Another Rainy Saturday

{Photo of Plastician by Dave Lichterman.} As mentioned previously, I covered the Decibel Festival last weekend for the electronic music website The Untz, who were kind enough to allow me that chance to do it even though my background is in writing about pop. It was a challenge, but a fun and exhilarating one. Below are [...]

  {The Futureheads play tonight, Wednesday, September 29, at the Crocodile with Young the Giant and The So So Glos, doors 8pm, $15.} The Chaos, the latest album from UK pop rock band The Futureheads finds a way to fit in with its comfort and familiarity. It celebrates the familiar elements we (or at least I) [...]

Copernicus from Adam Pranica on Vimeo. {John Roderick plays at The Crocodile on Thursday, September 30 with Eric Corson and Goldfinch. All ages, 6pm doors, $20 ADV.} Thursday night’s gig at the Triple Door was supposed to be the third of three shows that John Roderick played during his “residency” there. Unfortunately, on August 17, [...]

…or so said The Like’s lead singer Elizabeth “Z” Berg when I interviewed her in the summer. Her band was on the road but weren’t headed to the Northwest. Fortunately, the band will be playing a show in Seattle and it’s very soon. The Like will be playing at the Vera Project next Monday (October [...]

In its inaugural year, the City Arts Festival made a huge splash when its lineup was announced. Taking place over four days in October (from October 20-23), the roster of artists playing include Belle and Sebastian, She and Him, Gogol Bordello, Cat Power, The Vaselines and Big Boi. Yet it also has a very prominent [...]