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Festivals

Leaked: Noise Pop 2010 initial lineup

The initial lineup for the 2010 Noise Pop Festival is out, thanks to Pitchfork. So far the following acts are confirmed: The Magnetic Fields, Atlas Sound, Rogue Wave, Four Tet, the Soundtrack of Our Lives, […]

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Cool Stuff

Objectified US television premiere on PBS

As we reported back in May, Gary Hustwit, Director of Helvetica, the documentary about typography, graphic design and global visual culture, has a new project, Objectified. Objectified explores industrial design and the manufactured objects we […]

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Upcoming Events

Get Schooled with The Council

Phil will be spinning this Wednesday, July 22nd at a new monthly night called The Council at Seattle’s Bus Stop.  The Council is the kind of night that’s been missing from Seattle for a while […]

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Cool Stuff

LEAKED: Official Treasure Island 2009 Lineup

I won’t say how or where I found out, but here’s The Treasure Island 2009 Lineup, a day early. Saturday: MGMT, MSTRKRFT, Girl Talk, Brazilian Girls, The Streets, Passion Pit, LTJ< Bukeum Feat Mc Conrad, […]

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Upcoming Events

Penetration Part Three

If you’re in Seattle this Thursday, May 14th, you have no excuse for missing this!  Dumb Eyes will provide audio and visual goodness.  You’ll provide the party!  9 P.M. – Close @ The Bus Stop, […]

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Cool Stuff

Confirmed: I’m Shooting Sasquatch!

No, I’m not going postal on Bigfoot. I’m shipping my six-year-old off to the grandparents and then I’m flying north to help Phil celebrate his Birthday and then I’m headed to the Gorge to photograph […]

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Festivals

Presale: Phoenix at the Spectrum Festival

Phoenix is playing The Spectrum Festival in San Francisco. I’m ever so bummed that I’ll be out of town, but all of our readers can still take advantage of today’s presale, ending at 10pm tonight. […]

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Cool Stuff

Objectified: Consuming Design

Gary Hustwit, Director of Helvetica, the documentary about typography, graphic design and global visual cultre, is at it again.  His newest project, Objectified, explores industrial design and the manufactured objects we surround ourselves with on […]

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Featured

Stephin Merritt: Off Broadway With Coraline

Stephen Merritt can’t stand still.  The amount of projects he’s principled in the last 18 years are too numerous to recollect off the top of one’s head.  He’s created some of modern pop’s most memorable moments – […]

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MP3s & Streams

New To Me: The Horrors

There’s a full-on Horrors marketing blitz going on in the UK right now. They were on the cover of NME last week, their new album is released on XL next week, and you can stream […]

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Upcoming Events

My Bloody Afterparty

  Cuddleupabove is finally realized!  For those of you who want to keep your ears buzzing after the My Bloody Valentine show in Seattle on Monday, April 27th: my bloody afterparty | monday april 27 […]

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Cool Stuff

Celebrate Record Store Day!

Today, Saturday April 18th, is Record Store Day! When was the last time you visited your local independent record store? Get off your blog-reading butt and into your local record store. No cash? No problem. Many […]