Category Archives: Bands You Should Know

Ball of Wax 69 Songs: The Lonely Coast – “Ase Chonguri”

I once had the good fortune of hearing this duo perform at a friend’s summer garden party. I was absolutely transfixed. “Ase Chonguri” is a stunning example of what makes The Lonely Coast so very good. This song has the … Continue reading

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Album Review: Washed in the Sound with Black Nite Crash

Black Nite Crash – Washed in the Sound with Black Nite Crash (Neon Sigh, October 2022) Sam Russell & Patrick Gibbs have teamed up to discuss the latest offering from Seattle shoegaze collective Black Nite Crash, Washed in the Sound … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 67 Songs: Sun Tunnels – “Assad”

In 1972, paleontologists Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould published a paper developing a new evolutionary theory called punctuated equilibria, suggesting that the constant, gradual evolution proposed by Charles Darwin rarely occurs in nature. Instead, they stated that periods of … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 67 Songs: E – “Any Information”

I feel like we’ve used the term ‘supergroup’ a bit too much around here of late (i.e., like, three times), but E is truly worthy of the title – at least to me and likely many others who spent much … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 61 Songs: Ainara LeGardon – “Ixo”

“Ixo” is an excerpt from Ainara LeGardon’s stunning trilingual book/cassette boxed collection, Res-cue. The Archive in the Mouth, which I fee incredibly fortunate to have seen in person and held in my hands.  It is a beautiful thing on a … Continue reading

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Album Review: The Cupholders Present​ . . . “The Wisconsin Polka​!​”

Supergroups are strange beasts. Jann Wenner claims that Cream, with members from the Yardbirds, the Graham Bond Organization, and John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, was rock’s first supergroup – soon to be followed by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; Blind … Continue reading

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Album Review: Grumpy Bear’s Yield EP: Community Art from the Internet

Grumpy Bear -Yield EP (2019, self-released) A little more than 15 years ago, I met someone who got something positive out of this thing called the Internet. His name is Þórir, and he’s from a small town in Northern Iceland … Continue reading

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Album Review: Virgin of the Birds – Numberless Needs

Virgin of the Birds returns to Seattle for their first Pacific Northwest show of 2019 at the Conor Byrne on May 11, joined by The Foghorns (also playing their first show of 2019) and Sam Russell’s new old-soul band Doug … Continue reading

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Jarrod Paul Bramson, RIP

As you have probably heard by now if you are connected with independent music in greater western Washington and are on any kind of social media, we lost a dear friend last week with the death of Jarrod Paul Bramson. … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 53 Songs: Danbert Nobacon and the Axis of Dissent – “To Be or Not to Be”

It is time in our track sequence to pivot from the subtle and gauzy to the strident and righteous, in the form of Danbert Nobacon and his Axis of Dissent. “To Be or Not to Be” is the second track … Continue reading

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