Author Archives: Philip LaRose, KEXP

Decibel Festival 2010: Friday

By Philip LaRose, KEXP | Published: October 7, 2010

Once again on Friday I skipped the major showcase at Neumos, focusing just on the Planet Mu Label Showcase at the Baltic Room and the Trust Showcase at Sole Repair, followed by the first dB Afterhours, “Mi Casa Es Su Casa”, at Motor. I got off to a late start and wholly missed local DJRead more...

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Decibel Festival 2010: Thursday

By Philip LaRose, KEXP | Published: October 6, 2010

Knowing that Ryan would be covering the scene at Neumos on Thursday and Friday (as he did for Wednesday), I chose to skip those showcases entirely in order to spend more time seeing the other artists. On Thursday I bounced between the Room40 Label 10-Year Anniversary Showcase at Pravda Studios, the Simply Shameless Showcase atRead more...

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Decibel Festival 2010: Wednesday

By Philip LaRose, KEXP | Published: October 6, 2010

Last year, by the time Decibel Festival ended, I knew I wanted to attend this year’s event. I’ve been looking forward to it all summer, and it still exceeded my expectations: but with a full five nights of fantastic music and dancing, how could it not? This year’s event was also a challenge for me:Read more...

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Sasquatch 2010: Monday

By Philip LaRose, KEXP | Published: June 6, 2010

Last year at Sasquatch, Monday was the one day I spent mostly at the main stage. This year, it was the day I spent mostly at the smaller stages, starting with Past Lives at the Yeti Stage. Although I’d waited longer to get in to the festival this day than the previous two, the crowdRead more...

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Sasquatch 2010: Sunday

By Philip LaRose, KEXP | Published: June 4, 2010

Sunday was supposed to be the sunniest, warmest day at Sasquatch, according to the advance weather reports, but instead it was cool, cloudy, and windy all day, with some rain showers rolling in by the evening. The weather didn’t dampen anyone’s spirits though, as there was so much to be excited about. Too much, really:Read more...

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Sasquatch 2010: Saturday

By Philip LaRose, KEXP | Published: June 3, 2010

Last year, I was invited at the last minute to attend the 2009 Sasquatch! Music Festival to help provide online coverage for KEXP. I’d never considered attending before, but ended up having such a great time that I knew even before this year’s lineup was announced that I’d want to go again. Fortunately, the opportunityRead more...

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Live Review: Owen Pallett at the Crocodile 5/08

By Philip LaRose, KEXP | Published: May 13, 2010

Last Saturday night I went to the Crocodile to see Owen Pallett, formerly performing under the name Final Fantasy. Opening for Pallett were Snowblink and local band Cataldo. Each of these bands is driven primarily by a single musician, but they are not solo projects as such because the primary musician always engages others toRead more...

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Live Review: Asobi Seksu with Anomie Belle at The Triple Door 1/20

By Philip LaRose, KEXP | Published: January 30, 2010

photos by James Bailey Back in November, Asobi Seksu released ReWolf, an album of acoustic versions of their music recorded in one long day at the now-closed Olympic Studios in London. They brought what lead singer Yuki Chikudate laughingly called their “classy” acoustic act to the Triple Door on Wednesday the 20th. Opening for themRead more...

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Live Review: Beehive, Noddy and Library Science at Neumos 01/06

By Philip LaRose, KEXP | Published: January 17, 2010

review and photos by Philip LaRose I started the year off right by going to Neumos on Wednesday the sixth for an all-local lineup of four bands with great promise: Beehive, Noddy, CMYK, and Library Science. Noddy was new to me, the other three I was already familiar with, so I knew I was inRead more...

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Decibel Festival 2009: the weekend

By Philip LaRose, KEXP | Published: September 29, 2009

by Philip LaRose I said in my Thursday writeup that “there’s so much more going on” than just the showcases at Neumos and Sole Repair, but I ended up focusing on those two venues through the rest of the Festival. Indeed, even bouncing between them, there was still so much to hear that I canRead more...

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