UP IN THE NORTH: Eleanor Friedberger live in Seattle [2/9/2012]
Fiery Furnaces member, Eleanor Friedberger stops in Seattle to perform at the Crocodile and promote her debut solo album LAST SUMMER. Here’s the breakdown
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Entire Weird Al Yankovic Career Retrospective Screenprint set for “Is This Thing On? 2”
for the 2nd annual “Is This Thing On?” comedy themed group art exhibit at Gallery 1988 Melrose Weird Al hosts the opening & is honored w/a 9 set print
WIN a copy of Dinosaur Jr. – Bug Live At 9:30 Club: In The Hands Of The Fans [DVD or Blu-Ray]
Directed by Dave Markey (The Year Punk Broke) this new DVD is the result of 6 Dino getting the opportunity to film their heroes play live & interview them.
Kickstart The Nostalgia: Helms Alee – “8/16” [Video]
utilizing the Kickstarter platform, Seattle’s Helms Alee creates an amazing video, parodying Beavis & Butthead and select music videos from our collective pasts
RTX GONE GONE: Black Bananas – Rad Times Express IV
In our Sept. ’11 interview RTX’s Jennifer Herrema told us that her band was splitting up to become Black Bananas. The new album is out. Here’s what we think of it.
BORDERLINE Depressing – Madonna, M.I.A. & the Super Bowl Debacle
Madonna falls, dresses like She-Ra, releases terrible video. M.I.A. flips off America & appears in the terrible video. Everything’s bad. America loses. So do the Patriots
ENDED: WIN Tix to ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER Live @ The Crocodile [Seattle]
Finish the following sentence: “People who___ deserve to have their asses zapped straight to hell” For a chance to win 2 tix to see Eleanor Friedberger in SEATTLE
Scratches a Pencil – An Interview with Writer/Musician TIM KINSELLA
Indie music pioneer, Tim Kinsella (Cap’n Jazz, Make Believe, Joan of Arc, Owls, etc) talks to us about his new novel, The Karaoke Singer’s Guide to Self Defense
You Gotta Move – A Conversation with KARL DENSON
Interview conducted during the saxophonist’s recent Seattle stop to perform the Rolling Stones classic Sticky Fingers album in it’s entirety
CAPTAIN AO – A Conversation with Electronic Musician, DJAO
Alex Osuch, who records under the moniker of DJAO, is a member of the Pacific
FOUR TET Releases Exclusive Track For Upcoming Japan Benefit Compilation
In the world of electronic music, Kieran Hebden (aka: Four Tet) is one of the
Futures & Folly: BLITZEN TRAPPER & DAWES Live @ The Neptune [w/photoset]
BLITZEN TRAPPER DAWES Neptune Theatre Seattle, Wa 11.11.11 Last month we posted a brief write-up,