Exclusive Stream: Kithkin’s “Peacock”

Earlier this spring, I joined in on a discussion panel at Boise’s Treefort Festival regarding “music media”. We bantered about the dissolving relationships between “traditional” music media outlets & artists and the ever-emerging symbiosis between blogs & indie artists. From my view, the latter offers splendid, incredibly interactive and promising new grounds as “reviews” and “critiques” give way […]

Guest Artist Playlist: Kithkin

Kithkin is a sweat-conjuring, drum-fueled, jungle rock band from Seattle, WA. Kithin’s caught recent attention with the release of their Takers & Leavers EP, their Neptune show with Los Campesiños! and a top spot on KEXP’s NW Music Chart. After chatting with Los Campesinos! about X-Men backstage at The Neptune and playing a number of […]

Kithkin’s “Takers & Leavers” debut EP

Seattle University has cranked out some very talented musicians recently, most notably dream-pop duo Lemolo. Ironically enough, “Lemolo” stems from the language of Chinook Jargon, which happens to be the former-nomer of another excellent SU band–Kithkin. Recently, my own band was planning to play a 206 date with Kithkin. Unfortunately, the date did not pan […]