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Be sure not to miss The Rosebuds at the Tractor Tavern this Thursday (November 20) with The Kindness Kind and No Kids.
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Owings was more than a perfect gentleman, standing near SB owner Jason Hughes surrounded by luscious racks of rare and cool vinyl, reading off some of the more rabid "outtakes" left out of the "Rock Bible."
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From the guitar sound and effects to the indecipherable lyrics and tone quality of singer Brandon Whitten's voice, the Radiohead similarities are almost eerie.
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I went to the VERA Project last Saturday looking for a break from the wintry monotony, and received not only some summer fun, but peanut butter sandwiches and a healthy dosage of local pop too.
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She'll keep your ears warm from the Seattle cold.
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The Little Ones were not going to get away with just a quiet, happy, and receptive Seattle crowd on a Monday night.
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I realized as Kim stepped up to that "Cannonball" mic and started in that she was having a blast. You can't fake that.
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"I know! Look at this! It's like, Barenaked Ladies or something! In a good way!"
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How could anyone resist this show?
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Being a band championed by the collective blog world is a blessing and curse.
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Sleepy Eyes is the first band since Hovercraft that makes me forget I’m seeing an instrumental band, makes me forget I’m seeing a band at all, and transports me somewhere completely else.
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One night. Three bands. Three venues (though two of them were the same). Head Like a Kite, The Trucks and Subtle make for a memorable trip to Portland.
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Oh When The Wind Comes Down has a sonorous delicacy--its lo-fi punk and Simon Joyner-inspired swagger taps into the under-stream of the nation's musical consciousness.
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By the time Helio Sequence was about to hit the stage I looked back behind me from the front and yeah, it was a sold out show for sure, complete with crowds of girls still yelling out "Obama!".
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First classic album of the New Wave and the most complete and stylish version of this super-important release so far.
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A pre-review of the second week of the "Awesome" Cycle.
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Steinski has had his fingers on the faders since the early Reagan years, crunching bold beats with really hilarious cross-pop-cultural references, all in the name of dance dance revolution (The Game, not a game).
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With one of the worst album covers of all time comes Oh, My Treasured Things, the debut recording by Pale Man Made, a Newcastle band heavily influenced by the frenzied guitar rock of UK acts such as Orange Juice and The Wedding Present.
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It's easy to listen to The Rhumb Line and neither love it nor hate it, no matter how many times you listen.
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The songs avoid any trendy dissonance and allows traditional rules of folk, blues, bluegrass and rock to be sufficient in their expression.
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