The Archives
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11.30.09GIVE Charity Compilation to benefit Arts CorpsSeattle coffee roaster Caffe Vita in collaboration with 30+ Seattle artists, businesses and nonprofits has released GIVE, a downloadable music and video compendium to benefit Arts Corps, Seattle's largest nonprofit arts educator, along with Ballard Food Bank, Rainier Valley Food Bank, University District Food Bank and West Seattle Food Bank. Continue Reading...
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07.09.09Free 15 Track iTunes Lollapalooza SamplerGot an update from the folks at Lollapalooza today. They're promoting the festival by giving away a 15 track sampler from iTunes. It's pretty sweet - tracks from Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Deerhunter, White Lies and the Ravonettes to name a few. Just follow the link below and you'll get your own code for the free iTunes download. Sorry to our international readers - it's the US iTunes store only, through August 30th. Lollapalooza takes place in Grant Park August 7th-9th. Download: Free iTunes Lollapalooza Sampler
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07.04.09Playlist: July 4th Sirius XMU Download 15Here's this week's Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. What's more appropriate than the best independent playlist on Independence Day? This week light on mp3 links, but hey, it's a holiday. I want to get the BBQ going, not surf the net looking for mp3 files. Jake Fogelnest picks 'em and plays 'em, and I scribble down the track names and search for the links online. A match made in heaven. Here's the Download 15 for July 4th. This is our 15th weekly installment! Full track list and mp3's after the jump. Continue Reading...
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05.19.09Judee Sill Tribute Album AnnouncedJudee Sill's life was brief, but her music lives on and has influenced countless artists. I was turned on to Judee's work after hearing Fleet Foxes Robin Pecknold cover "Crayon Angel" at several Fleet Foxes shows last year. A sampling of artists will be paying tribute to Sill in a new collection titled Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the music of Judee Sill. The album will be released Sept. 22 on American Dust Records. I'm really bummed that Robin's version of Crayon Angel won't be included, but there's plenty of other great artists appearing on the compilation including Daniel Rossen of ...
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05.12.09Confirmed: 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 the Sasquatch Festival for three days. I'll be photographing for one of my favorite guys, Ice Cream Man. We're even going to try some new toys for live blogging and photo coverage from the festival. My shooting schedule is quite ambitious, 10 bands Saturday, 14 Sunday and 16 on Monday. I'm most looking forward to The Doves, M83, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Animal Collective. ...
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04.26.09Review: Fleet Foxes at The FoxI'm a photographer, not a writer. I'm also dyslexic. Writing more than a paragraph or two is something that takes much conscious energy and effort, not to mention proof-reading. I'm usually happy to take my pictures, post them on flicker and thecolorawesome.com and call it a day. However, there are some concerts that really move me to try and write. Fleet Foxes at The Fox is one of these shows. Continue Reading...
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04.02.09Fleet Foxes – Ragged Wood Music VideoYet another music video I put together using pictures from a recent Fleet Foxes concert. Animoto.com makes putting these videos together a snap. Enjoy!
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11.30.08Review: Fleet Foxes at Bottom of The HillWhat can I say? You really had to be there. Really. It was one of those rare concerts that completely transports you to another time and place and gives you a glimpse of another's soul. The kind of vulnerability and openness that Robin Pecknol exhibited on stage is a joyous and beautiful sight to behold. The band's four part harmonies flowed forth creating an ephemeral shimmering world of sun, mountains, and life as you might have imagined in days of old. Damn you, Fleet Foxes! I've had tiny ribbons of songs swirling around in my head for days and days ...
