Tag Archives: Bumbershoot Music Lounge

Bumbershoot Music Lounge: The Thermals

By KEXP | Published: September 6, 2010

The Thermals’ new album Personal Life is so accurately named you’ll almost find it hilarious if you’re a fan. It’s a relationship-song LP, a million miles away from the political rants-and-riffs of debut More Parts Per Million and the spiritual rants-and-rage of The Body, The Blood, The Machine. But it still shows the same passionRead more...

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Bumbershoot Music Lounge: Bomba Estereo

By KEXP | Published: September 6, 2010

Melodromatic, explosive - the translation is “stereo bomb,”- Bomba Estereo takes a time old traditional musical form originally designated for courting rituals and turns it on its head. As a project organized by the group’s bassist and producer, Simon Mejia in 2005 soon recruited permanent members to execute the instrumental fusion of Cumbia, electronic, andRead more...

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Bumbershoot Music Lounge: Aterciopelados

By KEXP | Published: September 5, 2010

Undeniably the toughest band name to pronounce at Bumbershoot this year - Aterciopelados (translated as “The Velvety Ones”) are one of the biggest bands to come out of Colombia. Signed to the infamous Nacional Records, their music is Latin-infused, using traditional llanera rhythms and flamenco-bolero sounds. Although relatively unknown here in the States, Aterciopelados albums haveRead more...

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Bumbershoot Music Lounge: David Bazan

By KEXP | Published: September 5, 2010

I personally think that David Bazan’s most recent album Curse Your Branches is the best thing he’s ever done. Oh sure, I’ve been a deep fan since the first EP Whole with his original group name Pedro The Lion, a meditation on what William Burroughs called the “algebra of need” back in a heroin-destroyed SeattleRead more...

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Bumbershoot Music Lounge: Fences

By KEXP | Published: September 5, 2010

Heavily tattooed Seattle singer-songwriter Christopher Mansfield (aka Fences) is set to release his highly anticipated debut album later this month. Although laden with sorrowful lyrics about the tragic tales of love and relationships gone bad, Mansfield’s wonderful voice just can’t help but elevate the mood of the music to “somewhat optimistic”. And while some musiciansRead more...

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Bumbershoot Music Lounge: The Ravonettes

By KEXP | Published: September 4, 2010

Super-cool Danish twosome The Raveonettes have been churning out delightfully psyched-out indie rock for the better part of the past decade. Singer Sune Rose Wagner’s hypnotically spaced-out voice sounds like it’s floating through the cosmos, and is complemented perfectly by the psychedelic twang of duo’s guitar lines.  Their latest album <i>In And Out of Control</i>,Read more...

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Bumbershoot Music Lounge: Visqueen

By KEXP | Published: September 4, 2010

Visqueen is a great example of taking the fuzzy base of frenetic pop punk and chugging it up with real soul and storytelling. Rachel Flotard’s long-running Seattle band astonished critics and kids last year with Message to Garcia an expansive, confessional full-length created out of love for her recently passed away father and crafted betweenRead more...

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Bumbershoot Music Lounge: The Budos Band

By KEXP | Published: September 4, 2010

Released August 10 on the crucial-groove Daptone Records label, The Budos Band lll features the The Budos Band on unreconstructed participatory jams just begging for a Bumbershoot audience to bounce and shout and clap along to. Produced by scene-forging sound technicians Bosco Mann and TNT in Brooklyn, the third LP has been laying down fiercelyRead more...

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Bumbershoot Music Lounge: Justin Townes Earle

By KEXP | Published: September 4, 2010

Justin Townes Earle‘s outdoor show at 4:45 on the Starbucks Stage is sure to be one of Saturday’s highlights, but a performance in the more intimate Music Lounge will give his heartfelt indie country an added gravity that is sure to resonate with those lucky enough to be in attendance, as well as those tuningRead more...

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Bumbershoot Music Lounge: Plants and Animals

By KEXP | Published: September 4, 2010

From Montreal, Plants and Animals play deliberate, carefully constructed indie rock that is sometimes subdued and desolate, and sometimes mellow but high-spirited indie rock that shows flashes of bands like MGMT and Animal Collective. On their second full-length album La La Land, which was released earlier this year, P+A have veered in a slightly differentRead more...

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