BOAT’s Pretend To Be Brave
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 12:21 — 0 Comments
I’ve been eating Ramen noodles for three days straight. My eyes are red and puffy (not because of anything I smoked, but because I am sick with the worst cold on earth – or so it feels). I have every right to be in a crappy mood, but I’m not in a crappy mood. The towers of tissues don’t have me down, the coughing either. Why? Because of one thing, really, BOAT’s new album, Pretend to Be Brave.
Truth Be Told – Spekulation
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 11:12 — 0 Comments
I received an advanced copy of Spekulation’s newest record, Truth Be Told, two months ago. That version of the record did not include the final song, “Nothing Left To Doâ€. That sixth and ultimate track is as sweetly composed and important as any I’ve heard in recent memory.Â
Seattle Music TV
Friday, March 29, 2013 13:20 — 0 Comments
It might come as a surprise that rooms in Robert Lang Studios, a building adorned with gold and platinum records and a 40-year history of producing world-famous music, are in need of serious reconstruction. Rubble, cement blocks and two-by-fours line the floors of back rooms and the stage of the former Queen Anne Easy Street Records waits there to be used again. But now, thanks to David Reigns and Scott Mckinley, along with their partner Robert Lang, there is a plan to refurbish the unused studio space. That reason: Seattle Music TV.Â
The Craft of Pony Time
Monday, March 25, 2013 11:51 — 0 Comments
Seattle band Pony Time are known for their ability to mix modern lo-fi with punk and Big-Muffed garage shredding, and on their sophomore release Go Find Your Own they’ve honed this style to near perfection. While other current punk rock indie darlings such as Wavves or Howler rely on a more finely distilled affectation, Pony Time manage to sound fresh even while hammering through track after track of what is ostensibly blissed-out garage pop. Â
La Luz Tour Kick-Off Show
Friday, March 22, 2013 12:58 — 0 Comments
On a dank Wednesday night I find myself in the very back of Heartland, a new and tiny performance gallery on Roosevelt and 53rd in the former Andrews Guitars Lutherie Workshop. The venue has only been around a few months but I feel as if I’m in the hipster nexus of the universe. The seventy-five-plus audience members are dressed in dark colors, skullcaps and thick-framed glasses while ethereal rock music emanates from the stage. I can see nothing but bodies and none of them the performers. The floor is concrete, painted grey, the walls a plain white. I am waiting […]
inner space man
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 12:32 — 0 Comments
While enjoying an evening with a dear friend in an elegant, bustling pub, my ears were pleasantly titillated with a musical gem that played on the overhead speaker system. Within a few moments our conversation stood at a standstill while we took a brief intermission from our delectable dinner to uncontrollably bob our heads to the gentle pulsating bass and nostalgia-filled 8-bit sounds that emanated from above. Flagging down and inquiring with the nearest waiter revealed that the attention grabbing song was entitled “I-Rock Z: A Hero’s Heroic Outro†by a local Seattle artist dubbed “inner space man†off his […]
Wimps: A Strident Celebration
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 11:12 — 0 Comments
Like a Midwesterner two pitchers deep, Seattle slacker punks, Wimps, drop the definite article. Wimps, not to be confused with The Wimps (a 70s London power pop group and what sounds like a teen sex romp comedy starring Michael Cera), announced their presence in early 2012 with a self-released five song EP. Packed with a clangorous, snotty charm it sounds as if it was recorded live with minimal takes (it almost certainly was) and Wimps quickly proved themselves to be a welcome addition to the Seattle scene.Â
Red Jacket Mine
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 11:38 — 2 Comments
Want to be in a good mood? Just listen to this song: “Ron Nastyâ€. It is one of the 11 tracks on Red jacket Mine’s new LP, Someone Else’s Cake. The song’s humor will have you swaying and smiling. “He’s a particular brand of aloof,†the playful lyrics begin, “with a tenuous grasp of the truth. And he don’t like you!â€
Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside: Something To Prove
Thursday, February 7, 2013 17:35 — 0 Comments
Less than a year after the release of their first full-length, Dirty Radio, and with an extensive amount of touring under their belts, Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside seem to be firing on all cylinders as they release their new album, Untamed Beast. Simply stated, the Portland band has put together a record free of fluff and filler – one that rollercoasters in and out of genres without losing the band’s poppy hooks and 50’s rock feel. It’s an album that illustrates a band coming into the their own, embracing maturity. The first song, and the album’s first single, […]
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- Richard Kenney
