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Doe Bay Fest Pulls a LeBron/Sasquatch!: Lineup Will Be Announced at a Party at Columbia City Theater

David Bazan at Doe Bay Fest 2009.​The indie-folk summer retreat on Orcas Island known as the Doe Bay Fest (Aug. 11 to 14) is taking a page out of the LeBron James/Sasquatch! playbook and unveiling the lineup for this year's hugfest at an announcement party, June 2 at the Columbia City Theater. ... More >>

David Bazan + Band

David Bazan at Doe Bay Fest 2009.​The indie-folk summer retreat on Orcas Island known as the Doe Bay Fest (Aug. 11 to 14) is taking a page out of the LeBron James/Sasquatch! playbook and unveiling the lineup for this year's hugfest at an announcement party, June 2 at the Columbia City Theater. ... More >>

The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

David Bazan at Doe Bay Fest 2009.​The indie-folk summer retreat on Orcas Island known as the Doe Bay Fest (Aug. 11 to 14) is taking a page out of the LeBron James/Sasquatch! playbook and unveiling the lineup for this year's hugfest at an announcement party, June 2 at the Columbia City Theater. ... More >>

Bumbershoot Review: David Bazan Adds More Moving Parts, Plays Older Favorites during Bumbershoot Set

​Who: David Bazan When: 4 p.m. Where: Broad Street Stage The man who once famously sang his feelings about going solo--"I still run the show/ and don't you forget it/ so I had let some go/ don't think I don't regret it"--has added more moving parts to his live show. When David Bazan took the ... More >>

Bumbershoot Sunday: Picks and Notes Featuring Weezer, Horse Feathers, Laff Hole!, and More

​Who: David Bazan When: 4 p.m. Where: Broad Street Stage The man who once famously sang his feelings about going solo--"I still run the show/ and don't you forget it/ so I had let some go/ don't think I don't regret it"--has added more moving parts to his live show. When David Bazan took the ... More >>

Doe Bay Fest

​Who: David Bazan When: 4 p.m. Where: Broad Street Stage The man who once famously sang his feelings about going solo--"I still run the show/ and don't you forget it/ so I had let some go/ don't think I don't regret it"--has added more moving parts to his live show. When David Bazan took the ... More >>

David Bazan Covers Vic Chestnutt's "Flirted With You All My Life"

If anyone can handle the heavy and heartbreaking nature of Vic Chestnutt's "Flirted With You All My Life," it's David Bazan. The Seattle singer-songwriter covered Chestnutt's torch song about death itself last week at Le Poisson Rouge, as part of the Radio Happy Hour podcast. "Flirted" is a song Ba ... More >>

Austin Tales: How to Survive SXSW

True crime and true stories from the industry's annual bbq.

David Bazan's Not Booked for Sasquatch!, but He's Playing Living Rooms and KEXP

David Bazan isn't on the current Sasquatch! lineup, but he's still busy these days.​Although some of my Sasqatch! predictions came true, one of my greater hopes--namely, that David Bazan would play the Gorge--was dashed when the festival's lineup was announced last night. Even though Bazan's ... More >>

Download Undertow Orchestra -- Vic Chesnutt, Will Johnson, David Bazan, Mark Eitzel -- For Free

​No, this is not a string-augmented version of that Undertow. Though that could be interesting... This was a mind-boggling songwriting union between the late, great Vic Chesnutt, Will Johnson, Seattle's own David Bazan, and Mark Eitzel. Southern Shelter has posted MP3 files of their performa ... More >>

Our Favorite Local Releases of 2009

From Bazan to Visqueen, Seattle had almost as many standout releases this year as Tiger Woods had mistresses.

What We Listened to in 2009

Even if the music came from 1956, 1995, or … the future!

2009: The Year In Music Issue

​This week we shook out all our year-end goodies in this week's issue (and online, of course). Our year-end music issue looks something like this: -- Our Favorite Local Releases of 2009: Notes on records from David Bazan, Visqueen, and The Physics, among others. -- The Year in Music: Beards, ... More >>

Live Review: David Bazan Adds More Moving Parts

David Bazan performed Saturday night at Neumo's, the first time in five years with a full backing band.​From the opening bars of "Hard to Be," the first song of David Bazan's set at Neumo's on Saturday night, it was clear that this was a different musician and different man on stage. There was ... More >>

David Bazan: Prodigal Strum

What a loss of faith means for the former Pedro the Lion frontman’s family, fans, and career.

This Week's Music Section: David Bazan's Spiritual Evolution, Roy Kay's Shaving Habits, and James Maynard Keenan

Marcella D. VolpintestaDavid Bazan played the final show at the old Croc, with J. Tillman and Robin Pecknold.​Two years ago, David Bazan--former frontman of Christian indie outfit Pedro the Lion--told SW's Aja Pecknold that all the songs on his Fewer Moving Parts EP "are about my wife and daug ... More >>

Win Tickets to David Bazan at Neumos This Saturday!

​That's right, folks: I've got a pair of tickets to give away for this show, and all you have to do is e-mail us by Thursday (that's tomorrow) at 5 p.m. with "David Bazan" in the subject heading and your full name and phone number in the body of the e-mail. At which point I shall select a winn ... More >>

What I'm Listening To...

