Wooden Shjips Wooden Shjips (Holy Mountain) In the hands of a lesser band, Moe Tucker–esque repetitive drumming, Mercury Rev–like keys,…
That Wally Shoup was a man unlikely to experience spectacular commercial success was apparent early. Arriving in Seattle in the…
Composers learn early on—with hard experience as their teacher, rather than anything in the music-school curriculum—that they have to be…
With all the great music happening around the city this weekend, I unfortunately overlooked a show I’ve actually been waiting…
Thems some serious musicians behind all the vomitoriums and dick-guitars.
Feel-good hits of the summer.
Who needs music when there’s pretty girls with colorful wigs and hula hoops?!
Young Marble Giants Colossal Youth & Collected Works (Domino) “You write the gaps as much as you write the music,”…
Never underestimate the power of music, especially combined with nostalgia. If you dont understand how anyone could get misty-eyed over…
John Vanderslice Emerald City (Barsuk) This latest disc from San Francisco singer, songwriter, and audio auteur John Vanderslice was born…
Download Festival
If you only see one gushy, poppy rock-doc about an influential singer-songwriter—renowned as much for his music as for his…
Classical
Things you’ll hear on Movin 92.5: “Music from today, and music from back in your school days!” Damn, is O.P.P….
The cheerful jangle of music piped from old painted-over mail trucks instinctively sends kids running for their piggy banks, hustling…
Dynamite Warrior Magnolia, $26.98 What does it mean when the makers of the mighty Ong-Bak produce another blast of Muay…
Don’t wait for Jasmine Dellal’s doc to end up broken between pledge-drive pitches: This joyous portrait of the 2001 “Gypsy…
Nonprofits enable performances that aren’t guaranteed blockbusters.
Today, the former music editor of Willamette Week, Mark Baumgarten (full disclosure: a former colleague), announced that he accepted a…
Blitzen Trapper Wild Mountain Nation (Self-released) Depending on which part of Wild Mountain Nation you hear, you might think that…
