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Treecreeper: November 23 [mp3]

  • Cyndi 

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Sometimes music just sounds better while lying on the floor. To lay in surrender of a song is powerful; in such moments we feel no need to move, the music moves for us. Such is the experience while listening to Treecreeper’s “November 23”. Lengthy tracks are hard to do well and though this one lends itself towards predictability in rhythm and direction, such simplicity does the song well creating for us a rough and raw landscape of emotions and experience. Read More »Treecreeper: November 23 [mp3]

Collider: BBM EP [Album Review]

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Collider is a band that just plain rocks. And it’s worthy to say that 16 years ago they would have been considered “buzz worthy”. With their latest EP, BBM, these guys blend modern indie rock with 90’s low key yet sultry alternative that is reminiscent of groups like Primitive Radio Gods and Everything But The Girl. These San Francisco-based rockers have a sound that is as cool as flannel and Matt Dillon were back then. Read More »Collider: BBM EP [Album Review]

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart: Higher Than The Stars [Video]

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

One of last year’s top bands is at it again with a new single out next month on Slumberland Records for their new song “Say No To Love”. To mark the occasion, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart also given us a video of the recent dream pop single “Higher Than The Stars”. The video starts out in black and white, with the sole addition of the color orange, but switches to full color in the middle. From Dylan Mulick, the video gives TPOBPAH a playful side to their typically moody music. Read More »The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart: Higher Than The Stars [Video]

Butts: Panty Exchange [Video]

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Butts writes silly songs about bad vices. It’s in their nature to do so. There’s one about alcohol, another about cigarettes, and a third about pot. Then there’s “Panty Exchange”, for which they just released a new video. It’s a vice that’s downright dangerous as the girls (Rachel and Shannon) demonstrate. Featuring the black-clad Butts duo, Leo Gebhardt, a colorful array of “panty protectors”, and superb camera work and video production by Turtleneck Productions and Carlos Lopez, “Panty Exchange” is sure to turn some heads. It has all the right elements: a briefcase drop, a getting-ready-for-mischief montage, and a plot line that almost makes sense. Read More »Butts: Panty Exchange [Video]

Johnny Bertram & The Golden Bicycles: Days That Passed [Album Review]

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The 1970’s still conjure up a lot of inspiration these days. The indie rock and Americana explosion of the last decade has not been entirely original. There is always someone else to draw from. In the case of Johnny Bertram, it appears as though his roots in Idaho, and his current residency in Mississippi, have had more than just a regional blessing on his own special concoction of modern folk and rockabilly on his debut full length album, Days That Passed, featuring his brilliant backup band The Golden Bicycles. Read More »Johnny Bertram & The Golden Bicycles: Days That Passed [Album Review]

Club 8: Western Hospitality [Video]

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OK, I love this. True to recent videos by The Legends, a band fronted by Johan AngergÃ¥rd who also appears in Club 8, the video for “Western Hospitality” features dancing in a manner you wouldn’t typically expect. First, the mystic and masterful electro tune “Lucky Star” off Public Radio, then again briefly on “Always The Same” off the recent Over And Over. “Western Hospitality” is the latest hit by Club 8 and once again AngergÃ¥rd and counterpart Karolina Komstedt incorporate dancing into a video, this time by a young girl who plays the often ignored office outcast. I’ve already raved about this song; paired with this video, it’s stands true as one of Club 8’s best tunes yet! Read More »Club 8: Western Hospitality [Video]

The Atlantic Manor: The World Beneath This World Is Brightening [Album Review]

The Atlantic Manor: The World Beneath This World Is BrighteningFor those unfamiliar with The Atlantic Manor, here’s a brief crash-course. The band consists of one Rick Sell, who records and releases his own music without a label or any promotion outside of whatever Sell himself does. He’s done it this way for years, and it seems to be working alright. His music, under The Atlantic Manor, is a dreamy country-tinged folk that sometimes nears the rock level, but typically maintains tranquility. Read More »The Atlantic Manor: The World Beneath This World Is Brightening [Album Review]

Recommended Show: Hey Marseilles’ LP Release Shows

Hey Marseilles

The show is just one week away, so you have no excuse: go mark your calendar! Hey Marseilles has been dubbed one of the Northwest’s “bands to watch” by many, myself included. Thus, I’m sure I’m not the only one wondering when these guys will head to Bellingham. They are on the cusp of releasing their debut LP, To Travels & Trunks, slated for a late June drop date. To celebrate the arrival of the album on vinyl, the Seattle band will play two shows in their hometown, one of them all ages. Read More »Recommended Show: Hey Marseilles’ LP Release Shows

Justin Ripley: Personal Space [Album Review]

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Personal Space is the latest solo work by Justin Ripley, who not all too long ago gave us Just Just. From the opening notes of “The Gold Of Similar Sand”, we’re treated to a similar sound though it has a few more psychedelic sensibilities. The song gives the impression of minimalism, yet is packed with interesting riffs, catchy vocal hooks, and precisely placed instrumentation. Read More »Justin Ripley: Personal Space [Album Review]

The Twees [Feature]

The Twees

Few bands have the tenacity to go as far as naming their band after a subgenre. The Twees have no regard at doing this, even though their infectious upbeat indie pop maintains the light and lo-fi bounce often associated with the outskirts of that label. Unfair Affair is their latest single, released digitally for free today. The single includes two tracks, “Unfair Affair” and “Hepburn Shades”, both of which will get under your skin and make you move (in an awkward 80s sort of way). The band has also made their prior EP, Lessons To Connect, available for free download. Read More »The Twees [Feature]

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