STREAM: “Caterpillar Hill” –YouTube / Spotify / Bandcamp / Soundcloud “I had reached a point with songwriting where I was just sick of guitar pop. Over a long winter my home demos grew more and more abstract, without much melody or structure, turning towards a land of serene experimentation. Then spring came, and with it the smell of earth and daylight. …
Tacoma, WA singer/songwriter Keys Open Doors is back with a scintillating new hit titled Standby. The lead single from upcoming Pokémon-themed EP Blue Version, Standby combines Key’s immense production talents with trademark genre-bending vocals. Keys Open Doors builds waves of emotion through the new track, with intimate vocals, earnest lyricism, and purposeful vocal layering. “Suggestions from n*ggas who ain’t never loved but tryna …
Seattle Indie Rock legend Jim Basnight is back with a single formed of two delicate, beautiful, classic pop tunes from his Early Years album: “You Know I Know” and “Blow Your Life Away.” “’You Know I Know’”’ was written in 1976,” says Basnight, “and was one of my first tunes. It became a staple of my …
Photo Credit: Bryan Lasky January 12, 2023: Today, the Seattle-based soul-jazz groove-machine Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio introduces their new guitarist Miles “Smiles” Harris. Harris is being passed the torch from longtime DLO3 guitarist Jimmy James, who steps away from the trio to branch out as an independent artist. Miles will join Delvon and touring drummer …
There is nothing that pairs with New Year’s Eve as well as Champagne (or Prosecco, or Cava). Champagne is an excellent choice to celebrate one door closing and another door opening, but there are a lot of ways to step up your bubbly game – or celebrate with a unique cocktail that is perfect for …
Acclaimed International Songwriter Neil Leyton Releases New Single (I Got A Call From) Michael Maker
Portugal-based Toronto songwriter Neil Leyton has just announced the release of his newest single (I Got A Call From) Michael Maker out December 12th on Shame Destroyer Records. The new single follows Leyton’s tradition of crafting sing-along pop anthems with garage-rock-grit. Leyton’s roots in the North American and Scandinavian underground rock scenes informs the stripped …
On the frigid Sunday evening of December 4 I ventured out to Seattle’s foremost punk club El Corazon. This time it was for Chicago Celtic punkers Flatfoot fifty Six. Though I’ve seen this band multiple times, they never cease to amaze me. They hit the stage already on fire churning out tunes complete with mandolin …
Christian Pulisic and Gio Reyna weave through defenders by turns, flicking deft passes into the Netherlands box for … Haji Wright? Brendan Aaronson? Jesus Ferreira? Wright managed a freak score to get the U.S. within a goal of the Dutch, but the absence of a dynamic striker doomed their comeback. Of course, it would have …
Suddenly it’s feast or famine time for Seattle concerts. Friday night was the Woggles and Sunday night it was the Horrorpops at El Corazon. The Horrorpops are a psychobilly trio originating from Denmark but now based in the US. The band consists of Patricia Day on lead vocals and standup bass, Kim Nekroman (who also …
After catching covid on a recent overseas trip and being too sick to leave my house, I really hoped I’d feel well enough by October 14 to head south to Slim’s Last Chance to see the Woggles with Girl Trouble opening. The gods were looking out for me because I was feeling much better and …
Tickets: https://www.slimslastchance.com/event-details/as-many-weirdos-as-possible Slim’s Last Chance Saloon will host the event Saturday, September 17, 2022 Seattle musicians Carrie Akre, Kid Sensation and DJ Funk Daddy have teamed up with Slim’s Last Chance Saloon to support the As Many Weirdos As Possible photography documentary project. Proceeds from the concert will go directly to support the project. “The ultimate …
With attention-grabbing lyrics like “Are you love or are you pain, or everything in between?” from Michael Compton‘s next single “I’m Here to Help” (out August 18), it shows an emotional intelligence and spiritual maturity often missing in music these days. “I would compare it to the ‘Free Association’ model of accessing the unconscious mind,” Compton …
SMOKEY BRIGHTS LINKSWebsite | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Spotify SoundCloud | Apple Music | YouTube Perseverance through troubled times has a subtle shine and Seattle’s Smokey Brights have been shining through these times with songs of hope, determination, compassion, defiance and love. The very first band signed to Seattle label Freakout Records, the group quickly released a number of albums and a slew of singles while …
This will be a great show. Just listen to the live KEXP session below and you’ll hear how fantastic Warren Dunes are, and also follow these links for Mr. Vales Math Class and Luke Messimer, who are two excellent Portland acts. The Fixin’ To is up in the St. John’s neighborhood of Pdx. Here’s a …
