Sharon Van Etten + Shearwater = best thing on the internet today
We know you know, dear readers, that here at TIG we are not ones to cut-and-paste every press release and email that we receive in…
Ghetto Moon
This is Solvents' least stylistically ambitious release -- and that is a very good thing. The band hasn't gone purely minimalistic in working with Karl…
Imaginary Liz's Best of 2013 Countdown: Los Campesinos
{Los Campesinos by Steve Louie} Like Allo Darlin, Los Campesinos are a diligent bunch. They publish Heat Rash, a seasonal zine complete with a 7"…
Imaginary Liz's Best of 2013 Countdown: Tullycraft
It's no secret I have an inside scoop on what goes on in the Tullycraft camp, so I've actually have heard this whole album. A…
Imaginary Liz's Best of 2013 Countdown: Math & Physics Club
For the last few months the boys of MaPC have been teasing us with photos on their Facebook page of them recording at K Records'…
Lines We Trace
Lines We Trace opens up suddenly, with all kinds of ache laced through the echoes of a well-worn Andrew Bird album, cut beautifully with strains…
Imaginary Watch This: A Breakthrough in Field Studies' "Waves on the Ocean"
My talented friend Jon Wooster keeps breaking my heart (but in all the good ways) with his new musical adventures, and one of the adventures…
Looking back at the best of 2012
As is the case for years past, best of 2012 lists for this Imaginary Girl are rarely about standard operating procedure -- ranking the best…
Single Spotlight: The Purrs' "Rotting On The Vine" b/w "You, The Medicine and Me"
Seattle's melodic and menacing The Purrs have a new 45 single out, their first for esteemed new local label Fin Records. It arrived on this…
Fall rotation: The Pharmacy, The Coup, Dum Dum Girls, Doug Stanhope, King Tuff
Autumn is a favorite, TIG-cherished time of year, but that isn't necessarily good for new music for me: I am a sentimental bastard and tend…