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Seattle Weekly's music writers sift through a year's worth of highs and lows to come up their annual top-10 lists.
If you love Townes Van Zandt (you know, the guy holding the chicken), but haven't picked up Steve Earle's latest, Townes, yet, get your ass to the record store (or go online, whatever) and pick it up right now. It is (as Brian Barr explained in his write-up in advance of Steve Earle's stop at Easy ... More >>
One day, every song ever recorded will fit into your back pocket. But will you listen to any of them?
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Critics have called the band preAnimal Collective nature rock, the Shins pushing Bob Dylan on a swing, and Blur from Omaha.
Critics have called the band preAnimal Collective nature rock, the Shins pushing Bob Dylan on a swing, and Blur from Omaha.
Recapping a sweltering blur Of booze, bands, and barbecue.
"Thank God our president cares enough about my future grandchildren to rid the world of the evil trying to do us in."
Judging books (and CDs) by their attention-getting covers.
Judging books (and CDs) by their attention-getting covers.
Judging books (and CDs) by their attention-getting covers.
Judging books (and CDs) by their attention-getting covers.
Judging books (and CDs) by their attention-getting covers.
Austin's party-crashers Those Peabodys just want to play.
Austin's party-crashers Those Peabodys just want to play.
Austin's party-crashers Those Peabodys just want to play.
Austin's party-crashers Those Peabodys just want to play.
Austin's party-crashers Those Peabodys just want to play.
Unfazed by the ruthless record industry, Spoon soldiers on with its sarcasm intact.
Unfazed by the ruthless record industry, Spoon soldiers on with its sarcasm intact.
At Austin's SXSW music conference, everybody's got their ears to the ground.
Monday, June 22
I also recommend checking out the Itals' sweet reggae jams at Neumos tonight. Doors are at 8 p.m., and it's $15 . White Rabbits, the Subjects at the Crocodile, 8 p.m., $10 It's not unfair to say White Rabbits' 2007 debut, Fort Nightly, sounded a bit like their pals and fellow New York transplan ... More >>
Thursday, September 17
-- Wall Street Journal: Petty gets no respect? "I don't know that anyone's out there waving the banner for us being the best rock and roll band there is," Petty says. "But we might be." -- Pitchfork: Spoon announces the first tour dates in preview of their new record, Transference, out in Ja ... More >>
Spoon's Transference hits stores on January 19.-- DeathCabForCutie.com: Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar are bringing their Big Sur/Kerouac-inspired songs from One Fast Move Or I'm Gone to The Showbox on January 24. Farrar chatted with Reverb recently about his Kerouac project. -- SeaTimes: Anothe ... More >>
Spoon's "Written in Reverse" is the first single off Transference, which drops Jan. 19.If the first single is any indication, Spoon's new album Transference will be filled with deconstructed pop and angsty vocals. "Written in Reverse" features the same sound Spoon trademarked on 2001's Girls ... More >>
Autumn De WildeSpoon playes The Moore with Deerhunter and Micachu on April 9 and 10. Tickets are on sale Friday, via Tickets.com.I'm starting to regret not making one of those end-of-the-decade lists like everyone else. The Internet needs another list about as much as we need another Creed al ... More >>
DJ Shadow "6 Days". DJ Shadow mashed B-52's 52 Girls with late '60's early '70's obscure Brit rockers Colonel Bagshot. Col. Bagshot lament geopolitical situations and B-52's are always fun. An example of a mash-up creating awareness of a band (Colonel Bagshot) I have never heard before. Mini ... More >>
Spoon plays The Moore Theatre with Deerhunter and Micachu on April 9 and 10.Band: Spoon Album: Transference Label: Merge Records) Release Date: Tuesday, January 19 Rating (Skip, Stream, or Buy): Buy There's a reason why "Written in Reverse" is being pushed as the single off Spoon's seventh ... More >>
Tickets for Coachella go on sale at 10 a.m. Jan. 22. The lineup for the 2010 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was released this morning, and maybe I'm missing something here, but it seems to be pretty short on Seattle bands. True, there are some great and diverse acts on the three-day ... More >>
