photos by Brittney Bollay
interview/review by Jason Kinnard
Tuesday was a fantastic night at Chop Suey with a great band from Austin, The Octopus Project. Visually, the band was stunning and the stage was completely full with various instruments and several large white ghosts with fuzzy ears in front of a crazy video backdrop. Plus, they even [...]
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photos by Jim Bennett
review by Jim Beckmann
I’m guessing that if you’re a Pixies fan, you already got your tickets to one — or more — of their shows coming up this fall. There’s certainly been enough fanfare about it, especially since they’re performing their 1989 breakthrough, Doolittle, in its entirety. I don’t think as many [...]
photos and review by Brian Cullen
It’s amazing how we process and remember music based on experience. I can tell you — if you like, all about listening to Green Day’s Kerplunk! in the attic of my parents house having failed miserably in my first attempt at small town escape — or the [...]
words and photos by Chona Kasinger
Having spent the day at the station shooting Foreign Born and The Veils, and then doubling over to catch both bands early sound check at Chop Suey definitely left me with a consummate sense of curiosity as to how the sound might translate live on stage.
Other Girls took center [...]
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By Chona | Published:
July 22, 2009
review and photos by Chona Kasinger
This past weekend, Redmond’s Marymoor Park hosted a weekend of great shows, including Friday’s gathering of folking indie rock favorites The Decemberists, Andrew Bird and Portland’s Blind Pilot, who got the party started promptly at 6PM, as people steadily streamed into the park, newly relieved of the miserable traffic plaguing [...]
Marymoor Park this past Saturday was the perfect venue — and on a warm and sunny summer day, no less — for the first of what we hope to be a long running series of the No Depression Festival. The rootsy lineup featured both rising and beloved stars of alternative Americana: Gillian Welch and David [...]
photos by Brian Cullen
review by Jim Beckmann
Writing about a Bill Callahan show is like discussing an abstract or minimalist painting — there’s always the danger of saying too much or too little and any discussion diminishes the experience. And that’s not meant to be a cop out, though admittedly it has taken me well over [...]
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When I told one of the interns who assists me that I was excited to see the special in-studio session one day, I had to stop myself. “Wait, you probably wouldn’t know them,” I said, but then added, “The Church.” Blank stare. “Under the Milky Way”? No recognition… whatsoever… Apparently, he was born the year [...]
review and photos by Chona Kasinger
Every first Thursday of the month marks the EMP’s All Access Night, a free all ages event which typically highlights young and upcoming talent in the Puget Sound area. The Skychurch greeted the familiar faces in Makeup Monsters (fourth place victors in the 2009 EMP Soundoff underage bands competition) and [...]
review and photos by Katy McCourt-Basham
The Vera Project was unusually quiet for a Saturday night when Papercuts and Port O’Brien were slated to play. I walked in just before the show started, and, departing from the usual clamor of the Vera just before a show is going to begin, most were on the fringe [...]
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