The Urban Grace Church, the sold-out seats and glowing candelabras played a lovely backdrop to a night that allowed Amelia Saakian, Jake Hemming and Damien Jurado to shine.
Milk Music: "Cruise Your Illusion"
"Cruise Your Illusion" is 12 fuzzed out, riff heavy songs sung in an off kilter, strained voice; sonically less akin to Dinosaur Jr. and more in line with Neil Young and Crazy Horse.
The Beauty Between is every bit as good as masterworks of its pop-punk genre.
Survival Knife: "Traces of Me" / "Name That Tune"
With a b-side like "Name That Tune" it is no wonder why the band have picked up the attention of Sub Pop, Kill Rock Stars and Modest Mouse in short order.
Humble Cub's "Telegram From Your Future Life"
Allan Boothe will always quintessentially, idiosyncratically, be like Allan Boothe.
Best of 2012: Live music shows
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Rev. Adam McKinney said:
Perry, Unfortunately, I had to miss her performance because I was running a show during the same festival (Fall Free For All). I was able to...
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Puerto Rican Perry said:
My Brightest Diamond should be on this list.
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This is the type of thoughtful review that is rarer these days in Northwest music criticism. This record is amazing, and although it may seem...
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Being Jesse Noll’s first release, Throwing Shadows is a snapshot of the diversity Jesse is capable of delivering. From the intimate minimalist...
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