Less than two weeks after Kobayashi downed 53 and 3/4 hotdogs on the boardwalk of Coney Island, crowds once again crammed the shore ready to check out the sights and sounds of the 2006 Village Voice Siren Fest.
To Find Me Gone is a remarkable step forward for the San Francisco based folk collective, which includes sometime-members Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom.
This is an album you
While the bulk of the album is Dawson with her guitar, behind each song there hides conspicuous piano notes, drowsy whistlers, lonely drums, and drunk violins.
With Modest Mouse and Death Cab for Cutie, Built to Spill arguably round out the current top three of hard-working, indie-pop, Northwest-based bands. Though hailing from Idaho, Built to Spill has long held the affections of the Seattle music scene firmly in its grasp. Unsurprisingly, the first night of their recent three night stand at The Showbox showed them to be in top form.
Think of You in Reverse as a great EP with some average bonus material
Seattle based sextet, Pretty Girls Make Graves (yes, like that Smiths song) have been recording their punk/goth music since 2002
Literate punk rock masterpiece.
Their most accessible to the run-of-the-mill hipster not necessarily looking for music to slit his/her wrist to.
Take a good listen, Secret Machines. This is the way to make the stoners smile.
