The Rumble returns to the Crocodile Monday night
I've mentioned the monthly night "The Rumble" here a few times now (it's the third one this Monday night at the Crocodile) and I want…
Imaginary roadtrip: San Francisco photoessay edition
Thanks to a tweet from a fellow I met on the Long Winters messageboard quite some time ago (hello, internets!) I found myself pressed up…
Recommended Show: The Tripwires this Friday, 10/30 at the Sunset
The Tripwires' new (second) album House To House sounds jolting from joie de vivre even when crabbing about everything falling apart. The hale musical energy…
Cave Singers at Neumos
I was absolutely thrilled to get a last minute add to The Cave Singers CD release party for their new album, Welcome Joy, at Neumo's on…
Imaginary Interview: The Spits
I met up Sean Woods of The Spits at Grey Gallery after he had spent three days partying in Portland before, during and after the…
Imaginary Interview: The Fresh and Onlys
During the Scion Garage Festival in Portland over this weekend I caught up with front man Tim Cohen and Guitarist Wymond Miles of San Francisco's…
Setting the Paces for BOAT's Setting the Paces: An engineer-on-engineer conversation
Pale Pacific-er and all around engineer super-star Cam Niklaus sat down with Dave Crane (aka D. Crane, guitar/bass/vocals/songwriting) and Jackson Long (aka J. Long, drumming/recording)…
New Spiral Stairs video: Stolen Pills
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMyOH4Rnweg] Spiral Stairs, aka Scott Kannberg, guitarist for the reuniting Pavement, has a new album out on Tuesday called The Real Feel (Matador Records). Above…
Win a fantastic BOAT package, including tickets to their CD release show on 10/22 and a custom piece of art!
We here in imaginary land don't do a very good job of keeping our love for local chest pounding indie popsters BOAT a secret. Their…
The Cave Singers at Neumos on Saturday
The majority of the discussion initially focused on how Derek Fudesco, Pete Quirk, and Marty Lund all played in loud rock bands prior to The…