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New Music From Wooden Shjips and Fire Engines
Published 7:00am Tuesday, September 25, 2007Wooden Shjips Wooden Shjips (Holy Mountain) In the hands of a lesser band, Moe Tucker–esque repetitive drumming, Mercury Rev–like keys, squalls of psych guitar, and ... Read more
Double-Threat Artist Wally Shoup Works With the Music of Boulders and the Texture of Stones
Published 7:00am Tuesday, September 18, 2007That Wally Shoup was a man unlikely to experience spectacular commercial success was apparent early. Arriving in Seattle in the mid-’80s, he managed to get ... Read more
Beth Fleenor Pushes New Music Into the Ring
Published 7:00am Tuesday, September 18, 2007Composers learn early on—with hard experience as their teacher, rather than anything in the music-school curriculum—that they have to be their own impresarios. In the ... Read more
With all the great music happening around the city this weekend,
Published 7:00am Friday, September 14, 2007With all the great music happening around the city this weekend, I unfortunately overlooked a show I’ve actually been waiting a long time to see. ... Read more
New Music From New Pornographers and Black Lips
Published 7:00am Wednesday, September 12, 2007Thems some serious musicians behind all the vomitoriums and dick-guitars. Read more
Our Music Columnist Manages to Enjoy Bumbershoot, Despite Herself
Published 7:00am Tuesday, September 4, 2007Feel-good hits of the summer. Read more
Who needs music when there’s pretty girls with colorful wigs and hula
Published 7:00am Saturday, September 1, 2007Who needs music when there’s pretty girls with colorful wigs and hula hoops?! Read more
New Music From Young Marble Giants, D. Charles Speer
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 28, 2007Young Marble Giants Colossal Youth & Collected Works (Domino) “You write the gaps as much as you write the music,” quipped Young Marble Giants bassist ... Read more
Youre Gonna Miss Me: Music Doc Dusts Off the Myth of Roky Erickson
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 21, 2007If you only see one gushy, poppy rock-doc about an influential singer-songwriter—renowned as much for his music as for his near-tragic mental illness—that features candid ... Read more
Never underestimate the power of music, especially combined with nostalgia. If you
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 21, 2007Never underestimate the power of music, especially combined with nostalgia. If you dont understand how anyone could get misty-eyed over the lyrics Three times six ... Read more
New Music From John Vanderslice, Sebadoh, and Wooden Wand
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 21, 2007John Vanderslice Emerald City (Barsuk) This latest disc from San Francisco singer, songwriter, and audio auteur John Vanderslice was born from mitigating circumstances, mostly having ... Read more
Port Townsend Chamber Music Festival
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 7, 2007Classical Read more
The cheerful jangle of music piped from old painted-over mail trucks instinctively
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 31, 2007The cheerful jangle of music piped from old painted-over mail trucks instinctively sends kids running for their piggy banks, hustling as fast as possible to ... Read more
Things you’ll hear on Movin 92.5: “Music from today, and music from
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 31, 2007Things you’ll hear on Movin 92.5: “Music from today, and music from back in your school days!” Damn, is O.P.P. really 16 years old?? “We ... Read more
Orson Welles, Muay Thai Mayhem, and a Lost Musical Genius
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 24, 2007Dynamite Warrior Magnolia, $26.98 What does it mean when the makers of the mighty Ong-Bak produce another blast of Muay Thai mayhem, this one involving ... Read more
Gypsy Caravan: Romani Musicians Spread Their Joyous Music
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 17, 2007Don’t wait for Jasmine Dellal’s doc to end up broken between pledge-drive pitches: This joyous portrait of the 2001 “Gypsy Caravan” tour—a stateside showcase of ... Read more
Well-Traveled New-Music Players Find Hope in Their New Venue, Wallingford’s Good Shepherd Center
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 10, 2007Nonprofits enable performances that aren't guaranteed blockbusters. Read more
Today, the former music editor of Willamette Week, Mark Baumgarten (full disclosure:
Published 7:00am Wednesday, June 20, 2007Today, the former music editor of Willamette Week, Mark Baumgarten (full disclosure: a former colleague), announced that he accepted a position as the executive editor ... Read more
Chris Cornell’s Carry On, Plus New Music From Blitzen Trapper, Shearwater, and Great Lake Swimmers
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 19, 2007Blitzen Trapper Wild Mountain Nation (Self-released) Depending on which part of Wild Mountain Nation you hear, you might think that the third album by the ... Read more