Category Archives: Deep Thoughts

This Murder Won’t Hurt You, Baby – Sam Russell on the Foghorns

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Levi Fuller

[The Foghorns‘ new album The Sun’s Gotta Shine comes out today. Our friend Sam Russell has a few things to say about it. -ed] I tend to assume that wherever a person was born, wherever they are from, they have … Continue reading →

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Behold the Battles, Behold Giantess

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Jon Rooney

Arguably the first shot fired in the great Canadian indie renaissance of this young century was “Letter from an Occupant.” This shimmering, frenetic pop nugget, initially attributed to the New Pornographers and Neko, appeared on a benefit compilation CD for … Continue reading →

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Love: Thoughts by Jim Gavin

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Jon Rooney

[Jim Gavin is a Los Angeles-based writer and the biggest Love fan I know. Back in the silvery gloom of the early ’00’s, he met my general ignorance of the band with utter disgust and set me straight. He also … Continue reading →

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Comets Flame Out: Empathy Loses to Nostalgia in Seattle as We Lose a Landmark and a Big Piece of our Humanity

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Bart Cameron

Transplants to Seattle, at least normal transplants, (people who like conversation with humans and not conversation with mountain trails or, I’ll say it, bored baristas pointing at tip jars) get miserable quick. My wife and I moved to the Capitol … Continue reading →

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Blues Revival through Seattle: GravelRoad Carrying on Harry Smith’s legacy

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Bart Cameron

On April 6, 2012, two different strands of the newest blues movements will be on display in Seattle. Seattle’s own GravelRoad, promoting their excellent progressive/ acid blues album Psychedelta, will be at the Funhouse, and Portland’s Tango Alpha Tango, whom … Continue reading →

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Interview with Carlos Forster, Who Is Touring the West Coast

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Jon Rooney

I reviewed Carlos Forster‘s new album, Family Trees, last year on this very blog. A couple of years ago, I wrote a short, somewhat random posthumous tribute to Forster’s former band, For Stars, on Fensepost. Forster is about to set … Continue reading →

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2011 in Review: New Is New, Old Is New and Lulu Is the Future

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Jon Rooney

A couple of weeks ago I asked a friend what she thought would end up being the consensus album of the year.  A potent combination of aging, new fatherhood, acute self-absorption, and YouTube-fueled distraction kept me from really having a … Continue reading →

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