by Ben Funkhouser
photos by Isabel Yasui
Pregnant weren’t who I thought they were. There are other bands called Pregnant, and I had assumed that there weren’t many noise rock bands called Pregnant in existence. Apparently though, there are, and this particular Pregnant was my favorite of all Pregnants. This Pregnant is comprised of [...]
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by Ben Funkhouser
I showed up to the best named house in the city. (Hint: it’s from Squidbillies.) There weren’t a ton of people there. Right away, Desolation Wilderness‘ handsome and well dressed frontman, Nic Zwart, seemed a little worried about the crowd. Who could blame him, the band was about to [...]
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by Ben Funkhouser
There are many high school age bands around our community, often putting the most work into maintaining it. However, not a lot of these bands can really pull of the creativity and angsty pop genius of Problems. Starting as a garage rock duo, they evolved over the last year into a [...]
by Ben Funkhouser
photos by James Bailey
Audacity:
I spent some time at the Vera stage before the weekend got warmed up, just to enjoy an otter pop and feel the sun on my back. I chatted with some of the Audacity dudes, who turned out to be pretty nice guys. Their bass player told me [...]
Coachella Day One: Crystal Castles, Girl Talk, Morrissey, Paul McCartney, Genghis Tron
I had flown back home from a school language trip to Sevilla, Espana two days before I left for Coachella. I spent the night in Indio before the show was supposed to begin and planned my route for the inevitably sweaty and fun [...]
Also posted in KEXP | Tagged Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Blitzen Trapper, Bob Mould Band, Coachella, Crystal Castles, Fleet Foxes, Fucked Up, Genghis Tron, Girl Talk, Morrissey, my bloody valentine, No Age, Paul McCartney, The Murder City Devils, Vivian Girls, X |
By RJ, KEXP | Published:
February 26, 2009
review by RJ Cubarrubia
photos by Katy McCourt-Basham
Ok, we admit, we missed the First Semifinal Round of Experience Music Project’s Sound Off! competition, where winners Dyno Jamz automatically advanced to the Final Round and runners-up Dearboy earned a spot to the Wildcard Round against the other second place finishers for the last spot in the Finals. [...]
written by Ben Funkhouser
photos by Jake Goltiani
The Mae Shi is an amazing band and hands down one of the best live bands in existence. I first met them at the KEXP station in April of 2008; they had just done an in-studio. I nervously asked them if I could get on the list [...]
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by Ben Funkhouser
Martin Luther King was a really inspirational and worthy American hero. He set the stage for civil rights activists of all denominations, working for the rights of all oppressed people. Martin Luther King Jr. weekend is generally regarded as a holiday for most, and to me, it was a time to [...]
by Ben Funkhouser
The Pharmacy are on their way to New Orleans. These guys have been around for nearly a decade. Since The Eds and The Terrordactyls, Brendhan Bowers and Scott Yoder have been playing music together. After gaining (and losing) Joey Seward’s bass/synth thrashing, noisy Plan-It-X Festing, redefining themselves as “psychedelic/thrash,” releasing another album, and [...]
by Ben Funkhouser
photos by Valentina Saltos
A snowstorm was to blame for the re-scheduling of the Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head and Starfucker show on Saturday the 20th, so it was changed. Now, one week later, I arrived early to warm up inside the Vera Project. The doors were set to open at 7:30, but [...]
