Email Author Sara Brickner

2009 Stories by Sara Brickner

• War and Peace: The Year in Music

  published December 30, 2009

  January 16 After a booze-fueled incident at Neumos, six clubs—Neumos, King Cobra, Havana, the Saint, the War Room, and... More >>

• Imaginary Girls, Real Love

  published December 9, 2009

  Anyone who's ever tried to make a zine (or any artistic pursuit) profitable can probably relate... More >>

• Fool’s Gold’s Global Gumbo

  published December 2, 2009

  White American pop musicians' recent fascination with African music has been the subject of heated debate. Even as Vampire... More >>

• Red, Red Fine

  published November 11, 2009

  Listening to the first track from Seattle trio Blood Red Dancers' 2008 debut EP, Let Them... More >>

• BOAT's Tween Party

  published October 21, 2009

  I don't think I'm that much smarter than a sixth-grader," says David Crane, who teaches seventh... More >>

• REVERB: Brent Amaker’s Concept Country

  published September 30, 2009

  "We're not just a band," says Brent Amaker, frontman of country act Brent Amaker & the Rodeo. "We're a social experiment." As... More >>

• REVERB: Tea Cozies: Bean Team

  published September 30, 2009

  "I'm Brady, and I like to giggle.""I'm Jessi, and I like to frown.""I'm Kelly. I don't like anything."In... More >>

• Sub Pop’s Hardly Art Is Hardly Starving

  published September 16, 2009

  It may not look like much, but since painting the walls, covering the previous obnoxious bright... More >>

• Black Whales (CD release)

  published September 16, 2009

  Black Whales’ upcoming EP, Origins, is a hybrid of two musical styles that have been dominating Seattle’s music scene lately: folk and... More >>

• Grand Hallway

  published September 16, 2009

  Grand Hallway frontman Tomo Nakayama’s warm, whimsical ditties about honeybees “Blessed Be, Honeybee”, walking in the rain... More >>

• The Blakes

  published September 16, 2009

  On the Blakes' upcoming record, a self-release called Souvenirs that comes out October 13, the Seattle trio's tweaked the jumpy rock and roll... More >>

• Bumbershoot: Metric’s Indie Credibility

  published September 2, 2009

  Over the past two decades or so, the term "indie rock" has been so abused, it no longer stands for a way of being; we now use... More >>

• The Fucking Eagles

  published September 2, 2009

  Tacoma rock and roll band the Fucking Eagles -- named for what one can only assume is the Dude's loathing for seminal country rock band the Eagles... More >>

• The Maldives: There’s a Storm Brewing

  published August 26, 2009

  At first, descending the stairs to the Maldives' basement practice space in Ballard feels as if... More >>

• Levi Fuller: The Man Behind the Mixtape

  published August 12, 2009

  There are plenty of ways to find out about new or otherwise obscure music in Seattle and beyond, but it's a select, wise few... More >>

• BOAT

  published August 5, 2009

  BOAT’s third full-length album on Magic Marker Records (and its fourth total), Setting the Paces, comes out at the end of October, and if... More >>

• Softly Now

  published August 5, 2009

  Levi Fuller's monthly showcase of quiet music found a new home at the Jewelbox after the McLeod Residence closed; this month's showcase features... More >>

• Zoe Muth: Our Own Emmylou

  published July 29, 2009

  At the Ballard Smokeshop, one of the last bastions of the old neighborhood, Seattle-born country singer Zoe Muth sits with a... More >>

• The Hackensaw Boys

  published July 22, 2009

  It’s official: the indie rock establishment has found “Americana” the way recovering alcoholics find religion. These days, there... More >>

• Doomtree Returns for an Encore

  published July 15, 2009

  Whenever Twin Cities hip-hop collective Doomtree goes on tour, it simply means that some of the indie rap crew's nine members... More >>

• Blurred Vision

  published July 1, 2009

  "There are two voices in the mind of every artist," painter and Round co-founder Scott Erickson says as he sips an iced coffee... More >>

• Artopia: Ride the Black Whale(s)

  published June 24, 2009

  Black Whales hasn't put out any albums yet, but in 18 months of existence, the band's nevertheless built a reputation on live... More >>

• Artopia: The Hot Dorks of Drumline

  published June 24, 2009

  There's a reason they're called band geeks: Around these parts, marching around in ridiculous hats like the first infantry... More >>

• The Coathangers

  published June 24, 2009

  If there was ever a desperate need for a band like Atlanta band the Coathangers, a fierce foursome of punk rock women who can shriek,... More >>

• Summer Guide Music Calendar: Shows and Escapes

  published June 3, 2009

  JUNE10–14 NOISE FOR THE NEEDY This annual concert series benefits a handful of charitable... More >>