Since their breakup in 1999, it has been the dearest daydream of Pavement fans everywhere that someday they would reunite, bringing peace to the Middle…
A very imaginary Labor Day Weekend: Bumbershoot!
Somehow, in the avalanche of amazing bands at Seattle Center this past weekend, we managed to scrawl some furious notes on a fistful of locals…
Win two tickets to The National at Marymoor {9/11}
Sprawling lawns, stellar sound, The National, and you. And your plus one. And Okkervil River. And for free. Sound good? Great! Because that's what's in…
Recommended for tonight: Fastbacks mania at the Tractor
Oh man is tonight going to be a good one! Get thee to the Tractor tonight for a very, very special night, as everyone sings…
Somebody pinch us: we've got Pavement tickets to give away!
If you're anything like the rest of the free world, you haven't seen much of Pavement since sometime in the late nineties. Recording, releasing, and…
This weekend's recommended shows: The Head and the Heart, twice!
Remember that one time? You know. Before we knew about The Head and the Heart and all their full-frontal amazingness? Right. Us neither. If you've…
Athens Popfest roundup: 5 days of awesome
{a rare Popfest sight - an empty 40 Watt, by Rich Guiterrez} I've said it before and I'll say it again, Athens Popfest is always…
Enchanted Chapel
{The Young Evils have a bunch of shows coming up: 9/8 at The Crocodile, 9/25 at Easy Street Records (West Seattle), 10/9 at the Reverb…
Athens Popfest countdown: Apples In Stereo
In all this hubub of getting ready to leave for popfest, I keep forgetting that one of my all time favorite bands, The Apples In…
Cello-rocking Rasputina returns to Seattle Wednesday, August 18
[Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TDiMUgA1TE] Rasputina is playing Neumos this Wednesday, August 18, with all-along-the-tour openers Larkin Grimm. Whenever Rasputina plays here it tends to be at crowd capacity,…