indie

Belle and Sebastian: The Life Pursuit

Eric Saeger February 10, 2006 No Comments

Earth

The Blood Brothers / Minus the Bear : Showbox, Seattle WA 1/28/2006

Gabriel Scheer February 7, 2006 No Comments

Unadventurous and uncharacteristically lacking in stage presence, MTB was completely inoffensive – and thus, fairly forgettable.

Robert Pollard: From a Compound Eye

Joe Long February 6, 2006 No Comments

Bob Pollard is Guided by Voices. He is the main and only constant in the lineup from Dayton, Ohio that churned out 17 full length albums in their nearly 20 year tenure on the indie scene. If you don

Of Montreal : Chop Suey, Seattle WA 1/31/2006

Suzanne Asprea February 5, 2006 No Comments

The best thing about Of Montreal’s super-charged live act, perhaps, is their playfulness. They don’t take the retro-rock thing too seriously, as so many style-conscious bands do these days. Yes, they were wearing fancy rock-star outfits, striking poses and even began “I Was Never Young” with the intro to “The Final Countdown,” but you still got the feeling that any and all posturing was accompanied by a large wink and a very open invitation to play along.

Ok Go / Controller Controller : Higher Ground – South Burlington, VT 1/25/2006

Shane Handler January 27, 2006 No Comments

A Wednesday night and a blizzard is basically a promoter’s nightmare, but book a couple of derelict bands in a small venue and surely the promoter’s loss will be the audience’s gain. Reinventing the word tacky with their 70’s Lacoste formal fashions of paisley patterns and heinous ties, OK Go proved they weren’t all a bad fashion statement, while giving the small showcase lounge at Higher Ground something to shout about.

Rogue Wave: Rising Tide

E. C. Thomas January 17, 2006 No Comments

There are three clich

The Go! Team : Thunder, Lightning, Strike

Jeffrey Greenblatt January 11, 2006 No Comments

Thunder, Lightning, Strike might actually be one of the only albums to have made Top Ten lists two years in a row and justly so.

The Kingsbury Manx: The Fast Rise and Fall of the South

Jeff Strowe December 29, 2005 No Comments

The Manx craft together a collage of wistful lyrics, amiable soundscapes, and pitch perfect production, courtesy of Wilco sideman Mikael Jorgensen

Koufax: Hard Times Are in Fashion

Osvaldo Oyola December 23, 2005 No Comments

If you’re really in the mood for this kind of thing, do yourself a favor and put in some Television, Velvet Underground or Stooges.

Low 11/10/2005: Sacred Heart Music Center, Duluth, MN

Lauree Guyer December 20, 2005 No Comments

On December 10, 2005, Low performed a Christmas concert in the Sacred Heart Music Center in Duluth, Minnesota, for a church full of appreciative music go-ers, to benefit the Maasai School Project in Kenya. Out of a perfectly satisfying seventeen song set, Low performed only one up-tempo song, “It Was Just Like Christmas.”