Who: Lay LowWhere: NW Court StageWhen: 4:30 p.m.Lay Low was perhaps the most purely gorgeous set I saw all weekend….
It’s been a big few years for Sean Carey. Three years ago he started drumming for Bon Iver, a year…
Who: Loch LomondWhere: NW Court StageWhen: 6:15 p.m.My Loch Lomond experience was accompanied by a light rain and a crepe,…
Who: The Redwood PlanWhere: EMP Sky ChurchWhen: 3:30 p.m.Now, I know The Redwood Plan dances enough for all of us,…
Laura Totten for Plants and AnimalsWho: Plants and AnimalsWhere: Broad Street StageWhen: 2:15 p.m.The beginning of their set played like…
Who: Balkan Beat BoxWhere: State Farm StageWhen: 7:30 p.m.The last time a clarinet got invited to a party it was…
P. Kelly for Pete MolinariWho: Pete MolinariWhere: Northwest Court StageWhen: 6:45 p.m.Pete Molinari plays American blues with a British accent–quite…
Orrin Anderson for The SubmarinesWho: The SubmarinesWhere: Broad Street StageWhen: 12:30 p.m.They’re the kind of woozy pop band whose female…
Artist: Electric SunsetAlbum: Electric SunsetLabel: K RecsRelease date: September 14Rating (Skip, Stream, or Buy): StreamIf you’ve ever wondered about the…
Dark Divas is dead-set on reclaiming the maligned tag.
Justin Dylan RenneyWheedle’s Groove at Mayor McGinn’s inauguration. McGinn just named September 4th Wheedle’s Groove Day.Mayor McGinn knows how to…
Philip Kobernik of Hey Marseilles in the Camp Long lodgeIt wasn’t quite the po’ man’s Doe Bay Fest, but the…
Beirut plays in the garage of an ice cream truck in the film Cheap Magic Inside by Vincent Moon. It’ll…
Artist: Symmetry/SymmetryAlbum: Have CakeLabel: Self-ReleasedRelease date: August 16Rating (Skip, Stream, or Buy): BuyLocal show: August 22 at the High Dive…
Perfume Genius released Learning not two months ago, but he’s already out with new material. “Your Drum” has a sparse…
Strange Weather, Isn’t It? comes out on August 24Anything that involves !!! automatically looks exciting. And sometimes it actually is…
Artist: The QuitEP: Stars Invisible By DayLabel: Tindrum RecordsRelease date: Today, August 6Rating (Skip, Stream, or Buy): BuyLocal Show: The…
Best Mama Bear for Music’s Marginalized
EMP made official what was widely discussed and suspected, that they’ll be taking their Pop Conference — a weekend of…
Artist: Candy ClawsAlbum: Hidden LandsLabel: twosyllable recordsRelease date: August 3, 2010Rating (Skip, Stream, or Buy): BuyDownload: “Sunbeam Show”Hidden Lands finds…
Some write about messy breakups, some write about messy politics. Kate Lebo’s muse is a messy dessert. Tonight, the local…
Peasant, with Matt Bishop, Mike Giacolino. Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave. N.W., 789-3599. 9 p.m. $6. Peasant’s songs come from…
In the Pike Street pocket of rock bars, right across the street from Neumos, is Sole Repair. This back room…
