Visual Coercion

John Darnielle of Mountain Goats Atlas Sound Ted Leo, Henry Art Gallery Seattle, WA More +/- A Camp November 17, 2009 at LPR Richard Baluyut and Fontaine Toups of Versus

See this film: From the Back of the Room

Last night I had the pleasure of seeing Amy Oden’s excellent documentary film From the Back of the Room at Seattle’s eclectic and indispensable Northwest Film Forum.  As anyone can read on the film’s website, the “documentary chronicles the past 30 years of female involvement in DIY punk, and has interviews with over 30 women [...]

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Errors – 1999, How I’ve Missed You

The new record from Glasgow’s Errors has been bending my ear of late.  Entitled Have a Little Faith in Magic, it’s reminiscent of the promise of Antarctica‘s 81:03, released in 1999, this is the way music was supposed to have gone.  Welcome back to days of future past.

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Welcome to the new world

The British Expeditionary Force release their new record March 26, 2012, long years after they changed my world at first listen.  That’s news that makes for a good day, isn’t it?

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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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