by Gary Miller
If Death To Palaces, the 2007 full-length by Seattle powerpoppers Young Sportsmen, was a gas guzzling muscle car, then their newest release, titled If You Want It, is a high-end European sportster. While both can get your heart pumping, the latter is equally likely to impress you with its detail and handling.
That’s [...]
photo by Ben Haley
by Gary Miller
After a relatively short run, this will be the last in the Rock n’ Roll Pest Control series. Due to some family issues, my wife and I are relocating to North Carolina, and it’s difficult to be a Northwest reporter when you’re more than 3000 miles away. So, [...]
By Gary Miller
I first discovered SHIM in the fall of 2006, when they shared a bill with local faves the Young Sportsmen. I instantly dug their old school rock and roll approach. That was only furthered by their actual performance at that show, which was replete with smoke machines and strobe lights. [...]
Enjoy a West Seattle sunset (& a kitty) with Throwback Suburbiaphoto by Whiteteeth
by Gary Miller
One of the funny things I’ve experienced since moving to Seattle four years ago is that local residents have a low tolerance level for travel. Having lived in Atlanta prior to moving, I was used to having to drive at [...]
by Gary Miller
Although I’m not sure how my editors feel about it, I don’t always feel the need for my posts here to be related to any particular current event — a show, a festival, an album release, etc. So, this is one of those posts that serves simply to help make people more [...]
photo from MySpace
by Gary Miller
Powerpop as a genre has always been pretty amorphous. Sure, there are the staple bands of the genre. But, over the years there has been a tendency for those who write about it to include a pretty wide variety of bands, influences and sounds. Thus, with no pause [...]
The Greatest Hits (photo by Julie Boolie)
by Gary Miller
In last week’s post I mentioned that Central Services, Friday Mile and Brides of Obscurity are in what I think of as an affinity group of organic pop bands. As is likely true in every music community across the country, there are a number of such affinity [...]
Brides of Obscurity
By Gary Miller
Maybe it’s a post-holiday stupor or something, but I struggled to figure out what to write about this week. But, after parsing through a dozen different kitschy themes and oddball angles, I decided to simply focus on a particular show that is happening on Friday, January 4, at the Tractor [...]
Paul Lynde Fan Club (source)
I must admit this week’s blog post deadline completely snuck up on me. Likely due to the xmas holiday, this past week flew by. With only a week or so left in 2007, it seems that this entire year has flown. In fact, this entire decade is speeding past [...]
Sgt. Major, Seattle Powerpop Blog Anniversary, Sunset 6/29/07photo by Chris Force
I recently submitted my votes on Three Imaginary Girl’s Best of 2007 Reader’s Poll and I’ll use my ballot there as the starting point for my thoughts on:
Albums of the Year.
1. (tie) The Tripwires - Makes You Look Around
1. (tie) Young Sportsmen - Death [...]