Those Long Winters cuts just keep dripping out. John Roderick tackles ZZ Top's "Give Me All Your Lovin'" on the new Starbucks compilation, Sweethearts, out today via iTunes, just in time for the Valentine's season. Hard copies will be available in stores with your hard scones on Jan. 26. Als ... More >>
Justin Dylan RenneyVampire Weekend at Deck the Hall BallSeattle kept gobbling up copies of Vampire Weekend's Contra this week, as well as new releases from Spoon and Eels. The rest of the nation (#s after the jump) were picking up the so-far digital-only release of Hope For Haiti Now (since i ... More >>
Beach House While the rest of the country's been busy gobbling up copies of the latest from Lady Antebellum, Lil' Wayne, and one of the Jonas brothers (after the jump), residents on the planet of Capitol Hill--at least according to their new Sonic Boom--have been subsisting on a steady diet o ... More >>
I just got off the phone with Spoon hit-writer Britt Daniel (I'll post more of the interview on Monday) to talk about things in preview of the band's pair of Moore shows on the 9th and 10th (win tickets here!). Our conversation took place just a few hours after Spoon wrapped up a show last ni ... More >>
I just got off the phone with Spoon hit-writer Britt Daniel (I'll post more of the interview on Monday) to talk about things in preview of the band's pair of Moore shows on the 9th and 10th (win tickets here!). Our conversation took place just a few hours after Spoon wrapped up a show last ni ... More >>
MarchFourth Marching Band is appearing at Honk! Fest West around town this weekend.In the issue that's on racks -- and the web -- this week, we bring you the following: -- Mix a Match for Georgetown? Rock clubs have not fared well in the city's faraway neighborhood. A new club is giving it a ... More >>
Lilja and Inga BirgisdóttirJónsi, with Death Vessel. Showbox SoDo, 1700 First Ave. S., 382-7877. 8 p.m. $31. While Sigur Rós has been fading into an "indefinite hiatus," the group's frontman Jón Birgisson went and made the best record of his career. Retaining some of his band's atmospheri ... More >>
Laura MusselmanSpoon played The Moore on Friday, April 9. They play again on Saturday night. Tickets are available for $27.50.In the beginning there were lighters, and cigarettes were freely smoked indoors without a care for carcinogens or open flames. And during "Tuesdays Gone," the people t ... More >>
Musicians pay tribute to a state they love.
Renee McMahonEdward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes played the Sasquatch! Music Festival at the Gorge on Saturday, May 29.Here are a few quick notes on a few of the sets I saw on Saturday: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Bigfoot Stage, 4:05 p.m.(ish): Great ensemble rock in the proud tra ... More >>
Chris KornelisCat Power at Showbox SoDo.-- NME: Matador Records is celebrating its 21st birthday with a three-night concert series in Las Vegas featuring Spoon, The New Pornographers, Pavement, Cat Power, and other indie favorites. -- Spinner: Dirty Projectors Bjork = Mount Wittenberg Orca ... More >>
MFNW: Just in case you need another reason to attend this year's MusicFestNW, Corgan and Co. play the Wonder Ballroom Sept. 11. (If you're staying in town that weekend, Smashing Pumpkins also play Showbox Sodo on Sept. 10.) Merge Records: Arcade Fire's Suburbs topped the Billboard charts la ... More >>
Why rockers of all stripes are taking a second look at the paychecks past the craps table.
Last week, we listed the best songs about records. This got us to thinking about another genre of songwriting-- songs not about the medium of delivery, but about the record industry itself. For every ode like Nick Lowe's "I Love My Label" and Devo's "Be Stiff," there's two more lampooning the ... More >>
The National, Local Natives, Wye Oak The Neptune Wednesday, Nov. 30 Last November, we learned of Seattle Theatre Group's plan to rehabilitate the U District's historic Neptune Theatre, turning it from a cinema into a concert venue. Since its official opening last month, we've reviewed shows ... More >>
Sweet Secrets Color Force Out now, sweetsecretsband.com Seattle six-piece Sweet Secrets merge the best of their previous two EPs into a debut full length album that gently straddles the line between the sweeping guitar rock of the early '90s (The The, U2) and the lush indie rock of the '00s ... More >>
The Seattle guitarist slays with Beck, the Shins, and Deep Sea Diver.
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