Album Reviews [DISCO INFERNO] The fifth album by the discofied pop outfit YACHT is also the second to feature a solidified lineup of leader Jona Bechtolt with ingénue/foil Claire Evans. Not that she follows Bec   More

Music The Festival: One of the last big ticket events of the summer concert season, Bumbershoot 2011 wrapped up this past weekend. The arts and music festival once was a bona fide phenomenon in the city of Seattle, bringing in acts from all over the musical spectrum to perform, as well as dance, classical, literary giants, and comedians. And it was all happening free of charge. Nowadays it's just anothe...   More

Music One of the most exciting acts to come out of the Apes Tapes fold has been onuinu, a solo electronic project created by Dorian Duvall. The musician (and erstwhile doorman at Bunk Bar) has sadly only released a sporadic amount of material to date; just a few tracks on his    More

Album Reviews [ELECTRONIC POP] The air of romantic and erotic longing that presides over Doubleplusgood’s latest CD might be hard to breathe in without some effort. This drums-and-electronics duo doesn’t push   More

Album Reviews [DARK ELECTRONICS] Most bands go for the lapel grab, insisting on your attention from the first notes of the first song of a live set or album. The rare and often more interesting bands prefer to s   More

Music Tapes 'n Tapes have been through the proverbial wringer in the music world. When the band's 2005 debut album The Loon came out, sites like Pitchfork had anointed this band as the next great hope for American indie music. By the time the quartet's third full-length was released earlier this year, the backlash was as loud and inevitable as a sonic boom. It's a shame, too, as Outside makes good on th...   More

Music Have you ever wanted the opportunity to see one of your favorite bands in an intimate setting, watching them as they run through some songs and/or rehearse just for your benefit? That's the kind of shit that the monied class pay upwards of six figures for. Not so with local art rockers Water & Bodies.

You could be one of the l...   More

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WW Music Majordomo Casey Jarman once likened the voice of John Craig to that of Andy Bell, singer for the British technopop duo Erasure. And as much as I applaud anyone evoking one of my favorite groups from my teen years—and I do hear the Bell in Craig's voice—what I keep hearing when I listen to tracks like this is former Menomena mem...   More

Music Aimee Mann first came to the world's attention via her '80s pop outfit 'Til Tuesday and its still catchy as hell hit "Voices Carry", but spent the years after that band's breakup holding on to a cult fan base for her solo material and getting bounced off label after label. It wasn't until her friend Paul Thomas Anderson decided to use a batch of Mann's songs in his 1999 film Magnolia, a move which...   More

Music Coming hot on the heels of the sublimely silly Red Fang video is this strange and goofy gem from another local psych metal act, White Orange.

Directed by the perfectly named Jason America, this clip for "Dinosaur Bones" (a track featured on the band...   More