Visual Coercion

Ted Leo, Henry Art Gallery Seattle, WA Versus Ted Leo, Henry Art Gallery Seattle, WA Old 97s at Showbox at the Market, Seattle WA James Baluyut of Plus or Minus Ted Leo, Henry Art Gallery Seattle, WA

Peering into the Bright Underblack

Let’s have a shot at the impossible, shall we?  Let’s take a quick glance at Clark’s new record.  If you haven’t already, you should absolutely listen to the new Clark record, out on Warp, Totem’s Flare.  He has recovered from his much too dance-oriented 2008 outing, Turning Dragon, and is again wending at high and [...]

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Jumping up and down for Wheat

The dulcet tones of grown men crying. Get your whole grains.  Get them and shove them in your sensitive, your emotional, your very ears.  Wheat is the crop to circle. Wheat is a band who made a pop album in ’99 to snap, crackle, and pop all pop albums, a quiet record with slick, loud [...]

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Built to Spill at Coney Island to Headline the Village Voice Siren Fest

With a price that was right and in a locale that has never disappointed to defy good taste or tip its swim cap to the surreal, Built to Spill played next to the Cyclone at the Coney Island Village Voice Siren Festival last night as the annual free music festival’s main stage headliner. They were [...]

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In this year begin.

1. Damaged Goods – Gang of Four It’s more than lust.  I’d drink your sweat from a shoe. 2. My Life in Art – Mojave 3 Tell me all about your prettyboy friends.  Europe seems further all the time. 3. Vomiting Mirrors – Clockcleaner I know what she does and why. 4. In the Morning [...]

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