For many Northwest music fans and musicians, Damien Jurado is, simply put, an icon. After dozens of releases over the past several decades, Jurado has ventured through a variety of musical spectrums and quietly put together a discography as strong or consistent as any one in the region. Which is saying something in the Northwest. In […]
The next artist we’re spotlighting for SXSW is Montreal’s quirk-wizard Grimes. Yesterday was a big day for Claire Boucher, as she took over Gorilla vs Bear for the day and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported that Boucher and a friend fashioned a houseboat-raft, took live chickens, 20 pounds of potato and a sewing machine and embarked […]
Down here in Austin, there is a really great legal conference that occurs in March called SXSW. Anyhow, the cop teams are already getting ready for the self-declared “shit show of the year” and so are millions of bands, blogs and beer drinkers. One of the names on this year’s 8,000-band roster is Bleached. This […]
Looking to scratch your Shins itch before their new album Port of Morrow drops on March 20th? Well James Mercer & the Shins have released a new DANIELS-directed video for “Simple Song”. You can download the whole video for free via iTunes. The vid features an aged James Mercer and his supposed children aka Shins band […]
Odd Future and their **controver$y** return with OF Tape Vol. 2 on March 20th. In prep for that release, they’ve dropped a new vid for track “Rella”. The new vid is directed by Tyler, the Creator and the track features himself, Hodgy Beats, Domo Genesis, and Left Brain.