Pedro the Lion leader David Bazan began the tour for his new solo album Curse Your Branches earlier this month. Dave is joined by low-fi, indie pop band Say Hi!, his fellow labelmates on Barsuk Records. The tour kicked off October 1st in San Francisco and ends November 11th in Seattle. We caught an interview […]
In the corner of The Casbah’s billiards room, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart’s guitarist and vocalist Kip Berman sat down to talk about the Pains’ beginnings, Nirvana, colored vinyl and living the dream. The Pains stopped in San Diego Monday September 21st with openers Cymbals Eat Guitars and the Depreciation Guild. The Pains […]
Three days before I head south to San Diego, I met up with Sabzi (Saba Mohajerjasbi), the man behind the beats of Seattle’s Blue Scholars. At Victrola Espresso in Beacon Hill, Sabzi and I sat down to talk about the Northwest music scene, being a global musician, record labels, revolutions, Soulja Boy, and the future […]
As San Francisco’s Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival approaches, guitarist and vocalist Zac Holtzman of the band Dengue Fever set some time aside for an interview. Dengue Fever heads to San Francisco tomorrow to show their documentary film “Sleep Walking through the Mekong” at the Red Vic theatre before playing Saturday at Outside Lands. […]