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Shabazz Palaces Sign to Sub Pop: “And, of course, Seattle is the immeasurable muse”

abbey — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:04:49 +0000

Shabazz Palaces at Sasquatch ::: photo by Josh Lovseth Congratulations are deserved all around this morning with the news that Sub Pop has signed local hip hop visionaries Shabazz Palaces. We love it when local support local (it’s kind of our thing here …) and we couldn’t be happier for both parties with this new partnership. [...]

The Daily Choice: Shabazz Palaces - 32 leaves dipped in blackness making clouds

noah — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:50:53 +0000

I’m sick. Raging fever, various other unmentionable ailments directly tying me to the bathroom. Regardless, Sub Pop’s signing of Shabazz Palaces is something to celebrate. Briefly. Shabazz Palaces - 32 leaves dipped in blackness making clouds

Vampire Weekend Figures Out How To Make It Up to Disappointed Fans …

abbey — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:37:27 +0000

Vampire Weekend ::: photo by Josh Lovseth Vampire Weekend pissed off a whole field of fans this past weekend at Marymoor Park canceling their set after making the crowd wait over an hour for an announcement, which then came from some unlucky manager and not the band themselves. Concert goers on Twitter and blog commenters wanted [...]

Is The Maldives Newest Song Their Best?

abbey — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:30:42 +0000

Last week we shared two new Maldives songs with you as part of the inaugural Doe Bay Session and today we’re happy to share another with you courtesy of KEXP at No Depression Fest. We were treated to a similar acoustic solo rendition of the brand new song after filming The Maldives Doe Bay Session, [...]

Bumber-Planning: Our Schedule and Our Suggested Schedule for You

abbey — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:20:33 +0000

Off to conquer Bumbershoot ::: Photo by Abbey Simmons This is what our Bumbershoot schedule looks like, because we are insane. If you’d like to see what covering Bumbershoot looks like with a lens focused on local talent, follow our schedule. It usually means catching 15 minutes of sets here and 15 minutes of another set [...]

Show Preview: Junius at Studio Seven Tonight

phil — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:00:14 +0000

Junius ::: Photo Courtesy of Fanatic Promotion Do any of you have friends you haven’t seen in a while? I ask you that question assuming that you have had some form of companionship at one point of your life. If the answer to my question was “yes,” then I want you to think back to ancient [...]

A Festival, A Community - Doe Bay Fest 2010

josh — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:39:23 +0000

Doe Bay Love for Drew Grow ::: Photo by Josh Lovseth Where do I even begin talking about what may have been the greatest weekend of my life? —  The Doe Bay Resort is situated on the far end of nowhere, about as far from the ferry dock on Orcas Island as one can hope to get. It [...]

The Doe Bay Sessions: Drew Grow and the Pastors’ Wives

josh — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:00:29 +0000

Drew Grow and The Pastors Wives on the trail ::: photo by Josh Lovseth By asking bands to come and play some songs in the forest, we were asking them to strip their songs down to their most fundamental elements, to distill them into their most concentrated existence. For some bands that means a single person. [...]

So, You’re Not Going to Bumbershoot … Go To Bumblefuck

abbey — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:00:35 +0000

While it will be difficult to tell here on Sound on the Sound and most local music publications, there are other things happening in Seattle this coming weekend that aren’t Bumbershoot. If you didn’t have the cash to shell out or you hate big crowds or you’re not into the headliners or whatever the case [...]

The Daily Choice: Monster Rally - Holiday

noah — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:30:48 +0000

You’re going to be hearing the whole “sounds like Madlib drinking Pina Coladas off the coast of Dominica” comparisons in the weeks and months to come about Monster Rally, and rightly so. This is chopped up tropics, filtered through the finest mesh of hip-hop, and then stretched and pulled until its the speed of slippin’ [...]