Another Rainy Saturday

{Photo of Rivers Cuomo by Dave Lichterman.} If you’re biggest Whiskey Tango Foxtrot moment from Bumbershoot on Sunday involved Courtney Love, you probably didn’t cover as much ground as you thought. New Orleans hip hop artist Jay Electronica has gotten quite a bit of attention from his two singles “Exhibit A” and “Exhibit C” but [...]

  {Courtney Love photo by Dave Lichterman.} I remember the last Courtney Love joke I laughed at. It was on “Real Time with Bill Maher” and the comedian said something along the lines of “we shouldn’t be asking why Rick James died (this was a topical news event at the time), but asking what was [...]

  {HEALTH photo by Dave Lichterman.} The 40th Anniversary of Bumbershoot is this weekend, and the three day lineup that includes the likes of Bob Dylan, Neko Case, the Raveonettes, Solomon Burke, The Moondoggies and Visqueen promises to be one heck of a musical ride. The breezy cool weather was a perfect accompaniment to the [...]

{See Me River plays Bumbershoot on Saturday, September 4 at the EMP/SFM Sky Church at 6:45pm.} See Me River didn’t start out with the ambitions it’s gone through today. At the time, Kerry Zettel was the leading the rock band Das Llamas. He told me over in an interview at a Capitol Hill bar, “ironically, [...]

Young Floridian’s Surfer Blood brought a taste of their laidback sunny atmosphere to a gaggle of indie fans everywhere last year with their single “Swim”, which was named 37th best track on Pitchfork’s 100 Best Songs of 2009. Previously unheard of for the most part, Surfer Blood is enjoying quite the wave of small success [...]