Here we have part five of the Remix Rainbow series. This week John O has remixed “What About Us” by Handsome Furs. With remixes like this, we happen to think John O is a true […]
Noise For The Needy is a grassroots group which holds an annual music and arts festival here in Seattle. Each year, a different organization in the beneficiary of the festival; this year, it’s the Real […]
I can’t find out much about this band, but I recently bought the album, Año Santo, which looks like their third from what little I can find out there. This stunning video should help you […]
This one is a gem in the Color Awesome Cache […]
Spirutalized, Ecstasy of St. Theresa, Cocteau Twins, Durutti Column, OMD, Auburn Lull, Richard X, Glass Candy, Guitar, Secret Shine, A Sunny Day In, Glasgow, Mahogany, Seeland, Tears For Fears, Serena Maneesh […]
So you meet a girl at a party. She’s super talented and shares your love of girl groups. You give her a mix tape of your favorite girl group/psych/soundtracks – and she writes a song […]
Klaxons – Twin Flames from Modular People on Vimeo.
Danse Society, Psychedelic Furs, Japan, Duran Duran, Bill Nelson, B Movie, Soft Cell, Depeche Mode, OMD, B-52’s, Blondie, Go-Go’s, Altered Images, Missing Persons […]
Seattle’s biggest buzz finally releases details about their debut album on the legendary Sub Pop label. According to the bio on the Sub Pop sight, Black Up (I know, we love it too) is recorded […]
St. Etienne, Friendly Fires, Air France, Nouvelle Vague, Boatclub, Desire, Hundreds In The Hands, The Fall, Bebu Silvetti, Studio, Black Kids, Thieves Like Us, Beloved, Erasure […]
I don’t know why it never occurred to me not to post this sooner! “The Dark Night Of The Soul” is a short film commissioned by Courtney “you can’t take the gutter out of the […]
Our local Sunny Seattleite Sons are moving headlong into a proper pop career as fast as I’ve seen from most Northwest bands in the recent past. Our dear friends Dumb Eyes have created a new […]
I came across Natsumi Hayashi’s work the other day just tumblin‘ around. I was immediately drawn to the cleanliness of her photographs. The primary draw to her simple, yet substantial photo blog are the “Today’s […]
I’ve been hesitant to put this up, and so this is my cover of “The Sight Of You” by Pale Saints. This song has taken many shapes for me over about 15+ years. From broken […]
I Can Has Cheezburger is the perfect place for Best Coast to premiere their new video for “Crazy For You.” The subject of many of Bethany’s songs is her own kitteh, who even has his […]
Light Asylum, Wild Nothing, Best Coast, Caravelles, Mina, Barbara Lewis, Washed Out, Diamond Rings, NoAge, Serena Maneesh, Weekend, Zola Jesus, Mirrors, Grauzone, Thee Satisfaction, Action, Electric Prunes, Emeralds, Johann Johannnson […]
File under: why I love the internet; and it doesn’t really get much better than this, does it? Our friends at Slicing Up Eyeballs have saved our Christmas by unearthing some pretty amazing unreleased demo […]
Wayne Coyne has filmed an appropriately weird-ass video for Ariel Pink’s “Round and Round” that promises to blow your mind. The song is from my favorite album of the year, Before Today. The song itself […]
One of my dearest friends, music journalist and Christmas geek Kurt B. Reighley (and KEXP DJ El Toro) has curated an amazing list of free downloads of holiday songs. Kurt has put a lot of […]
There is so much wrong in this video that it’s right. The lyrics are horrific and the recycled Victoria’s Secret ads really add the wonder element. I’m pretty sure Mrs. Seal wrote the lyrics to […]
Paige and I have a fondness for all things Star Wars. I have been a massive fan since I was a kid; I saw STAR WARS pretty much every weekend until the day THE EMPIRE […]
I love that Paige and I get to see the same shows but in different cities. She photographs them in San Francisco and I review them in Seattle. As is the case here, sometimes we […]
Before I go any further, I have to say – Get your ass to the Treasure Island Music Festival at least once. This festival has “it”; and on every level. Tickets are limited, so unless […]
Copyright © 2017 The Color Awesome