On Saturday May 14 I attended the Seattle Women’s March/Rally to support women’s reproductive rights. Seattle’s light rail system now goes north and is about six miles from my house. So I drove to the transit center and hopped a train and was at the rally in no time. When I arrived there was already …
The last two years have been tough on everyone. In fact, there are very few of us whose lives haven’t been altered in some way or another as a result of this recent change of events. For many artists, including musicians, Rolling Stone notes that this unexpected change of life events has affected their livelihoods …
Altın Gün is an Amsterdam-based Turkish psych band that was signed to ATO Records after King Gizzard championed them. Success has continued to follow them, including wide-reaching praise for their third album Yol, and sold-out shows around the world. Now, they are embarking on their own headline US run, which includes sold-out dates and a …
April 5, 2002 – the day Layne Staley of Alice in Chains died due to heroin addiction. 20 years ago today. (Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain died on April 5 also, eight years earlier. It’s a rough calendar day for Seattle musicians.) AIC, from the Pacific Northwest, got the “grunge” label along with Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Pearl …
This is an incredibly fun punk pop tune, as it should be. No one should fear the good health which comes from a plant-based diet. Whalien will perform in Portland at Starday Tavern on April 10th, and at Goodfoot Lounge on April 16th. East Portland Blog has been known to frequent at least two of …
Are you a nature enthusiast dreaming of becoming a digital nomad and taking your business on the road? Are you tired of office life and looking for ways to work in the great outdoors? Courtesy of East Portland Blog, here are some things to think about before zipping up your backpack. Become a Full-Time Remote …
The above photo has been floating around Facebook the last few days, to much chortling hilarity. Anyone familiar with the northwest side of Chicago will recognize not just the public Catholicism of this picture, but also the style of boxy, brick-only, housing built in the far north end of Chi-town where tradition holds that homeowners …
Jeremiah Moon says, “Sugarbrain is a word from the back of my brain, a tic to hold onto when the lights go out. There have been moments in my life where things felt like they might keep getting worse without ever turning around. So far, luckily, that fear has been found hollow every time. “his song …
Hey Carrie Anne… What’s your game now, can anybody play? Topic of the evening: what up wit Carrie Anne Moss (CAM), the actress in The Matrix series??? Now, I’ve never been a Matrix fan – they’re just so overwrought (in fact, I pretty much swore off since the 1st one)- but I just stumbled on …
I heard a blurb on the NPR this morning that the classic Charlton Heston sci-fi movie Soylent Green was set in 2022. Surely Rimkus must have something to say about that? Well he DOES! People eating just isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. It’s hard to get a uniform fat content (or ANY lean …
I’ve been seeing the TV ad (above) with Matt Damon hawking Crypto currencies recently; the angle of the ad is that participating in cryptocurrency speculation is the (almost literal, per the ad) equivalent of the greatest adventures of discovery the world has ever known. Huzzah! So what does Average Joe Investor make of this? Is …
On another chilly, drizzly night in Seattle I headed back to El Corazon this time to see Fishbone. Hailing from Southern California, Fishbone combines elements of funk, ska, some punk and a smattering of everything else in their unique sound. Started in 1979, they’re still going strong. These guys have more energy than bands half …
So I was in Tacoma on a soggy, dreary December Saturday afternoon (btw, few stories end well with this beginning), and I happened across the old Brown & Haley candy factory and their cute, less dreary, octagonal sales kiosk outside on the corner. I’ve always known of and enjoyed their mainstay product, the Almond Roca; …
On the very chilly evening of December 4, I headed to Seattle’s foremost punk club El Corazon to see NYC ska masters the Slackers. Due to a miscommunication it took awhile before my name was at the door so sadly I missed the openers (Simple Minded Symphony & the Bandulus). I did arrive inside in …
Photo by Craig Mitchelldyer / Portland Timbers Quoting former NFL coach Jim Mora from his famous postgame rant is kind of a cheap shot, but after the Portland Timbers fell 6-2 to archrival Seattle Sounders at home Sunday night, it’s apt. Despite an uneven season so far, the Timbers are still in line, somehow, for …
Bela Koe-Krompecher‘s new non-fiction book titled Love, Death and Photosynthesis chronicles the lives of several friends in the midwest independent rock scene of the late 1980’s and 1990’s. Today he has released a curated playlist of songs from the book and that inspired the book alongside a Book Trailer video, both debuting alongside a New Noise Magazine feature. With acclaim from Hanif Abdurraqib, …