Posts Tagged ‘Washington’

CHASTITY BELT – ” Live On KEXP “

Posted: May 9, 2016 in LEICESTER CITY VENUES, MUSIC
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Meet the women of Chastity Belt in their charming new music video for “Cool Slut,” off of them acclaimed new record Time to Go Home, out now on Hardly Art Records. Chastity Belt is a rock band consisting of four friends – guitarists Julia Shapiro and Lydia Lund, bassist Annie Truscott, and drummer Gretchen Grimm.

They met in a tiny college town in Eastern Washington, but their story begins for real in Seattle, that celebrated home of Macklemore and the Twelfth Man. Following a post-grad summer apart, a handful of shows and enthusiastic responses from the city’s DIY community led them, as it has countless others, into a cramped practice space. They emerged with a debut album, No Regerts, sold it out faster than anyone involved thought possible, and toured America, a country that embraced them with open-ish arms. Now they’re back and the tab is settled, the lights are out, the birds are making noise even though the sun isn’t really up yet: it’s “Time to Go Home”, their second long-player and first for Hardly Art Records.

Recorded by José Díaz Rohena, Time to Go Home sees Seattle four-piece Chastity Belt take the nights out and bad parties of their past to their stretching points, watch the world around them break apart in anticipatory haze, and rebuild it in their own image with stunning clarity before anyone gets hung over. Time to Go Home is their first full-length for Hardly Art.

Chastity Belt performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded March 28th, 2015.

Songs:
Dull
Time To Go Home
Drone
Joke

Members: Julia Shapiro Gretchen Grimm Lydia Lund Annie Truscott

In the outside world, they realized something crucial: they didn’t have to play party songs now that their audience didn’t consist exclusively of inebriated 18-22 year olds, as it did in that college town. Though still built on a foundation of post-post-punk energy, jagged rhythms, and instrumental moves that couldn’t be anyone else’s, the songs they grew into in the months that followed are equal parts street-level takedown and gray-skied melancholy. They embody the sensation of being caught in the center of a moment while floating directly above it; Shapiro’s world spins around her on “On The Floor,” grounded by Grimm and Truscott’s most commanding playing committed to tape. They pay tribute to writer Sheila Heti on “Drone” and John Carpenter with “The Thing,” and deliver a parallel-universe stoner anthem influenced by Electrelane with “Joke.”

Recorded by José Díaz Rohena at the Unknown, a deconsecrated church and former sail factory in Anacortes, and mixed with a cathedral’s worth of reverb by Matthew Simms (guitarist for legendary British post-punks and one-time tourmates Wire), Time to Go Home sees Chastity Belt take the nights out and bad parties of their past to their stretching points, watch the world around them break apart in anticipatory haze, and rebuild it in their own image with stunning clarity before anyone gets hungover.

SHMOHAWK – ” Shmohawk “

Posted: January 28, 2016 in MUSIC
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Power-pop done right, from a new band, is harder to find than it sounds. So, Shmohawk’s eponymous album really caught my attention in a good way.   Featuring a comfortable cast of songs featuring rollicking rock guitars, soothing power-pop twangs, and flavorful harmonicas, John McFarland’s vocals add a constantly engaging element that acts like a mixture of Tom Petty’s suave infectiousness and Alex Chilton’s anthemic fervor. The first two tracks, in particular the crunchy chorus of “Herding Sheeple” and the longingly contagious “Everything I Want Is Nothing I Can Own”, showcase what to expect from the rest of the album — hook-filled greatness not common in today’s rock music. I made some lofty comparisons when I first heard them – to the likes of The Byrds, Big Star, The Replacements – and those still stand.

 

WIND BURIAL – ” We Used To Be Hunters “

Posted: January 14, 2016 in MUSIC
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We Used To Be Hunters’ methodical alchemy was recorded in an old wooden church in the historic seaport of Anacortes by Nich Wilbur (Mount Eerie, Lake, Anacortes Unknown Festival). “We used the church as an instrument, capturing the open acoustics of the building as we performed together in the space. Wind Burial are spellbinding live. They are powerful. They are elegant, poetic, explosive and tender. Their debut LP We Used to Be Hunters dropped in April and flexed psych, shoegaze, folk, and classical muscles all at the same time. No matter how melodic, a looming sense of doom inhabits every song.
Mixed by Randall Dunn (Earth, Sunn O))), Marissa Nadler, Rose Windows), the album was finished at Avast!, illuminating the fiery urgency and magical realism of our new songs.”

G.L.O.S.S. – ” Demo “

Posted: January 6, 2016 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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G.L.O.S.S.

When an “alternative” genre gets storied and historied to the extent that hardcore punk has, it starts to get difficult to weed through imitators or impressionists to find the real thing. But G.L.O.S.S. (Girls Living Outside Society’s Shit) are the real deal. In less than nine minutes, their demo rips through five lo-fi d-beat anthems seeping with palpable, contagious fury. This demo’s simple formula and rage-filled execution make it one of the most memorable and relevant punk records of the year, with a focus on capturing the energy and ambiance of the group’s live set (which, I assure you, is quite fucking fantastic). And all this rowdy fun goes to serve a much higher purpose—taking down the patriarchy one jabbing lyric at a time.

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The introductory demo by Girls Living Outside Society’s Shit might be the finest hardcore record to come out this year, and the leadoff track makes vocalist and transwoman Sadie Switchblade’s intentions pretty clear: “Now they tell us we aren’t girls, our femininity doesn’t fit. We’re fucking future girls, living outside of society’s shit.”

