Sneak Peek at Lemolo’s debut LP

May 15, 2012 2 Comments

Here’s our first taste of The Kaleidoscope, the upcoming debut release from Seattle dream-pop duo Lemolo. The new LP drops July 3 & is definitely one of our most highly anticipated local releases of 2012. “On Again, Off Again” has been a staple in their live shows for a while now and a couple HQ [...]

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Top 5 NW Summer Music Festivals

May 11, 2012 7 Comments

With sunny weather forecasted for this weekend, I thought it might be a great time to take a look at some of my favorite annual Summer music festivals around the northwest. Of the five that I picked as my tops, three are huge, corporate-sponsored affairs that can be a bit of a challenge for my [...]

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KEXP takes over Ballard

May 05, 2012 2 Comments

…and in today’s hyper-local news. Seattle radio powerhouse KEXP 90.3FM will be thanking the Ballard neighborhood for their support on Friday, May 18th by flooding the burb with LIVE local music… all day & all of the night! Bergen Place Park will be ground zero while the sun is up with performances from Ramona Falls, [...]

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[watch] Later… with Jules Holland

Apr 29, 2012 1 Comment

Though relatively unknown in the US, Later… with Jools Holland has been a television institution in the UK for over twenty years. The show runs late Friday nights on BBC2 and features several performances from a mix of both new and established musical artists. The host, Jools Holland, is a highly accomplished pianist, composer, author [...]

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[listen] Jack White – Blunderbuss

Apr 20, 2012 9 Comments

Blunderbuss, the solo debut from former White Stripes frontman Jack White, was released in parts of Europe today (for those of us residing elsewhere, the magic dates are April 23/24) and you can listen to a stream of the album in its entirety below or on iTunes right now. If you dig it, you can [...]

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[listen] First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar

Apr 11, 2012 4 Comments

From “Emmylou”, their romantic homage to the classic duets of Johnny Cash & June Carter and Gram Parker & Emmylou Harris to “King of the World”, the album’s clap-happy closer with Conor Oberst aiding on vocals, The Lion’s Roar is some of the catchiest and best folk so far this year. Stockholm-based sisters Klara and [...]

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[listen] Of Monsters and Men

Mar 29, 2012 5 Comments

For the past few months, I’ve been telling anyone who will listen about Iceland’s Of Monsters and Men. I was first introduced to their sweet blend of orchestral pop & traditional European pub sing-alongs late last year when influential DJ Kevin Cole of Seattle’s KEXP 90.3FM returned from the Iceland Airwaves music festival with a [...]

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[listen] new Perfume Genius LP

Mar 17, 2012 7 Comments

“No secret No matter how nasty Can poison your voice Or keep you from joy” – Normal Song –   It all just felt wrong, kind of dirty, like I was hearing something that I wasn’t supposed to have access to. Listening to Perfume Genius’ harrowing autobiographical confessionals on his 2010 debut LP Learning made [...]

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[listen] Beach House – Myth

Mar 07, 2012 1 Comment

Fresh dream pop via the webs, Sub Pop and Baltimore MD… a new track from Beach House, and presumably the first release from Bloom, the new full-length reportedly due to hit the market on March 15. Hazy, slo-mo, narcotic melancholia… sounds like it came straight off of Teen Dream. Still has that new song smell. [...]

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[listen] THEESatisfaction – awE naturalE

Mar 01, 2012 5 Comments

Stasia Irons and Catherine Harris-White are THEESatisfaction, the latest product of Sub Pop’s promising new focus on innovative Alt-Rap & Hip-Hop. THEES is set to release their Sub Pop debut LP, the “funk-psychedelic feminista sci-fi epic” awE naturalE on March 27 and I’ve been groovin’ on the first couple releases, the aptly entitled “QueenS” and [...]

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