Throw Me The Statue- Creaturesque
Throw Me The Statue has had a steep learning curve. Releasing their first LP, Moonbeams, on Scott Reitherman’s local Seattle label, Baskerville Hill Records, they…
New Fruit Bats album out August 4th
In the four years since Fruit Bats last album, Spelled in Bones, I have found myself frequently wondering if this band was one of many…
The Control Group keeps sweetening us with the sounds of Sweden
Vosta Gotalands and Ian Mariam Wallentin & Andreas Werliin are a married Gonthenburg, Sweden couple who make warm butterscotch sauce on vanilla ice cream music…
New Jemina Pearl album out in October
Last year, I spent a disproportionate ammount of time listening to Be Your Own Pet's second LP, Get Awkward. It was my favorite album of 2008…
I believe in "Lita"
Did anyone just hear that Nurses song on KEXP, "Lita" from their new Dead Oceans album Apple's Acre? I'm not super-familiar with the band, but…
Sounds Familyre releases album by long-time underground artist
Glen Galloway, of noise-gospel avatars Soul Junk, said of Dan Zimmerman, "Think about when you found all those Scott Walker albums, all those R. Stevie…
New Simian Mobile Disco video: Audacity of Huge
This new single by Simian Mobile Disco, "Audacity of Huge", took a while to grow on me, mostly because it's the verses that are catchy, not the…
See Tiny Vipers at the Fremont Abbey on Saturday
Chelsea blogged about a then-forthcoming Tiny Vipers record called Life on Earth not too long ago, which was just released less than two weeks ago…
The Dandy Warhols ARE Sound
Last year, the Dandy Warhols launched Beat The World Records and today they are using the independence of their own label to release mixes of…
Sample a bit of the new Yo La Tengo album out in September
Well, nadie la tengo this album yet, because it won't be released until September, but there exists, mis amigos, un MP3 for your listening delight.…