​I finally managed to eject The Best of ZZ Top from my car's tape deck, only to have it replaced by the Xanadu soundtrack. My car's technical limitations may render me incapable of representing much beyond my undying love for Billy Gibbons, Jeff Lynne, and especially Olivia Newton-John, but th ... More >>

CD Reviews: New Releases From David Bazan and Sirens Sister

​I finally managed to eject The Best of ZZ Top from my car's tape deck, only to have it replaced by the Xanadu soundtrack. My car's technical limitations may render me incapable of representing much beyond my undying love for Billy Gibbons, Jeff Lynne, and especially Olivia Newton-John, but th ... More >>

CD review: Curse Your Branches by David Bazan

Curse Your Branches is out Sept. 1 on Barsuk. David Bazan plays a live streaming show today at 5 p.m.​David Bazan Curse Your Branches (Barsuk Records) Sept. 1 To a non-believer--or to fans that are unfamiliar with the Evangelical beliefs that defined the first 30 years of David Bazan's life- ... More >>

More Video From Songs About Eating and Drinking

Along with Mudhoney's rabble-rousing rooftop performance that sultry night, there were plenty of quieter, beautiful moments. I had to dash out briefly to catch Brawley Banks that evening, so I missed this performance from David Bazan. This was a bummer, especially because he sang "Cold Beer and Ciga ... More >>

More Video From Songs About Eating and Drinking

Along with Mudhoney's rabble-rousing rooftop performance that sultry night, there were plenty of quieter, beautiful moments. I had to dash out briefly to catch Brawley Banks, so I missed this performance from David Bazan. That was a bummer, especially because he sang "Cold Beer and Cigarettes", one ... More >>

Saturday at Doe Bay Fest: David Bazan steals the show

Adam Shearer performed with band, Weinland, at Doe Bay Fest 2009.​As great as the Lonely Forest's set was on Friday night, Saturday was the only day that mattered at Doe Best 2009. It was 10 hours of folk-inspired indie rock, tight pop songs, and blue skies. Here's a few highlights of the day' ... More >>

Lonely Forest headline first night of Doe Bay Fest

Taken with an incredibly old digital camera. That's John van Deusen of The Lonely Forest.​Last night was the first night of Doe Bay Fest, a music festival on Orcas Island. It's only the festival's second year, but the line-up features some big-name (the Lonely Winters and David Bazan play toni ... More >>

New, Free MP3 From David Bazan

​"Bless This Mess" is from David Bazan's forthcoming Barsuk Records full-length, Curse Your Branches, which hits shelves September 1. According to Barusk's Web site, Bazan's poised to launch his first tour with a full band since Pedro the Lion called it good in 2005. His next scheduled area s ... More >>

Interview: Noah Gundersen, playing tonight at the Comet

When Noah Gundersen writes a song about God, it's because the Centralia native has something to get off his chest. He's skeptical about Christianity, a religion he was raised in but no longer practices. On the song "Jesus, Jesus," Gundersen addresses the higher being directly, asking whether the wo ... More >>

Live Music Roundup: Friday, June 12

Lots of great Noise for the Needy shows tonight, but I'd check out Grand Archives, See Me River and the Curious Mystery(pictured) at the Croc and the Whore Moans, Speaker Speaker, Wallpaper, the Greatest Hits and the Raggedy Anns at the Underground Events Center in Belltown. Both start at 8 p.m. Pl ... More >>

The Short List: This Week’s Recommended Shows

Lots of great Noise for the Needy shows tonight, but I'd check out Grand Archives, See Me River and the Curious Mystery(pictured) at the Croc and the Whore Moans, Speaker Speaker, Wallpaper, the Greatest Hits and the Raggedy Anns at the Underground Events Center in Belltown. Both start at 8 p.m. Pl ... More >>

Noah Gunderson

Friday, June 12

Complete Doe Bay Music Festival Line-up Announced

It's a good one, folks! Doe Bay Music Festival happens on Orcas Island starting on the evening of Friday, August 14 through the evening of Saturday the 15th. There are only 750 spots for attendees, with lodging in the form of camping, yurt and cabin (you know, for those of you who aren't into sleepi ... More >>

Doe Bay Music Festival lineup getting better and better

The Maldives, at last year's Doe Bay Music Festival. For the Doe Bay Music Festival, it looks like second time is the charm. The very small, very folk- and country-tinged event made its first showing on Orcas Island last summer. In the course of one day, eight bands played to just a few hundred peop ... More >>

Tonight's Show Suggestions

Paramount Styles, "Come To New York"David Bazan, Damien Jurado, See Me River at Chop Suey, 8 p.m., $15There's probably no better songwriter than David Bazan to play a benefit for John Spalding, the 33-year-old Seattle musician who died in November after a long battle with lung cancer. In his decade- ... More >>

Damien Jurado, David Bazan, See Me River

Wednesday, January 21

Oh Captain, My Captain

Friday, December 26

Johnathan Rice

Sunday, July 6

Fleet Foxes Open Sasquatch!

Sunday, July 6

Mark Kozelek

Sunday, July 6

Grand Hallway Snag Sasquatch Slot

Sunday, July 6

Sasquatch 2008 Lineup Announced: Death Cab, Modest Mouse, R.E.M.

Sunday, July 6

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone

Friday, January 11

“Croc” Show Was the Feel-Good Gig of the Season

Take that, Wu-Tang!

Fleet Foxes Join Blitzen Trapper for Massive U.S. Tour

Take that, Wu-Tang!

Set Times For the Croc Benefit Tonight

Take that, Wu-Tang!

David Bazan: Fewer Moving Parts, Fewer Broken Pieces

Pedro the Lion anchorman's life with wife, daughter, booze, and God.

I Heard This

Pedro the Lion anchorman's life with wife, daughter, booze, and God.

Guys with Guitars and Asheville, North Cakalack

Pedro the Lion anchorman's life with wife, daughter, booze, and God.

TRIAL WEDDING

Pedro the Lion anchorman's life with wife, daughter, booze, and God.

Heel Thyself

Pedro the Lion avoids foregone conclusions on their fifth album.

CD Reviews

Pedro the Lion avoids foregone conclusions on their fifth album.