‘Singer Songwriter’ Archives
Phil Selway – Familial
Score: 5.2 Release Date: August 31st, 2010 Label: Nonesuch Records Website The Radiohead Super-Fan’s Tier List User guide: The farther down the tier list you go, the bigger fan of Radiohead you are. Tier 0: Radio-wha? Tier 1: You heard “Creep” back on MTV a while ago (maybe on “Beavis and Butthead”) and you bought Pablo Honey because of it. You haven’t listened to it since [...]
BumberPick: Atlas Sound
Atlas Sound is the project name of one Bradford Cox, frontman of the shoegaze outfit Deerhunter and a prolific songwriter in his own right. He's made his his business to become the new Robert Pollard; recording and releasing an incredible amount of music since he broke out in 2007. Cox attributes this impetus to release and record with such frequency to his widely publicized and continuing [...]
Song of the Day: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – “Hiding All Away”
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have been one of my favorite musical entities since high school. The violent to gentle dark gospel atmospheres the Bad Seeds can create depending on Cave's mood and direction has been enthralling since their early 80s albums. Cave's lyrical power and voice are equally venomous and veracious. Off of Abattoir Blues released in tandem with The Lyre of Orpheus in 2004, [...]
Also Tonight: Rachel Goodrich
Timmy Sunshine & The Conductors!, Rachel Goodrich @ Skylark Cafe | 08/10 | FREE | 9pm So... Is it in some way sexist to begin this preview by saying that Rachel Goodrich is adorable? Because lets be frank here-- she puts the adorable cherry on top of the cake that is adorableness. ...Sorry. It's true. Beyond that, though, she's awesome. She's got that very specific kind of Karen Dalton [...]
Johnny Whitney (of The Blood Brothers) Releases Acoustic Mixtape – Free MP3!
Johnny Whitney, the singer of Jaguar Love (formerly of The Blood Brothers) has released an acoustic mixtape via his clothing company website Crystal City Clothing. In his own words, "I have been writing acoustic and piano songs for the entirety of my times in both the Blood Brothers (BB) and Jaguar Love (JL). Some of these songs have gone on to be BB’s/JL songs ('Denver Max,' 'Bats over [...]
Gary Numan to Perform “The Pleasure Principle” on Fall U.S Tour
80's Synth-Pop Space Prince Gary Numan In late 70's and early 80s Britain, Gary Numan was the androgynous New Wave wonder boy everyone wanted to be. With hits 1979 "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars", Numan conquered the charts attained international popularity in addition to driving synthesizers into popular music in an addicting as candy way. Here's a video of Numan live from those glory [...]
Alex Winston Releases The Basement Covers EP as Free Download
Alex Winston has released a free EP! Who is Alex Winston? -you might be wondering. Don't worry, I didn't know of her either. And that's exactly why this 22 year-old beauty from Detroit has released this EP for free in advance of her the July 27th release of debut LP called Choice Notes. Following her debut EP, 2007's By The Roots, this 5-song EP is a collection of cover songs, which [...]
Preview: Clyde Petersen Benefit Concert
Kimya Dawson, Lake, Pica Beats, Low Hums, Blanket Truth @ 20/20 Cycle| 7/03| 8 pm| Donations gratefully accepted | All Ages Clyde Petersen has been described as the 'P. Diddy of Seattle'. Whether you've heard the name or not, there's no doubt you've seen his work. Petersen is a prolific animator who has made multiple videos for Kill Rock Stars through his production company, Do it for [...]
Tonight in Music: Meshell Ndegeocello, Hey Marseilles, I See Hawks in L.A., and more
Meshell Ndegeocello @ The Triple Door | 6/29 | 7:30 pm | $28/$32 | All ages There are some artists whose sheer musical talent is so expansive that it makes every project they're involved in golden. I've always felt this way about the criminally underrated Meshell Ndegeocello (pronounced Mee-shell N-deh-gay-o-chel-o). Whether it's that oh-so-funky neo-soul or jazz for the hip-hop heads, [...]
Connor Desai
To See Rating: 6.5/10 Just Curious Rating: 6/10 While Seattle experiences an often wet and blustery start to summer, allow local singer songwriter Connor Desai to warm up your chilly nights. She is sure to melt your heart with her sultry, silky voice and fine-tuned jazzyness with a hint of bouncy pop. What's best is that the ever-smiling Desai cites indie sensation Phoenix and their [...]