COREY – DRUMS JULAYA – BASS SADIE – VOCALS TANNRR – GUITAR JAKE – GUITAR

LUNCHBOX – ” Smash Hits EP “

Posted: January 5, 2016 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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The Smash Hits EP, which features six songs that clock in at 13 minutes, is all killer and no filler. Bay Area-based singer-guitarist Tim Brown and bassist Donna McKean offer a passing nod or two to Guided By Voices, and blast away with their edgy, sweet power-pop, punctuated by grins and sneers. This EP hits overdrive from the first note and doesn’t let up until the last

Lunchbox’s comeback album, “Lunchbox Loves You”, was very highly praised when it came out last year, and now we’re pleased to present an EP of six new songs! Taking their special brand of bubblegum pop a step further, these songs have a bit of a punkier edge, sounding a bit like Boyracer, classic Beatnik Filmstars or our beloved Faintest Ideas. In just over 13 minutes, these songs speed by, leaving behind a trail of memorable melodies and hummable hooks! You can either call this a really long EP or a really short LP, but irregardless, this is a very strong batch of songs from one of the best noise-pop bands around today!

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BRIANA MARELA – ” All Around Us “

Posted: December 31, 2015 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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This is the third album by the Seattle experimental ambient pop singer/songwriter. Her first two albums were self-released, but she joined the Jagjaguwar Records family for this album. In a separate development, she joined forces with st, who has produced records for Sigur Rós. So she’s got better production, she’s got label support, and she had a significant tour to support the new album, which came out on August 21st. Because of her sweet voice of an angel-child, she’s compared to the late Trish Keenan out of Broadcast, and to Jessie Stein out of The Luyas. As much as I like both of those bands and both of those singers, I like this even more. Again, this was an album that wasn’t really all that well-received by critics, .

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Briana’s lyrics are forceful, and throughout her second album, ‘All Around Us’, traditional song structure gives way to plainspoken declarations that pull back the record’s shroud. Her first single,“Surrender” is musically delicate at first, with flickering blips and chords that float into earshot like fireflies. “Take Care of Me” is the album’s brightest and most immediate song, a buoyant celebration of friendship with a skittering beat and a warm, sweet melody. And title track “All Around Us” is a stark but inspiring beauty, built on the memory of a family member of Briana’s who passed away, and the sadness of not being able to say “goodbye” or “I love you” one last time. It is the balance of the abstract and the intimate that makes Briana Marela and ‘All Around Us’ so special.

Utterly beautiful collection of heartfelt & dreamy songs, perfect for an evening of emotional self-indulgence

GUN OUTFIT – ” Dream All Over “

Posted: December 4, 2015 in MUSIC
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Gun Outfit is an “underground” group (say it is relatively unknown even though he’s lived) of the American coast that is in rock (punk with sediment and sometimes country) that evokes the open spaces of the continent North American, the desert in this case. Shaking road pictures, sun, dust and drug abuse. It’s cool to the bone, starting with the guitars, which are tasty. Formed in the State of Washington (important focus of the indie-rock), one can quite understand why members reside in California today. The voice of Dylan Sharp and Keith Carrie complement each other well, even if we feel that the singer a lot more than its counterpart fleet! Since its inception, the group combines the good albums and the new (fourth long game) Dream All Over, due out October 16th via Paradise of Bachelors, does not seem to be an exception. Some compare to Gun Outfit Velvet Underground, Mazzy Star, Sonic Youth, Idaho while others evoke Grateful Dead and Kurt Vile. Certainly, it’s an album that glorifies THE freedom.

LA LUZ – ” You Disappear “

Posted: September 18, 2015 in MUSIC
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Seattle’s La Luz play their hit song “You Disappear” for the Ethnic Cultural Hour. Things get weird. from One of my favorite albums of this year. This is the same surfy, harmony-rich La Luz that were sublime on their first LP, but now with even more energy and venom. In early 2015, La Luz adjourned to a surf shop in San Dimas, California where, with the help of producer-engineer Ty Segall, they realized the vision of capturing the band’s restless live energy and commiting it to tape. “Weirdo Shrine” finds them at their most saturated and cinematic — the sound of La Luz is (appropriately) vibrant, and alive with a kaleidoscopic passion

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La Luz is a band in Seattle, WA, started in the summer of 2012 by Shana Cleveland (guitar), Marian Li Pino (drums), Alice Sandahl (keyboard) and Lena Simon (bass). Everyone sings. Songs by Shana and La Luz.  a detour into a sunny California. The New album Weirdo Shrine has a Coachella melody. It vibrates your soul and wants you to stick your feet right into the sand and just chill out on the beach. This is what I would call a more suave female version of Cayucas. You would’ve thought they weren’t even from Seattle with these surfer rhythms and upbeat mood swings from calm to plain out Beating the drum. La Luz, in my opinion, will go down in history as the best all-female beach band.

MOUNT EERIE – ” This ” and ” MOUNT EERIE ” sampler

Posted: January 18, 2015 in MUSIC
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OFFICIAL VIDEO for “This” by Mount Eerie taken from the album “Sauna” check out Mount Eerie via soundcloud page, P.W. Elverum & Sun is the portal into the world for the various projects of Phil Elverum (Mount Eerie,the Microphones, etc.) and occasionally friends’ releases. The organization is based in Anacortes, Washington.

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NAOMI PUNKS – ” Television Man “

Posted: January 3, 2015 in MUSIC
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Washington post punk band Naomi Punk  and their second single ” Television Man came out late November on Captured Tracks the album “This Feeling” out now

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