by Chris Estey
Scott McCoughey is ON FIRE! The Young Fresh Fellows and The Minus 5 singer-guitarist founder has two really fine new albums out from both these Pacific NW groups, as well as a thematic project with Steve Wynn, REM’s Pete Buck, and Linda Pitman titled The Baseball Project. On Monday, September 7, at 1:30 [...]
by Chris Estey
“The Long Winters know which staples to buy in bulk, and which to get fresh from local grocers… In short, being a fan of The Long Winters is a zero-risk proposition. You are Guaranteed to Be Pleased.” That’s from the band’s bio on their MySpace page, which I’m going to guess was written [...]
On Saturday, September 5, 7:30 at the Fisher Green stage, Bumbershoot attendees will get to catch elders of some of the most exotic and quixotic pop music ever created: a band called Os Mutantes.
This Brazilian band’s music was part of a revolutionary movement based in surrealism and political protest called Tropicalia, and though part [...]
by Chris Estey
RA Scion loves God and reads Harper’s. He talks about his ambivalence of growing up poor in Kentucky with the deepest love and some seriously bold class analysis. Current TV has featured a day in the emcee’s life, and the seven part collaboration with his immensely creative (musical) partner in Common Market, Sabzi [...]
by Chris Estey
Long-time, legendary, much loved Seattle hip-hop label Sportin’ Life is about to put out D.Black’s second album with the Bay Area-based MYX Music Label midway through this month (September 15 is the exact drop date).
Chatting with inspiring SL founder DeVon Manier at the Capitol Hill Block Party earlier this summer, it seemed [...]
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by Chris Estey
Yes, a couple of years ago a whole bunch of people found out they could catch all those great new “alternative” comedians all in one light-rail wreck in the rock and roll bus tunnel of Bumbershoot mayhem… or something (OK, I tried a metaphor, and it really didn’t work out; sue me). Then [...]
by Chris Estey
Parenthetical Girls are set to play Sunday, September 6th, at 3:30 PM in the EMP Sky Church.
At this point, it looks like this will still happen — although sublimely talented PG Rachael Jensen just lost her mother in a car accident after a family reunion in Idaho. That the band is still [...]
by Chris Estey
Scheduled to take the Broad Street Stage on Sunday, September 6, at the pleasantly early hour of 6 PM, it would seem Bumbershoot knows how much fun the Vivian Girls will be for the all ages crowd. With a new album, Everything Goes Wrong, just coming out on In The Red, there will [...]
by Chris Estey
I don’t usually write about albums here at the KEXP Blog (I’m mostly a book and DVD reviewer and live event reporter), but every now and then I’d like to give a plug and some background on a new album. These will be recent or upcoming releases from artists whose older work is [...]
by Chris Estey
More than any other performer, Iggy Pop’s sweet but cocky mug may be the deconstructed happy face of punk. Known more for self-abuse than ever hurting anyone else, and being a very endearing guy if you ever get to meet him, his open-heartedness and warm humor could use a little plagiarizing by the [...]
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