The mind-bending eye of Storm Thorgerson
Very few artists ever design cover art that truly stands on its own, captures the essence of the music and becomes a part of the legacy of the album itself. Pennie Smith’s image of Paul…
♬ Introducing Fin Records
Fin Records has emerged as one of the leaders of a very promising new generation of smaller, independent record labels formed in the Seattle area in the past few years alongside K Records, Hush Hush, Kill Rock…
♬ The Knife – Shaking the Habitual
My favorite new band circa 2006, brother & sister duo The Knife, are finally releasing their first new LP in seven years, Shaking The Habitual a week from today. I’m still trying to wrap my cerebellum around this one…
♬ RoadTrip MixTape – Early Spring 2013
The buds are pink on the Quad and the sun is setting later through thick clouds signifying early Spring in Seattle. This is some of our favorite music that’s come out over the past couple of…
♬ Bombino – Nomad
Guitarist and singer Omar “Bombino” Moctar descends from the Tuareg - a Berber people with a traditionally nomadic lifestyle in the Saharan parts of Niger, Mali, and Algeria - the principal inhabitants of the Saharan interior of North Africa. Bombino hit the…
♬ Vox Mod – SYN-ÆSTHETIC
I really don’t know much about Seattle-based electronic musician & producer Scot Porter, aka Vox Mod, but after hearing this song I’m DEFINITELY going to find out more about him. Those are the unmistakable vocals…
♬ Lusine – The Waiting Room
Lusine (also L’usine) is electronic musician Jeff McIlwain – a native Texan residing in Seattle and releasing music on the Ghostly International label for over ten years now. His music is often described as IDM…
♬ Pickwick – Can’t Talk Medicine
Seattle band Pickwick kicks off the first leg of their first “real” national tour tonight in Cali. To celebrate, we’re holding a listening party – the first full album stream of their debut LP Can’t Talk…
♬ The Comettes
Classic 60′s psychedelia meets 70′s LA beach rock & roll at a David Lynchian desert blues crossroads. Meet the Comettes. Equal parts The Doors and The Black Angels. How could that possibly go wrong? I’m…
♬ Blue Sky Black Death – Euphoric Tape
Dark, intense hip-hop artists / production team Blue Sky Black Death just released this reworking of some of their recent work with some of the top indie rappers around. These are cool & dreamy electro-goth…
♬ Red Jacket Mine – Someone Else’s Cake
Somebody (besides me) is still listening to lots of old Elvis Costello & Nick Lowe. Red Jacket Mine clearly has an admiration for the great British pop songwriters of the late ’70′s & early ’80′s,…
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