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Jay Reatard

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Of Jerks and Genius: The Magnetic Fields in Strange Powers and Jay Reatard in Better Than Something

    This week I watched two music documentaries, Strange Powers and Better Than Something, both of which are about prodigious musical talents, Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields and Jay Reatard (RIP) respectively, who also have/had reputations for being, well, sort of assholes. Merritt, when not wri ... More >>

  • Film

    February 29, 2012

    Better Than Something: Jay Reatard: Remembering the Late Indie Rocker

    This week I watched two music documentaries, Strange Powers and Better Than Something, both of which are about prodigious musical talents, Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields and Jay Reatard (RIP) respectively, who also have/had reputations for being, well, sort of assholes. Merritt, when not wri ... More >>

  • Arts

    February 15, 2012

    Spring Arts: Calendar of Events

    This week I watched two music documentaries, Strange Powers and Better Than Something, both of which are about prodigious musical talents, Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields and Jay Reatard (RIP) respectively, who also have/had reputations for being, well, sort of assholes. Merritt, when not wri ... More >>

  • Music

    June 22, 2011

    Hunx, Punx, and Pride

    Seth Bogart knows what it's like to have his heart broken by a dude.

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Tonight: Wavves at Neumos, Emily Wells at the Triple Door, Rufus Wainwright at the Paramount

    ​Wavves, with The Pharmacy, Broken Nobles. Neumos, 925 E. Pike St., 709-9467. 8 p.m. $12. Nathan Williams of Wavves spent 2009 getting into brawls everywhere from New York to Australia with doormen, his own bandmates, and someone from the Black Lips. He reached his nadir during a notorious ons ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Tonight: Wavves at Neumos, Emily Wells at the Triple Door, Rufus Wainwright at the Paramount

    ​Wavves, with The Pharmacy, Broken Nobles. Neumos, 925 E. Pike St., 709-9467. 8 p.m. $12. Nathan Williams of Wavves spent 2009 getting into brawls everywhere from New York to Australia with doormen, his own bandmates, and someone from the Black Lips. He reached his nadir during a notorious ons ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 25, 2010

    Wavves

    ​Wavves, with The Pharmacy, Broken Nobles. Neumos, 925 E. Pike St., 709-9467. 8 p.m. $12. Nathan Williams of Wavves spent 2009 getting into brawls everywhere from New York to Australia with doormen, his own bandmates, and someone from the Black Lips. He reached his nadir during a notorious ons ... More >>

  • Music

    August 25, 2010

    The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

    ​Wavves, with The Pharmacy, Broken Nobles. Neumos, 925 E. Pike St., 709-9467. 8 p.m. $12. Nathan Williams of Wavves spent 2009 getting into brawls everywhere from New York to Australia with doormen, his own bandmates, and someone from the Black Lips. He reached his nadir during a notorious ons ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    A.M. Music News: New Music On the Way From Them Crooked Vultures, Plus the Latest Radiohead Rumor

    Justin Dylan RenneyRadiohead in Bremerton, EndFest 1997.​-- The Guardian: Jay Reatard died of a coke/alcohol OD. -- Sound On the Sound: Or, the Whale and The Maldives are touring together en route to SXSW, play Tractor on March 10. -- TIG: Chris B. chats up Todd Barry about "Defriending Canc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Jay Reatard Dead at 29

    Jay Reatard, born Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr.​Memphis garage-rocker Jay Reatard, born Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr., died last night at age 29. According to reports, he was discovered in his bed at 3:30 a.m. His hometown label, Goner Records, announced that, "It is with great sadness that we report the pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    A.M. Music News: Editors Coming to The Showbox, Fleet Foxes/Modest Mouse Get Rolling Stone Nod

    Gnarls Barkley​-- Editors open their US tour at The Showbox at the Market on Feb. 5, supporting their new record, In This Light And On This Evening, out Jan. 19. -- Rolling Stone names Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" the best song of the 2000s. Fleet Foxes' "White Winter Hymnal" comes in at 97, and ... More >>

  • Music

    November 18, 2009

    The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows

    Gnarls Barkley​-- Editors open their US tour at The Showbox at the Market on Feb. 5, supporting their new record, In This Light And On This Evening, out Jan. 19. -- Rolling Stone names Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" the best song of the 2000s. Fleet Foxes' "White Winter Hymnal" comes in at 97, and ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 18, 2009

    Lovvers

    Gnarls Barkley​-- Editors open their US tour at The Showbox at the Market on Feb. 5, supporting their new record, In This Light And On This Evening, out Jan. 19. -- Rolling Stone names Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" the best song of the 2000s. Fleet Foxes' "White Winter Hymnal" comes in at 97, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Tonight: Grizzly Bear, Sunny Day Real Estate, Digital Leather

    Digital Leather​Sunny Day Real Estate, the Jealous Sound at the Paramount Theatre, 8 p.m., $15 Any Sunny Day Real Estate fan knows the details already: The Seattle band that launched the '90s emo movement has reunited with its original line-up, 15 years after an acrimonious breakup. There's p ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 14, 2009

    Digital Leather

    Digital Leather​Sunny Day Real Estate, the Jealous Sound at the Paramount Theatre, 8 p.m., $15 Any Sunny Day Real Estate fan knows the details already: The Seattle band that launched the '90s emo movement has reunited with its original line-up, 15 years after an acrimonious breakup. There's p ... More >>

  • Music

    October 14, 2009

    The Short List: This Week’s Recommended Shows

    Digital Leather​Sunny Day Real Estate, the Jealous Sound at the Paramount Theatre, 8 p.m., $15 Any Sunny Day Real Estate fan knows the details already: The Seattle band that launched the '90s emo movement has reunited with its original line-up, 15 years after an acrimonious breakup. There's p ... More >>

  • Music

    August 26, 2009

    The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

    Digital Leather​Sunny Day Real Estate, the Jealous Sound at the Paramount Theatre, 8 p.m., $15 Any Sunny Day Real Estate fan knows the details already: The Seattle band that launched the '90s emo movement has reunited with its original line-up, 15 years after an acrimonious breakup. There's p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    Live Music Roundup: Wednesday, August 26

    Jay Reatard​Bat for Lashes, Other Lives at Neumos, 8 p.m., $14 adv. I wonder if David Lynch knows he has an English-Pakistani doppelganger running around named Natasha Khan, a modern musical mystic who includes Lynch as one of her major influences, goes by the stage name of Bat For Lashes and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Live Music Roundup: Monday, June 15

    Thee Oh Sees, Jay Reatard, Idle Times at the Crocodile, 8 p.m., $12 adv As if there wasn't enough of the Troggs' crushing riffs and junkyard stomp in Thee Oh Sees' new album Help, "Meat Step Lively" features a bout of wavering flute. Yes, just like in "Wild Thing" (however, that song employs the oc ... More >>

  • Music

    June 10, 2009

    The Short List: This Week’s Recommended Shows

    Thee Oh Sees, Jay Reatard, Idle Times at the Crocodile, 8 p.m., $12 adv As if there wasn't enough of the Troggs' crushing riffs and junkyard stomp in Thee Oh Sees' new album Help, "Meat Step Lively" features a bout of wavering flute. Yes, just like in "Wild Thing" (however, that song employs the oc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2009

    Thee Oh Sees

    Monday, June 15

  • Music

    April 25, 2007

    Rachel Ratner Is at KEXP, Night School, and, Basically, Everywhere Else

    Sit back, relax, and feel like an absolute sloth next to this woman's industrious hustle.

  • Music

    January 9, 2002

    CD Reviews

    Sit back, relax, and feel like an absolute sloth next to this woman's industrious hustle.

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