Concerts
Steely Dan
The WaMu Theater is a more malleable space than I’d ever thought of it as being. I know this because...
Jul 14, 2011
Tracks
Thievery Corporation: "Tower Seven"
There’s something to be said for standing one’s ground, especially in today’s hyperbole-spewing, masterpiece-per-week blogosphere. Washed Out’s Ernest Greene has...
Jul 14, 2011
Records
Old 97's: The Grand Theatre Volume 2
On last fall’s The Grand Theatre Volume 1, the Old 97’s branched out into grislier territory, telling stories of jilted...
Jul 13, 2011
Records
Danielson: The Best of Gloucester County
The unfortunate truth: The Best of Gloucester County is not Ships (2006). Not by a long shot. It’s not a...
Jul 13, 2011
Records
Pearl and the Beard: Killing the Darlings
I’m not positive, but I think it’s around the time someone was playing a Mumford & Sons track and it...
Jul 13, 2011
Records
Loscil: Coast / Range / Arc
The official press release for Coast / Range / Arc describes it as an exploration of the “timelessness of mountainous...
Jul 13, 2011
Tracks
Nas: "Nasty"
To write anything about Nas in the last ten or so years, one can’t say the comeback singles or commercial...
Jul 11, 2011
Records
WU LYF: Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
The kids are so restless these days. How else to explain WU LYF, not a GZA/Rae side project,...
Jul 11, 2011