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Angel CeballosAww, twee.Soooo, you’re swooning over the Pains of Being Pure at

Angel CeballosAww, twee.Soooo, you’re swooning over the Pains of Being Pure at Heart , you want to move…

Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Up Where They Belong

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Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Up Where They Belong

In defense of the band's glossy sophomore album.

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OK, I’ll bite, although I gotta say I think my iTunes’ algorithm

OK, I’ll bite, although I gotta say I think my iTunes’ algorithm for tabulating most-played songs is a…

Toro Y Moi: Bigger Than Chillwave

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Toro Y Moi: Bigger Than Chillwave

Underneath the Pine is a trend-eclipsing sophomore record.

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Girl Talk photo by Victoria Holt from Tuesday night’s slideshowEverything happens so

Girl Talk photo by Victoria Holt from Tuesday night’s slideshowEverything happens so fast and so relentlessly at a…

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Memorial Stadium versus KeyArena is sort of a six-of-one/half-dozen-of-the-other situation for Bumbershoot

Memorial Stadium versus KeyArena is sort of a six-of-one/half-dozen-of-the-other situation for Bumbershoot as far as I’m concerned. For…

Girl Talk: All Day, Every Night

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Girl Talk: All Day, Every Night

Gregg Gillis gets the upper hand over party fatigue.

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(Apologies for my first bit of shameless self-promotion on Reverb, but I

(Apologies for my first bit of shameless self-promotion on Reverb, but I bring this to your attention because,…

Emergency & I is back, thanks to Seattle's Barsuk.

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The Dismemberment Plan: Memory Machine

The band brings a well-deserved encore to the Showbox.

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This was the merch table.On Friday night, in a basement on Capitol

This was the merch table.On Friday night, in a basement on Capitol Hill, a bunch of Seattle punk/DIY/etc…

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The EMP Pop Conference is exactly what it sounds like: an annual

The EMP Pop Conference is exactly what it sounds like: an annual conference about pop music that, up…

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Tom DoughertyYesterday, in response to this week’s ongoing Macklemore/The Head and the

Tom DoughertyYesterday, in response to this week’s ongoing Macklemore/The Head and the Heart/”Sincerity” discussion, commenter joshc asked:”I guess…

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Baths: Who’d expect such twee singing from Mr. Puppies and facepaint here?Apparently

Baths: Who’d expect such twee singing from Mr. Puppies and facepaint here?Apparently sometime after I turned in this…

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Tom DoughertyWith all due respect to my esteemed colleague John Roderick, hating

Tom DoughertyWith all due respect to my esteemed colleague John Roderick, hating on hating is the most tired…

Macklemore + The Head and the Heart

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Macklemore + The Head and the Heart

Equal what's wrong with Seattle's appetite for sincerity.

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Odd Future Gets Signed from Odd FutureIn which Paul Scheer (of Human

Odd Future Gets Signed from Odd FutureIn which Paul Scheer (of Human Giant) signs hot-shit hiphop crew OFWGKTA.…

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Portable Shrines are a local artists’ collective who promote the creation and

Portable Shrines are a local artists’ collective who promote the creation and consumption of psychedelic sounds in Seattle.…

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Everyone, including Gang of Four members themselves, talks about how the original

Everyone, including Gang of Four members themselves, talks about how the original lineup’s 2005 reunion tour was a…

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Last week, I got to hear a sneak preview of Shabazz Palaces’

Last week, I got to hear a sneak preview of Shabazz Palaces’ just mastered full-length debut* for Sub…

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via Hipster RunoffLast night, with breaks only for The Simpsons, dinner, and

via Hipster RunoffLast night, with breaks only for The Simpsons, dinner, and a quick nip down to the…