If DeVotchKa did not exist, the world of music would be a much paler, less interesting place. It’s comforting to know that from time to time – most recently every three or four years – Nick Urata and his multi-instrumentalist friends and bandmates will put something new out there, something that’s been quietly aging like […]
Lords of Acid has remained one the best bands to emerge from the ‘90s. They began as a project of the equally sublime Praga Khan [Maurice Engelen] and have so far released four albums, Lust, Voodoo-U, Our Little Secret and Farstucker, as well as several compilation/remix albums. Lords of Acid’s next CD is set for […]
I could tell that Swans were really happy about how Saturday night’s show went. And they should have been happy about it. While the audience applauded and moved to the music, there was very little – if no – conversation among the capacity crowd. Instead, they hung onto each lyric and note. Swans’ music can […]
On Friday night Brent Amaker and the Rodeo played their last Seattle date before heading to Texas for a string of dates surrounding SXSW (they’ll appear at the Velveeta Room for SXSW on March 16th). Alex Crick attended the show at the Crocodile and captured some beauties of the Rodeo and openers Virgin. Brent Amaker […]
Showbox SoDo had Josh Ritter and Scott Hutchison on their stage last Tuesday. Ritter, who just released his eighth EP, To the Yet Unknowing World, has also made seven LPs. He’s a novelist as well – look for his debut this summer. Scott Hutchison of Scottish band Frightened Rabbit opened. Photographers Jason Tang and Suzi […]