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Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Published 8:00am Tuesday, January 12, 2010Lyle Lovett has, for the past decade and a half or so, worked in a format he dubbed “Lyle Lovett and His Large Band,” in ... Read more
Grave Singer
Published 8:00am Tuesday, January 12, 2010Were all gonna die, and Joseph Arthur wants to sing you a song about it. Read more
MIABusiness Week: Live Nation and Ticketmaster are one step closer to the
Published 8:00am Monday, January 11, 2010MIABusiness Week: Live Nation and Ticketmaster are one step closer to the alter.Pitchfork: The new Dirty Projectors single, “Ascending Melody,” is available for free.NME: MIA’s ... Read more
Shabazz Palaces played Neumos on Jan. 8.The moment Shabazz Palaces and partner
Published 8:00am Monday, January 11, 2010Shabazz Palaces played Neumos on Jan. 8.The moment Shabazz Palaces and partner Baba Maraire chugged onstage like a pair of slow-moving train gears, Neumos filled ... Read more
The Globes played the Crocodile on Thursday, January 7, with Eighteen Individual
Published 8:00am Friday, January 8, 2010The Globes played the Crocodile on Thursday, January 7, with Eighteen Individual Eyes, and Elba. The Globes are the kind of Seattle band you can ... Read more
It’s a fact–digital is cold, analog is warm. And recording live in
Published 8:00am Friday, January 8, 2010It’s a fact–digital is cold, analog is warm. And recording live in the studio creates a much more intimate and engaging album than any amount ... Read more
Brandi Carlile at a REVERB-sponsored in-store performance at Easy Street Records.In the
Published 8:00am Friday, January 8, 2010Brandi Carlile at a REVERB-sponsored in-store performance at Easy Street Records. In the wake of the murder of The Gits’ Mia Zapata, members of Seattle’s ... Read more
Damien Jurado played City Arts’ The Song Show on Wednesday, January 6,
Published 8:00am Thursday, January 7, 2010Damien Jurado played City Arts’ The Song Show on Wednesday, January 6, along with Macklemore, Jesse Sykes, and Grand Hallway’s Tomo Nakayama.After a bit of ... Read more
HockeyNo, I’m not talking about the sport, but a very fun band
Published 8:00am Thursday, January 7, 2010HockeyNo, I’m not talking about the sport, but a very fun band from Portland whose debut, Mind Chaos, is the most cheese-tastic ’80s throwback record ... Read more
Rabid Child ImagesSpaceman at Go! Machine at The Croc in December, 2009.This
Published 8:00am Wednesday, January 6, 2010Rabid Child ImagesSpaceman at Go! Machine at The Croc in December, 2009.This week’s music section (you know, the one in print and over here) opens ... Read more
14/48 Festival
Published 8:00am Wednesday, January 6, 2010Unlike most plays, which are long-incubated, rewritten, and endlessly workshopped, those in the biannual 14/48 theater festival have a lifecycle of precisely two days. Fertilized ... Read more
Richmond Fontaine
Published 8:00am Wednesday, January 6, 2010Like his marvelous novels The Motel Life and Northline, author/musician Willy Vlautins long-running quintet Richmond Fontaine is a memorable and affecting vehicle for the Portland-via-Nevada ... Read more
Andrew ForgashThough the most famous band associated with the Elephant Six collective
Published 8:00am Wednesday, January 6, 2010Andrew ForgashThough the most famous band associated with the Elephant Six collective is undoubtedly Neutral Milk Hotel, I’ve always had a special place in my ... Read more
AFCGT
Published 8:00am Wednesday, January 6, 2010So you know that whole “softening of Sub Pop” stuff was/is baloney, right? Sure, several hyphen-wielding critics over the past decade have noted the label’s ... Read more
110/110
Published 8:00am Wednesday, January 6, 2010Troubled Elliott Bay Book Co. is moving to Capitol Hill, other indie booksellers have succumbed to Amazon and Wal-Mart, but University Book Store is doing ... Read more
Lymbyc System
Published 8:00am Wednesday, January 6, 2010What is most immediately arresting about Lymbyc Systym is how warm the band manages to feel, particularly on its most recent effort, Shutter Release. For ... Read more
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Published 8:00am Wednesday, January 6, 2010When Owen Ashworth was just an unknown film school dropout recording minimalist pop in his bedroom for an audience of dozens, Casiotone for the Painfully ... Read more
SHIM
Published 8:00am Wednesday, January 6, 2010SHIM hasnt released fresh material in almost two years now (according to their MySpace page, theyre currently in the process of recording a new album), ... Read more
Black Whales
Published 8:00am Wednesday, January 6, 2010Though most people will come to this show to hear the catchy local indie rock stylings of Black Whales and Grand Hallway’s breathtaking symphonic pop, ... Read more
Rocket Queen: Hot Hot Tweet
Published 8:00am Tuesday, January 5, 2010Soundgarden reunion rumors intensify online as the School of Rock prepares to cover it and other Northwest bands at the Croc. Read more