Visual Coercion

Chuck Ragan at Knitting Factory Tribeca 12/1/07 Ted Leo, Henry Art Gallery Seattle, WA The War on Drugs 3/18/11 The Crocodile, Seattle, WA Ted Leo, Henry Art Gallery Seattle, WA Yet another of Broadcast's set Love is All, MHOW June 2009

Best Music of 2011

“Because my opinion is important.” When Saints Go Machine, Konkylie [!K7] A sweet, sweet Danish act of synthetic daring and vocal experimentation, despite the stupid name.  It’s nice when a group knows how to slow things down while still perching on the razor’s edge of production and programming.           Obits, Moody, [...]

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Mayor for Life: Sinking Feeling/Snowmobiling 7″

Coerce You Encourages you to feel the power. Chicago’s Mayor for Life is still in office, and they’ve issued their latest edict in the form of an attractive 7″ for sale on their Bandcamp page.  It’s not the same thing as suffering under the despot’s direct, unfaltering, undiverted gaze, but you can give this record [...]

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Shitty Cell Phone Photos of The War on Drugs at the Tractor Tavern, Seattle

We made our way last night to the Tractor Tavern in Ballard to take in the War on Drugs show. The sound was great, the band was great, etc. Those guys really love what they’re doing, and the swirling, tinkling ambience they coax out of the combination of guitars, a Rhodes, samplers, a backline, and [...]

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I can get behind this. True Widow: As High as the Highest Heavens and From the Center to the Circumference of the Earth

Following in the slow rock tradition of Austin brethren American Analog Set, Slow Widow wonder aloud, “what would happen if I played this shredding Black Sabbath riff more slowly than if I were asleep while playing this shredding Black Sabbath riff?  One friend described them as being Torche songs reduced in speed 3 or 4 [...]

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